This post will be short mostly because I just spent the last hour working on my novel, which wouldn’t be…

I’ve been planning my garden since last winter. I got a gorgeous set of cedar raised beds at Lowe’s on…

I had a conversation with a friend recently about the community mindedness of pioneer women. They were often miles from…

Monday was the first day since October that it was warm enough (and not raining) and I was able to…

I wanted to provide a brief explanation for my recent absence and lack of additional posts toward Project Simplicity. I…

This particular project surprised me a little, mostly because it wasn’t a particular area. But since my downstairs is often…

Pretty soon my friends and family are going to think I’ve become a house wife of the 1900’s. I now…

Ok, so I know that I’m a bit late to post about my first week of Project Simplicity. Today is…

As a pre-assignment to Project Simplicity, Tsh of Simplemom.net proposed that we each work on a family purpose statement. Having…

I’ve been MIA from my blog for a while because of a combination of two reasons. First of all, last…

  I am a pretty low maintenance person. My makeup routine during my high school years was minimal, unless I…

photo courtesy of Twinkle Photo   I was recently able to share with my MOPS group some of my thoughts…

Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about the different names of God that appear in the Bible, especially the Hebrew…

Last month I shared that our family would be embarking on a first time ever no spend month. I was…

It’s the end of the year. When holiday sales declare “You NEED this and if you don’t buy it now,…

  I told myself this year would be different. I would be less stressed out and I’d engage more. But…

I spend money every day. You probably do too. Sometimes it’s boring things like rent, mortgage and utilities, or necessary…

My social media feed is full of it. Moms lamenting peeing their pants and the belly that just hangs and…