Sometimes you can look at your spending month after month and feel like you’re always coming up a little bit short. In some situations, it might be more of an income problem—maybe you need to think about a part-time job to get through a season. But in more cases than you might expect, cutting spending […]
Every once in a while I like to give you some ideas for ways to fill your freezer with yummy food for your family. These can be used to prepare for a major life event like a new baby or a surgery, or you can just do it to make your life a little easier! […]
May often feels like December to me in terms of the schedule and everything that is going on. All the end of the school year events start to add up and it feels like we’re running around all over the place. Having a plan in place helps me stay on track with our nutritional goals […]
Each month this year I’m trying to do a “low buy month.” This is not the same as a “no buy” month or year, where you truly don’t buy anything but the essentials. I am simply trying to be more intentional when spending money. If something isn’t absolutely essential, I don’t buy it right away. […]
We were having people over for dinner recently and I wanted to make a dessert. I knew I had chocolate chips, so I decided to make my favorite chocolate chip cookies. I started to pull out the ingredients and ran into several problems. First of all, I didn’t have any brown sugar. The recipe calls […]
The spring planting season in the Southeast is very long, which means there are so many opportunities to plant fruits and vegetables and enjoy them in your home (or give them away). If you haven’t planted anything yet, it’s not too late! Here are 12 things to plant in late spring in the Southeast. 12 […]
This is my favorite day of the year! I hope that you spend it cherishing the many blessings in your life, both large and small. He breaks the power of canceled sin, He sets the prisoner free; His blood can make the foulest clean, His blood availed for me. He speaks, and, listening to His […]
