One of the things I most enjoy about Susan Allibone is that while she examined herself regularly, she never got bogged down in self-absorption or self-abhorrence because of her sin. She knew Who to take it to in trust and thankfulness. From her diary Feb. 4, 1833“To become a devoted Christian is the earnest desire…
I finally have a new entry in my reading notebook! I just finished Reconnected by Carlos Whittaker and really enjoyed it. His writing style is authentic, easy to read and even had me laughing a few times–which is odd considering it is a book about what our phones are doing to us. I’m trying to…
As my mother-in-law is dying from cancer, I’ve been reading excerpts from Susan Allibone’s memoir to her. It’s been such a precious time together and Susan has truly grown into a dear friend to both of us, a comforter to me and an encouragement to mom. Right now we’re reading through Susan’s thoughts on heaven…
Each fall and winter I try to put my garden “to bed” before the weeds get too bad. I was late getting to it this year, but it doesn’t matter that much as we don’t have to rush to beat snow. Here’s how I do it. Here’s how the east part of our garden looked…
I started officially tracking habits in 2014 in my very first bullet journal. Since that time, I’ve been tracking habits just about every month (but that doesn’t mean I’ve been DOING the habits, just planning them, hoping I can mostly do them) because I know how much better I do at staying on top of…
This year I purchased a Hobonichi Techo Mega Weeks planner to use as my garden planner/journal. It’s a spendy planner, but I really like how they’re laid out. I’ve been using a Hobonichi Cousin planner for 3 years now and love it, so I thought I’d give the Weeks planner a try too. (There are…
As I said in my previous post, this year will have some twists and turns as we care for my mother-in-law as she heads home to be with her Savior. We don’t have a estimated timeline, it could be a ways out there still, and that is why I am holding these goals loosely. If…
I am working on my 2025 goals and will share them next week, but thought first we might need to catch up a bit. 2024 was a good but hard year and I was pretty quiet here on the blog. In January 2024 my father-in-law died and my mother-in-law was a widow for the second…
Happy New Year! I’ve decided to continue the prayer booklet printables this year, and have your January one ready! As I make these, I’m tweaking them a little to make them even more useful. Each half page printable includes areas for gratitude, specific prayer categories, and self examination questions from an old book from the…
I’m late, but I got a December prayer printable worked up for you! This month’s printable combines a prayer journal with a self-examination focus. The Sunday challenge on the back is different this month too, with a weekly check-in! You can print your file off for free by clicking the picture above. I hope you…