I Thessalonians 5:18 I have so much to be thankful for. (PS– click on the picture to see more amazing pictures of how others live)
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Spoken with some satisfaction by my 10 year old daughter who arrived from Ethiopia last year. “In Ethiopia I don’t scream too much. But at Layla there’s lots of kids and it was very loud and I practiced screaming.” She nodded with satisfaction. “Now I’m very good at it.”...
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One of the reasons we decided to do the 30 Days of Nothing is simple: bills. Our daughter’s health issues this summer used our medical savings plan faster than we’d anticipated, and I’m eager to get things paid off. We don’t have much debt, and I get uncomfortable when the bills stack deeper than...
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Two years ago when we did 30 Days of Nothing, we spent $318 the whole month on food. Of course besides that we had our regular bills for utilities, gas, housing, etc. But we cut out all non-essentials. No clothes, books, eating out, or other extras. I felt good about what we saved that...
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Shannon is back with Works for Me Wednesday.   My tip for the week is simple.   I love to cook with fresh ginger– it’s so much better than dried.  But it doesn’t last forever, and can get moldy in the fridge.  Problem solved if you just keep your ginger in the freezer.  I keep mine...
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I’ve given us all the grace of not starting homeschool until next Monday, so this week I’m trying to fit in all the ‘summer’ projects that I didn’t get around to. At the moment I am sitting here like a limp noodle, because today I: –(kids and I) blanched, chopped and froze about 200...
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I had no idea that pairing a brown shoe with black shorts was so very wrong. It is obvious to me that I am not as stylish as I like to imagine. I am still undecided about the heels/shorts dilemma…the vote was 21-15 in favor of the heels, which is not definitive enough to...
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This afternoon my 3 year old came inside, whimpering over a hurt toe. “I need a bandaid!” she wailed dramatically. She is currently at the stage where every owie warrants a bandaid request. But as a mom of ten kids I am hard-nosed — the rule around here is, no blood, no bandaid. I...
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John 8:35-36
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I’ve got some cute black shorts that are almost knee length. My shoe choices include simple flat brown sandals and super-comfy black slides with a heel of about an inch and a half. The black shoes are cuter– the brown sandals are just kinda blah. But I’m hesitant about pairing heels with shorts. Is...
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