BLOG CONTEST: Regardless of the financial circumstances your family is in, I am asking readers to post their favorite crafty or frugal ideas. I’m talking about clever ways you recycle something otherwise considered useless or discardable. For example, maybe you learned to make a baby quilt using old denim jeans or thrift store clothing cut […]
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Red Envelope Project
Ed Note: I don’t normally use this platform for political purposes. But the right to life is something I am passionate about. I have had many readers forward me this information so I wanted to share it with you. I hope you will take part and be touched. The beginning of President Obama’s presidency was […]
The Homemaker’s Value
Ed Note: The following is an excerpt regarding the value of a homemaker was written by Kym Wright, mother of eight children. Do not underestimate your worth and value as YOU are the one molding and influencing the next generation. Think about what she is saying. The Homemaker’s Value If women choose not to […]
Introducing TeaBreakConnection
INTRODUCING TEA BREAK CONNECTION by Laura Coble My mom honored me with the request that I write a column to be included in her newsletter. I feel a bit unworthy in this endeavor as many of you have been married a long time (like more than two months), and many of you are hard at […]
Winning the Credit Card Game
When my husband was living, we made it our goal to live debt-free as much as possible except for our mortgage. Unfortunately, when he died, that goal had not been achieved. You can imagine the overwhelming sense of panic and fear that came over me when I was facing the entire debt load by myself. […]
Thoughts on Preparedness from Readers
Dear Readers, Last week I wrote the following comments and received many reader responses. Please read on: We have been thinking we will all be called to depend on or teach some old-fashioned skills like bartering, gardening, food pantries and neighborliness as the means to survival. But, we don’t have everything figured out yet. I […]
Where Do You Go For Help?
I mentioned in my newsletter last week, that I have been having a struggle with depression and anxiety after the losses of my husband and father-in-law this past year. I didn’t lose my daughter technically, but she got married and moved to Tennessee, so basically there have been many adjustments. I got these Emergency Bible […]
Loosing Weight, and other Questions
Ed Note: I received this email from a reader. Although I know a lot about nutrition I’m not an expert. What would you advise? Dear Marilyn, I feel like I should come back and tell you that I am not being vain in wanting to lose weight. I could just cry. My husband has had […]
Wedding and Family Updates
I hope to have some more wedding pictures up early next week. Sadly, my father-in-law, who walked Laura down the aisle in place of her recently deceased father Duane, passed away as soon as he got home from the wedding. It has been a whirlwind of activities these last two weeks, and I hope to […]
Winter Wonderland
I know Colorado is known as a skiing capitol, but where we live at lower elevation we don’t get many snow storms with large accumulations. This week was different! We have had storms every other day for about a week, but Monday night we got about eight inches alone. Perfect weather for sledding. We are […]