Ready to get started back on track

So, the plan is to get things started back on track the first week of September.

Now, what I mean is that Hal and I are planning some intensive study time that first week. We have several ideas floating in our heads and we are going to try to get them TOGETHER and on paper. Now, if you know anything at all about us – you know that our planning and preparation styles are COMPLETE OPPOSITES.

This should be fun!

Regardless of how our planning/studying/preparing time goes…. we hope to have this blog working for and with us again by September 8th.

Surviving and thriving,
Hal and DeeDee

Monday Night Chats Temporarily Discontinued

Due to the busy schedule for the months of June and July…. We will not plan on having Monday night chat night.

We are still going to try to keep some posts going. But that in itself has been a struggle (as you can tell) for the last couple of weeks.

We want to be a service for families. We want to survive and thrive in this world… and we want you and your family to not only survive but to also THRIVE.

Marriage/Parenting/Christian Living is work.. it is commitment… it can sometimes be HARD. But is it definitely worth all the effort. Keep your eyes on Jesus. He is the author and finisher of our faith! Keep Him at the center of your home… your marriage… your family… your time.

So your assignment for the summer months… keep up the Friday Family Fun…
Read a good book on the home.
Maybe even read a good book together.
Share with us what you are reading to encourage each other.
Remember that Love is “meeting needs”…. so Love on the precious family that God has given you!

Surviving and (today we are ) Thriving!
Hal and DeeDee

Proposed Schedule

Ok… I really have been working on the plan for this blog and for the chat nights.

Maybe a little structure and schedule will help us all.

For the Chat Nights – I have posted the schedule on the side bar for the Month of May. I will update each month.

For the Blog – This is what I hope to be able to keep going:

• Monday Meetings – somewhat of an introduction for the chat topic for that night.

• Tuesday Tips for Husbands – Hopefully Hal will be able to give us a blog on most weeks. But this will also be a time for the wives to comment and respond from their perspective.

• Wednesday Words for the Wives – I plan to have a blog with some encouragement/instruction for us ladies. But we will welcome some comments and response from the husbands’ perspectives. (Also – sometimes I will throw in a Wordless Wednesday and/or a Word-filled Wednesday)

• Thankful Thursdays – We will join other bloggers with our list of things that we are thankful for. But on this particular blog we will be focusing on the home – the family – the children – etc.

• Friday Family Fun – Plan some fun for your family. Enjoy the time with them. Share the plans so that we all can be encouragement for each other. Sometimes we just a need a fresh idea.

Next Week – I will add this to the side bar – for future reference.

Tell me what you think – will this work?

We want to be encouragement for you. The world is fighting for your home. We want to offer some help. We want your home/your family – not only to survive – but also to THRIVE.

Love to you all!