Can you keep up with me?

So, I've been over at Shutterfly with their new share sites for the past couple of months.  I've really enjoyed it, but was finding that some things I really did like better over here.  Plus, after I went ahead and set up the whole site, I realized that I can directly and easily link albums straight from Shutterfly to Blogger (here!).  Yeah, I'm slow, sometimes.  So, I'm going to try and double post for a little bit (I think) and figure out what exactly to do over the next couple of weeks.  Please bear with me (the two people that even read this!) during this time...

I've really been getting excited about a couple of my favorite blogs lately.

One of them is MoneySavingMom.  Crystal runs this great frugal website with tips from everything from couponing, to great bargains online or at stores and even financial planning tips.  I really enjoy her Christian perspective on things.  I can't believe it but I think I've been reading her posts for the last year now.  I've learned a lot of great tips from her and have gotten some amazing deals due to her posts.

Another of my favorite blogs is Women Living Well.  This is a new blog that I've been following only the last month or so, but I LOVE it.  The women who writes on this blog is Courtney and she is a very encouraging and real mom, wife, and lover of Jesus.  One of the cool things that came out of reading her blog is a techno-accountability group called "Good Morning, Girls!"  This was so exciting to me because I have always struggled with the consistent discipline of having devotions.  So, I ask two of my bestest buds if they would like to join me on this adventure, and they agreed.  We're on the start of the 3rd week today!  So awesome!!!!

On that note, I'm linking up with WomenLivingWell for her Making Your Home a Haven Challenge.  She really started this last week, but I figured I'd still jump in on the second week.  The first week's challenge was to light a candle reminding me to say a prayer of peace in my home when I saw it.  The second challenge, for this week, is to play soft music everyday and focus on using peaceful words and maintaining peaceful relationships.  Now, to be honest, these are things that I should be doing everyday anyway.  Plus, hello!, two of my favorite things - candles and music!  :)  So, I'm excited for these reminders.  Because, to be honest, most of the time I'm not focused on keeping a peaceful house.  I'm more in a haze and do-whatever-I-can-do-at-the-moment phase.  I really want to change that though.  Isaiah 26: 3,4 says, "You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in You.  Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord, the Lord is the Rock eternal."  I don't know about you, but I want to have the Lord for my foundation in this shaky world!"