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Once long ago, I wrote a book with this title and it was a boring little thing. Today I have all kinds of experience with those lean times that come and go. I am a nerd when it comes to homemaking and being frugal, however, frugality has its season. This book is all about that season and how to prepare for it, enjoy it, and have a rich and luxurious life despite small paychecks. And who says being broke is a bummer? In our house, we decided to unplug from the internet and downsize our life. We live with no stress and the days are simple. We focus on learning, playing, and hobbies. I don't ...

So your home isn't magazine ready and you have only three dollars left to next payday? This is real life and being a homemaker is serious stuff. This is a quick and fun guide to being a frugal, wise, and happy housewife. It's loaded with advice on cleaning, running, and decorating a home, being thrifty, having fun, cooking well, and not getting burnt out on the job that has no weekends.

Annie has married a charming and successful man. At first, it seems like a wonderful life complete with wealth, a handsome man, and a life of leisure. It doesn't take long to find that it's not all sweets and roses and Annie has got herself in the wrong kind of marriage. Secrets about her husband start to reveal themselves and the privileged life isn't as sparkly on the inside as it looks on the outside. It's going to take a carpenter, an actor, and an heiress to help Annie find her wings and fly toward her real dreams made from the heart.

I've been a homemaker for seven years and through the plentiful times and the not so plentiful times, I have never returned to work in the mainstream. I'd like to avoid it, to be honest. Currently, we are a little above the poverty line in our salary. And life has never been better. We purchased our first home with a paltry loan and even more meager savings during this housing market boom...in Northern California! My dreams of starting a homestead in town have been actualized and we eat like royalty. Well, maybe upper class. We are thriving and having so much fun with our life even with the...

Rose is married to an alcoholic and suffers the maladies of loneliness and isolation that come with being married to an alcoholic. But life is about to change. When her husband disappears, she finds a new life and all sorts of characters that show up to help her find new meaning in her world. Just as she is finding joy, at last, her husband shows back up on her porch with promises to change and make things right. How it all turns out is nothing ordinary but sometimes it takes some disasters to push us toward our real dreams.

This is a short story of money and how individuals and families choose to work with it. It is a look at one person's life from a childhood where money was mismanaged and on to a young adult life working three jobs to get out of large amounts of debt. It is the exploration of how a family can look at money as a useful tool and when used and saved wisely life can be a lot easier. This book has some advice and inspiration but it is not a money saving "guide". It is a personal exploration of how money was used during a lifetime and how it effects our today's and tomorrows. It is about the ...

When John is saved from drowning during a fishing trip by a stranger he becomes so grateful that he ask the man to stay with them until he is ready to move on. The problem is that this stranger seems to suffer from amnesia and no one knows who he is or even his name. There is something different about this young man, he has a magic about him and his presence seems to act as a healing balm on John and his daughter who have lived in heartache and loneliness for years. Ishmael, as they begin to call him, is not clear about where he is from, but he does seem to have a mission and it involves ...

As mothers and housewives, we go through periods of isolation and loneliness. There are times where the intellectual depth is Sesame Street and the only people you have to bounce ideas off of are toddlers that just want to eat sand and bang on things. What do you do? You start writing and blogging! But how with all the diaper changes and cooking? It's easier than you think. This book is a collection of thoughts, experiences, advice, and inspiration from a mother that is building a writing career and raising a happy family.