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Rambling Insanity....a look inside chaos and the struggle towards peace.

The ramblings of a middle-aged woman still looking for her inner identity and principles. Dabblings in frugality, self-sufficiency, compacting, mother, homemaker, Christian and all around work in progress.(WARNING: If you are looking for grammatical accuracy or profound wisdom and creative ponderings....you've come to the wrong place.)

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Some People Who Make Me Smile~of course this isn't ALL of them

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I have trouble with focus. Why? Because I want to do and be so much. I envy people with one fine tuned objective. I've never had that. All my jumbled thoughts and ideals find everything of equal importance so I've never had the ability to fine tune myself and goals in that way. So, I'm left trying. Trying in itself isn't bad. Not....would be bad. So, with the blog in place for use as one might adjust the focus of a camera lens, I will attempt to bring about more results to those areas of importance in my life. What are some of them? Well I want, and this planet needs, for me to live greener on the earth. Our family wants and we need, coupled with the first environmental need... to live more frugal on the earth. I want and need to lose weight and just be kinder to my own self and health. I want and need to find more time in relationship with God. So...there is a smidge of those things I find important. Trust me...more will be added as my focus gets better.
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Something Meaningful to Ponder

"To live content with small means;
to seek elegance rather than luxury,and refinement rather than fashion;
to be worthy, not respectable,and wealthy, not rich;
to listen to stars and birds, babes and sageswith open heart;
to study hard;
to think quietly, act frankly, talk gently,await occasions, hurry never;
in a word, to let the spiritual,unbidden and unconscious,grow up through the common -- this is my symphony. "
-- William Henry Channing

A quote I like:

"Voluntary simplicity involves both inner and outer condition. It means singleness of purpose, sincerity and honesty within, as well as avoidance of exterior clutter, of many possessions irrelevant to the chief purpose of life. It means an ordering and guiding of our energy and our desires, a partial restraint in some directions in order to secure greater abundance of life in other directions. It involves a deliberate organization of life for a purpose. Of course, as different people have different purposes in life, what is relevant to the purpose of one person might not be relevant to the purpose of another....The degree of simplification is a matter for each individual to settle for himself. "
~Richard Gregg, 1936, on a life of "voluntary simplicity"

Some Favorite Frugal Sites

  • The Family Wallet
  • Wise Bread
  • Savings Nut
  • Choosing Voluntary Simplicity
  • Uncommon Way To Wealth Spreadsheets
  • Eating On A Budget
  • Frugal Abundance
  • Living On The Cheap
  • The Dollar Stretcher
  • Hillbilly Housewife
  • Healthy Hillybilly Housewife
  • Simple Living Network
  • The Simple Dollar
  • Overcoming Consumerism
  • Pennypinching Grandma
  • Getting A Life
  • Living On A Dime

Articles that are AWESOME

  • Vicki Robin's "From Excess to Enough" this is a pdf file will need adobe reader

My Finance & Frugal Blog List

  • Blogging Away Debt
    My Mom has Passed
  • Christian Personal Finance
    Financial Peace University vs. True Financial Freedom: An Honest Comparison for Church Leaders
  • Mighty Bargain Hunter
    Side Hustle Profit and Loss December 2025 (plus 2025 results)
  • bluntmoney.com
    10 Practical Tips for Saving Money on Your Monthly Expenses
  • No Credit Needed
    My Inexpensive Golf Clubs And Equipment
  • Frugal Babe
    Still Here, Still Frugal!
  • I've Paid For This Twice Already...
    Should You Hire an Accountant for Your Small Business or Do it Yourself?
  • We Need To Be Debt Free
    sites for shopping fashion style
  • MoneyBlogNetwork (powered by pfblogs.org)
  • Smart Spending Blog: Money saving tips from around the web – MSN Money

Tidbits:


*Since the 1970s, the average U.S. home has grown by 80%. Yet Americans face a “storage crisis,” according to UCLA researchers.

*The self-storage industry is only 35 years old. It took 25 years for the first billion square feet of storage space to be built. The second billion square feet was built in just 8 years.

*7 square feet of commercial storage space now exists for every American.

source: the Mother Jones Website, Facts on Organization

Suggestion #2

When I list favorite books to read and you decide you would like to as well.....first ask around to see if a friend might have a copy to lend you or check the library. Otherwise check with your local used book store first. It will save you lots. If you still fall short then I always recommend Amazon.

Frugal Books I Read

  • "Choosing Simplicity-Real People Finding Peace and Fulfillment in a Complex World" by Linda Breen Pierce
  • "Where There is No Place Like Home-An Autobiography of The Homeless" by Noah Snider
  • "Graceful Simplicity" by Jerome M Segal
  • "Living Well On One Income" by Cynthia Yates
  • "Take Back Your Time" by John de Graaf
  • "Simple Prosperity-Finding Real Wealth in a Sustainable Lifestyle" by David Wann
  • "How Americans Can Buy American" by Roger Simmermaker
  • "The Overspent American" by Juliet B. Schor
  • "Your Money or Your Life" by Joe Dominguez & Vicki Robin
  • "Tightwad Gazette I,II & III" by Amy Dacyczyn
  • "Living Well on a Shoestring" by Yankee Magazine
  • "More Than Enough" by Dave Ramsey
  • "Financial Peace" by Dave Ramsey
  • "Debt Free Living" by Larry Burkett
  • "America's Cheapest Family" by Steve & Annette Economides

Some Favorite Christian Sites

  • Ministries of Francis Frangipane
  • Bible Reading Plans
  • Bible Gateway
  • Billy Graham

Christian Books I Love

  • "The Hiding Place" by Corrie Ten Boom
  • "The Surrendered Wife" by Laura Doyle
  • "On The Other Side of The Garden" by Virginia Fugate
  • "Lord, Only You Can Change Me" by Kay Arthur
  • "Keep a Quiet Heart" by Elisabeth Elliot
  • "Helper by Design" by Elyse Fitzpatrick
  • "Disciplines of a Godly Woman" by Barbara Hughes
  • "Creative Counterpart" by Linda Dillow
  • "The Excellent Wife" by Martha Peace
  • "Becoming a Titus 2 Woman" by Martha Peace
  • "Attitudes of a Transformed Heart" by Martha Peace
  • "A Womans Walk With God" by Elizabeth George
  • "A Woman After God's Own Heart" by Elizabeth George

Quotes worth sharing....

"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow." -- Melody Beattie

"The root of joy is gratefulness. "~-David Steindl-Rast

"Gratitude is not only the greatest of all virtues, but the parent of all the others." ~Cicero

"We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us." -- Joseph Campbell

"Bitterness and an unforgiving spirit can be likened to you taking poison and expecting that someone else would die from the effect. Forgiveness is about setting the prisoner in your heart free only to discover that all along, you had been the real prisoner." -- 'Tope Popoola

"Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple,awesomely simple, that's creativity."- Charles Mingus

"Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people they don't like." - Will Rogers

"Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment." -- Winston Churchill

"As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives."~Henry David Thoreau

"Since most of us spend our lives doing ordinary tasks, the most important thing is to carry them out extraordinarily well." -- Henry David Thoreau

Weight Loss Links

  • Weight Watchers
  • Spark People
  • Fit Day

Green Living Sites

  • New American Dream
  • Green Living Tips

Favorite Places to Shop

  • Amazon
  • Ebay
  • Freecycle
  • Gently Used Books

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