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Gidget Talks Money, Part 1: Saving $$ Dave Ramsey-Style

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This is the first post in a series on money. I’m very far from being an expert, but I figured I could share with you all the few things that I’ve learned over the last few years, hopefully bringing you a bit of financial simplicity. It’s going to be a fun week with a guest [...]

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It’s the Absoulute Ultimate!! #8 -Care Calendar & Recipe

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Taking Care of Friends and Family? Here’s an easy tool! Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. -Galations 6:2 I’m at the age when a lot of my friends are having babies. In our small groups and Bible studies, we’ve taken part in signing up to bring [...]

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It’s the Absolute Ultimate!! #5 ~ Free Download!

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Packing Made Simpler! We’re off to go camping again this weekend! Every time we go, I print out a pre-made list and then check off all the essentials as we pack them. This is a simple necessity for me as otherwise we’d be driving down the road, and I’d be thinking, okay, what did I [...]

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Christmas Manifesto Part 5: Five Resources for Celebrating a Simpler Christmas

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As a conclusion to my Christmas Manifesto Series (Read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and/or Part 4 if you missed them), here are just a few ideas to help you simplify Christmas, and make gift-giving simpler, more sustainable, and/or homemade. Here’s a great starting point for Inexpensive, Creative and Eco-friendly Gift Ideas. We all [...]

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Christmas Manifesto, Part 4

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Celebrating Christmas We’ve always been as purposeful and personal as possible in gift giving, so our transition to a different way of celebrating Christmas won’t be super difficult. I like how McKibben, in Hundred Dollar Holiday, points out that this change can be gradual. It does not have to happen overnight, especially if your kids [...]

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Christmas Manifesto, Part 3

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Did you miss Part 1 & Part 2 of Gidget’s Christmas Manifesto Series? Summary/Review of Hundred Dollar Holiday by Bill McKibben This short book is packed with information! I want to just give an overview here– the book is such quick read that you’d do better to just read it yourself than for me to [...]

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Christmas Manifesto, Part 2

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Did you miss Gidget’s Christmas Manifesto, Part 1? When a family close to us decided to stop giving/receiving presents at Christmas a few years ago, I’d say we were surprised (but not really surprised) and in a way, disappointed. Especially me, as my #1 Love Language is definitely Gifts (which means I like receiving, but [...]

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Christmas Manifesto, Part 1

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Over the next several days I’m going to be posting a short series on Christmas. As you read it, you’ll realize why I’m calling it a “manifesto.” I know it’s August, and we have a lot to look forward to still before we get to the big holiday, but right now, we actually have time [...]

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