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A heart full of compromise looks at a situation and says, “what’s wrong with it?”
A heart after holiness looks at a situation and says, “what’s right with it?”
You can’t fool Jesus.
Penny Raine
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I have really been moving slow the last couple days, I don’t know what is wrong with me. I think I finally hit overload. We had a very leisurely Christmas Day, we don’t celebrate but do have a big family meal with whomever wants to come. but then we do that all the time. 
So there is no reason for me to be so run down, but a little extra rest and I am feeling better. I want to get ahead of this new year planning thing so I am bringing y’all along too. Whomever wants to join along with all of this planning is welcome. This is the pre new year assignment.
If you tend to be a perfectionist like me, getting started with new year planning is half the battle, so that is what we will do ahead of time, all of the preparations to get started.
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When you are cooking, especially on a holiday, and especially when using a family recipe or technique, teach someone! Never let a teachable moment go by unused. Life goes by too fast and things are not passed down like they used to be. If you don’t have daughters of your own, teach someone else’s. 
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So you want to start a momma blog? Or maybe you already have a mom blog? Or maybe you are even the queen of mommy blogging. Either way, these tips are useful for all.
Some blogs I am blessed by,
other’s make me want to cry,
I love to hear about your youngins,
as they learn and play,
but when it shames them even without knowing
it really ruins my day! …….. Penny Raine
Ok, onto some do’s and don’ts.
I once read a blog that you would recognize if I told you the name, it could have been funny and it obviously is to some because she has a million times more readers than I do. But I had to stop reading because I really wanted to just cry when I read it. She constantly made fun of her children. Please remember our little blogging communities may feel like just that a neighborhood. But the web is a big place. If you want too air your own dirty laundry that is your business. But let everyone else, even your own children and especially husband, and even in-laws deal with their own private lives privately! If you would be ashamed to say it out loud in church in front of everyone then don’t blog about it. Or tweet about it, or post it on facebook. Are we all getting the point?
Respect.
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I would love to say that my house is perfectly organized with no clutter. And in my dreams it is. But there are lots of people in this house, and it is a very old house in a constant state of maintenance and remodel, and there are only so many hours in the day. And hubby’s mom is coming to dinner. So what is our tackle here? The great stash and dash. Old houses do not have big closets, in fact most do not have any closets, they used armoirs or just similar, so stashing in a closet doesn’t work here. But never fear I will find a place. And stash I will and the dash to another room to do the same. Want to learn how? Well you start with the entry way to the entry folks use. If you never use the front door, don’t start there. It must be a Southern Hospitality thing, NOBODY uses the front door here. We all use a side door or a back door. Anyway start there, anything that looks cluttery, stash it somewhere. Preferably at the opposite end of the house. Then walk from that entry to the kitchen, and to the main sitting place, and do the same. Clear all pathways, walkways, and piles of things that you may use everyday but make the space look messy. Then dust, vacuum, and sweep and mop, do the bathrooms and make sure the kitchen has more yummy taste-ables than meals in progress and you are in business. If you don’t have time, dont worry about the areas no one is going to see. Make sure bedrooms look clean enough from the doorway. But send more time on the actual visiting area.
My hubby has gotten much better over the years but he used to get really obsessive about his mom coming. Yes I have scrubbed baseboard with a toothbrush before 
. But you cannot have 7 children in Martha Stewart’s house and still have it look like Martha Stewart’s house, so you have to be realistic. You can however have it look good for one day. To make hubby happy. So for hubby we tackle this Tuesday.
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Never go grocery shopping at Walmart 3 days before Christmas in Mid TN when an ice storm is in the forcast.
The parking lot was like quicksand. And the store was worse, everyone going in and never coming out.
Very dumb move on my part. Until… I saw a treasured friend who really needed a friend. Did you know you can have Front Porch Fellowship right in the saran wrap isle? Jesus was glorified.
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