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Ok I admit it.. I’m a total Barbie fan – Happy Barbie Day!

Ever since I became an “adult”, I’ve been told that I’m not supposed to be into childish things like Barbie, Strawberry Shortcake, and My Little Pony any more. A few years ago I secretly bought a whole bunch of dolls and then proceeded to give them all away. I was trying to be all [...]

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Ok I admit it.. I’m a total Barbie fan – Happy Barbie Day!

How to deal with grief and loss

Grief is an experience that changes us deeply. After experiencing grief, our entire view on life changes. We can clearly feel the difference of how we were before and after it. Those events are like landmarks that forever change our inner most being. Life looks, feels, and even tastes differently. There’s a saying that goes like this: [...]

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How to deal with grief and loss

Family bonding activities – insights to help connect deeply

Bonding is emotional- you need to be present. You’ve probably been searching for family bonding activities and may have even found some great ideas. But I want to share with you that bonding is more of an emotional and spiritual connection than something that can be achieved with outward situations. Of course having activities to do is [...]

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Family bonding activities – insights to help connect deeply

Top 20 Beautiful Free Printable Calendars for 2010

Organizing doesn’t have to be boring. You can use artistic calendars and get yourself inspired to accomplish your goals and manage your time in 2010. This post has a list of the most beautiful free calendars that I have found on the web. Don’t forget to stay updated on inspirational resources for your home and family [...]

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Top 20 Beautiful Free Printable Calendars for 2010

Discover the Power of Allowing Yourself to Cry

Sometimes sadness overwhelms us and even though we may be positive people, no idea seems to be able to get us out of that “sad space” at that moment. I have felt like this. When this happens, we can’t even think straight. And even though there are plenty of things that we love to do [...]

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Discover the Power of Allowing Yourself to Cry

Yummy pear dessert recipe with chocolate

When making this recipe, it’s easier to organize the ingredients into the two different parts to it: The main part and the sauce. The Main Part Ingredients: • 4 firm pears • 1 piece of cinnamon stick (about 3 inches) • 2 cups of water • ¾ cup of sugar • 2 tablespoons of lemon juice The Sauce Ingredients: • 1 oz unsweetened chocolate • [...]

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Yummy pear dessert recipe with chocolate

How to stay calm while being more productive

Many times anxiety will cause us to not be as productive as we could be. Whether you’re wanting to remain calm at work or at home you can do certain things to change your environment to experience this kind of peace. I have discovered two things that have enhanced my life greatly for productivity. They are [...]

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How to stay calm while being more productive

One Flower – Can a Tiny Flower Be Special?

One Flower One flower in this vast universe So tiny… So small… Could this flower mean anything, When compared to the vast immensity of the collective? Could this flower be worth something? Fragile… Yet so beautiful To just look at To smell… To feel… This tiny flower Means so much Because there is one Who can look upon it And love By Eren Mckay Has someone’s love ever made you feel worthy? I [...]

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One Flower – Can a Tiny Flower Be Special?

Sweet Romantic Letter to the Love of My Life

Of all the things that God gives us, the opportunity to experience true love is one of the biggest gifts of this life. If you’ve experienced deep sadness and then fallen in love you will understand this poem/letter that I wrote for my husband. Love can make us look at life with different eyes. My Oxygen It’s so cold And [...]

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Sweet Romantic Letter to the Love of My Life

How to develop friendships – poetry on friendship like a sister

Love is always doing what is best for the other person regardless of your own needs. In order to achieve this kind of love there needs to be absolute trust. The giving ourselves entirely. This is what I have with my family and friends. There are people who I would die for without even thinking twice [...]

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How to develop friendships – poetry on friendship like a sister

How to Make Homemade Eggnog Recipe

Every year, the tradition in our family is to have the first eggnog of the season after we decorate the tree. We sit on the couch with only the lights from the Christmas tree shining and we reminisce about Christmases past and about the one we are about to celebrate. It’s a heartwarming [...]

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How to Make Homemade Eggnog Recipe

Words of inspiration and encouragement

I found this video of the making of 3D street art and found it very inspiring. If you go through this blog you’ll find artwork everywhere. I love creating the feeling of joy through the images that exist. Art is an expression of inner beauty and depth. Do you ever have that desire to get into the [...]

