New Faces for Your Spaces by Tammy LeFever Interior Motives Its spring and like you  I’ve got that urge to splurge!…but with the economic stimulus not quite stimulating  my budget…it’s a little more difficult these days to give my space a new facelift…so how about a little makeover that hides […]

Parenting Preschoolers: A Picture Plan by Kari Patterson Sacred Mundane Don’t you just love when you find something that works?!  Perhaps you’re like me and you’re so used to trial and error that when something becomes trial and success you pinch yourself–Yes! After sharing about my difficult Easter Sunday I […]

By Erika Weisensee   Oregon Writer It’s starting to stay lighter later.  The rain is letting up a little. For goodness sake, it’s almost Memorial Day.  When nicer days finally arrive, Oregonians are eager to get outdoors. For many of us, that means barbecuing, working in the yard, and relaxing […]

Next steps by Joy Dombrow Oregon Blogger Ten minutes before game time found me sequestered in my warm and quiet car, squeezing in a few minutes of productive reading as my son and his team readied themselves for baseball. Occasionally I would glance up to see them rotating through drills […]

More Workers Losing Weight on the Job, Finds Annual CareerBuilder Survey: Expert Offers Tips to Help Make Healthy Choices on the Job This Summer by Career Builder Are workers trading doughnuts for carrot sticks? Some workers’ waistlines may continue to expand, but the good news is that more of them […]

Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head by Leona Atkinson Wondrous Works blog If you live in Oregon the song, “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head” written by Hal David and Burt Bacharach and sung by B.J. Thomas in 1969, might be an appropriate song to sing. It rains so much […]

Express Yourself! by Debra Wade Creative Interiors Creating a cohesive feeling throughout an entire home is what I am called to do. I’m an interiors color consultant and artist. After years of living and playing with color I relish the fact that our homes have a surprisingly complex palette of […]

by Jen Rouse The Short Years It was the summer I was 15. Old enough to want a summer job, but not old enough to drive yet. Living out in the country, I was stuck at home…until a neighbor family asked me to babysit their kids a few days a […]

By Erika Weisensee A couple of weeks ago, I took a chocolate class. Does school get any better than this? My husband Alex and two other family members joined me on this delightful diversion. Collectively, we were looking for something entertaining to mix up our week. We were hoping for […]

Seven Habits That Help Keep Lost Weight Away by Olivia Rossi, RN Your Personal Trainer Have you noticed that habits seem to come grouped in “sevens?” Why does it have to be seven? It’s hard enough to change one! That’s what got me started on this article. I told you […]