Whole Foods - Only 2 items! We just completed our FOURTH week of the grocery budget, and I'm back to give you the update. 🙂 (If you want to read my original post, you can find it here.) Quick recap: we are a family of five (only two adults) with a monthly budget of $1,250, … Continue reading Grocery Budget – 1/27/20
Decluttering Week 2
Clutter This is the second week into the decluttering course I am taking. This week the challenge was to go through every room in the house and take a visual inventory. Then, go back through with a trash bag and get rid of anything that is broken, doesn't fit or can be recycled. Once all … Continue reading Decluttering Week 2
Sewing, Part 2
Placemat Today my daughter and I headed back to our sewing class. The project for today was a mitred placemat. It was definitely more challenging than the pillow we made from the first class. The class was slated to run from 10:00-12:00, but we ended up being there till 1:00. Thankfully, we had a very … Continue reading Sewing, Part 2
Hello, 2!
In a couple of days, my youngest will be two. It's such a precious age. Every day there is something new to discover. Our world is full of picture books, trains and cars. And he's a music lover. His current number 1 request is Michael Buble's "Jingle Bells". He shares my love of Christmas music … Continue reading Hello, 2!
I feel I have a mission
Those were the words my oldest son shared with me tonight. He feels God has a call on his life to join the military and use him in a mighty way. I am so thankful he shared his heart with me. He is such a sweet soul and his call to the military is not … Continue reading I feel I have a mission
Sinning Against Each Other
Yesterday, we had our homeschool co-op. After our class was done, the kids left for lunch and the moms remained to finish cleaning up the room. As we were cleaning, we were sharing about our lives, and this week I shared about my Monday failure. Monday, at home during the day with my children, I … Continue reading Sinning Against Each Other
Sex Before Marriage?
Are you a singleton out there? If you are, you have more than likely pondered the topic of whether to have sex before marriage. I know I did when I was single. And I had sex before marriage. I also know a little something about waiting to have sex before marriage. So, I'd like to … Continue reading Sex Before Marriage?
Goals update – 2020 Week 3
2020 Goals Exercise every dayDeclutter each room of my house during the 12 week Uncluttered Course.Learn Calligraphy.Stick to my grocery budget each month.Write every day.Read through the Bible daily with our children. Exercise every Day I missed one day of exercise last week. I ran on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, took a one mile nature walk … Continue reading Goals update – 2020 Week 3
Grocery Budget – 1/19/2020
We just completed our third week of the grocery budget, and I'm back to give you the update. 🙂 (If you want to read my original post, you can find it here.) Quick recap: we are a family of five (only two adults) with a monthly budget of $1,250, which works out to $250/week (I … Continue reading Grocery Budget – 1/19/2020
Decluttering the Freezer
This week I went over on the grocery budget (more on that in tomorrow's grocery budget weekly update post), which means I need to get creative for the rest of the month. The freezer has been out of control for a while, so I decided this week to shop my freezer for my meals and … Continue reading Decluttering the Freezer
