A Different Kind of Christmas
subtitle– Christmas-time at our House: part 1 Many families (especially Christian families) find it difficult to balance the celebrations of Christmas-time, wanting to focus on Christ’s birth but having so many influences from Santa and other traditions. ...Christmas Series
Titles in the Christmas-time at Our House (a.k.a. Weird Christmas) series:part 1 – A Different Kind of Christmaspart 2 – A Christmas Tree with Purposepart 3 – What Does Santa Say about Jesus?part 4 – What Do You Do with Santa?part 5...Master Bedroom Reclaimed!
Today is November 30th – O.C. Day. No, not as in “The O.C.” like on TV. Today is the final day of the 30-Day Organizational Challenge.At the beginning of the month I set out to reclaim our master bedroom as part of this challenge. ...Questions for Couples
Our friends are married!!!! The wedding ceremony was very beautiful, the bride was absolutely gorgeous, and the red, white and gold all looked so pretty together. My daughter and the ring bearer were SO cute. There were some great photos taken and...The Flowers of My Labors
This is going to be a picture post. I finished the wedding flowers a little while ago. Wow! That took some creative energy. The bride has seen the flowers now (all except a few of the little ones) so I can show you the fruit of my...Reclaiming the Master Bedroom
I am messy. I am not a born-organized kind of person. Things around me are not dirty (I don’t like dirty), but there is clutter. There are piles all around my desk and all over my husband’s desk and on top of the file cabinet...The Preacher’s Wife – a Poem
I wasn’t originally going to post this, because it felt like I would be saying “Pat ME on the back, would ya?” But I’ve had enough Google search hits looking for poems about pastors or pastors’ wives that I thought I would go ahead...Life Verse and Goal
In the book I’m currently reading (one of many!), I’ve been challenged to spend some time with the Lord and ask him to give me a life verse and a life goal. Catherine Martin writes in Six Secrets to a Powerful Quiet Time: “…ask Him to make one verse stand...Life Verse – Isaiah 43:18-19
Isaiah 43:18-1918 “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. 19 See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland. (NIV)18 “Forget about...
HI! I’m Raylene, and I am an American/ Canadian, recently moved back to New Mexico, USA.
I love lizards, chocolate, flowers, music, hedgehogs, late nights, being creative, and most things Sci Fi. I sing and dance my way through life. Yup, I admit it… I’m a little weird! “It’s OK to be WEIRD!” is my motto! I hope to help others to embrace their “inner weirdie” and to realize that we’re all a little weird in our own way.
I love lizards, chocolate, flowers, music, hedgehogs, late nights, being creative, and most things Sci Fi. I sing and dance my way through life. Yup, I admit it… I’m a little weird! “It’s OK to be WEIRD!” is my motto! I hope to help others to embrace their “inner weirdie” and to realize that we’re all a little weird in our own way.
Who decides what’s normal, anyway?
It’s OK to be WEIRD!
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