“A penny saved is a penny earned.” – — Benjamin Franklin “Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty. — Socrates Proverbs 24:3-4 Through wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established; and by knowledge the rooms shall be filled with all precious and pleasant riches. Proverbs 27:23 Know [...]
December 4th, 2011~Sunday I always feel so cared for by the Lord when I receive gifts from HIM. Last week while in the village, a neighbor dropped by to give me a bag of oranges from her tree. Wasn’t that nice?! Of course I am so thankful for her but I know that my loving [...]
November 30th, 2011 This February, John and I will celebrate 44 years of marriage and in March the publication of a New Testament after years of work. Part of my goal in reducing our spending, using up what we have, and ‘making do’ is to take a mini jaunt ‘somewhere’ to celebrate these major accomplishments [...]
One of the biggest keys to saving money is being organized. When you’re organized you’re protected from wasting precious time and money. It makes your whole life easier! Unfortunately being organized doesn’t come easy to everyone – but a challenge can help with that. It is a step-by-step, methodical process which has to be followed [...]
November 14th, 2011~Monday Another day of excitement to see how creative I can be with my food budget. I guess we all get our ‘kicks’ in differently and one of mine is to see how far I can stretch the grocery budget. I love the challenge of that. I also like to eat and cook. [...]
This is MY month to start and FINISH all of my Christmas shopping. It’s the month I spend all the savings in my ‘Christmas Fund’ to look for that little gift for all the children & grandchildren that the Lord has given to us. Our Christmas probably doesn’t look like some of yours. We aren’t [...]
We arrived in the village yesterday and within 30 minutes, a neighbor came bearing gifts. Take a look at this beautiful bounty: We feel blessed by the Lord with these special gifts.
wow, I mean WOW. Yep, I love it. It’s like having a library at your finger tips! I have versions of the Scriptures, books I’m reading, dictionaries… love, love, LOVE it!! It’s so comfortable to read, I sometimes reach up to turn the page! Crazy! Check it out! Amazon.com Widgets
Last week I had to buy: dishwasher tablets margarine for baking butter garlic yogurt 1 bag of mandarins Little by little I’m working through my fridge, freezer and pantry ingredients,trying to use them all up and at the same time, dedicate that grocery money for other needed/wanted goals. Today I used the last bit of [...]
My little garden has started to produce! I have gotten 5 tomatoes already and we usually don’t harvest those until August. It’s nice to not have to buy veggies. We don’t have a huge variety but we certainly are enjoying our: Swiss Chard Tomatoes Peppers Green Beans Amazon.com Widgets