A Canadian Giveaway… Just For Fun

As the Winter Olympics come to a close, I have to give one last shout out to a country that has become near and dear to my heart over the last couple of years.  Yes, I have friends from Canada and yes I have enjoyed myself whenever I have crossed our northern border to visit [...]

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ENT – Another Take on Kickoff Night

LaRee is a new cyberfriend of mine who decided to incorporate the ENT program into her church women’s group just like we are.  I have to hand it to her because she is kind of flying solo on this one with no “committee” to help her execute the program.  I admire her willingness to tackle [...]

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ENT – Organization Fair Plans

Our next activity for our Every Needful Thing program is on March 11 and I am totally PUMPED about it!  If we could pack more USEFUL, MANAGEABLE and ACCESSIBLE info into an hour and a half then I would be surprised.  I’m giving you the plan because some of you are following along with us [...]

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Download Day + Asian Cooking

We had a neighborhood cooking class at my house last week.  O-Hsaing is from Taiwan and an amazing cook.  I was told that the Beef Asparagus was to die for and that is totally the truth.  Her “recipes” include a little of this and a dash of that combined with a handful of another thing…all [...]

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Fighting Television

We all know that there is a plethora of television shows for kids out there – all at varying levels on the “educational” meter.  Throw in whatever cable you have and the choice becomes overwhelming, and to be honest, quite overbearing for me.  Maybe you are a daytime, nighttime or anytime television watcher or perhaps [...]

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Download Day Follow Up

OK, so maybe I AM Irish…. Kolette, You have Coleman Irish, Barrett Irish, and Parker Irish on my side. Throw in Irish on your Mom’s side and you could do the St. Patrick’s day parade all on your own! – Dad Good thing I did two versions of the download.  Thanks for the info, Dad [...]

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Download Day – Kiss Me

Now that Valentines is hours behind us, let’s look ahead and celebrate the upcoming St. Patrick’s Day with a new download for our holiday frames.  I’m not Irish.  OK, wait….I take that back.  I think I might have some Irish blood in me from generations back on my father’s side.  I’ll have to check that [...]

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Don’t Stop

Justin is an intern that just started working at Jim’s Gym.  It certainly hasn’t taken him long to jump into the swing of things.  He counts for us (drat!), he helps us do exercises correctly, and he is following his mentor in offering “Jim-isms.” “You’re only going 11.0 on the stationary bike?  That’s slow!”  Justin, [...]

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I {heart} Layered Templates

I’ve decided something.  Photoshop is a lot easier when people who know it well are doing most of the work for you.  With designing for Hampton Art (Studio G) and Provo Craft, I have to do a lot of drawing and font work.  I use the program Illustrator to make it all happen because I [...]

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ENT – Tips for Planning for Your Group (+Winner)

First of all, welcome to all of our new blog followers!  If you are looking for the entire “Every Needful Thing” program, click on the category on the right side of my blog called “Every Needful Thing.”  This will give you a list of all the posts that have to do with the program in [...]

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