This Week’s Lucky Numbers

one of those weeks

5: days since gmail has checked my ohAmanda.com email (do you know what this means? FIVE DAYS OF NO EMAILS. Which is fine and dandy right now. But when they all decide to hit my inbox at one time? *sob*) 24: hours my internet was down in the past 36 (I guess I live in [...]

Run Away

Running away to pray

Yesterday was one of those days. A day that made you want to run away. Too much crying, arguing, complaining, hurt feelings and aggravation. (And that was just from me. Heh. Just kidding. Kinda.) I haven’t been up early to do #hellomornings lately. Even before I woke up this morning I could hear the kids arguing. [...]

A Birthday and a…Birthday!

change my heart salvation for kids

Today I turn 36. I really don’t get freaked about getting older. But, there is something weird about my last day of 35. Of my kids only knowing me in my 30′s. I’ll be spending this 36th birthday at Lydia’s school leading hula hoop races and bubble blowing contests for the last day of school. [...]

When I Need a Shelter, When I Need a Friend

psalm 18

It’s been the week of deliberate disobedience. The week of pushing limits and testing boundaries. It’s also been the week of falling short at this whole motherhood gig. My mouth has spewed barbed-wire too many times. My eyes have revealed my inner thoughts. My actions have shown my frustration. And even when I feel like [...]

Sabbath-ing

rest and sabbath

When my husband and I were Children’s Pastors, we did a series on the 10 Commandments. The fourth commandment is “Remember to keep the Sabbath day holy.” After a little research we discovered that “sabbath” means “to stop”. So, we played a game where we told the kids to act something out (playing basketball, doing [...]

Squash Sibling Squabbles

a simple and effective tip for squashing sibling squabbles

I don’t think I ever showed you pictures of the kids at Easter. Pretty snazzy, huh? Anywhoo. I’ve got a new post up at Family Your Way and I think you’re gonna like it. Why? Because it’s my one awesome make-your-kids-obey-and-stop-whining-fighting-and-otherwise-disobeying trick. Read it and see what you think…  

Amazon Prime Rocks My Socks Off

amazon prime benefits review

(I’m having some organizational issues…all my fault…with the monthly mission. It should be up Monday! If you haven’t linked up your experience with Paper for Water, do so now!!) One of my I-didn’t-mean-to-make-it New Year’s Resolutions is to be more purposeful about reading. That’s why I started my 2013 Book List (<–have you seen it? [...]