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Treat Yourself!!

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Moms,
We have an exciting offer to tempt you into sharing your best piece of parenting advice with us!
Here's the rules:

In the comment section of this entry leave your best piece of parenting advice and who it came from. For example, was it from your mom, your own experience, or the lady in the grocery line?
This automatically enters you into a drawing for a FREE PEDICURE.
We figured maybe your feet could use a little pampering and so could you so that is all there is to it!!
Please leave a way for us to contact you (email address or phone number) so we can let you know who wins!! If you are a member of our church just let us know who you are....we'll find you!!
THE CONTEST WILL RUN UNTIL JUNE 21ST

And tell all your friends. Not only will we be getting great advice but maybe some freshly painted nails too!!!

Good Luck to you all!!!
Julie and Dianne

Labels: free, parenting advice, pedicure

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Easy Supper

Friday, May 22, 2009

We've a new recipe around the house.
Now that it's summer time and my standby taco soup and vegetable soup is out.
We're now using the oven for this yummy chicken recipe.
It's incredibly easy.

Chicken Bake
Chicken tenders (can be frozen)
Quartered red potatoes (as many as you'd like)
Sprinkle lightly with Italian dressing and heavily with Parmesan cheese

Bake uncovered for one hour at about 350.
This forms a crusty yummy layer on the potatoes.
And the chicken tenders cook a little quicker than the big breast do.
Feel free to cut breasts into tenders if you'd like.

Try it! It's great!

Labels: main dishes, recipes

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Easter Egg Hunt Photos

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Check out all the pictures from the Easter Egg Hunt here:

http://worthyclan.shutterfly.com/

Click on Easter Egg Fcc 09
Then double click on any photo to enlarge it and click slide show to see all the photos.
Or you can double click only on the ones you'd like to see.
ENJOY!

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FREE Easter Egg Hunt and Spring Fling

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Saturday, April 11
1:00 - 3:00 pm
Freedom Park - Liberty
(Egg Hunt will begin promptly at 1:30 pm)
Games - Inflatables - Cotton Candy - Snow Cones - Gold Fish Race!
All FREE
For more information, contact 843-0023

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Prom Dresses

Need prom dresses? I have a variety of dresses appropriate for prom or pageants. Red, yellow, aqua, black...sizes 4-6. If interested in viewing, contact Dianne at diannefcc@nctv.com. Reasonably priced!

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Great Devotion - Chalk the Line

Thursday, February 19, 2009

From Proverbs 31 Ministry....

Keep Chalking the Line
17 Feb 2009
Lynn Cowell

"And the Lord God commanded the man, 'You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die.'" Genesis 2:16 -17 (NIV)

When it came to football, my mother-in-law gave me great advice, "You can either get mad or learn to love it too." I took the latter part of her advice. So, along with 90 million other Americans, I was recently glued to my TV watching the Super Bowl. It reminded me of several years ago when my husband and I had the opportunity to be one of the screaming fans attending the Super Bowl. Knowing this was once-in-a-lifetime, we arrived at the stadium hours before the game to watch preparations. We took in everything, including the caret akers pushing their carts up and down, carefully chalking in the boundary lines. At any football game, depending on the weather, these lines might be facing a tough day. Rain, snow, cleats, smashed bodies might beat against them for hours. At the end of the game, they are no longer white, straight and clean. In some places, they may have been completely rubbed away. But when game time rolls around again, the caretakers pull out their carts and chalk the lines back in.

Often, as a parent of two teens and a pre-teen, I grow weary of "chalking in the lines." Peer pressure, TV, music, and FaceBook all beat against the boundary lines of safety and obedience I have helped create for them. I am prone to think to myself as my children leave the house with keys in hand, "I don't have to remind them to not blare the music. They know. I've told them before." Or, "It isn't necessary to tell them not to have the opposite sex in the house when you are gone. You have told them that many times." But then I remember that the world is constantly repeating its opinion on what is fun, acceptable, and okay. So I must chalk in the lines by reminding them of the boundaries the Lord has called me to put in their life.

The Lord is our example of setting boundaries with those we love. In the Garden of Eden, He made it clear to His children that they were not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. He set the boundary. It was then up to Adam and Eve to obey. Just recently, I had to chalk the lines again. My son asked me if he could attend an event, to which my answer had to be "no." With tear-filled eyes, I explained why. Needless to say, he was not happy! But then I remembered another conversation we had several months ago when he said, "Mom, thanks for my curfew. It has kept me out of trouble many times."

That was evidence enough for me that when we set the boundaries, with love, they know we care deeply about them. When the day ha s been long, when you are tired, trying to cook, run a load of laundry and figure out what time you need to leave for the next rehearsal, my hope is that you will not grow weary in "chalking in your lines." I pray that one day soon, your child will thank you, too.

Dear Lord, help me. Sometimes as a parent, I get tired: tired of going against the world that seems to have no boundaries. In Your strength, help me to lovingly show my child the way. Soften their heart to accept and obey. In Jesus' Name, Amen.

Reflections:Are there any areas in your own life where you have overstepped God's boundaries?Do you discuss boundaries with your child at times when it won't turn into a heated argument?

Pow er Verses:2 Thessalonians 3:13, "And as for you, brothers, never tire of doing what is right." (NIV)Galatians 6:9, "Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up." (NIV)

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Nuturing yourself

We know that we, as women, are nurturers. But did you know that the person we forget to nurture is ourselves? Just like a bank account, you can not give away what you do not have. Nurture yourself today.
Here are some ideas:

1. Take a bath (with bubbles). Who cares if they are Barney Bubbles!
2. Call an old friend.
3. Take a nap. (even if it's 15 minutes)
4. Go to bed early.
5. Buy one pack of your favorite cookies and hide them in your bedroom just for you!
6. Get a pedicure.
7. Go see a movie with a friend.
8. Let your husband give you a neck rub.
9. Stay in the shower an extra 5 minutes and exfoliate.
and last but not least......
10. Spend time on your face before God.

Nurture yourself!
julie

Labels: nurture, thoughts and questions, women

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