It’s fun to check out things around me with an eye toward creating something new. Here are some fun items I created using driftwood, dried seaweed, shells and pieces of palm trees! These create whimsical decor for my front porch. ”Surround yourself with memories of places and times in which God has gifted you with … Continue reading Cracked Pot Creates: Repurposing
Author: Laurie Meek Watkins
Life Lists: Long lasting love
Love List How do you show your love? Here’s a checklist to help you! Love is.... ____Patient ____Kind ____Humble ____Not easily angered ____Forgiving ____Protective ____Trusting ____Unfailing Love is patient. Love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast. It is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not … Continue reading Life Lists: Long lasting love
Type “A” Travels: Arizona
It’s a tent, mind you. Not a pop-up. Not a camper. Not an RV. It’s a nylon, lightweight, nail-to-the-ground-so-it-won’t-fly away...tent ....and so Type A retires and begins to travel, albeit, not so luxuriously. Brad loves to camp, but we’d never done it. Our life was spent working in an office and shepherding girls to schools, … Continue reading Type “A” Travels: Arizona
Ten things I need to avoid (and how God will help me)
I need help! 2018 has brought me ten things to avoid. Now I’m lookin in the Book for help. In the next few weeks, I’ll be breakin this list down with the help of God. I’m checkin out the verses on my list. Maybe you’d like to check out the verses? Let me know what God … Continue reading Ten things I need to avoid (and how God will help me)
Type A’s Checklist: Ten things I need to avoid in 2018
Whining Pity Parties - I’m the only one who comes. After a while, I get sick of myself and wish I’d go home. The couch. Enough said. Any positions which entice me to sleep during the day. In other words, any sedentary position. In other words....the couch. Enough said. Criticism. -More on this in my … Continue reading Type A’s Checklist: Ten things I need to avoid in 2018
2018 – The Voyage Begins
Type A NOTE: SORRY! I have been woefully delinquent in writing you! Hope to keep in touch in the new year! I’d never been on an airplane til after I graduated from college. It took me a year to save flight money from my first job as Community Relations Director of Saint Anthony’s Hospital. I … Continue reading 2018 – The Voyage Begins
Checking In: 2015
Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.~Proverbs 19:21 Wow! It's already January 25 and I have not written you in a long, long time. Geesh ! I am so sorry! This Type A Lady has lost control! Yikes! I better catch up in my communication. … Continue reading Checking In: 2015
The Type A Lady Takes a Walk (and discovers a secret!)
"I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances." --Philippians 4:11 Walking for a "Type A" woman could be considered a misnomer. When I take a "walk," I usually walk/race with a mission in mind, be it exercise or hammering out some angry energy. … Continue reading The Type A Lady Takes a Walk (and discovers a secret!)
Turn on the Light
“You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, that … Continue reading Turn on the Light
Tear Down That Wall
There are many ways we build walls in our families. A wall is anything that prevents us from connecting and enjoying each other. A wall can destroy interaction between parent and child. It can eat away at a marriage. God offers the ultimate means of tearing down walls. This Type A lady is excited to … Continue reading Tear Down That Wall








