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My husband was home today. Hooray! We spent a good portion of the day adjusting our budget. It’s not a task either of us particularly relish.
We are, quite happily, debt-free now, with the exception of our home. That made making the budget adjustments for rising utility and food costs a wee [...] God bless you as you look well to the ways of your household!
January 30th, 2012 | Tags: Copper's Day Off, goal setting, looking well | Category: Uncategorized | 6 comments There’s nothing like good, old-fashioned home cooking! From pancakes fresh off the griddle in the morning, to Steak Burrito Bowls at lunch, and ending the day with a family favorite for dinner, home cooking is just plain ol’ good! I’m already mapping out some new recipes to try in the coming weeks, but this week [...] God bless you as you look well to the ways of your household!
January 30th, 2012 | Tags: menu plan monday | Category: Uncategorized | 8 comments The S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y Acrostic. The week as captured in eight photos and eight words, in an acrostic format.
Saturated
Adorable
Thirteen
Unkempt
Reading
God bless you as you look well to the ways of your household!
January 28th, 2012 | Tags: Saturday Acrostic | Category: Uncategorized | 2 comments It’s not a secret that I love to read. I read from a wide variety of genre, including the occasional jaunts into a series of novels. Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey-Maturin novels were one such series. There are twenty complete novels in the series, and I’ve enjoyed each and every one of them. Unfortunately, Mr. O’Brian died while [...] God bless you as you look well to the ways of your household!
January 26th, 2012 | Tags: book review, books, reading | Category: Uncategorized | 3 comments I’ve had a broken window in my schoolroom for several months. Oh, don’t worry. There was no broken glass involved. I’ve talked about the broken window concept before in this post. In brief, one broken window in a neighborhood, if left unrepaired, might lead to other windows being broken by vandals, leading to a slow, steady decline [...] God bless you as you look well to the ways of your household!
January 25th, 2012 | Tags: broken window concept, homemaking, looking well | Category: Uncategorized | 4 comments My husband declined the opportunity for overtime today because we had a birthday to celebrate. I love my kids’ birthdays. I always have! Celebrating their special day, taking them out to the restaurant of their choice for dinner (or lunch, as we did today), inviting extended family in, and watching them blow out the candles [...] God bless you as you look well to the ways of your household!
January 23rd, 2012 | Tags: Copper's Day Off, Family Fun, Will's Story | Category: Uncategorized | 9 comments It’s been awhile since I’ve posted our menus. I’ve been following more of a Flying By The Seat of Your Pants Approach to menu planning for the last several weeks. It works for me for awhile, but sooner or later I hit that brick wall of reality and need to get back to a system that [...] God bless you as you look well to the ways of your household!
January 23rd, 2012 | Tags: menu plan monday, menu planning | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment It’s interesting, I think, when a friend who blogs links to to a post I’ve written in the past. It’s humbling, too, especially when I go back and re-read the post and realize that I’ve not followed through as I’d hoped I would, or, as in this case, that I’ve not made any forward progress [...] God bless you as you look well to the ways of your household!
January 18th, 2012 | Tags: feeding the hungry, hold your plans loosely, the gospel | Category: Uncategorized | 6 comments Today was Copper’s day off. It’s been quite a long while since he’s been home with us on a Monday. All of the overtime he’s been working has been directed toward some needful things in and around our home.
Our big couch was in fairly good shape, the love seat only [...] God bless you as you look well to the ways of your household!
January 16th, 2012 | Tags: Copper's Day Off, homemaking, the good life | Category: Uncategorized | 11 comments I’m a home body by preference. We’ve made some choices in the last few weeks that mean I will be spending more time out and about. William is trying out for baseball this weekend, which means practice days and game days will take me to town a few times a week. I am also taking [...] God bless you as you look well to the ways of your household!
January 11th, 2012 | Tags: creativity, crochet, goal setting | Category: Uncategorized | 17 comments |
I'm Cheryl. I've been Copper's wife for 33 years. We have two grown daughters, two teen sons, a wonderful son-in-love and six grandbabies. Copperswife is a place to find encouragement as you joyfully look well to the ways of your own household.
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