by Bethany Jett | Jan 27, 2014 | Muses & Mullings, Uncategorized
I was thinking of excuses people have for not going to church, and I decided to apply the logic to other areas of life. For the record, I wear deodorant. Give me the clinical sweat-proof, stress-tested, smell-good brands, please! But enough about my deodorant, which...
by Bethany Jett | Jan 20, 2014 | Muses & Mullings
Life Advice: You don’t have to be perfect. Not everyone is going to like you. When making a choice, if God is proud of you and your parent/spouse/important-person-in-your-life is proud of you, you can be proud of you. Spending time with God in the morning...
by Bethany Jett | Jan 13, 2014 | Muses & Mullings
Character-building is tough. I watched my son trudge to the van after last-minute complaints about feeling sick. Upon further interrogation questioning, he confessed that “School is too looooong.” And the sore tummy became more than the stomach flu....
by Bethany Jett | Jan 7, 2014 | Muses & Mullings
[callout]TMI Tuesdays will start next week. Can’t wait![/callout] Missing a goal stinks, but it’s not weighing me down. I’m inspired by mom’s mantra for this year, inspired by Pinterest: (follow me. I pin cool things.) When something goes wrong...
by Bethany Jett | Dec 31, 2013 | Muses & Mullings
The most awesome present I received last year was a Smash Book. The rules with a Smash Book: there are no rules. No need for fancy cutting or stickers. If you have something you want to keep, a la movie ticket stubs, pictures, game or event stubs, glue it in....
by Bethany Jett | Dec 24, 2013 | Muses & Mullings
Mr. Darcy. My desire to emulate Meg Ryan in the romantic comedy “You’ve Got Mail” prompted me to read Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. I wanted to “get lost in the language” and perhaps start a tradition of reading it once a year....
