• Home Organization Series

    Home Organization Series – The Mudroom / Laundry Room – Day 7

    Day 7 – Mud Room/Laundry Room Today, we are tackling your mudroom/laundry room. This room can get quite neglected, especially if you have kids and pets. Muddy boots, wet dogs and spilled dog food are everyday events in this workhorse of a room. It’s time for a little TLC. Our process is the same in this little room as in the previous ones. Get everything off the horizontal surfaces, off shelves and out of drawers. Toss or donate anything that doesn’t get used, doesn’t fit or is out of date. Give everything a good cleaning.  Wipe down the front and top of your washer, then run a complete hot water…

  • Devotionals

    How to Do Everything the Right Way

    Ah… it’s morning. A fresh, new day. Time to arrange the bed sheets in an nice, orderly fashion. Some mornings the results impress me, other days not so much. The bathroom is my favorite place to head first thing in the morning. There’s something undesirable splattered around the base of the toilet. Let me grab the cleaning spray and wipe up that mess. Next, I head toward the kitchen sink… even though I pay diligence to washing my dishes, there’s always items that someone places in there after the dishwater has been tossed.  I fill the sink with fresh dishwater and let the dishes soak a bit as I make…

  • Home Organization Series,  Organizing

    Home Organization Series – The Junk Drawer – Day 6

    It’s time to face the dreaded junk drawer. No, wait! Don’t run off screaming out the room… Don’t yank your hair out. You CAN do this! Your junk drawer may be in the kitchen or the laundry room. You may even have two or three. Wherever they are, however many you have, let’s get them organized. Don’t worry about the rest of the stuff in the room; we are just concentrating on the junk drawer(s). Dump it. Literally. Do. It. Now. Dump everything out on the counter next to you. Now, as gross as it may be, wipe the drawer with whatever all-purpose cleaner you use. The inside may be…

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    Devotionals,  Spiritual thoughts

    Even When We Fail, God is Still Faithful

    I fail. And to be more honest, I fail a LOT. There are times that I may say the wrong things or think the wrong things. There are times when I may not read my Bible or pray like I should.  There are times when I make mistakes or perhaps fall into the temptation of sin. Today, I’m so thankful and grateful for the Lord’s mercy and compassion which does NOT FAIL. Each day (TODAY), is a new beginning… God’s mercies are new for you and I today. I know it’s true because God’s Word says “his compassions fail not.” It is of the LORD’S mercies that we are not…

  • Devotionals,  Spiritual thoughts

    Using Your Hands for the Lord

    And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.  But Moses’ hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. Exodus 17:11,12 Last week, while reading Exodus 17:11 &12, I wondered to myself about WHY God allowed Israel’s enemy to prevail when Moses put His hands down.  After all, the victory of the battle had…