Category: Family

  • Planning a perfect Halloween party

    Planning a perfect Halloween party
  • Men and blogging

    Men and blogging

    I am surprised that we do not see more men just blogging. Expressing their honest opinions on what is going on in their homes, families, jobs, adventures, or just general sharing. Blogging about caring for a baby, blogging about what it means to be a dad, blogging about church, blogging about hygiene, what about loneliness.…

  • Little Giraffe’s Coloring Pack from Carmen

    One of the things our great grandchildren, the oldest one, loves to do is go to the zoo. They will spend hours there and walk and walk and then walk some more. ‘The children’s zoo is designed just for the purpose of entertaining the children. All I can say is it takes the young to…

  • Basic Budgeting

    Basic Budgeting

    Buying Too Much Pinky promised, I would not buy anything blog related for a while. Our daughter Cindy is helping us become really budget oriented. We have had a budget for a long time but it wasn’t working the way it should. Part of the problem is that I was buying things blog related, not…

  • Weight loss. Who says a leopard can’t change their spots.

    Weight loss. Who says a leopard  can’t change their spots.

    How to change The place to begin is with yourself. You are the leopard wanting to change their spots. Which of the following apply to you and help you begin. Set Goals Miscellaneous Selections from Barb! Hope you are enjoying what you are reading about. Love to have you start following me. Following me would…

  • Etsy and me

    Etsy and me

    If you had told me a couple of years ago that I would have an Etsy shop. A creative, enchanting, live shop. I am not sure I would have believed you. Now I do thanks to our daughter Susan, who has helped me immensely. Thanks to her I was able to get 4 simple, but…

  • Negativity is habitual skepticism.

    Negativity is habitual skepticism.

    Exercise is a good starting point.  We all know there is a reluctance on our part to get started. Could that be the old negativity still working on you.  Consider whether or not a treadmill would be to your advantage.  Check out the items listed under Health and Fitness on this blog.  Work out a…

  • Getting ready to paint.

    Getting ready to paint.

    What a crazy last two weeks. We have lived in our home for 16 years and have not painted or changed our carpeting in that time frame. The interior of the house was saying it is my turn. Organization that is the key word, organization becomes critical, small organization items do now or after we…

  • Journals in color with butterflies.

    Journals in color with butterflies.

    Thinking about journaling! Journaling can be helpful relieving the stress, excitement, anxiety, restlessness you may be experiencing in your life.  Maybe you just got married and would like to journal your wedding, honeymoon, and the new beginning in your life. Journal how special the wedding was. The places you got to see on your honeymoon.…

  • Frustration, Focus and then some.

    Frustration, Focus and then some.

    So frustrated by things that are just overwhelming, mostly tech stuff. Thinking now I am really slow at understanding simple solutions to my tech problems or I honestly want someone to just do it for me. However, if you pay for a basic plan, from the second you get it all they talk about is…