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Words of inspiration and encouragement

Christmas lights display video

Ruth Crawl (a sweet friend of mine) sent me a link to this video and I thought it was very inspiring and wanted to share it with y’all . Don’t Miss Out on Our Free Inspirational Newsletter Sign Up for Valuable Tips and Resources for Your Home and Classroom Just Enter Your ♥ Name and Email ♥ Name: Email: (We respect [...]

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Delicious carrot soup recipe

Soup is always a healthy way to feed our families. Especially when we use fresh vegetables. The thing is many times kids (or adults ) don’t want to have soup. So here’s a great recipe of carrot and potato soup that will have the whole family coming back for more. Separate the following ingredients before [...]

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Delicious carrot soup recipe

Free Online Alphabetical Order Games Abc Internet Activities

Children love playing on the computer and what better way to learn than with online interactive games? There are excellent games on the internet. The problem is that they are spread out on various domains. So I came up with the idea of putting them all in one post so that kids could have fun [...]

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Free Online Alphabetical Order Games Abc Internet Activities

Thanksgiving crafts to make and online kids activities

Thanksgiving is a wonderful time to be grateful and to connect with our family. Here’s a big collection of Thanksgiving resources for you to choose from online and also printables. Enjoy! For Kids (and Adults ) to Play Online Online Thanksgiving Stories Charlie Brown Thanksgiving Cartoon Thanksgiving Video – What Are you Thankful For? Online Thanksgiving Games Kids [...]

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Thanksgiving crafts to make and online kids activities

How to make a prayer journal

We all have problems. One day might be a wonderful one filled with fun and gratifying things. The next day might be filled with really bad things happening. This shouldn’t surprise us as Jesus said: In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer. I have overcome the world. John 16:33b What do we do when bad [...]

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How to make a prayer journal

Inspirational Poem Prayer – Short Prayers to God

Jesus you are my inspiration. I come to you not for religion not for tradition I come to you because I love you Jesus So many times I go astray And when I stop and look up I see your face I see your loving eyes looking at me and I hear you say: I forgive you I love you I’m here for you I will [...]

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Inspirational Poem Prayer – Short Prayers to God

How to cure and heal severe anxiety

Anxiety is a joy killer. It’s what the enemy uses to try to get all of us off track and put our minds on useless temporary things. But Jesus told us not to worry: Matthew 6:34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. God has a purpose and [...]

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How to cure and heal severe anxiety

How to Bring and Experience God’s Presence in Worship

Do you sometimes just wake up feeling anxious or nervous? There may not even be a problem to solve but somehow it just happens. Well I’ll tell you what really helps me when this occurs: listening to praise and worship songs. Of course it’s important to set aside time each day to be just “be” with the [...]

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How to Bring and Experience God’s Presence in Worship

Get closer to God by meditating on Who He is (Top 35 reasons to love Jesus)

…All of these Bible verses are in an ebook format for you to download to your computer and print out. Simply click on the image to the left or you can also click here for the PDF version. (This requires the free Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you don’t have the reader installed on your computer, [...]

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Get closer to God by meditating on Who He is (Top 35 reasons to love Jesus)

Elise Berenger Happy Birthday my wonderful friend

Dear Elise, I’m so glad we’ve gotten to know each other. Over this last year we’ve shared some laughs. We’ve cried together. We’ve been there for the tough times and for the joys. We’ve helped each other out and you began your wonderful website Help Health Happen . I’m so grateful to God to have you in [...]

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Elise Berenger Happy Birthday my wonderful friend

Whitney Houston interviewed by Oprah Winfrey my perspective on it all

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Whitney Houston interviewed by Oprah Winfrey my perspective on it all

Painting creative pumpkin faces & pumpkin decorating ideas

I couldn’t resist posting these very cute, sometimes weird or even really ugly pumpkin pictures. Since it is pumpkin season and we can get together with our kids and have a great afternoon pumpkin painting, I thought I’d give you some ideas and also ask your opinion. Here are 44 ideas for you to create [...]

