Hearts at Home Holiday Shopping

Are you looking for a special gift for your sister, sister-in-law, neighbor, or best friend? Or maybe you want to give your hubby a Christmas list of books or mom gear you really want!During the month of December, the Heart Shoppe is offering a 20% discount on all...

Wednesday’s Words of Encouragement: The Value of Recalculating

“Recalculating,” states the voice on the GPS unit. “Recalculating,” she repeats once again as we find ourselves off course on a trip.It’s a scene most of us are familiar with in some way. Even if we don’t have a GPS unit, we’ve likely been around this new technology...

Simplifying Christmas: What Changes Are You Making?

A special welcome today to K-Love Listeners joining in on today’s Living With Less discussion!Today on a K-Love interview I talked about five changes we can make to simplify Christmas.I want to share those changes with you and then hear about some of the changes...

Marriage Monday: The Value of "Download" Time

Mark and I have been reading a book together called Your Spouse Isn’t The Person You Married: Keeping Your Love Strong Through Life’s Changes by Paul and Teri Reisser.  Today’s Marriage Monday is focused on staying connected to your spouse...

Happy Thanksgiving!

I just want you to know that I am thankful for all of you that hang out here in the blog world with me.  I’m checking out for the rest of the week to spend time with my family for the holidays.  Here are some beautiful words from God for us...

Living With Less: Tapping into Good Deals

There are all kinds of wonderful deals out there for those who are living with less. One of the newest are the “city based” deals that get delivered right into your email box everyday. One of my favorites is Groupon.  I recently bought a Christmas...

Marriage Monday: The Value of Praying Together

We once heard the statement that the couple that prays together, stays together.  Indeed, that can make a difference in a couple’s level of emotional and spiritual intimacy.  Today’s Marriage Monday is about the value of praying together.Mark...

And the winner is…

Ok, so I said I would draw a winner for the Homespun Gifts From The Heart book at 10pm on Thursday evening.  Guess what I was doing?  Sewing.Guess what I was doing at 11pm Thursday?  Sewing.Midnight? Sewing1 AM?  Yep, you guess…sewing.I...

Still Sewing….

Mom and I are still sewing today! Wow these quilts are taking a lot longer than we thought! Many of you have asked how to make a t-shirt quilt. After Christmas I’ll do a post on it with pictures of the quilts I made…but in the meantime just google...