For many years I have longed for simpler times.  My husband and I actually purchased a canvas print called "Simpler Times I" by Thomas Kincade just a couple of years into our marriage.  Funny thing is we bought it on credit.  We wanted life to be simple, but apparently we didn't quite know how to get there. 

Over the years of our marriage, we have made mistakes, and taken wrong turns on our quest to reach a simple lifestyle.  Actually, we had the wrong idea of what constituted simplicity, therefore making it impossible to attain.  Our ideas were formed by looking at what is normal, and if you listen to Dave, you know normal is broke.  Life is not simple when you are broke.  Especially if you're broke and in debt as we were.   

At the beginning of the year, we decided enough was enough.  We no longer wanted to own our home - it was a money pit.  We were looking for the most inexpensive way to live - "the RV experiment". 

Turns out, this was a costly mistake.  What we should have done is wait on the Lord, and stop trying to make things happen. (We purchased this before we sold our home  more debt!) 

Just weeks before our house sold, we were offered this -

We rent this beautiful place for less than you can get a small apartment.  Plus many, many acres to enjoy.

This is the beginning of simplicity.

Given the current state of the economy, our arrival to simpler times has occured at an excellent time.  Of course all glory be to our Soverign God. 

Now, we need to learn how to garden, get some hens, and maybe a milking cow??? Are you serious Julie? 

I have so many other things I'd like to tell everyone about like how much I enjoy fall, how well Luke is doing in football, and the books I'm reading.  But, I'm spending a lot of time enjoying the fall, watching Luke play football, and reading books . 

Corey