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Painting creative pumpkin faces & pumpkin decorating ideas

Hot wheels birthday party ideas – hotwheels theme cake pictures

You can get this effect by surrounding the panel and decorating with colorful balloons. My sister in law use red, yellow an blue. But you can also use the combination of red, yellow, and black. The stop lights can be made out of cardboard boxes. Here’s a hotwheels favor idea. There are many other hotwheels favors [...]

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Hot wheels birthday party ideas – hotwheels theme cake pictures

Overcoming obstacles & failures – instilling a positive mindset

Can we sail through life without problems? Many people think that in order to have a peaceful life they need to always make the right decisions in everything that they do. They believe that everything needs to be perfectly done and don’t give themselves any space to make mistakes. Not only that, they also think that [...]

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Overcoming obstacles & failures – instilling a positive mindset

Spiritual warfare lesson guide and teaching how to apply God’s word

This article is part 2 of a 3 part series. If you have not read part 1 you may do so here: Part 1 (Introduction): Overcoming obstacles and failures through instilling a positive mindset. Some people understand God’s truths and the concepts but they waver when it comes to applying those truths. I want to give you a little [...]

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Spiritual warfare lesson guide and teaching how to apply God’s word

Finding nemo birthday party ideas supplies cakes

Another great idea is to get the themed table cover so that you can easily clean up after the party and also so that food won’t stain your table. You can get Nemo plastic table covers: here To bring life to your room you may want to have a Nemo Balloon bouquet. You can get one [...]

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Finding nemo birthday party ideas supplies cakes

The incredibles party supplies , costumes and ideas

Hello my friends- I hope these pictures give you some ideas for your own Incredibles birthday party to be a sensational blast! If you need some Incredibles invitations there are some very cute and affordable ones here. If you decide to go with the Incredibles theme and don’t want to spend a lot of money with the [...]

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The incredibles party supplies , costumes and ideas

Noah’s ark birthday party supplies, toys & ideas

Here are some pictures of a very fun Noah’s Ark Birthday party for you to get inspired. If there are no places in your area for you to rent for the Noah’s Ark Birthday Decoratives then you can buy some decoratives to put on the wall or even buy some Noah’s ark toys to [...]

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Noah’s ark birthday party supplies, toys & ideas

Backyardigans birthday party supplies , ideas & cup cake decorations

Here my nephew is wearing this adorable backyardigans costume. As usual he was having a little taste of the cake before singing happy birthday – LOL. This theme is perfect for younger children up to 6 years old. You can also get Backyardigans costumes here. This party was made up of Backyardigan rentals. Artists [...]

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Backyardigans birthday party supplies , ideas & cup cake decorations

Planning a sweet sixteen party ideas & decorations

Since I’ll be 32 this Sunday, I’ve been reminiscing some old photos of my favorite birthday party that I’ve ever had: My Sweet Sixteen party. So I thought I would upload them to give others some ideas on how to organize and decorate your (or your loved ones) sweet sixteen birthday. Here is the favors table. [...]

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Planning a sweet sixteen party ideas & decorations

Name that candy bar dirty diaper shower game

Hello my friends . On this page you will find instructions for the Name that Candy Bar baby shower game. You may also print out the instructions that are on this page. I have put them in PDF format for easy printing. For this you will need the the free Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you [...]

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Name that candy bar dirty diaper shower game

Biblical creation vs. evolution videos & scientific evidence & facts

Here is a list of videos that show the scientific evidence that we are not here by chance: Creation Videos to watch online for free: You can watch a few minutes each day so that the amount of information doesn’t overwhelm you. You can also show these videos to your kids and discuss them portion by portion. Table [...]

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Biblical creation vs. evolution videos & scientific evidence & facts

Adorable gingerbread man costume & decorating gingerbread house kits

Welcome to the Everything Gingerbread Page. On this page you will find all kinds of great resources for gingerbread fun. There are online gingerbread activities for kids to play, printable gingerbread resources, and also gingerbread recipes. So whether you’re a parent, teacher, or homeschooler, this gingerbread page is will be a great resource for teaching or just [...]

