Last November I read 7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excessby Jen Hatmaker, and I loved it. I highly recommend that you all read it. However, it is not the kind of book one can read without acting on it. Shortly thereafter I was watching The Muppet Christmas Carolwith my kids (a family favorite from my […]
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Handmade by Kayla Holmes
May 21st, 2013 
Jessica As many of you know, my husband is an Area Director for Young Life. Through Young Life, we have many friends. So when word got out that I was pregnant with our third child, Kayla Holmes asked my husband if she could make me a car seat cover. Kayla asked me to look at her […]
Book Review: Quitter by Jon Acuff
May 20th, 2013 Jessica I recently finished Quitter: Closing the Gap Between Your Day Job & Your Dream Jobby Jon Acuff, and if you couldn’t tell from my last post, I enjoyed it. Since it was a library book, I couldn’t mark it up, so I kept a post-it note nearby to jot down notes. Here were a few […]
7 Ways to Find Inexpensive Books
May 4th, 2013 Jessica I love to read. I’ve read 15 books since Thanksgiving, which includes 4 eBooks and 11 regular books. I’m in the middle of reading 3 more books. My idea of the perfect vacation would include lots of time for reading in a peaceful and beautiful location. However, reading can become a very expensive habit if […]
De-Cluttering: Trash It, Sell It, or Donate It
November 28th, 2012 Jessica Recently I read Organized Simplicity by Tsh Oxenreider, and I really enjoyed it. I love to purge, simplify, and organize. I’m sure I don’t have to tell you that keeping a home clean and organized is an endless job–especially when you have children! I keep our home clear by classifying clutter as “trash,” “sell,” or […]
Repainting Our Hallway
November 26th, 2012 Jessica As I’ve stated before, October was Home Improvement month around our (rental) house. After I finished a painting for our church, I felt inspired to keep painting. I had wanted to paint our white hallway brown for a long time. I looked at my Pinterest boards to decide what shade I wanted, and then went […]
The Birch Tree Project (Part 2)
November 23rd, 2012 Jessica If you missed The Birch Tree Project (Part 1) you can read it here. After 5 days of painting, and 7 days of having the house in disorder while the furniture and kids were displaced, I was delighted with the finished product! The kids’ room rarely looks this neat! I had to shut them out […]
The Birch Tree Project (Part 1)
November 21st, 2012 Jessica When we moved into our new rental home, one of the first things I hoped to do was paint birch trees on the walls of the kids’ room. If you’ve explored my Pinterest boards, you probably saw some of my many ideas there. Life happened though, and other things took priority. Soon a year had […]
Inexpensive Autumn Decor
November 15th, 2012 Jessica Last year we’d only lived in our new home about a month when I blogged about decorating my home inexpensively for autumn. This year we’ve unpacked a little bit more, and we were able to decorate a little bit more. 1. Natural Beauty: During the last week of October my parents, sister, brother, and grandmother […]
Celebrating & Savoring A Simple Christmas: E-Book Giveaway!
November 13th, 2012 Jessica The Book: It has only been 3 weeks since Crystal Paine of Money Saving Mom released her 21 Days To A More Disciplined Life e-Book, and today she is releasing another new e-book! Celebrating and Savoring a Simple Christmasbreaks down your biggest holiday frustrations into bite-sized pieces. Crystal begins by creating a budget, and then […]
