This post contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission of any sale made at no extra cost to you. I’m making plans for success in 2023! One of my goals is to read from my own bookshelves and I’ve been brainstorming a way to make it exciting and fun. Enter the Read My Shelves […]
It’s easy to be nostalgic and have rose-colored glasses for agrarian life. Everyone who finds out that we’re homesteading/farming will always say, “Oh man, that sounds like such a simple life.” Maybe I would have said the same a few years ago. But now? I have to shake my head and laugh. 2022 didn’t feel […]
This post contains affiliate links. Happy Wednesday! A QUOTE Consider it all joy, my brothers, when you encounter various trials, for you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. – James 1:2-3 A BOOK I’m currently reading Roots & Sky: A Journey Home in Four Seasons by Christie Purifoy. Her writing is very […]
I live in a farmhouse on five acres in the country. It’s time for this suburban girl to learn a few things! Welcome to my self-taught Homesteading 101. I should probably start with this disclaimer: I’m still buying bread at the grocery store and this doesn’t happen every day. But steps in the right direction! […]
O Lord, we beg Thee, incline Thy ear to our prayers and enlighten the darkness of our minds by the grace of Thy visitation. Through Christ our Lord, Amen. advent wreath prayer for the third sunday of advent Gaudete Sunday is a big deal at our house because this is the day the kids get […]
We are just days from the Third Sunday of Advent, also known as Gaudete Sunday. We symbolize this midway point with the rose candle on the Advent wreath as well as a day of celebration: the Lord’s coming is near! In our family, the tradition has always been to have our annual gingerbread decorating afternoon […]
This post contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission of any sale made at no extra cost to you. One more post before the big day. We’re hitting Christmas prep crunch time! The weather outside is // As I look outside my window // A polar vortex is on the way for the […]
This post contains affiliate links. Happy Wednesday! A QUOTE If nothing slows their momentum, Amazon will control nearly 80% of the consumer book market by the end of 2025. Every single book lover should worry. After we’re done worrying, we must change the way we buy books. Books are a fundamental social good that have […]
Then there is the overflow of his poverty. Again we ask, “How little can he have?” Even a poor baby does have some kind of a crib, is in some kind of a home. But he? How poor can he be? How little can he have? How much can he do without?…And how acquisitive we […]
This post contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission of any sale made at no extra cost to you. Happy Wednesday! A QUOTE The Church is saying to us again and again, “Now is the acceptable time” (2 Cor 6:2). This Advent will never come again…We recall the classic words of the […]
This post contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission of any sale made at no extra cost to you. Happy Wednesday! A QUOTE The Church is saying to us again and again, “Now is the acceptable time” (2 Cor 6:2). This Advent will never come again…We recall the classic words of the […]
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE SIXTH WEEK OF COVID-19 LOCKDOWN Week six. Every morning when I wake up, I have to intentionally stop and think about what day it is. Once this week, I was convinced it was Monday for about three hours before…uhh nope, Monday was yesterday and today is acutally Tuesday. Who does this? I’m […]
It’s Christmas planning time around here. I know, I know….right now, you’re either thinking, “Wow, she’s crazy! That’s months away! Can’t we just enjoy fall?” or “Hmm, she’s so smart. I should start my list too.” HAH, just kidding on the last one. Fall is such a busy time for our family with birthdays and anniversaries, […]
This post contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission of any sale made at no extra cost to you. If you give a mom a crooked rug… She’ll move all the furniture out to straighten it. Seeing all of the toys and dust will send her on a cleaning spree. She’ll tidy […]