Hello Readers! It’s time to make the March recommendations for the 2016 Reading Challenge! What is the reading challenge? It’s a fun and simple way to read books this new year. Here are the basics of the challenge: -You will read one book a month from a specific category (details below) -You don’t have toRead More
What I’m Reading This Week #42
Each week I share books I’m reading for my 2016 Reading Challenge, as well as podcasts I’m listening to and links I love from around the blogosphere. I love to get recommendations, so please let me know what you are reading! What I’m Reading A Long Fatal Love Chase by Louisa May Alcott IRead More
My Frugal DIY Experiments: Coconut Oil Facial Soap
Have you ever seen a DIY project on Pinterest that looked amazing? And, then you tried it, and it was a total flop? It seems that “Pinterest fails” are everywhere these days! Yet, there are some DIY projects that are actually worth it. They are easy, money-saving, and really work. This year IRead More
The Lenten Journey: Best Children’s Books for Lent and Holy Week
For the Eastern Orthodox Church, Great Lent is the seven week period before Pascha (Easter) during which the faithful fast from certain foods and, more importantly, from sin. In order to enter more fully into the Passion and Resurrection of our Lord, we repent through the traditional disciplines of prayer and fasting. Over the nextRead More
The One Trick That Saves Me Hundreds on My Grocery Bill
Did you know that the average American family of four spends between $150 and $250 a week on groceries? This does not include eating out at restaurants or money spent on household items like toilet paper, shampoo, etc. SNAP (formerly known as food stamps) bases their aid value on the estimate of $146 a weekRead More
