Now is a great time to start a butterfly garden. By planting a few butterfly-attracting flowers together, you can create a space where (hopefully) a variety of butterflies will visit. If you have children, a butterfly garden is a great opportunity to observe nature and a good learning opportunity. The more frugal way to create […]
Archives for May 2007
A New Creation
”Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!” 2Cor 5:17 One year my daughter received a butterfly garden for her birthday. You send away for caterpillars and when they arrive, you watch them grow, pupate and finally turn into butterflies. I of course was […]
Finding the Balance
I established this blog as an extension of The Christian Woman website because I wanted something a bit more interactive. The website covers a wide variety of topics of interest to Christian women, but I wanted this blog to be a bit more narrow in scope. I also wanted this blog to encompass my current […]
Free Booklet on Healthy, Thrifty Meals
Here is an interesting little booklet from the Department of Agriculture: Recipes and Tips for Healthy, Thrifty Meals. The tips are basically common-sense and nothing earth-shattering for anyone who tries to save money on groceries, but it’s free and has some basic recipes. Good for a beginner.
Being Good Stewards
(Originally written in November 2005) I was watching a news program yesterday that was talking about the Christmas shopping season. They mentioned a few items from the Neiman Marcus catalog for the rich of the rich, like a $75,000 handbag and a diamond-covered iPod case of which I don’t remember the cost. When I hear […]
Starting Up
This is the start up of a companion blog with The Christian Woman website. The topics will be similiar to the content found there (frugality, family, household, etc.). My hope is that this blog will be a place where the women visiting the website can share their ideas through the comments section since there is […]