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Adorable gingerbread man costume & decorating gingerbread house kits

Weight Loss Motivation Tips Lose Weight Encouragement Quotes

I don’t know about all of you guys but, to me the most difficult time to remain on my diet is nighttime. Sometimes I’ve been working all day long and then I finally get a few moments at night to rest. That’s the moment when I’m like “Ooooh I just would looove to eat this or [...]

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Weight Loss Motivation Tips Lose Weight Encouragement Quotes

Poem for hope in God – on hope in the midst of trials – “And I Await”

And I Await… I’m drowning… The rain… is just pouring. The weather mirrors my heart. Oblivious Rain!!!!! Oblivious! to my state The sky is gray The line of the horizon disappears amongst such rain. And I await……… The SUN!!!! Comes out from behind that marred horizon and shines! Shines such light!!!! It dries all these waters And I drown no more…… And I await…… by Eren Mckay Interpretation of this poem: The [...]

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Poem for hope in God – on hope in the midst of trials – “And I Await”

Learn How to Draw Farm Jungle Wild Animals with Jan Brett’s Videos

Jan Brett has some great online video lessons for learning how to draw. This is great news for parents and teachers who want to help kids with their artistic side. Kids love doing things on the computer and watching videos. Better yet if you read Jan Brett’s awesome books. The artwork will take on more [...]

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Learn How to Draw Farm Jungle Wild Animals with Jan Brett’s Videos

Recipe for Making Easy Chocolate Hand Made Truffles

Simple Chocolate Truffles Recipe This recipe gives a total of 36 truffles 2 cups (or 360 grams) of milky chocolate cut in pieces ¾ of cup of condensed milk 1 teaspoon of vanilla ½ cup of granulated chocolate Melt the pieces of milky chocolate with a very low fire on the stove. Add the condensed milk and vanilla and mix [...]

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Recipe for Making Easy Chocolate Hand Made Truffles

Goal Based Ethics — Why is Setting Goals Important?

Establishing goals and having a plan Life is a journey. Do you find yourself not moving forward towards the goals in the journey of your life? It might be that you need to begin letting go of the past in order to focus on where you are going. It might also be that there’s just too [...]

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Goal Based Ethics — Why is Setting Goals Important?

Kids Bible Sermon overcoming laziness & a slothful sluggard spirit

Have you ever noticed that T.V. shows portray laziness as a good thing? When you watch certain shows the kid that gets away with not working is considered the smart kid. Somehow fooling people in order to do less work is supposed to be “cool”. But the truth is that a lie is being taught through many [...]

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Kids Bible Sermon overcoming laziness & a slothful sluggard spirit

How to make Barbeque Sauce – best easy BBQ sauce

When I was little kid I remember the awesome barbecues that we had with the whole family during the summer. It was a huge amount of fun. A barbecue is one of many fun summer family activities. You might want to check out more ideas for kids to have fun during summertime. Now onto the barbecue [...]

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How to make Barbeque Sauce – best easy BBQ sauce

Disney cars birthday party theme supplies and cake ideas

You Might Also Enjoy Seeing Pictures Of and Reading: Dalmatian 3 year old birthday party costume & toddler party food ideas Kids pajama party activities & ideas How to decorate kids party balloons Don’t Miss Out on Our Free Inspirational Newsletter Sign Up for Valuable Tips and Resources for Your Home and Classroom Just Enter Your ♥ Name and Email ♥ Name: Email: (We respect your [...]

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Disney cars birthday party theme supplies and cake ideas

Dalmatian 3 year old birthday party costume & toddler party food ideas & games

Time for blowing out the candles We decorated our entire living room Here’s the wall decorations up close Here’s a pic of my son with his grand uncle & aunt and a family friend Here’s an up close picture of the bread table that we put in the home office Here you can see it from [...]

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Dalmatian 3 year old birthday party costume & toddler party food ideas & games

Fun summer things for kids to do – activities and ideas for a fantastic summer

Many parents get apprehensive when summer vacation is coming up. They’ve had bad experiences before with their kids staying home and fighting all day long over the tiniest things. This doesn’t have to be your case. How many times have you listened to those “I’m so bored!” whiny complaints? If you take simple preventative [...]

