When we first moved into our house (which we rent) in September 2011, there was a bus stop in our backyard. I was not overly impressed with the concrete and broken wood structure, or the words “LSD”, “Coke”, and “Cocaine” carved into the Bireley’s Soda advertisement. However, with little other seating in our backyard, it […]
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A Free Fence!
June 13th, 2013 
Jessica On Saturday morning, the landlord of our neighbor’s house stopped by to introduce himself. He wanted to know if it was okay if he and his sons removed and replaced the broken old fence between our yards this week. He wanted to make sure that we wouldn’t mind the yard waste and building materials laying […]
Free Sod!
June 12th, 2013 Jessica Somtimes God surprises us with the things we need or want, before we even think to ask! Last week, a friend posted on Facebook that she needed to find a home for 30 extra pieces of sod. She and her husband had ordered too much, and it needed to be used immediately or else it […]
Keeping Cool When It’s 110 F Outside
June 8th, 2013 Jessica Our house doesn’t have central air conditioning, so when its 110 degrees Fahrenheit outside, we get creative! We open the windows during the cool part of the day, and close them when it gets hot. We turn on our air conditioning window unit and our three ceiling fans. We turn on our two box fans. […]
How To Be Generous When You’re Just Scraping By
May 27th, 2013 Jessica 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 […]
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 […]
