What Do Your Trees Look Like?

My husband has been going on and on about how he wants some fruit trees. He wants to plant a few and then learn how to can the fruit. Which means, of course, that I will have to learn all about canning the fruit. When I walk past his computer, on the screen will inevitably be a website talking about fruit trees.

I am just waiting to come home from work one day and see one standing in my front yard. Oh boy...

Intertwining Coolness

This weekend I learned something that really made me open my eyes on what trusting God really means. This one little new tidbit of information maybe help you get through the next hair frizzing dip on the rollercoaster of life.

Great Expectations

I have always been one to have high expectations. If I make plans to go on a trip, I start planning and expecting for months in advance. I always get really excited about things to come. Tell me we are moving to a new state, and I start planning and expecting great things to come from the move. If I get a new job, I start planning and expecting good things to happen. I have had this trait since I was a little girl.

Until a few years ago, that is. When my expectations started to fall short of reality.

Listen Up!

Today's blog goes right along with yesterday's blog. We talked about putting the right tools in your tool box. Having the right tools to fix or build something makes all the difference. But would it not be nice to know when and how to use those tools?

Tool Time With Trudy

One of my son's is preparing to go to a technical college next year. He is only 16, but our state has a program that allows High School students to attend classes in specific fields as a way to give them a leg up on a career when they graduate. He wants to be a carpenter and build things. Their carpentry program will teach him skills in that area. Over the course of a semester, they will actually build a complete house. It's pretty cool.

Temptation, You're Such A Jerk!

If we are not careful, we can find that the enemy can really destroy many areas of our lives through temptation. It takes many forms. Something you saw on TV or Facebook, a hidden weakness in your life can suddenly raise it's ugly head, or it can even come from something said by friends or family.

Do -NOT- Conform!

For those that are new to parenting, or are not parents yet, here is a piece of advice. For those that have been a parent, you will certainly agree. Here it is: Prepare your hearts, because a surprise is often waiting around every corner.