Essential Appliances for Start-Up Families “Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.” Indeed true. When my husband and I decided to live independently, we were able to feel proud of our decisions and feel our growth. We may have a small house, but we are pleased to pay for our rent, bills, and grocery. We felt the importance of our hard work to earn for the family. And yes, we always talk about and weigh our options before coming up with a decision. We are cautious with our purchases as every peso counts. And that includes the first appliance we had as we started our family. Looking back, we slowly fill our tiny home...
We had a little retail therapy and shopping session the other night. Seeing all the things for fall has me excited and sad at the same time. Summer has flown by and here we are looking at fall fashions and college clothes for her. I put together college clothes packing list and tips to help you! Sammie will be heading back to college for her sophomore year. It only makes sense that we picked her up a few new needed outfits, a new stylish backpack… This year she wants to take fewer clothes with her to college (all her other stuff is in storage near her campus). Live and learn. She over-packed her clothes for the freshman year. But, it’s...
s This tutorial was originally published on Crafting a Green World in 2017. If you sew, and especially if you love to upcycle, the upcycled denim skirt is a rite of passage. Here's how to make one! You will need: well-fitting pair of blue jeans. Maybe they have holes in the knees that you don't want to patch. Maybe they're too short, and you don't want to sew on a cuff or a ruffle. Whatever the reason for converting them into a skirt, they should fit well in the waist. thread and sewing needle for denim. I like using the extra-strong thread made especially for denim, and you'll need an extra-sharp needle for your sewing machine. decorative fabric scrap...
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Here’s how chaplains help Supervisory Border Patrol agent and Rio Grande Valley sector chaplain Robert Hess heads into the brush in search of undocumented migrants in McAllen, Texas, on Tuesday, June 22, 2021. | Laura Seitz, Deseret News The Border Patrol chaplaincy program emerged in the late 1990s after the agency experienced an unprecedented number of line-of-duty deaths. It remains a critical service for an agency that has the highest rate of suicide in law enforcement Justine Olsommer was 27 when she left her native Pennsylvania for the Rio Grande Valley to join the Border Patrol. Her father’s death from an unexpected heart attack was seven years behind her; relocating put the event far away. But something about Olsommer’s new...
