Archives for January 2015

3 Strategies to Create Balance in My Life In 2015

Balance. It’s so elusive in my life. So this past weekend, as I pondered and prayed about what might be my word of the year, the word BALANCE kept coming to mind. I looked up the word, and the noun form of balance has seven definitions. I decided that two of the meanings specifically applied to what God has put on my heart as a focus for this year. -a state of equilibrium or equipoise; equal distribution of weight, amount, etc. -mental {Read More}

Sunday Features {7} Is Live!

    Welcome to Sunday Features! It’s the place for bloggers and non-bloggers to meet every week for an exchange of inspiration and creative ideas. I’m excited to announce that I am joining Denise from Denise Designed as a permanent host of this weekly link party! Thank you to all of you who stopped by and “Liked” the Sunday Features Facebook page. We started sharing the Weekly Features, Links of the Day, Pages of the Day and Bloggers of the Week. If {Read More}

Peach Mango Green Smoothie: My 150-Calorie Snack Hack

 This post is sponsored by Yoplait Greek 100. As always, opinions are my own. My number one resolution in 2015 is to get fit and, in the process, lose 10 pounds before Trevor and Rachel’s wedding in May. Yes, it’s a lofty goal, but I’ve done it before! Starting Monday, exercise will once again become my best friend. Along with lean protein, veggies and lots of salads. Bread? Pasta? Sugar? The enemy. So… what’s my game plan? In addition to exercising five-six days {Read More}

New Year’s Eve in New York City!

Tom and I checked a biggie off our bucket list last week: New Year’s Eve in New York City. And we were blessed to do it in the most amazing way possible! Tom’s hotel in the desert is part of Marriott’s Convention & Resort Network (CRN). Each year, CRN invites several top Marriott customers to a VIP New Year’s Eve in NYC experience. They also invite a few executives with Marriott to join the customers. This year WE were chosen! So {Read More}

Enter to Win Romantic Cash Giveaway!

One fun aspect of blogging is joining with other bloggers to give away cool stuff and CASH! Between now and Valentine’s Day, I will be participating in a few giveaways, so stay tuned! I’m REALLY excited about this Paypal cash giveaway because I’m joining 65 other bloggers for a total give-away amount of $1,450. There will be three lucky winners! To enter, simply click on the links in the Rafflecopter below. You are welcome to click on every single link to improve your {Read More}

Sunday Features {6}

Thank you for kicking your year off with us at… Sunday Features {6}! Thank you to everyone who partied with us, during a holiday week, at Sunday Features {5} last week! If you are a blogger, we hope you’ll continue to link up your fabulous posts! If you are not a blogger, then Sunday Features is your place to come each Sunday for recipe, holiday, craft and DIY inspiration! In the coming days, we will be building out the Sunday Features {Read More}