When I decided I needed to get this update done so I could get on with planning my winter sewing I was pleasantly surprised at how much I accomplished over the summer. So here's the rundown: ~My three girls all need a new church dress. It’s a little harder with all of them getting older …
Author: mrsjschon
Homemaking – Environment
Mrs. Schaeffer starts this final chapter in The Hidden Art of Homemaking with an interesting claim that each of us is an art form and creates an environment around us. The people who live and work with us must interact with the environment that we are creating. Mrs. Schaeffer says: "Our conversations, attitudes, behaviour, response or …
Jesus, I Am Resting, Resting
How sweet in the day-to-day hardships of life and in the harder trials to be able to rest in Jesus. To feel that you don't have any strength in yourself to go on, and yet you have Jesus. Time after time as I walk through hard times and trials I am amazed at the Love …
In the Service of the King
As I was going about my work this afternoon, this song kept coming to my mind. One thing that my husband has taught me is that any work a Christian does is service to the Lord. We tend to separate our lives into "sacred" and "secular". Not so. Colossians 3:23, "And whatsoever ye do, do …
Friday File 67
Well, we survived our first week back to school. I think there were more ups than downs. This year I started my baby on the workbooks I've used for all of my three-year-olds. He is so excited to be doing school now, but it's bittersweet for me. I am finding this school year a little …
My Best Hotel Camping Tip
Our family like to go on vacations where we stay in a hotel for several nights and do day trips using the hotel as our base. So while we spend a good amount of time away from our rooms, we also spend quite a bit of time in our rooms. About three years ago I …
Redeemed
You know how you can get a certain song stuck in your head for days? Well, this is the song that I keep having run through my head over the last few days. This is another well-beloved song penned by Fanny J. Crosby. How much encouragement she has given to Christians the world over …
Library Time 90
So I thought I would do an end-of-the-summer update for the 2016 Reading Challenge. I think I have less than twenty books to read before the end of the year. I just need to get more focused in my decisions on what to read. I enjoy doing these challenges because they stretch me out of …
Friday File 66
No pictures from the home front this week. We had a busy beginning to our week because we were getting ready to go camping. We've left the three oldest at home this time, but by the time you read this we'll be happily camping with the rest of our children. My husband and I have …
Intentional Simplicity 