{Re-post from my Daily Bright Side Blog} Whew! What a hectic weekend! We were in home improvement mode on Friday and Saturday and managed to have 3 new appliances installed, a new stove hood installed, a new wood panel on the window between the kitchen and living area to hide the new hood, some sawing…
Category: Life as I Know It
The Bright Side of Inconvenience
What could possibly be bright about Inconvenience? Well, today I have two things…. Earlier this week we discovered that our home refrigerator was no longer working. A pretty decent sized inconvenience, right? Well, the bright side of the refrigerator not working is obviously getting a new frige:) but the real bright side has been being…
The Bright Side of being a Foodie: Restaurant Week!
[Repost from my Daily Bright Side blog} On recently I had a friendship date with my dear friend and fellow UU alum Rachel Melton and we decided that it would be a good idea to partake of the DC August Restaurant Week! For those of you who don’t know, DC, New York, Chicago and other…
What could the Church learn from Facebook?
I was recently in a meeting where a top leader at my church made a very interesting comment: “Our congregation is probably a lot larger than we think. If the average church-goer attends twice a month, our numbers could be double what we think they are.” Another top leader made a similar comment: “If everyone…
My First 5K
I am so excited to share with all of my friends here at My Living Canvas that today I completed my first 5K! I ran the Wolf Trap 5K for the Performing Arts. Wolf Trap is “America’s National Park for the Performing Arts” and is a really cool venue where Brian and I enjoy seeing…
Cookie Monster Monday – The Verdict is In
And we LOST!! We made delicious Neiman Marcus cookies of urban legend fame. They were made with love by Mr. and Mrs. Walters. We had nice newlywed serving platters, table cloths, candles and table runners but we were out done by all the single ladies. It seems that the young crowd at Frontline Arlington choose…
Cookie Monster Monday
My church has a competition between small groups each fall called Cookie Monster Monday. All the small groups at Frontline Arlington are invited to participate. The objective is to bake the best cookie. Each small group who participates must bake 100 cookies for tasting and judging by all the participants of Frontline Arlington. Tonight for…
Is Life Meaningless?
I have spent some time in Ecclesiastes lately and have been wondering, is it true that there isn’t anything new under the sun? Is all the flurry of activity in life, particularly in my own life, meaningless vanity? I am wondering if the things that fill my life are placed there by me or placed…
For the Record…
Just in case the FTC actually knows my blog exists: I am an official book review blogger for Thomas Nelson publishing. They send me free books. I read the books and write what I think of the books on my blog and also on Amazon.com. Not all books I write about on my blog come…
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