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...
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...
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...
My mom and I are spending today sewing T-shirt quilts for Christmas presents (my son and son-in-law know that is what they are getting…they gave me the t-shirts! They just don’t know what they’ll look like!)This year is a living with less Christmas...
Several months ago I helped a friend gain control of her finances. Working full-time was talking a toll on her homemaking and her finances so I offered some help and she took me up on it.After sorting through financial papers and receipts, she confessed that she...
When Mark and I wrote the book the Living With Less So Your Family Has More we wanted to challenge families to live with less stress, less activities, and less money than is culturally acceptable. I recently discovered the CWIVES website: Christian Wives...
Because our family is in a season of living with less, food purchases have been one area where we’ve had to become more strategic than ever.If you haven’t figured it out yet, you’re likely to purchase more when you shop without a plan in mind. Going to the grocery...
Mark and I spent much of this past weekend cleaning out our attic. At one point Mark exclaimed…”Hey, where did you find my soldering iron?” I pointed to where I’d found it. He continued with, “I’ve looked and looked for that and I...
Congrats to Abby who won the drawing for the second Good Girls Don’t Have To Dress Bad book! Abby, Shari will be emailing you to get your address to send out your book. A special thank you to Shari for providing two fabulous Workshops-on-the-Go for...
Today’s Living With Less post was penned by my friend Mary who, along with me, writes a weekly Hearts at Home column for the Pantagraph newspaper. When I read Mary’s words, I just knew I had to share them with you! Tucked inside all the paperwork...
I loved our discussion yesterday and I wanted to share some of the responses. These statements bolster our courage to make good choices for our family…even if they’re not popular decisions. Culture says “Buy your kids every electronic...
I recently heard a commentator say that scientists have determined that this may be one of the first generations of kids who may not have the same life expectancy as their parents. Why? Because of a sedentary lifestyle topped off with a fast-food...
Mark and I have found that in order for us to live with less successfully, we have to surround ourselves with other families who are making similar counter-cultural decisions like we are. One of the places where I find a like-minded community is...
I first wrote about our “one car season” in February here. While we borrowed a car for two of the past six months, our “one car season” wasn’t nearly as bad as we feared it would be. We found that we actually enjoyed being together...
A couple of weeks ago our daughter Anne was having trouble getting her checkbook to balance. She went over and over it and finally decided to go to the bank to inquire about some discrepancies. She began to explain to the teller some of her concerns. ...
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