3/7/12 - WORTH REPEATING

Oh, and one more last piece of advice: Never apologize for the state of your house. Your friend didn't come to look at your house, she came to visit YOU! If you apologize for how your house looks you either place your friend in the awkward position of lying that it doesn't look so bad, or your attract her attention to all of the stuff she didn't notice before. So, do both of you a favor: Smile, graciously invite her in, ignore any mess there is (unless your son has left his underwear in the middle of the floor!), and enjoy the time with your friend!

~ Vinae at Worth More Than Rubies


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Great things happen when normal people step up to do the challenging things and are faithful to do the menial ones.

~ Brett Meador from Athey Creek Christian Fellowship (2/26/12)


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If you wait until you have money to decorate and make your home your own it will never happen. If you wait until you can afford to go buy everything new you are missing the point. It is the old, the new, the made, the hand-me-down, the collected, and the worn out but loved things in your home that make it yours.

So no matter what your home looks like, love it. Love it for the fact that it is the place you share with your loved ones. Love it for the memories that are made there. And if you are reading this and thinking “I DON”T love my home”, then sit down and think about why. Why don’t you love it? And whatever the reason, whether it is the space itself OR your attitude, do something to change that. Because a home should be a place that you love. A place where you feel happy. And you shouldn’t have to wait until you have the money to do it.

~ Stacy in Loving Your Home at Not JUST a Housewife


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Love trumps organic every time.

~ Brianne Happel, discussing whether a family that eats almost all organic, local, free range food would be comfortable eating a meal prepared by someone else if it wasn't organic, etc.