The Meaning of MY Life

Occasionally throughout the thirty-three years of my life, when I feel I am being pulled in fifty different directions – often at my own doing, but sometimes not – I shut down and ponder the meaning of life. Everything seems vanity and I get frustrated at the very basic activities of life. “Why should I [...]

Frugal and Fun Family Daycations

My husband and I are the youth leaders at our church and we love working with the children and teens. The interesting thing about our youth group is the ages range from 5 – 13 years. We have been able to successfully bridge the gap in our Sunday School classes, but recently we’ve been faced [...]

The Supper Challenge Recap and Link-up

Wow, what a crazy week. I feel as if I was in a daze through most of it. A couple of days I didn’t feel well then the other days was full of different activities. Because of that supper this week was not everything I had planned, but I don’t believe anyone went hungry. I [...]

The Supper Challenge: Day 4 and 5

Day four’s supper was another hit – Black Bean and Ham Soup. My family loves beans so I knew they would like this dish. It made enough to provide lunch and supper for Day 5 and because we are trying to eat frugal this week I will have to forgo supper plans for tonight and [...]

Book Basket: 3rd week of June

I had intended to post my book list the last 2 weeks – the first week I forgot and before I could post the next week I got a call from the library reminding me I had 25 books overdue. Once I was home and in recovery {$17 non budgeted “donation”} I realized that I [...]