A Practical Walk

Frugal Five

We found 3 pennies on our walk today. I have jar I’m keeping all the coins I find in. My husband bought some work shoes off ebay. Remember when I told you about my success with buying sneakers off ebay? It’s a very similar story. The shoes on the right he got a while back…
How I SAved $180 On Homeschool Curriculum

While I’m a tightwad at heart, there’s areas I don’t mind spending a little more, and one of those areas is my kids’ education. We don’t HAVE to have our highschoolers signed up for NARHS, but we feel like in our situation it’s worth it. Same with curriculum. I could just use free resources for…
A Busy Week

I’ve been wanting to write. My mind’s swirling with things to say, but this has been a bonkers busy week! I’ve mentioned before that I prefer a simpler schedule to a busy one. But I keep reminding myself that the things we’re going through right now are much better than what we could be going…
Excitment in School Land!

Guys, I’m getting so excited to start the new school year! It’s really weird though, because this is my last year homeschooling 2 kids! My daughter’s a senior….it really hit me the other day as we sat in a college hallway waiting to talk to someone about dual credits. Anyways, I’ve gotten some comments about…
Supper Time

As we had the Lord’s supper at church yesterday, and read in Luke 22, a happy thought came to mind. One of my happy places is sitting around a table to a meal either at my parents’ house or my in-laws’ house. There’s something about sitting there with people I love all gathered around the…
The Iceberg

When we moved to West Africa, our first assignment was to learn French. After that we also worked on two other languages. We used a great culture and language acquisition (CLA) program . One of the illustrations it gave was that of an iceberg. The first time you hear a word it goes onto your…
Ebay Changes

Now that I’ve been doing ebay for a few months, I’m learning what works and what doesn’t and making little changes to streamline things. Here I’ve listed 4 changes I’m making. I’m keeping track of my net earnings. I made a simple excel sheet that tells how much I paid for the item, how much…
Thankful Post

Today I’m thankful for: Saftey when a tree limb fell. The other day I heard a noise outside the kitchen window. I looked out and a tree limb had fallen and was hanging on our internet wire outside. It could’ve been so much worse. The cord could’ve snaped. A car, animal or person could’ve been…
Frugal Five

It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these! We had some friends visit over a weekend. They were our co-workers when we worked in West Africa, and very dear to us! Then shortly after they left, we had some family visiting for a couple of weeks. So, friends and family has been taking…
I’m the Only One

I’m one of millions of ebay sellers. I’m one of thousands of residents in our town. I’m one of hundreds of church attenders in our town. I’m one of I have no idea how many bloggers. I was one of thousands of workers in the organization we worked with. But I’m the only mom of…