One more week down, and it was a success! First thing – I took over cleaning out the cats’ litter boxes. This has been a job my husband has done as long as we’ve been in this house, but for no reason other than I was glad to let him do it! But this quarter… Read More Growing Pains challenge – week 6 report

Whew! Another week in the bag. Speaking of bags I have a stuffy, sinus-y head cold I’d like to stuff in a bag and squash. Urgh! But thankfully it did not prevent me from completing my challenge this week, including the extra thing left over from last week. So again – whew! First thing – Working out!… Read More Growing Pains challenge – week 5 report

Right now I am doing something that I do not want to do. That I hate to do. That I’m only doing because of this challenge. But I do not get to count it for this challenge. Bleh! What I’m doing is admitting that I did not do one of my three things for this week. I only did… Read More Growing Pains challenge – week 4 report

Growing Pains challenge – week 3 report: Success! I successfully did my three things this week that I did not want to do. I’ve learned some interesting things about myself during this week. First thing – Still the gym. I go twice a week, regularly, and get to count it as one of my things because I… Read More Growing Pains challenge – week 3 report

For the next 10 weeks, I am going to do three things each week that I do not want to do. It is time for me to grow more as a person – as a wife – as a homemaker – as a child of God – as a person on this earth. There is… Read More Growing Pains challenge – week 2 report

As adults, we do not always have the opportunities for growth and self-improvement that children have. We don’t have a teacher encouraging us to learn more, memorize more, produce better at an ever-growing variety of skills. We don’t have parents encouraging sports, music, good behavior, and obedience. We don’t always eagerly anticipate using our free… Read More Growing Pains challenge – week 1 report