Positively Alene

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I Got a New Attitude

The chaos has been organized, filed or thrown away! Woo Hoo Thank you for your encouraging comments and suggestions. I’m so thankful I took a week to get control of the uncontrollable because this week has just been NUTS! My daughter started back to school Monday. This is quite different because I haven’t had to drive carpool in over five… Read More

The Picture Speaks

I’m being overtaken with piles of unorganized messes. Here’s a picture worth many words. As you can tell from the chaos on one corner of my desk I have books to return, books to lend, notes to send, papers to throw away, lessons to prepare, lists of magazines to send articles, school papers to file, books to study and handwritten… Read More

The Picture Speaks

I’m being overtaken with piles of unorganized messes. Here’s a picture worth many words. As you can tell from the chaos on one corner of my desk I have books to return, books to lend, notes to send, papers to throw away, lessons to prepare, lists of magazines to send articles, school papers to file, books to study and handwritten… Read More

Faith Lifts

One of my favorite things when I was elementary age was “coffee breaks.” Every Saturday, Mom would set an allotted amount of time for cleaning and chores. Once my sister, brother and I were through and our jobs passed inspection we could have a coffee break. Of course, Mom fixed the best coffee ever! It was mostly milk with a… Read More

Faith Lifts

One of my favorite things when I was elementary age was “coffee breaks.” Every Saturday, Mom would set an allotted amount of time for cleaning and chores. Once my sister, brother and I were through and our jobs passed inspection we could have a coffee break. Of course, Mom fixed the best coffee ever! It was mostly milk with a… Read More

There is a Point

Now for the rest of the story . . . I’m nauseated and half of the boat is motion-sick and leaning over the boat heaving when the Captain announces, “Just nine more fish and we are at our limit.” WOO HOO I hop up, grab my pole and start fishing again – I want to go home!Within minutes we had… Read More

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