A couple of weeks ago, I had the chance to go to a private island located in Rainy Lake in Canada.  It’s a island owned by our pastor’s family and he invited us and another family to spend a few days there.  I was looking forward to the fellowship, enjoying nature, watching the boys experience something more wild than suburbia, and, maybe most of all, I was looking forward to unplugging.  I didn’t even pack my computer and that may be the first time that’s happened since I started my business, which is a little sad, admittedly. This island had minimal electricity, though, so a computer was pretty pointless.  I didn’t even know if I’d have cell service, so I thought I might be completely off the grid, but I did end up having decent reception.  Despite that fact, I stayed off my phone and gave my full attention to

Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Sleep Number®.  As always, all words and opinions are my own. If you remember, back in December we went to our local Sleep Number store in Rochester, MN, to select a new mattress and foundation.  Jeff and I have very different mattress preferences and this had led to one or both of us not loving our mattress.  It would be perfect for me, but too soft for him.  We would try a firmer mattress, but it still wasn’t as board-like as he wanted and I would pad it with as much memory foam as he could stand, so my hips wouldn’t ache in the morning.  If you have this problem, you know just what I’m talking about. Anyway, as I shared in THIS POST, both Jeff and I went through the full in-store Sleep Number experience to discover our preferred Sleep Number setting and