I know, I know, I sound so unpatriotic by the title! Trust me, I am thankful everyday for where I live, the opportunities I have, and am humbled at the privilege of living in America. I have been to other countries where they just DREAM of moving to America. For freedom. For the opportunities. For…
This week, God welcomed another one of His sons, back to his eternal home, my Uncle Art. Uncle Art had been battling cancer and though we rejoice his body is fully restored and he is dancing on the streets of gold, here on earth, is left an empty chair. An empty place. A physical void…
Family recipes are the best, aren’t they? Saturday mornings when I was growing up, after we all chipped in to clean the house, we would bake. Sometimes it was cookies, sometimes it was brownies – it was usually one of the two. I became a pro at making the classic Nestle Tollhouse Cookie Recipe and…
Dollar stores can have a stigma of having cheap, not-worth-it items. Some may never even step foot into one because it’s not “worth their money.” Well, I remember when we first were married, we had adopted a soldier overseas. We had contacted him and asked him what he would like in a care package. Many…
If you have been to our home, you may have seen the 14 scrapbooks that line our coffee table and shelf, that chronicle my life from high school to now. To say the least, they take up a good amount of shelf space, but shelf space worth spent! My sister started scrapbooking while I was…
Saving Money. Those two words cause our hearts to beat faster with excitement. Our eyes are glued to the magazine, screen, or person who is informing us on the how-tos. Our hands frantically try to implement those what we sometimes think are “life-saving and life-altering” ideas, only to find out we fall right back into our routine of…
