When my husband and I became Eastern Orthodox seven years ago, I knew I had come home. However, I wasn’t sure how to make my own home reflect my new faith. This series–”So I’m Orthodox, Now What?”–is based on the questions I asked myself in the first few years after our chrismation: How could IRead More
Make Home Your Happy Place
This week I have been reading Gretchen Rubin’s Happier At Home and am completely taken with her ideas. In fact, she has me reevaluating my entire home, my role in it, and what truly makes me happy in my own house. I will give a more complete review of the book when I finishRead More
Weekly Goals
How was your weekend? We had a very fun Mother’s Day weekend complete with Big Brother’s soccer game, a birthday party, a baptism at church, and dinner out at my favorite local Mexican restaurant. I love relaxing weekends! I was also incredibly honored to be featured over at Orthodox-Reformed Bridge! This website promotes understandingRead More
What I’m Reading This Week #6
Each week I hope to share the books that I am currently reading for my Read 100 Challenge, as well as interesting links related to faith, family, and frugal living. Books The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg I promise you all I will finish this book this week! I am going incredibly slowly throughRead More
Ways We Saved in April
I love learning new ways to save money! Because of this, I eagerly devour blogs like My Mother Mode and Frugally Blonde where bloggers share how they saved money that month. So I thought I would start a new monthly feature in which I gave practical examples of how our family saves money each month. HereRead More
