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Quotes About Money

Saturday, August 6, 2005 (Updated: Friday, June 26, 2026)
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I found these quotes in a 2002 Parade Magazine article by Andrew Tobias… Annual income, twenty pounds; annual expenditure, nineteen pounds; result, happiness. Annual income, twenty pounds; annual expenditure, twenty-one pounds; result, misery. …

Category: Family Economy

The Disappearance of the Busy Signal and the Plague of Accessibility

Thursday, August 4, 2005 (Updated: Thursday, March 12, 2026)
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The past several days my husband and I have been doing a major purging and reorganizing of our home offices. While being ill for several months and having a large extended work project, we let some of the paperwork go a bit so we both have files to …

Category: Simple Living

Quotes of Wisdom Through the Ages

Tuesday, August 2, 2005 (Updated: Friday, June 26, 2026)
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Peace if possible, truth at all costs. Martin Luther A continual looking forward to the eternal world is not a form of escapism or wishful thinking, but one of the things a Christian is meant to do. C. S. Lewis Today Jesus Christ is being dispatched …

Category: Christian Living

Creating A Family Economy

Saturday, July 30, 2005 (Updated: Monday, June 29, 2026)
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A few months ago Pam sent me links to two articles: The Power of the Home Economy (now archived) and Love is not Enough: Toward the Recovery of a Family Economics (via Wayback Machine now) They were both very interesting and I highly recommend both …

Category: Family Economy | Our Family LifeTag: Laura Ingalls Wilder & Little House Books | Making Wise Choices
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Quotes To Live By

Thursday, July 28, 2005 (Updated: Friday, June 26, 2026)
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Much of our difficulty as seeking Christians stems from our unwillingness to take God as He is and adjust our lives accordingly. We insist upon trying to modify Him and bring Him nearer to our own image. A. W. Tozer Right is right, even if everyone …

Category: Christian Living

Quotes From The PBS Series “Frontier House”

Monday, July 25, 2005 (Updated: Sunday, May 31, 2026)
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This past weekend my husband and I escaped from the heat by watching one of our favorite mini-series, Frontier House. I took the time write down several of my favorite quotes from the show so I could post them here. If you’ve never watched it, …

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Just Because You Can, It Doesn’t Mean You Should

Tuesday, July 19, 2005 (Updated: Saturday, November 15, 2025)
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"He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them his way." Psalm 25:9

Category: MarginTag: Making Wise Choices
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Sallie Schaaf Borrink

I’m Sallie — wife, mother, just-retired homeschooler, and curator of my home. Our little family lives a quiet and cozy life of home education, self-employment, and pithy exchanges. I’ve been writing here for 20+ years about Truth, Goodness, and Beauty. And I like to laugh. A lot. Start here. ♥




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