Dear ‘Just a Cashier’ Josh,

Happy Saturday, friends! Normally I would absolutely not spend part of my Saturday grocery shopping.  Not just because *ugh* that's a chore and Saturdays are for funsies, but also because Saturdays tend to be the busiest days at the grocery store and I need to avoid those triggers at all costs.  Today, however, I was …

The Importance of Site Views – 12 Months of Blogging

If you're looking for tips on how to drive more traffic to your blog, improve your Pinterest analytics, up your InstaFame, or optimize your SEO....you've come to the wrong place.   Last week I got notification from WordPress that I have been blogging for one year. 12 months 63 published posts (64 with this one) 131 …

Luke’s Library

"Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us...With this in mind, since I myself have carefully investigated everything from the beginning, I too decided to write an orderly account for you...so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught." - Luke …

Christian Budgeting & Tithing: The Question You Need to Ask Yourself

Disclaimer: I am far from a financial adviser.  I've got a chunk of student loan debt and I spend way too much cash money on burritos every week to even joke about that sort of thing.   This weekend I made a bit of a financial change - I decided to start tithing.  I don't tell …

Madness & Upsets

Are you guys keeping up with the NCAA Tournament this year? I'm not.  I always root for my K-State Cats but unless I'm in the stadium able to smell the sweat, do the Wabash, and eat nachos - I have a hard time getting in to holding my breath while some college kid lines up …

Steamed Broccoli Results

First, some exciting news! {I use that "exciting" term loosely.} I've started an Instagram page tied to this blog.  I plan to fill it with super-real, potentially motivational/positive things.  It's likely I will post more there than I do here {blogging is hard, IG is easy}. Check it out. Send me your profile. Let's follow each …

5 Ways to Spend Time with Jesus

All relationships take effort.  If we want the relationship to grow, we've gotta give at least a little. And, oops, we pour so much time and energy in to relationships that are one-sided and going nowhere (oh, I'm the only one that does that?). Here's the kicker - there's someone who not only wants to …

4 Steps to “More”

I've got a stack of dishes in the sink, two bags of trash to haul to the curb, three baskets of laundry somewhere in the process between dirty and ready to fold, four half-finished craft projects, five emails to respond to, six.......you get the point.  I often feel as I do tonight - too much …

Solivagant: 3 Keys to Enjoying Solo Travel

Hi, friends! I've been a bit MIA recently.  I'll use the fact that I was on a week long solo trip as an excuse. [What about the other two+ weeks that you didn't post, Kaity? Let's just stay on point.] Traveling solo feeds my soul in a way that is hard to explain {I've lined …

Under Pressure