Menu for July 26th – August 1st

Ahh… the joys of no money.
And yet, somehow, we’re managing to eat three meals, plus snacks…
I LOVE PREPARATION!!
Don’t get me wrong, my husband totally spoiled me on Saturday night and bought me cheap Chinese food (my guilty pleasure),
but in the meantime…
fresh goat milk & cheese,
eggplants and carrots that are BEAUTIFUL!
tomatoes that are PERFECT!
plums, peaches, and [...]

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Titus 2 Thursday: Running errands to the Glory of God

This morning’s post was written by Stacy McDonald. She is the wife of Pastor James McDonald of Providence Church and Family Reformation Ministries. She is the mother of ten precious blessings, and the grandma of one treasured cuddle bug, so far! Surely, she is and does other things, but these are the most significant to [...]

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Gratituesday!

This week I’m grateful for God’s providential blessings.
The kind where you don’t see His Hand until after the fact!

For over the last 3 years, Brian has been working a job from 4pm-midnight.
It’s been difficult, both for him personally, and for our family.
His days have been filled with school (the primary reason for the [...]

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Menu for July 19th – 25th

We are settling into a rather tight few weeks of a food budget…
Brian quit his night job (THANK YOU, LORD!) to allow for more family time,
but in the meantime, that means we’re less that income,
and we’re beginning to feel a bit of a pinch until some student aid money comes through.
In the meantime, we are [...]

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Titus 2 Thursday: Going crazy and wanting to go back to work?

This morning’s post was written by Andrea Parunak. Daughter of the King, full time help meet to her knight in shining armor, and mother to four exuberant blessings. She blogs at Pursuing Titus 2.
She was going crazy, and she wanted to go back to work.
And who could blame her, really? She had gone from being [...]

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Menu for July 12th – 18th

This week’s menu is still attempting to utilize our abundant garden produce…
Still getting eggplant, green beans, and tomatoes on a regular basis,
so I will still be trying to get them used up, put up, or otherwise disposed of.
(If anyone would like some produce… really, let me know: U-Pick, U-Ship )
MENU
Sunday
breakfast brunch reception for [...]

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Titus 2 Thursday: Why we cannot continue to be surprised

This week’s post is written by Betty Sue, from Traditional Womanhood.  She is the wife to her church’s Assistant Pastor, daughter of the Pastors, mother to eight beautiful children, homemaker for eighteen years, author of “Homeschool:Why What How”,”Rubies, Silk and Chocolate Covered Peanuts”, “Caring for Your Masterpiece” and someday, an herbalist and a midwife.
The American [...]

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Menu for July 5th – 11th

Ahh… the joys of gardening!
As I sit here blissfully staring at a basket full of lovely items we gleaned earlier this morning from our garden!
Today was quite fulfilling (okay, other than the jalepeno jelly that never set).
My father and I put up over a gallon of peaches this morning,
and nothing is more exciting than seeing [...]

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Titus 2 Thursday: The Cost of Delaying Marriage

This morning’s post is taken from What Our Mothers Didn’t Tell Us: Why Happiness Eludes the Modern Woman by Danielle Crittenden. I have had the pleasure of reading Danielle’s book, and I recommend it highly.  This portion can also be found at Boundless.org.
Our grandmothers, we are told, took husbands the way we might choose [...]

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Our Summer Schedule

We’ve had to adjust our schedule a bit now that Brian isn’t working crazy hours (you know, the kind where he was gone 18+ hours a day…), and this is what has seemed to be working for us.

SUMMER SCHEDULE
6:30 am — wake up, get dressed
6:45 a.m. – make bed, prepare for breakfast
7:00 am – BREAKFAST
7:20-7:30 am [...]

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