I posted about the speed of social networking over at NotSoFastBook.com.Would James recommend we be slow to tweet (or Facebook, or blog)?Don’t miss a word:Subscribe to annkroeker.com updates via email or RSS feed.Join Mega Memory Month for the month of July! … [Read more...]
Food on Fridays: Warm Delights
(alternative button below)Here at the Food on Fridays carnival, any post remotely related to food is welcome. Recipes are enjoyed, but you can just share a picture of your fridge snapped on the day you cleaned it out, explain where mushrooms come from, or write a rollicking raspberry rhyme.In other words, the Food on Fridays parameters are not at all narrow. I think of … [Read more...]
Mega Memory Month is in Motion
(Use this or the small button at the bottom)Today, July 1st, marks day one of Mega Memory Month!Participants now have 31 days to pack into their minds whatever it is they've selected to memorize: a poem, speech, passage of Scripture, or song lyrics.The month is in motion, so it's time to begin.Refer back to the main Mega Memory Month page for July 2009 for suggestions and … [Read more...]
Hope to Spare You a Flat Tire
I keep my eyes open while on walks or jogs, picking up sharp screws and nails that I spot on the street, hoping to spare someone a flat tire.I found all three of these on the same day while completing a short neighborhood route. Scary, eh?For more Wordless Wednesdays, click HERE. … [Read more...]
Make-Do Mondays: Campsite Creativity
see below for alternative buttonAt Make-Do Mondays, we discuss how we’re simplifying, downsizing, repurposing, buying used, and using what we’ve got.It’s a carnival celebrating creative problem-solving, contentment, patience and ingenuity. To participate, share your own make-do solution in the comments or write up a Make-Do Mondays post at your blog, then return here to … [Read more...]
Now That's Green!
As I've already mentioned, I'm trying to simplify life by decluttering. I've already accumulated several bags of junk to donate.We live fairly close to a Goodwill, so the girls and I loaded the bags into our bike trailer and headed out.Before I left, the Belgian Wonder saw me and said, "Now that's green!"I was wearing a green shirt at the time. I looked down. "Yes," I … [Read more...]
Make-Do Mondays: Campsite Coffee
see below for alternative buttonAt Make-Do Mondays, we discuss how we’re simplifying, downsizing, repurposing, buying used, and using what we’ve got.It’s a carnival celebrating creative problem-solving, contentment, patience and ingenuity. To participate, share your own make-do solution in the comments or write up a Make-Do Mondays post at your blog, then return here to … [Read more...]
Food on Fridays: Vague Granola Directions
(alternative button below)Here at the Food on Fridays carnival, any post remotely related to food is welcome. Just write about how well your peas are coming up in the garden, snap some pictures of your compost bucket full of egg shells and corn cobs, or share your best dieting tips—it is, after all, swimsuit season, so I know I could use a little inspiration.In other … [Read more...]
Creative, Creation-Lovin' Kids
Many of these ideas complement topics in a message I gave to a MOPS group a few weeks ago about getting kids out in God's creation and encouraging creativity. I offered this for their newsletter, and now I offer it to you.Inspiring creativity and a love of God's creation in kids doesn’t mean you have to move to a ten-acre farm in the country and raise goats. This summer … [Read more...]
A Note about Friends
After reading yesterday's post, alert reader Marci at Overcoming Busy pointed me to The Creative Mama, who had a post about learning and keeping track of the little details reflecting our friends' likes and dislikes.She e-mailed her friends a form (available for download HERE) and asked them to fill it in and send it back in order to have a record on hand. She pointed out … [Read more...]
To Be Known
Yesterday I stopped by a dear friend's house on the next street over to return something, and we started to chat. She slipped inside for a minute and came back out with a glass of iced tea and a glass of lemonade."This is for you," she said, handing me the lemonade and keeping the tea for herself.Now, her lemonade is great, but I love, love, love her sweet tea. I haven't … [Read more...]
Make-Do Mondays: Running Spikes Take on New Meaning
see below for alternative buttonThis Week's Make-Do Mondays QuoteThere are two ways to get enough:one is to accumulate more and more.The other is to desire less.--G.K. ChestertonAt Make-Do Mondays, we discuss how we’re simplifying, downsizing, repurposing, buying used, and using what we’ve got.It’s a carnival celebrating creative problem-solving, contentment, patience and … [Read more...]
Stick of Renown
We went for a walk at a nearby park. As always, the kids spread out in search of sticks.One of the girls found this one. For a small person, it could serve as a staff. She used her staff to steady her step while walking on slippery stones in the creek. She leaned on it as she climbed up the bank, pushing against it for stability. It was straight, strong, and just the … [Read more...]
Simplicity & Slowing: Decluttering
[Update: Books offered at bottom of post are no longer available]A friend said the other day, "I don't know how you do all that you do, Ann.""The only way I do all that I do," I replied, "is by not doing it all."What I meant was—and I expanded on this with her—is that I cannot do it all. I don't do it all. I have limits and make choices accordingly.But writing and speaking … [Read more...]
Quick Tips for Slowing Down
Check out It's All About Love for her motivating slow-down post, "Quick Tips for Slowing Down."She's compiled a list of everyday ways to slow down your pace and combat our fast-paced culture.A personalized explanation accompanies each tip. Here's an example:Never run to answer the phone. If it’s that important, they will call you back. We also don’t own a cell phone, so … [Read more...]
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