14 Nov
Interested in slowing down and enjoying this Christmas season?
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One of the ways that our family is slowing down, spending more time together and putting our focus on our savior’s birth is by making gifts for those we love. We are upcycling some of our favorite things into [...]
15 Sep
…at the Goodwill again. I have been saying that a lot lately. God Came Calling is something my great grandmother would say when she would receive a blessing or answered prayer. She would say “God Came Calling” and I would come waiting to hear what magnificent thing God had done in her life. Most often [...]
30 Jul
Kids really are just as happy with a
cardboard box.
So we were at Sam’s and Carter had
already mentioned how excited he was
to scope out the cardboard bin for
boxes to store our recycles in.
Our plan is to use the boxes to make the
roof, but for now they are storing our
cleaned items very nicely out in the
garage.
So we approach the checkout line [...]
29 Jul
We are in the beginning of making the transition towards living lighter through buying less. What that looks like for us may be different from what it looks like for you, but we feel like it is a necessary change. The Compact was one of the original groups to actually challenge lasting change. Here is a quote [...]
18 Jul
What a great day we had today at the SKY Farmers Market. We always love going to see daddy and our friends at the market. One thing I love about having my kids experience the market is that it becomes a community. A fun, spirited community of different people, tastes and adventure. Watching my kids [...]
16 Jul
Here is our first trade, a ton of books from our good, gracious friend Beth. Carter was so excited as he stacked the books up one by one (where does he get that from??) and yelled SCORE when he saw this one. We looked through the books, played with them, smelled them and some of [...]
1 Jul
Our Story
In two months we will be completely debt free including our vehicle and home. And by God’s grace we have done this on Nathan’s income of $32,000 a year.
If you know our family then you know we are cheap. Here are a few examples to express the extent of our cheapness: 1982 recliners $12 [...]
1 Feb
I have always been drawn to things of the past. Antique’s, old books, shows on TV about history (especially the early 1900’s). And so as I started to right this post about cloth diapering I started to wonder about this new surge in cloth diapering that is considered a “new” practice. Which in fact is [...]
15 Oct
In an effort to live lighter I have been getting creative with trading. My latest trade is fresh flower arrangements for my favorite cup of joe! Here is my latest Starbuck’s arrangement. All of my designs for Starbuck’s are made from “green” materials. The flowers are from my own gardens and I enjoy using recycled [...]
25 May
These are farm fresh lilies grown at Sullivan Farms here in Kentucky (my husband surprised me with them tonight). A trade of course. They are in a tall glass vase that has been lined with dried ornamental grass. The paper art was created with Apricot Appeal cardstock Sweet Shop Ribbon and Stickers by SU!
There are [...]
