Married mother of 4 boys, avid reader of the Wall Street Journal, great at research -- such as finding the best way to making a $5 bottle of olive oil taste like a $100 bottle. I do yoga every day, and a lot of the things I say people think are funny -- and I didn't mean it to be funny.
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SusieJ has written 1193 articles so far, you can find them below.
No matter how bad things look, this is not the way it’s going to end. No one will take away your joy. Jesus glorifies that message on Easter morning with his empty tomb. Kids need practical tangible “tools” to see how this transformation of bad to good takes place… it helps them to settle the [...]
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Remember that awesome line from the 80s, shouted out by the B-52s, “Tin Roof… Rusted.” That’s what I say now when I pick up one of those hot house tomatoes at the grocery store in the middle of Winter. Except, now I say, Tomato: Roasted.” I say that in my head, not out loud, because [...]
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How I love cardigans… I can never find them in just the right colors…and too often they have jewels and rhinestones embedded in them, and all I want is just an everyday cardigan. This royal blue wool sweater is warm and cozy and soft to the skin. It’s warm. Did I say that? I am [...]
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I had no intention of doing this, until my littlest one challenged me to do something with that big tub of Easter Eggs I bought. He was expecting “decorations” as in Christmas. And Jello eggs… He wanted some traditions. So, I bit the bullet and started growing my own grass… like everyone else is on [...]
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The church I take the boys to Sunday School is not my favorite place of worship. In fact, sometimes, I feel as if I’m missing out sometimes… there are a couple of other places with awesome choirs, fabulous speakers that leave a mark so deeply that they leave you pondering all week long, and maybe, [...]
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White vinegar builds the core of my cleaning supplies. It’s cheap, environmentally friendly, and it’s effective. Vinegar and water wash the hardwood floors, vinegar is my fabric softener in the laundry (gets rid of lint and pet hair), as a wrinkle release spray. Vinegar is the base ingredient of my window cleaner, and when mixed with [...]
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I dream of a day when I can grow tomatoes, right next to the corn, smack dab in the front yard. Why hide those gorgeous vegetables in the back? Besides, my best light is in the front… my tomatoes are never ready before frost in my shady back yard. But, until the day comes when [...]
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