What if….
…I ran my home like a summer camp? There’d be: Rise and Shine–at the same time every day. Morning worship. Breakfast and KP and bathroom cleaning (and songs during clean up.) (And of course staff to cook and young men…

Happy Belated 4th of July!
We had 4 celebrations.  One with our previous congregation in the farming community of Maysville; one at the lake where my Sister-in-Law’s Father lives (no relation to me–so it was super generous of them to invite all 8 of us–every…

Homemade Canvas Wall Art
This is not a new idea.  It’s been floating around Pinterest for awhile.  But I tried it and thought I’d tell you what I thought. I purchased pdf printable files from etsy here. They were $3.50 for each design and…

How We Budgeted Our Remodel
When we thought about our kitchen and master bedroom remodel, we thought about how much we were willing to spend not how much we “ought” to spend.  We committed to spending cash and not putting anything on credit cards (made…

How We Planned Our Remodel
1.  Filled a pinterest board with all sorts of ideas and dreams for inspiration 2.  Decided on a design and layout.  Hired an architect to draw the plans and an engineer to double check his work to make sure none…

Kitchen Remodel Update
If you missed reading all the comments on the last post–go do it now.  They have so many good ideas! I wish I had something gorgeous to show you, but we are taking this remodel slowly.  We are on schedule,…

Big Question
I’m posting every day over at my other blog Centsably Fit and have a yummy healthy waffle recipe over there: Your plate will look like this: Please don’t look too hard at the paper plate.  I know it’s not frugal…