We just love the corn tortillas hat Trader Joes sells. They have four ingredients (corn, lime, water and salt). We usually have quesadillas once or twice a week even though it isn’t paleo! It’s easy and on school days or busy days it’s fast and easy and ready in seconds and is always a hit! Continue reading “Southwestern Breakfast Casserole”
I’m not a hopeless romantic, although my husband could probably be more described as such! Wednesday was our anniversary and we were on a family vacation with no one to watch the kids, so we really didn’t do anything special, like going out to eat or a night away or anything like that. Continue reading “Our 9th Anniversary”
A while back a dear friend of mine guest posted about their upcoming adoption (and I posted (2 years ago) some family photos that she took for us). In the process they have also felt called to get involved somehow, someway in Ethiopia. Not sure what that meant they took a trip there and God opened their eyes to ways they could help. Here is one of the ways! I’m so excited to have her tell you about it! Read on to find out and check out her blog for some AWESOME photos and to read more about her awesome family! Continue reading “Guest Post {Shone}”
The room project is marching on. Little by little I’m getting there! Homeschooling is getting closer to a close for the year and that’s giving me a little more time. It’s also making me itch for summer and more freedom to do more fun projects without school hanging over my head! Continue reading “Bedroom Decor {Crafting}”
As spring is here and summer quickly approaches, so is the need for some recipes to help store and enjoy the produce that will soon be coming our way! We were part of a CSA last year and we are doing it again this year. (Our house is going to be a drop site, so let me know if you are interested in more info) As is the nature of a CSA there is often A LOT of one type of produce that arrives all at one time! Continue reading “Paleo Quick Pickle Beets”
As I mentioned in my last post or the final reveal of our new living room… I’m not done my creative re-decorating rampage! One may think I’m pregnant and nesting with the way this is going… but no worries! I’m not! I had the bright idea of taking on our master bedroom next. Our room is functional, but not beautiful or as welcoming as I would like. I want our room to be an oasis. A place of rest and peace and beauty. AND I want to transform it for free or make money off of it. So lets get started and see what we can do! Continue reading “Bedroom Decor {Free Furniture}”
Many of you already know that I’m a detailed planner. I plan EVERYTHING, or at least attempt to… but that is also my downfall too. Sometimes I can’t just relax and not have a plan and just let things play out, and sometimes that makes for the best day, week, vacation, weekend, etc. I’m working on letting go a little and not getting to stressed when things don’t go according to MY plan. Continue reading “Summer Schedule 2014”
Late last year I posted a series on how to find good deals to support and bless your family, especially when finances are tight. The purse strings are still pretty tight around here and as summer approaches I start to think about what curriculum I’m going to start accumulating for school next year. Continue reading “Finding a Deal {Homeschooling Addendum}”
I’m always looking for a new snack that isn’t too costly, doen’t take a lot of work to prepare and can easily be substitute for a desired convenience snack. For example my kiddos often want some sort of cracker or chip from the snack food isle at the grocery store. I try to avoid that isle at all costs, but sometimes you just gotta go down it! And to be honest, I want the snacks just as much as they do! Continue reading “Plantain Crackers”
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Womanly Dominion [more than a gentle and quiet spirit]
Mark Chanski
I’ve had this book on my reading list for the last few years and I finally got around to reading it… at least part of it. I remember reading it back when I was in college and did it with a group of girlfriends. I remember it being a great book, but this time I really didn’t get much out of it.
I pressed through the first 100 pages and then decided I didn’t want to spend any more time finishing the last 140 pages. It wasn’t bad, but I just wasn’t getting much out of it. I think it really spoke to me at the time I originally read it and it had much that I needed to hear. I also think maybe the fact that I was reading it with friends and we were sharing together ways we were affected by the book may have added to my admiration of it.
As is my rule I did read the first 100 and just couldn’t finish it. I try not to make a rash decision about books and like to give them the benefit of the doubt… for at least the first 100 pages! If I’m not convinced at that point, then it’s just time to put it down and move on.
I don’t want to slam this book or say it was terrible, because I know it was meaningful to me at one time. It’s just that now, at my point in life it wasn’t speaking to me. So, as I write that I didn’t enjoy it and didn’t get a lot out of it, I also want to say that maybe it just wasn’t for me in my season of life. This book may be exactly what another young woman needs to hear!
The theme of the book is basically about taking dominion of every area of our lives as women for God’ glory and within His design. This can be quite a controversial topic depending on how you were brought up, what church you are in or within what circles you run! This book definitely spoke many good, true and biblically correct words for today!
I think this is one of my favorite quotes from the portion I read, found on page 29:
“We must aggressively subdue and not passively loiter. Every week of our lives, we are to reflect our Heavenly Father. Six days we labor to subdue the earth, and on the seventh day we rest, basking in the satisfaction of a job well done, restfully praising the Lord for the work He’s enabled our hands to do. The completed projects act as gratifying and comfortable footstools for our feet. We’re able to say, “That week of work was good, very good.” (Genesis 1:31)”
What an encouragement to work hard for God’s glory and there is so much truth in finding satisfaction in hard work accomplished! I know many of us can get downtrodden and discouraged as we serve our families day in and day out. But what joy and encouragement this can bring, to know that what we do and how we serve doesn’t go unnoticed by God. He finds great delight in our hard work and may it bring Him glory.
This encourages me to go out each morning and subdue the day. Work hard and delight in a job well done for His glory!
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