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Quick Tip: Softening Butter

March 1, 2010

Can you picture this? You’re in the kitchen, gathering the ingredients to make cookies. You look and see softened butter is one of the ingredients and all of your butter is in the refrigerator. Probably 1 in 15 times I remember to pull the butter out an hour early and let it soften perfectly but [...]

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Reflecting on Peace

December 3, 2009

This post was first published on December 8, 2008. It has a good message though and I thought it could use repeating. ~Nicki

photo credit: djfoobarmatt
Some of you may not know that my dad is a minister. He pastors the church I attend so I am exposed to some high quality preaching (I love you [...]

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Instant Gratificationism

September 24, 2009

The other day I was slicing homemade bread. It’s something I do often and don’t have to put much thought into. I had baked four loaves and as I finished slicing my last one it occurred to me that I had eaten 4 slices of bread in the midst of completing my task. Aloud, I [...]

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A Step Back To Move Forward

July 21, 2009

You may or may not have noticed that I’ve been away for a bit. I’ve been absent from Twitter, haven’t kept up with my Reader and sat back as the unread messages in my email inbox steadily multiplied. I had a lot going on this month so I had no other choice but to sit [...]

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Over-Scheduling: The Well-Intentioned Thief

July 14, 2009

This post was originally published on October 30, 2008. Enjoy! ~Nicki

Ahhh … such a weakness for me. My intentions are good. I just want to help. I don’t want to let anyone down. Of course I can do that.
I’ll be plain and to the point on this one. Just because you have [...]