Creative Ways to Save Money as a Family After about six months of being married, my husband asked me, “How many kids do you want to have?” I laughed, and said, “None.” This was shocking to him because he wanted four. So we compromised and had four. Now I am a stay-at-home homeschooling mom to four kids. My life is…
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How I Get Name Brand Clothes For Free From ThredUp.com I love shopping. Online, in-store, retail, resale, doesn’t matter. I just love shopping. But as a stay-at-home mom to four kids with a husband in full-time vocational ministry, shopping for sport isn’t a great idea. Don’t get me wrong. I love roaming around Target, buying clearanced things I don’t really need…
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Where to Get Inventory for eBay In our previous post, How to Make an Extra $100 a week on eBay, we gave our five tips for selling on eBay. That’s all well and good for making money on the things you’ve got laying around your house, but what about when you clear out all your extra clutter? Has that actually…
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Three Simple Daily Tasks to Keep Your Home Organized Do you ever feel like you’re living in survival mode? You look around and have to triage everything because there’s just so much to do. Dishes, laundry, baths, dinner, lunches, breakfast, school projects, homework…the list really goes on and on. But what if there was a way that you could get…
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How to Do a Family Devotional Nike was really on to something when they coined the phrase, “Just Do It.” That’s not to say that I’m endorsing a laisse fair attitude about parenting, but a lot of us tend to worry and over think things. Then, we finally go to do the big worrisome thing, and it’s nothing like we…
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How to Make Extra Money on eBay If you were to ask people if they’d like to have a little more money, most people would give a resounding “yes!” And if you’re like most families, your schedule is completely full. I love the idea of getting a side hustle to get out of debt faster and save up for a…
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Control Your Tongue to Guard Their Hearts Have you ever been in a situation where someone said something to you, and you came up with the perfect comeback hours days later? I’m seriously asking because that’s never happened to me. I am so good at comebacks my husband made a rule that I could only say the fifth thing that…
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INTROVERT HOSPITALITY If you’re an introvert, hospitality may not be one of your natural strengths. Being hospitable is easy for my gregarious husband. He loves being around people and is the life of the party wherever we go. I’m not. This post, How to Be Hospitable When You’re an Introvert, contains affiliate links for your convenience. This means that if…
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This post, the Best Devotionals for Moms, is the fourth post in our Best Devotionals Series. If you missed the first three (Best Devotionals for Girls, Best Devotionals for Boys, or Best Devotionals for the Whole Family), be sure to go back and read them! Mom life is hard. It is filled with great and exceeding joy, and it is…
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I do not cry easily. But once I do cry, I need to just shut it down for the day. After one cry, I will tear up over anything for the rest of the day: a text from my Mimi, guilt over not being a better mom, my dying houseplants, an-y-thing. So when I’m stuck in a melancholic funk, I…
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Exercising in the Margins Have you ever been so busy that you feel like you don’t have time to think, let alone exercise? Me too. And while I don’t like being busy, I do like that life has seasons. I love that God designed nature and our lives to flow in seasons. Related: The Sushi Season of Life “For everything…
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