Hi, welcome to Living Outside the Stacks! Handing you a cup of coffee… About Me: My name is Daenel and I have the research skills of a librarian, the preservation skills of an archivist, the organizational skills of a mother and the domestic skills of a Stepford Wife. I’ve been married for sixteen years and have five [...]
Tags: About Me, Blog Party, Blogging, Fun Stuff, Meme, UBP2011, Ultimate Blog Party 2011, Vlog
Ever since Adam first ticked off Eve, everyone’s been trying to figure out the secret to a successful marriage. Books have been printed, advice columns written, television shows aired and hands thrown up in surrender. No one knows why some marriages work and others don’t, the only thing everyone seems to agree on is that [...]
Tags: Candace Cameron Bure, David James Elliott, Family Movie Night, Motherhood, P&G, Proctor & Gamble, Ronny Cox, Truth Be Told, Walmart
So I’ve decided to join yet another meme. I think somewhere on this blog I mentioned how much I love them. Anyway, this meme is called “What I Wore Wednesday” and it’s hosted by Lindsey at The Pleated Poppy. Cardigan ~ Target Blouse ~ Dots Jeans ~ Old Navy Boots ~ Target Bag ~ Maxx New [...]
Tags: Clothes, Fashion, Fun Stuff, Memes, What I Wore Wednesday
Today I finished the Bible in 90 Days Challenge and I’m so incredibly excited. Seriously, y’all, I grew up in the church and had never read the Bible from cover to cover. There is some crazy, interesting, jaw dropping, faith growing things in there! Anyway, ever since I saw the end drawing near, I started [...]
Tags: #B90Days, Bible, Bible in 90 Days, Bible Teaching, Blogging Through the Bible, Christianity, Faith, Gospels, SOAP, The Gospels
One of the things about having four children that I love and hate the most is that my oldest daughter has taken it upon herself to parent the younger kids. Actually, it’s kinda cool that she mothers them because it’s less work for me. However, she has a bad habit of telling them everything she [...]
Tags: Babies, Children, Funny Stuff, Memories, Mothering, Questions Kids Ask
Check out my new Facebook page here! You can find a list of my favorite Droid apps here! I share my favorite songs with you here! Monday Mingle is hosted by Jenn at Eighty MPH Mom. If you’d like to participate, simply create a short vlog in which you answer the questions and then hit up [...]
Tags: About Me, Apps, Droid, Facebook, Fun Stuff, Makeup Free Mondays, Monday Mingle, Music, Vlog
People blog for a variety reasons, some because they need an emotional outlet, some because they’re looking for a side hustle and some because it’s a way to make friends who share a common interest. I blog because my husband kept yelling “I’m not your girlfriend, quit sharing your shopping experiences with me!” For some [...]
Tags: Blogger Award, Blogging, Social Networking, Stylish Blogger Award
BOOK DESCRIPTION (FROM THE BACK OF THE BOOK) The worldwide effort to combat manmade global warming is history’s most far~reaching hoax. In The Global~Warming Deception, Grant R. Jeffrey documents the orchestrated campaign of political pressure, flawed science, and falsified data ~ all orchestrated to sell an environmental lie and bring the West to its knees. [...]
Tags: Book Review, Christianity, Faith, Global Warming, Grant R. Jeffrey, Politics, Science, Thomas Nelson, Waterbrook Press
My friends are always telling me that my husband and I should write a book on how to raise happy, polite and well~adjusted children. I tend to laugh and just sorta shrug it off because, well, there really isn’t much to tell. The book would consist of one sentence that my husband and I have [...]
Tags: Anger, Children, Discipline, Father, Fatherhood, Mother, Motherhood, Parenting, Teenagers, Temper Tantrums, Toddlers
A few weeks ago, Japan suffered two of the most devastating natural disasters known to man ~ first the earthquake and then the tsunami ~ and now they’re dealing with the resultant damage to their nuclear power plants, as well as their infrastructure. And I haven’t even mentioned the emotional, spiritual and financial toll that [...]

Tags: Backpacks for the Children of Japan, Charity, Earthquake, Japan, linkedin, Zama Girlscouts
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