One of the lessons God has been working on teaching me over the past year is to remember (and obey) 1 Thess. 5:18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

So, in the spirit of that text, here are some things about living in a small house that I've found to be thankful for:

• I can vacuum each entire level ( Read more... )

Grocery store today, I took one of the double carts (the ones like Target & Walmart have, not the ones that look like trucks) cuz kids were both essentially asleep still when we went in the store & there was one of those carts in the cart coral thing near where I parked. Once they truely woke up (while we were shopping) they were kind of climbing ( Read more... )