(in) Real Life 2014 - This is PAST DUE for me...

Calling all ladies!! Are you ready to have some fun? 

Me, too... in fact this is WAY OVERDUE. :) 

So, here's the lowdown... A few years back, the ladies over at (in)courage took note that quite often we ladies typically DON'T get together to encourage each other on a personal level, for a host of different reasons. 

While we are so very good at connecting with each other via social media, it's easy to sit behind the computer screen, and be safe to type (rethinking many times what you're going to say, so it sounds just right) and maybe edit those posts, afterward, to be sure that they are "encouraging". 

I don't know about you, but I know that my human soul longs for face to face interaction...  And, I'll go out on a limb here, and say that if you're a living human, then you need community, too. :) We all do. It's how we were built.  

To meet this need, the (in)courage team had a BRILLIANT idea to offer a FREE annual Women's Conference that comes to you! It's called (in) Real Life. When I heard about it, I was all in... because, I mean, what woman doesn't LOVE hanging out with her girlfriends, catching up, and share her life stories? 

I love this idea because EVERYONE HAS A STORY, and we never know if our story will be just what is needed to encourage someone else who is currently walking where we have already been.  

So... with the blessing of the Full Life Women's Ministries, I will be your humble host for the first annual (in) Real Life Women's eConference on Saturday, April 26th @ 4:00 - 6:00pm.  Click here to register & view the agenda and speaker list!

There will be food, giveaways, I have heard about a possible craft that (in)RL is putting together for us to do together, and of course the conference (via webcast on the BIG SCREEN).  Oh, and CHILDCARE (W/SNACKS) WILL BE PROVIDED AT THE CHURCH. 

You may have noticed that the conference is 4/25 & 4/26. The conference IS a two day event, but the Friday session will be available at different times for you to view at home, whenever is the best time for you. So, you can be in your PJ's, eating chocolate, and no one will know! 

I love this... I'm thinking of retreating to my bedroom that evening, and letting daddy have a movie & pizza night with the kiddos in the living room! :) 

God has challenged me with transparency this year, and I'm so looking forward to spending my afternoon with you, getting to know you better & learning who Jesus has been in your life! 

Won't you come? I would love to see you there! 

And... she disappears...

Has it really been 3 days since my last post? Geez. For those who were becoming interested in following me, don't give up on me just yet. It seems I had a surge of creative energy that just had to be dealt with... by my completely redesigning the blog. Just 5 days after the first design went live...

Yah, I'm that girl. You know... the one who can only have her furniture in a fixed location for a certain amount of time. And when the invisible timer goes off (and who knows when that'll be), the urge to MOVE THE FURNITURE is upon me, and it simply must. be. done. Period. :)

So... all that said, I was loving the color scheme, but I really wanted to have a nicer header, and background image. You know, ones that popped. And, they had to be "pretty".  Simply because I'm a girl, and I fully believe that God created each and everyone of us with the need to surround ourselves with beauty. Personally, I think that's why we're all crazy "nesters" deep down inside. I won't tell anyone you are... I promise. *Wink*

If I wanted to be "spiritual" about it, I could even offer you a verse or two to prove that we are all crazy nesters. And even better, that being a crazy nester is a GOD thing. Don't believe me? Well... since you dared me...

Genesis 1:26 - And God said, let us make man in Our image, after Our likeness... 

Ecclesiastes 3:11 - He makes EVERYTHING beautiful in His time. 

See... even God surrounds Himself with beauty! That was His purpose from the very beginning. BEAUTY. By the way, we're a part of that beauty. He loves us SO very much, and without Him, nothing would be beautiful. Especially us crazy people who can't seem to leave their furniture alone.

All that said... today, I'm celebrating a beautiful new blog design (inspired by the Beautiful One, Himself), and the wonderful people I get to share my (CRAZY) life with. Thanks again for being a part of my world.

And, tomorrow?? I've got a few thoughts I have been stewing over for a few days in the back of my mind. Hopefully those will make their way to you in the next day or so.

Till then... the gift list grows.