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The Simple Life

Simple: 1. easy to understand, deal with, use, etc. 2. not elaborate or artificial; plain 3. not ornate or luxurious; unadorned 4. unaffected; unassuming; modest 5. not complicated: a simple design How would you define simple? When you think of the word, what comes to mind? For me, I would define simple as the last…

Stuff, Time, and Money

Continuing my thoughts on the book Almost Amish… Don’t buy what you don’t need You can quickly read over that sentence and say “okay, I won’t.” No, really. Don’t buy what you don’t need. Guilty as charged! I have a hard time even picturing what America would look like if we all lived out that…

Food for Thought

Don’t you just LOVE that the Bible truly does have an answer to EVERY question? I do believe some things are a “mystery” because if we fully knew God’s ways, then we wouldn’t need faith. As Dan and I have talked about some of the tougher issues we have gone through, we can always turn…

Baby Afghan

Amidst all the craziness, I have managed to crochet this baby afghan! My friend Tracie and I decided to crochet them (she crocheted a pink one) for our two friends who are having babies (actually, one of them had their baby 7 weeks early, but is doing well!). If you crochet, here is the pattern. I had…