I have needed this quote lately but let me first start with a little back story. I have been a little bleh lately. Do you ever get that way? It started about last November and with hustle and bustle that the month of December always is......by early January, I could feel that it had grown from bleh into a full-blown funk. I talked to my husband about it one night early last month. "I can't figure out what's wrong---but I am in a funk." "I've noticed," he replied. "What can I do?" "I don't ... View the Post

...it's about what it can become. I don't know.  Maybe Ruth's been making me watch the Lorax too many times but I've been thinking  about this a lot lately: Where ever you are at this year, right now, this minute...in your finances, organizational skills, relationships, fitness levels, education, hobbies, interests, whatever...it's ok. It's ok. Because it's not where you will be tomorrow, next week, next month, or next year at this time. Maybe today is abysmal...maybe today you are awesome ... View the Post

 I would love to hear your thoughts on homemaking today...... What is the great homemaking advice anyone has given you?(Or that you would give to someone else) I think mine is two-fold, and I wrote about both of them..... HERE and HERE.  Would you mind sharing yours? I am excited to read your best advice.... ~Elizabeth ... View the Post

 I came across this quote recently and loved it.  It's been on my mind for a couple of weeks and I am glad for Miss Ann Lander's wisdom. And I have needed it in the last little while... Like the day that one of my littles came home from school crying because "so and so" was mean to them....I re-iterated Ann's thought.  That we may not like the way that everyone treats us, but we can show what kind of person we are by the way we treat them, even if it's hard to do. And I have even talked to my ... View the Post