Blessings

When we began this 30 Days Of Nothing experiment, we knew we wanted to save enough money to make a difference for someone.  Though I wasn’t willing to be an utter fanatic about it, I did want to make a good attempt at saving a fair bit of money.  It has been amazing to me to see...
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As promised, here is the picture of my pantry. To get an idea of the quantities, the jars are stacked 3 deep. Each shelf holds about 33 quart jars. I stack most of my pint jars two high. Hardly looks like 30 days of nothing, does it? We are blessed.
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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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- Going for a walk with my oldest, who was home for the weekend. -My 4 year old coming in smiling from playing and saying: “My heart is sunny, sunny, sunny!” -Playing Phase 10 Sunday evening with hubby and most of my kids. -Saying ‘sweet baby!” to my 21 month old, and having her...
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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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…I married my high school sweetheart, the guy who stared at me in math class for months before he finally got up enough nerve to ask me out.   On our wedding day, fresh from our first year of college, we were 19 years old, sure we could take on the world.  We chose to ignore...
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We are at the tail end of the very last day that I will have all my children living at home full time.   Tomorrow morning we load up the car and deliver our oldest daughter off to college.  The minutes tick away.  We sit reading together this afternoon in the sunny living room in...
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Carmen over at Mom to the Screaming Masses has been one of my don’t-miss reads ever since January when I began blogging.   She has started a new thing she calls  Mission Monday.  The mission this week is to list at least 5 things you are grateful for.  Here are mine. 1.) King size beds.  (Read  Why...
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