SIDENOTE: The other morning we woke up to a THICK frost over everything. The more I thought about it, I had to look at our new temperature gauge and sure enough…this explained why. (Yes, we like it cold when we sleep – we sleep at 55 degrees :)). The other day Dan and I were heading into…
While living in Michigan I really enjoyed learning where to go to get the best prices on groceries, services, activities, etc. Now living in a different state, I get to figure out what that looks like in a different state! When Dan and I got groceries this week, our eyes almost popped out of our…
Today we are busy packing away our belongings again! Dan put it well today ‘I wish we could just say “boom” and all of our stuff would be in Minnesota.’” I couldn’t agree more! We picked up a 20 foot U-Haul and car trailer (we will be towing our Intrepid) and it is sitting patiently,…
As I was thinking about what to blog about on this Thrifty Thursday and I kept coming back to the Jesus Calling I read today for February 14. Give yourself fully to the adventure of today. Walk boldly along the path of Life, relying on your ever-present Companion. You have every reason to be confident,…
This post is going to be in combination with tomorrow’s blog about accomplishing goals. One of my goals is to continue to learn how to live simply. Coupled with this is reading more as well (one of my goals this year). I recently read the book “Less Is More” by Cecile Andrews and Wanda Urbanska….
I may sound like a broken record, but I really feel God calling us to live a simpler life. Not only that, but have conversations with people about living a more simple life. I feel a great way to start that conversation is here. It is easy to get overwhelmed with the direction Americans are going – with…
