So I’ve decided that to be truthful, instead of calling this the 30 days of nothing, it really should be called the 30 days of less. We are so far from having nothing, it seems a mockery of the word. Spending Confession: today not only did we spend $16 taking 7 kids to a...
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Bought: Nothing Meals Breakfast: Cornflakes, raisins, toast Lunch: Barley Veggie Beef Soup, crackers, apples Dinner: Spaghetti, garlic bread, cucumber salad, apples, cookies Book resisted: Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger
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Reminder: You have till Tuesday evening to submit your affordable recipes for my Saturday contest. Keep ‘em coming! ——————– Shopping: None, but I’m feeling weak. I barely resisted Linens ‘n Things – Cooking Sets, (on sale!!!)and Gymboree – Girls clothes - (cute!) I’ve decided I need to swear off Mir’s Want Not because it always tempts me to...
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Shopped: Not a speck. Our big kids did go to a $2 movie with youth group, but funded it themselves. Today’s Menus Breakfast: Cold cereal ($1/box corn flakes) and bananas Lunch: hamburgers, Berbere Home Fries (scroll to bottom of link for recipe), cucumbers, tomatoes, chocolate chip cookies Dinner: Leftovers (mac & cheese, beans & rice), and...
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Bought: nothing Menu Breakfast: Migas, toast, juice Lunch: Homemade mac & cheese, cuke salad, peaches, watermelon (our own melon!!) Dinner: Korean Kalbi , kimchi Mandu, rice, watermelon Today’s book urge resisted (this month, anyway. I reeeeally want this one! The author is a friend and she writes about Ethiopia…): Amazon.com: There Is No Me Without You:...
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So (head hanging) we’ve already been to the store. Well, technically I haven’t, but my husband has. For: –TP. Obviously. –Benadryl (hubby got a bee sting) –Canning jar lids -our cucumber plants are intent on world domination. I canned 15 quarts of pickles today and still have a HUGe bowl full on my kitchen counter. ...
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It’s September. 30 Days of Nothing starts today. If you’ve read my blog since the beginning, you’ve read my past posts wrestling with the issues of money, possessions, and the less fortunate. I hope people won’t misunderstand my heart. As I write this month, I will be doing so not to ‘guilt’ or impress or legislate anyone,...
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I read an amazing blog post on Intent – 30 Days of Nothing. Go read it if you haven’t yet. Her experiment appeals to me, partly because of my time in Ethiopia. While there, I was humbled by the poverty I saw. One of the most indelible images in my mind was of Flip Flop...
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