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Fun summer things for kids to do – activities and ideas for a fantastic summer

Letting go of the past: how to let go of the past to achieve a peaceful and content life

One of the main reasons people are not content is because they hang onto the past with all their might. They may be hanging onto negative past things or clinging on to the “Good’ole Days” so tightly that they don’t give themselves room to experience present joys. Hanging onto Negative past things After going through certain [...]

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Letting go of the past: how to let go of the past to achieve a peaceful and content life

How to study read and understand the Bible

Keys to interpreting the Bible the right way through study One little lie can ruin a whole lot. If somehow lies have slipped into our belief system we are bound to have major trouble up ahead. Many false doctrines and even cults have begun because people were not careful to examine the true meaning of things. This is [...]

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How to study read and understand the Bible

Trusting God Scriptures: believing in God in times of crisis is a key to contentment

Being Content part 2- seeing things from God’s perspective Do you know what the root of lack of contentment is? Many times we blame bad circumstances or people but the truth is that lack of contentment is a lack of trust in God. We may think we trust God, but when things begin to tighten up [...]

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Trusting God Scriptures: believing in God in times of crisis is a key to contentment

Before and After Weight Loss Pictures

These are pictures of my awesome cousin who has lost sooo much weight. I’m so proud of her. She’s a true winner. Here is my awesome niece ( her daughter) You might also enjoy reading: Goal based ethics – Why is goal setting important? Post from: Christian Homemaking and Family Resources, Encouragement and Help at Embracing HomeBefore and [...]

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Before and After Weight Loss Pictures

My Personal Christian Salvation Testimony: Seeing God in Little Ordinary Things

Many times people make rationalizations and excuses to not have faith in God. This was me– years ago. In truth I wanted to not have “any restrictions” on me. I thought God would stop me from having fun. I always had a so called “reason” to stop me from believing in God. Disbelief and [...]

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My Personal Christian Salvation Testimony: Seeing God in Little Ordinary Things

Worship God in dance: Praise that pleases God

How do you worship God ? Worshiping God is an expression of love. There are many ways to express our love towards the Almighty. We can sing praises, dance for Him, spend time in prayer… Worship God in dance Dancing for Jesus is a way to praise and exalt God’s name. When I ran across this video of [...]

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Worship God in dance: Praise that pleases God

Encouraging Inspirational Bible Verses

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Encouraging Inspirational Bible Verses

7 random odd and interesting things about me

Oh boy- I’ve been tagged by 2 friends of mine Traci Knoppe and Lisa Wood to share 7 odd and interesting things about me. You should definitely go check out Lisa Wood’s best website tips and Traci’s Cottage as they have some awesome tips and information to share. Traci also has another cool blog [...]

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7 random odd and interesting things about me

Kids pajama party games, activities, invitation ideas, preschool invitations & food for pajama parties

Important tips to Plan the Best Pajama Party Kids get really excited about having a pajama party. It’s a totally new experience for them to actually sleep over at a friend’s house together with their friends. It’s such a memorable time. This idea is better if your kid has already turned 6 years old. Ask for help If you can [...]

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Kids pajama party games, activities, invitation ideas, preschool invitations & food for pajama parties

How to decorate kids party balloons – tools & supplies to make the best balloon decoration ever

Using Balloons to Decorate Your Kids’ Party, Baby Shower or any festive event Making balloons less of a hassle Balloons are soooo pretty……. yet so time consuming! If you really want to make balloon decoration less stressful then just hire a professional balloon decorator. If you can’t spend the extra money but still want to make it [...]

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How to decorate kids party balloons – tools & supplies to make the best balloon decoration ever

Biblical Christian baby name meaning – choosing Bible names that will be a blessing for your baby

What is the best way for a Christian to choose a baby’s name? Your baby’s name will be a huge part of their lives. It will help shape how they see themselves and also how others perceive them. We find in God’s Word that names do have meaning. While reading biblical stories you’ll discover that [...]

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Biblical Christian baby name meaning – choosing Bible names that will be a blessing for your baby

Wedding cakes with waterfalls – wedding cake photos give you awesome ideas for your ideal cake

This wedding cake has an illuminated waterfall in it. The red roses decorate the top and the bottom parts of the cake. Here you can see that the cake has been placed on top of a table with “under the table” lighting. This makes the entire ensemble look fantastic. The following cake was used in a sweet [...]

