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Chet’s Five Crazy Easy Happy Tips

Chet Day, fabulous aging boomer and all-around-handy-health tip guy,  drops me a note every now and again, with some simple handy hints. This week was a quickie but a goodie on simple way to keep the happiness momentum from getting stuck in a rut.

Guaranteed to Succeed in Every Moment

Type “guaranteed success” or  “how to succeed’ into any internet search engine… What do you see? You quickly find that it is something that everybody wants to know. How do we do it? How do we succeed? What’s the magic formula for success? Wouldn’t it be nice to have the secret to success packaged up,  just-add-water [...]

Raising Happy Teenagers ~ In Their Own Words

Anyone who has survived raising teenagers knows that happy teens make a MUCH HAPPIER home. As a mom, I am all for as little quick-lipping, stomping, door slamming, OMGing, and basic eye-rolling and tune-outting, as possible. In December 2010 a once in my lifetime phenomenon occurred.

To Live or Not to Live~ Who’s Choice is it?

I’m going to share something that is becoming deeply ingrained in my me. It’s a verse that has  challenged and changed everything by changing and challenging the eyes thru which I view everything. “Today, I lay before you life and death; choose life”. Whether you’re a bible reader or not, you have to admit there are some [...]

I Think “IDIOT” Sums It Up…

I’ve been blogging how I use the BLESS keys every day in my little Jo world. But today’s blog, is about what an immense disastrous mess, one can make of life as you know it when you DON’T follow the keys. My oh my dear sweet reader, I have made such a mess, that I [...]

Saving Stinky Mike

His name is Mike, and he is a used car dealer. He was very much a stereo-typical car used car dealer. He was loud, obnoxious and , honestly, quite foul. His face was weathered, with a sickly grey tinge. His nose, bulbous and red with veins. Indicative of years of alcohol abuse. His office was [...]

The Secret is in the Choice

Can I share a verse that runs thru my mind several daily? It’s a verse that has absolutely challenged and changed everything I do. “Today, I lay before you life and death; choose life”. Deuteronomy 30:19 Now whether you’re a bible reader or not, you have to admit there are some really big thoughts in [...]

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