Carey Bailey

Devotionals

More than Charlie Brown joy.

I am excited to introduce todays guest blogger: My Mama! The woman who gave me my first journal. Thanks, Mama. Now onto her first blog post EVER! * originally posted on 4/20/11Do you remember Charlie Brown talking about happiness?   Happiness is two kinds of ice cream, happiness is all 18 colors (although I always wanted the box with 62 colors and a sharpener on the back,) happiness is a warm puppy.   I always loved that book.  Except for the ice cream part, I thought he was right.  But  ...

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Motherhood/Parenting

Confession. I am ending my affair.

Pause: A temporary stop in action or speech. Punctuate: To interrupt periodically. Over a year ago I went to a beautiful local spa thanks to my husband and kids. I am always in heaven at a day of pampering. I went in for my massage and the masseuse talked a bit much for my taste. She kept telling me about all my knots and she was making suggestions of things I needed to do to take better care of my back. I was thinking “Lady, I am trying to relax not be lectured about all the things I need  ...

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Devotionals

Lessons Learned from Steven Tyler

Before I got married I had a little TV with an antenna that only got one channel with decent quality. So I really only knew about shows on NBC. When I started dating my now husband I was introduced to HD TV and reality TV. Hallelujah! One show I met was American Idol. The last couple of years have been some of my favorite. (Simon and Paula being gone made the show better in my opinion).  I love watching these every day kids pursue their dreams. In one of the last shows Steven Tyler, who is  ...

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Crafts/Printables

June Printable To-Do List and Memory Verse

I should really think before I write things like I did last week about shaking things up. I basically hit publish on that post about my ugly bathroom counter and God said “Alright, let’s GO!” The plans I had made for the next year have been rearranged and I can’t lie I would have rather done things my way. So this month’s memory verse is for me. “We can make our plans but the Lord directs our steps” Proverbs 16:9 My prayer is that this verse will serve you too. How often do we try to do  ...

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