Earn, Save, and Live Joyfully.
Early this evening I straightened up a few closets in the house. I moved winter clothes to the back of the closet and summer clothes to the front. I piled up items that didn’t fit and I started a new bag for the donation center. When everything was back in it’s rightful place I stacked … Read more
I can’t believe tomorrow night will be Christmas Eve. The weeks always fly by between November and December, but this year Christmas seemed to come particularly fast. I spent this evening picking up a few last minute gifts and spent another hour or so wrapping them. I feel pretty good about my Christmas purchases this … Read more
This year I’m approaching gift giving for my niece and nephew a little bit differently than in years past. Every Christmas they each get a ton of gifts from their parents, aunts, uncles and grandparents. They race to unwrap each gift and hardly give any one gift a glance before ripping into the next one. … Read more
Ever since we moved into our house I’ve wanted to put stockings above the fireplace. I tried doing this the very first year we moved in, but one of our lovely cats, (I’m still not sure which one), jumped up and ripped the stocking right off the mantel. Honestly, he’s lucky the metal stocking holder … Read more
I have always prided myself on my gift wrapping abilities. Silly as it sounds I want the outside of the package to look as pretty as the gift inside. Whenever I find wrapping paper or ribbons on sale I stock up and I’m ashamed to say I have a closet full of paper at my … Read more