Oct 23, 2010 | Homemaking
Realizing that you can’t do it all frees one up to experience the moment. For two months, my plate of responsibilities has been overflowing, and as odd as it sounds, the upcoming holiday season will be a welcome reprise. I’m slowly peeling items off my “do it all”...
Oct 22, 2010 | Homemaking
When I think of making my home a haven, there are immediate impulses of redecorating, fluffing pillows, hanging beautiful pictures and just making things more cozy. Often, we overlook the easy and instantaneous ways that we can make the ordinary extraordinary without...
Oct 20, 2010 | Balancing the Budget, Debt Free Living
For me, creating a budget is pretty similar to fingers on a chalkboard, my daughter “serenading” me over and over in my ear, spending money on underwear (what a waste), committing to workout with the “30 Day Shred” for….30 days and, well,...
Oct 19, 2010 | Intentional Living
One thing I have learned in my old age, is that you have to be able to laugh at yourself. We all take ourselves way too seriously, and trust me, I can get awfully serious. In the midst of talking money and debt and mortgages and hunk ‘o’ junks…laugh....
Oct 17, 2010 | Home Management
Just days after I reorganized my school room, my glass book shelf broke. (I know…glass shelves, heavy books…not practical.) I quickly started unloading the books onto the floor, surrounding chairs, and the dining/ school room table. Some how a day passed,...
