Doing YOU WELL Wednesday and some gratitude

encouragement link up and showing gratitude for readers
Seasons Greetings, the Pulliams here...wishing you a Merry Christmas and a BLESSED New Year!! I know you're here for "DYWW", but I'm taking a break for Christmas and New Years. So I'll be gone until Monday, January 6, 2014...GAHHH! Did I just say 2014? WOW!! 


Anywho, I want to take this time to express my sincere appreciation and love for each and every one of you! I thank God for you and for you supporting me and my blog this past year! Thank you for always coming back to visit, even when I've fallen short and have taken FOREVER to

Holly Blogging Christmas Party Reveal Day

For those of you who didn't know, I'm on a two week blogging break for the holidays and will be returning Monday, January 6th. So why am I posting today you ask? Because my good blogging friend Joi over at "Rx Fitness Lady" is hosting her "Christmas Eve's Eve Holly Blogging Christmas Party" and of course I'm an invited guest along with 15 other bloggers. We exchanged Christmas gifts and our posts today are all about the big reveal of our gifts!

Mastering YOU Monday...nip it in the bud

mastering life by dealing with our issues
Mornin' lovelies! As I mentioned last week, for the month of December I'll be recycling some of my old post for "Mastering YOU Monday". On our road to "mastering ourselves" and "mastering life", this week I'll be sharing with you how our small issues can become BIG problems if we let them go unchecked. Read on to find out why we should nip them in the bud and do it now... 


Because we become busy and overwhelmed with life, we sometimes overlook the small things in our lives, that if left unchecked, can grow into something we can no longer manage....an out of control monster.

"Michell's Weekly Pearl...(Hiatus and an Update)

As always, I thank you for joining me for another edition of  "Michell's Weekly Pearl", where I seek to use Godly wisdom to offer encouragement. If this is your first time visiting, I'll tell you a little about my advice series. This is where you can ask me anything on marriage, women's issues, family matters, relationships, parenting, homemaking, or life in general. If you want an honest, biblically based, to the point answer; email me your questions via prowessandpearls@gmail.com (please put "MWP" in the subject area). I'll post your question, along with my answer, anonymously. Easy as that! I'll also delete your email once I've transferred your question. To read all the questions and answers in this series, you can do so (HERE).

Doing YOU WELL Wednesday #44 and a special birthday

an ecouragement link up and celebrating our son's birthday
Happy HUMP DAY y'all!! Welcome to another "DYWW"! Today is bittersweet for me, why you ask? Because our youngest Blake...AKA the Baby of the bunch, "B", the Blakemeister, and his dad's favorite...Big-time, turns 18 today! I usually don't mention my kids' birthdays(here on the blog that is), but this one is a milestone in our family! My husband and I are officially the parents of ALL adults! He'll be graduating

Mastering YOU Monday...don't break him

mastering life by honoring our husbands in our marriageGreat Monday morning everyone! Hope you had a wonderful weekend! I've decided for the month of December, "Mastering YOU Monday" will be comprised of some of my archived posts. This week's post is for all you ladies out there who are married, engaged, dating, or in the future...may want to be any of the aforementioned! January 7, 2014, my husband and I will celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary. During these past 25 years I have learned many things about the opposite sex. Some from my husband, some from experience and some from watching other relationships. Continue reading to find out one of my biggest relationship pet-peeves.

Doing YOU WELL Wednesday #43 and a Thanksgiving recap

an encouragement link up and celebrating Thanksgiving with family
Hi everyone!! I've definitely missed you guys! Hope you all had a wonderful time enjoying your families for Thanksgiving...I sure did! I'm so thankful for my family and all of you(my lovely readers)! I really love and appreciate you guys!! :-) And to everyone who's comments I have yet to respond to...please forgive me! I'll be doing so soon and visiting your blogs as well. Please hold it to my head(well, my lack of time and busy schedule) and not my heart! ;-)

Mastering YOU Monday....free yourself

mastering life by forgiving others and freeing yourself Hi everyone!! I'm so glad to be back! Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving with your families...I sure did! Of course I was so busy entertaining and enjoying my family...I did absolutely NO WORK as far as my blog was concerned(no answering comments, no visiting other blogs, NOTHING), so I'm back to square one...ughh! But you know what, it's all good...I'll eventually get around to it, I promise! So, when I tell y'all that I love and appreciate you, do know that I really mean it. :-) Thanks for the encouragement...you guys ROCK!