Marriage Monday

Today we are continuing with the Love Dare week/dare three.


"Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference to one another in honor."  Romans 12:10


If there were ever a word that basically means the opposite of love it is selfishness.   By human nature we are selfish creatures.  We want things our way.  When we are hungry we want to eat now and we want what it is we are craving.  When we are cold, we want the furnace up now.  We tend to always think about our own desires.  Love is the complete opposite of selfishness.  When we truly love someone, we think about their needs, their likes and dislikes, their hopes and dreams.  We take them into consideration before making any decisions.  Love is not selfish.


Why do we have such low standards for our self, but such high standards for our husband?  Simple.  We are selfish.  If we mess up, it's okay.  We are human, we are learning, we are allowed to make mistakes sometimes.  If our husband makes a mistake, our whole world falls apart.  How dare he mess up!?  How dare he forget to take the trash out before leaving for work because he was so tired!?  But it's okay that we forgot to pick up his dry cleaning because we were so busy.  We shouldn't hold our husband to such high standards.  We should allow them room to mess up.  We all make mistakes sometimes.


Love is never satisfied except at the welfare of others.  You cannot act out of real love and selfishness at the same time.  Sometimes real love means saying no to what we want and yes to what our husband wants.  It may mean cooking a home cooked meal for him when we would much rather go out to a nice restaurant.  It could mean sleeping in a pretty nightgown when we would be more comfortable in warm flannel jammies.  It might mean watching football when you would rather watch a sappy love story.  Real love means compromise and sometimes not getting our own way.


Ask yourself these questions:
Do I really want what is best for my husband?
Do I want him to feel loved by me?
Does he believe I have his best interests at heart?
Does he see me as looking out for myself first?


Today's Dare:


Whatever you put your time, energy and money in to will become more important to you.  It is hard to care for something you are not invested in.  Along with restraining from negative comments, buy your spouse something that says, "I was thinking of you.


It does not have to be something big.  It does not have to be something extravagant.  Just something to show you were thinking of your husband.  I knew this dare would be today, so Saturday while I was shopping, I bought the materials for my husband to change the oil in his truck.  It is something he keeps saying he needs to get and it shows that I was thinking of him and remembered what he needed.  Today buy your husband something to say I love you.  Comment below or go over to our Facebook page and write on our wall telling us what you bought your husband for today's dare.

If you would like to purchase the Love Dare to follow along, please check out this link:

The Love Dare By Stephen Kendrick & Alex Kendrick / B & H Publishing Group

Sweet Blessings~

Family Friday - Get Outside!

In this day we are full of screens.  Desktop computers, laptop computers, ipads, Kindles, televisions, cellphones, and video games.  Kids spend so much time in front of a screen.  Adults do too.  I personally am on my laptop many hours a day; blogging, facebooking, looking up my kids' answer keys, researching stuff for their school, etc.  We spend hours a day behind screens.

I love that they Wii (and not Kinect) came out for kids to play video games in a more active way.  But let's face it, they are still glued to a screen.  When we are behind a screen, often we get into a trance.  My husband is ADHD.  He cannot sit still at all.  But if he gets in front of the computer, he gets into that trance and is like a zombie.  I find the same for my ADHD sons.

How can we get out of this zombie land?

1. Make it a point every single day to get the kids outside.  And here is an important tip: go outside with them!  My kids are more apt to go outside and play if I go play with them.  Even if it is only one hour a day, that is time well spent.  It builds your relationship with your children.  You both get some exercise.  You both get to bask in the sun, vitamin D is something we all desperately need.  You can ride bikes, take a walk in the neighborhood, that's something good for Fido as well, blow bubbles and let them chase them, shoot hoops, hula hoop, the list goes on and on!
2. Invite the kids to help you cook meals.  Another way to help bond with them.  While cooking together you are doing two other very important things: working on math as you measure out ingredients and teaching them an important life skill.
3. Play board games.  Instead of flipping on the tv after dinner, see what your kids' favorite board games are and play with them.  My kids love to play Uno and work on puzzles.  That is a great way to connect as a family and laugh together.
4. If you have to play a video game, do it in an active way!  Often times we will play Wii bowling after dinner.  It is something that we can do as a family and we are not sitting down to do it.  A bowling competition is a ton of fun!  Also, when my kids want to play video games, I always tell them they have to play one of the active games (bowling, tennis, etc) ten minutes for every twenty minutes of a sit down game.  That helps them to be up and moving.

What tips do you have for keeping your family together and active?

Sweet Blessings~

Today we are continuing our 2012 countdown of things we are thankful for.  Doing this is such a wonderful thing because it helps me to stop and really look at the blessings God has given me.  So, without further delay, let's get started...

I am thankful for:

21.  My beautiful daughter who celebrated her 32nd birthday.  She's like her mama...loving being an adult but hating to see the calendar years creep by.

22.  Knowing that 3 of my 4 amazing blessings from God are going to be able to go on vacation with us this summer.

23.  Every opportunity that God gives me to share His Word.

24.  This out of the ordinary, amazingly warm February.

25.  The opportunity to spend a day with my parents each week.  I love spending time with them.

26.  Time spent away with my hubby.  Any time spent with him is amazing, but when we get the chance to 'get away' for a couple of days it reminds me of the million reasons I love him!

27.  Friends that I don't see or talk to often because I know when we do see each other or get to chat on the phone of FaceBook it will be as if we see each other all the time.

28.  The opportunity to count my blessings.  Too often we take for granted our home, our car, our family, etc.  Counting the blessings God has given us helps make us thankful.

29.  Saturdays...my only full day of the week to spend with my honey uninterrupted by work or other obligations.

30.  The opportunity to go to my granddaughter's volley ball games.

31.  Tomorrow afternoon when I get to spend a little one on one time with grandson #4.

32.  I've said it before, but I am so very thankful for my 8 blessings ... my grandbabies.  They make my world brighter.

33.  A sound mind.  In a world where it would be easy to just 'lose it,' I am thankful that God has given me a sound mind.

34.  Peace.  We live in a crazy, mixed up world but God can give us peace that is beyond all understanding.

35.  Waking up this morning and having another chance to give God glory and share Him with those whom I come in contact.

So, what are you thankful for today?  What has God blessed you with?  How can you share Him with those around you?

Have a great day counting your blessings,

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Tasty Tuesday

These pictures are from Pinterest, not me, but I have tried this recipe a couple of times and it is really good!


1 can of crescent rolls


1 block of cream cheese


1 jar (or can) of jalapenos 


cooked bacon (we don't use the bacon in ours)


Spread crescent rolls out.  Place a spoonful of cream cheese on each triangle, add a slice or two of jalapenos, then add bacon if you want that.  Pull corners of crescent rolls up and pinch together to completely cover cream cheese and jalapeno.  Bake as directed on the crescent can.  Cool for five minutes.  Enjoy a yummy treat!  

Join  us TONIGHT (2/21/12) at 7pm CST for the W2W FB Party!
Invite your girlfriends, grab a cup of coffee or a coke
then sit back with the computer and have a blast as
we get to know each other and giveaway some fun prizes.

Sweet Blessings~