Barb's Best

Last year, my resolution was to make no resolutions. My rationale was I take things way too seriously and set my self up for failure before...

So says Scarlett O'Hara. And she's right. In today's world, for both belivers and even non-believers, tomorrow is another day. ...

...you might get it. How often I've made that comment - jokingly, I thought. But today I found myself trying to "take back" a ...

There is no doubt many of women's (and men's) mood swings can be atributed to hormonal shifts. And many a temper tantrum has been b...

As a child, I remember being so excited when we had pancakes or other breakfast foods for dinner. It was a super-special treat. It wasn...

I was involved in a discussion where a woman complained that she didn't like when others said they knew how she felt, that they understo...

Like Tevya, from "Fiddler on the Roof", I like tradition. But since the death of my mom twelve years ago, our family traditions h...

I love Friday nights. Friday nights are filled with the hope of all that I will accomplish over the next two days of freedom. I start to pla...

Try as I might, I never really understand grace. I know the definition and can parrot it off to anyone who wants to hear it. I've experi...

I was created with a brain for intelligence and reasoning, eyes to see, ears to hear; tongue, nose and neural pathways for taste, smell and ...

I turned my furnace on, yesterday.  Each year, I try to wait until November 1, but that doesn’t usually happen.  However, I think this year ...

Here are my amateur thoughts on fall... God empties His jewel box over the earth. The trees drip with precious stones...Rubies, amber, ga...

Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree.” -Emily Bronte “Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil...

My Barblings three made their Profession of Faith at church today and I was overtaken with emotion. All these years I've watched them w...

I took a week's vacation from work this past week, and oh the plans I had. There were a few home repairs to do, yard work, reading, cle...

In addition to the usual things, like learning stuff, I discovered a great advantage to being a college student. In efforts to keep their s...

Did you know that when a dog regurgitates the raw eggs it's eaten, the result is scrambled eggs? I suspect that the dog's body heat...

In no particular order... Short commute to work Great place to walk dogs Trees Dairy Queen within walking distance Library within walking di...

My father had open-heart surgery on Monday, August 21. When I saw him in the Surgical ICU, he was still on a ventilator so he was unable to...

I've been amazed (and a bit frightened) at how perceptive Spell Check can be. Often, when I have spell check peruse a document, it sugge...