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Wedding cakes with waterfalls – wedding cake photos give you awesome ideas for your ideal cake

Organize kids homeschool rooms with these ideas

Rainbow House for the kids to play: This little house was created with MDF and a rainbow bulletin board that I bought for only 9 dollars. Here are the stairs that go up to the rainbow house. This was made with very good wood. I bought various different colored cloths that was needed to make the curtains. It [...]

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Organize kids homeschool rooms with these ideas

Alternative wedding invitation ideas & tips – choosing invitations while saving you money

Email wedding invitations: the frugal alternative With the advancement of technology a great alternative to traditional printed out invitations are email invitations. Of course if your wedding is going to be a big event the most elegant choice would be to send a printed out invitation and use email only as a reminder. But if you’re [...]

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Alternative wedding invitation ideas & tips – choosing invitations while saving you money

How to organize office files and end office clutter

Do you know how to find the best place for your bills and organize office files to prevent cluttered piles of mess? Where in the world did I put that bill??? Is this a question you find yourself asking? Not finding an important paper is the one thing that would always get me stressed out. I’d start [...]

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How to organize office files and end office clutter

Christian Children’s Story: The arrival of Johnny’s Baby Brother

“Come on Johnny! Put your shoes on. We’re going to the hospital- mommy is going to have a baby!” said Daddy. Johnny hurried to put on his shoes while thinking of all of the things he would do with his baby brother. For months he had been thinking what it would be like to look into [...]

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Christian Children’s Story: The arrival of Johnny’s Baby Brother

Fresh Homemade Lemonade Recipe: How to Make Lemonade So Great that No One Stops On the First Glass

Do you want to know the secret to making the best tasting lemonade ever? Making lemonade seems like a simple thing to do, right? Sure anyone can make it – but can they make fantastic tasting lemonade? Hmmm.… I’ve tasted the most horrible lemonades- I’m sure you have too. I’ve also had those bland watered down [...]

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Fresh Homemade Lemonade Recipe: How to Make Lemonade So Great that No One Stops On the First Glass

Summer Sun Safety Tips for Kids (Plus Activities & Worksheets that Help You Teach Sun Safety)

Sun Safety: Do you know these simple steps to protect your family from the dangers of the sun? Going out in the sun is fun but we have to be careful about the risks involved. Melanoma, a serious skin cancer, can be triggered by spending too much time in the sun without the proper protection. [...]

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Summer Sun Safety Tips for Kids (Plus Activities & Worksheets that Help You Teach Sun Safety)

Spiritual Christian Contentment: biblical principles and keys to finding contentment in life

Keys to Being Content and at Peace in Any Circumstance Do you feel like no matter what happens you can’t seem to be content and at peace with your life? Like no matter how much you try to resolve things there is always something to steal your joy? The Example of a Joyful Family in Poverty Causes [...]

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Spiritual Christian Contentment: biblical principles and keys to finding contentment in life

Penguin Lesson Plans Facts Crafts Coloring Pages

Are you planning on teaching kids about penguins? Well then you’ve come to the right place. On this page you will find a complete Unit Study on Penguins. The lessons are interactive with videos, experiments, quizzes, crafts and even online activities for the kids to have fun. Here at the top of the page I have made a [...]

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Penguin Lesson Plans Facts Crafts Coloring Pages

Free Bible abc poems coloring pages – coloring book

What a wonderful opportunity to teach our children to read while talking about God’s truths. I wrote this poem for it to be a learning experience in learning to read and also for it to be a resource for parents and teachers to discuss spiritual things to your children. The following coloring book is in PDF format [...]

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Free Bible abc poems coloring pages – coloring book

10 Commandments for Christian Homeschool Moms

Here are some words to encourage you: Thou shalt pray for wisdom each day. Thou shalt depend on God for every decision in your homeschool. Thou shalt not care about the criticism from the society on homeschool moms. Thou shalt care about what God thinks of you. Thou shalt not expect everything to be perfect, learning to let things go. Thou [...]

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10 Commandments for Christian Homeschool Moms