Christmas Eve Eve & Settlers of Catan

Christmas Eve Eve & Settlers of Catan

Anyone else cranky today? My mom, brother, and I are all high on the Quality Time aspect of the Five Love Languages. Last night, we stayed up until almost 3 AM playing my new favorite game of all time — Settlers of Catan. Have you played? It’s awesome. I...

And the Winner is . . .

[callout]Congratulations to Amber M. for winning the Chicken Soup for the Soul’s The Dating Game contest. Check your email — I’ve sent you instructions on how to redeem your prize. Thank you to everyone who participated! The book is now available...

This struck a chord.

I subscribe to a limited number of blogs. When I’m scrolling through my emails in the morning, I don’t always read the ones I subscribed to, and if I delete them two days in a row, I unsubscribe since the content wasn’t worth the thirty seconds it...
Why I want to be like Bob Goff

Why I want to be like Bob Goff

Did you start something yesterday? I started a lot of things, and finished a couple projects as well. I’m feeling mightily accomplished. Usually I look at the mound of other projects that didn’t get finished and feel a weight on on my shoulders....

Start.

Start. The challenge is issued. The glove thrown. The gauntlet readied. Start. It can be anything. Open a book. Clean out a drawer. Write the first paragraph of your 12-page final essay. Type a page of the novel swimming in your head. Just start. I have a running list...

What I learned from Bonnie & Clyde

Three different stations aired the premier and last night's finale of the Bonnie & Clyde mini-series. I'm more intrigued by their love affair and to-the-death devotion than their life of crime. So was the rest of the world in the early 1900s, since...