Tuesdays – Creating a Home






I would say I am a relatively clean person. I try to clean our home once a week – it may be a week and a half at times. My cleaning routine usually consists of dusting, cleaning the bathrooms, wiping down kitchen counters, picking up, and cleaning the floors. Again, I try to do this…
Conversations are often about WHAT we spend our money on – not what we DON’T. For instance, we talk about a recent purchase, a new shirt we bought, where we went out to eat, and the last steal of a deal we got. Rarely do we talk about where we haven’t spent our money! So…
It has been so nice being HOME! We have loved this week to just catch up. Since the beginning of June, we felt like each week we were preparing for the next week’s adventures, which meant being gone. This past week, we have been able to catch up on the things that we haven’t been…
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,…
Decorating for Christmas can be such a joyful time. Turn up the Christmas music. Make some homemade hot chocolate. Put your slippers on. Start a fire in the fireplace. Christmas has a way of creating a settling, peaceful, and calm mood. Decorating FOR Christmas should offer the same feeling. Do you ever walk into someone’s…
This past weekend, Dan and I had the privilege of attending a high school retreat as counselors! The Christian school in town, every year, has a high school retreat. When we first heard about it, we thought that would be a great event to attend, being new and not knowing everyone yet. It was the…