Archive for June, 2008
Posted on June 30, 2008. Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: cost of school lunches, economy, expenses, income, keeping costs low, passing costs along to consumers, raising rates, rising cost compared to income, rising costs, salary, utility company rates |
The other day I saw two different news stories on our local news…both the gas company and the schools were sharing their disappointment that they were going to have to raise rates for certain services. The cost of school lunches and the cost of the gas that we use to heat our homes will both [...]
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Posted on June 29, 2008. Filed under: Family life | Tags: celebrations, country, flag, Fourth of July, freedoms, goals, holidays, Independence Day, military, military families, naps, parade, patriotic, picnic, summer, summer plans |
My summer plans didn’t include my beloved husband traveling so much. My list didn’t include all the “extra” things that crop up…and even though I know to expect them, I’m always surprised when they appear. I didn’t plan on helping with Kaleidescope (a great VBS alternative that our church did this year), but I enjoyed [...]
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Posted on June 24, 2008. Filed under: Simplicity & Organization | Tags: Clean, Lists, plans, To Do List |
I saw another blogger who wrote down her Summer Plans for 2008 so I’m following her lead. It’s a great idea! Have you made a list for this summer yet?
First of all, I love lists. I like to write them (because I’m forgetful). I like to check things off when they [...]
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Posted on June 24, 2008. Filed under: Family life | Tags: building, decorating, God, Heaven, Jesus, joy, kids rooms, Lord, Salvation, Savior, struggles |
While cleaning, scraping, scrubbing, taping, painting, vacuuming, and decorating my kids’ rooms for the last three weeks, it never once occurred to me that the work we were doing would be unappreciated or that the rooms might never be used. We weren’t involved in building museums for our children. We weren’t thinking that [...]
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Posted on June 15, 2008. Filed under: Family life, Simplicity & Organization | Tags: cleaning, diet, excess, healthy, lifestyle, messies, redecorating, simple life, simplifying, storage, stuff |
It all started when Darling Daughter and I began working on redecorating her room. As we’ve cleaned out her room, closets, and everything else, we moved all the excess into other areas of the house in order to make her room a workable space. We have a tendency to use our entire house for storage, [...]
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Posted on June 13, 2008. Filed under: Family life | Tags: blessings, disorganized, God, kitchen sink, Life |
I learned from FlyLady that my kitchen sink should always be clean. I wish it was. I’m as disorganized as they come, but I am trying and along the way I’m learning how wonderful life can be. Today is definitely a kitchen sink kind of day…..there have been things that needed to [...]
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