DIY, Gardening, Parenting, Money Saving, Blogging
A word I’ve found myself typing a lot lately is “simple”. It seems the difficulty of the DIY projects I do, directly reflects how I’m feeling at the time. The more complicated or busy or stressful life becomes, the simpler my DIY projects are. It gives me the satisfaction of finishing at least one thing quickly so it becomes something… Read More
It used to be the Dentist office; that little commercial building that sat on the corner near Roanoke’s Main Street. In small towns like this one, everybody knows when something has come under new management, and so, it was no surprise what the buzz of the town would be when Jonathan Hodel bought the old building. No one could have… Read More
Tight budget? Saving up for Christmas yet? Well, fall is one of the best times of year to decorate on a budget because so many of the elements you’d typically use are common backyard items (or at least could be with some preparation). As you may know, we have been tackling our mortgage head on, which doesn’t leave much extra… Read More
I wasn’t going to decorate for fall this year. While I love the new seasons and get so much joy from making our home suitable for each, our budget (read about how we are making it on $25,00 a year here) didn’t leave room to go buy new stuff and we didn’t really have old fall décor to use. I’ll… Read More
I do most of my writing very early in the morning and it always starts my day off happy because I get the chance to interact with incredible people like you. Not directly, but, you know what I mean. Anyway, here I was, happy little me, sipping my coffee and thinking how blessed I am to have this blog and all… Read More
My how time flies! Was it really a year ago that I watched our son crawl through the leaves because he hadn’t yet learned to walk? And now, I can hardly keep him from running! As Jordan grows faster than this mama wants to realize, the activities we had fun with last year will no longer suit him. Summer has… Read More