**You can now browse in my Etsy shop for these prints!** So, last July we were sitting around a dinner table with some friends of ours who are also church planters here in Houston. They mentioned a trip that their church would be taking in March of 2014 with Compassion International to Ecuador. Although our […]
Non-Chintzy (and affordable!) Valentine’s Day Gifts
I remember the first Valentine’s Day my now-husband and I were dating, he got me one of those cliche Valentine Gifts- a little ceramic house with teddy bears on it and a balloon sticking out of it that said “Happy Valentine’s Day”. We still joke about it- it was cute, but it wasn’t really “us”- […]
10 Tips to Get YOU More Organized: Organize your Cleaning Products
Hi there! So I have to ask, how’s the weather where you are? It’s crazy here in Texas. It was 75 degrees, sunny, and gorgeous the first part of this week. As I type, it’s 39 degrees, windy, and raining! In my hometown, it’s currently snowing. So did anyone get any organizing and/or purging done […]
How I {Finally} Started to Make Money Blogging: Part 2
A few weeks ago, I wrote a post called, “How I Finally Started Making Money Blogging.” It quickly became the #2 most-popular post of all time on my blog- and I’ve been blogging for 2 and a half years! Surprisingly enough, people want to learn how to make money! 😉 I really enjoyed the feedback […]
10 Tips to Get YOU More Organized: Just Say No
“No.” It’s a simple two-letter word, but some of us act like it’s actually a four-letter word! But saying, “No” occasionally (or not-so-occasionally) has such power to free up your time- and your mind! I’ve been blogging the month of January about getting your life under control and more organized. Of course cleaning out closets, […]
by prayer and fasting
Today, I’m spent the first minutes of the morning praying. I’m not eating until dinnertime. And a certain issue is weighing heavily on my heart. Mandy, a fellow blogger from Biblical Homemaking, has created a day of prayer and fasting centered around the topic of abortion. (You can read more here about statistics concerning […]