tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9886589.post4116751215770128970..comments2008-01-23T15:18:19.617-05:00Brandy Browhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13493270477819129950noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9886589.post-27670008122970196812008-01-23T11:23:00.000-05:002008-01-23T11:23:00.000-05:00Brandy & Jim -<BR/>I would just like to say BRAVO to you and your family. Your children are learning invaluable life lessons.<BR/><BR/>We are a spoiled lot here in America. In many countries, 800 sq. ft. would be considered a mansion!<BR/><BR/>There are missionaries around the world enduring much worse. And the Bible reveals clearly the lives of godly men and women who endured severe persecution because they followed God's call. When we look at history, time and again those who forged new paths and brought greater good to the world were considered fools by many.<BR/><BR/>You are in good company. I so admire your perserverance, most could not endure. God bless you.E Busseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00639863049256384025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9886589.post-57626553004225598572007-12-20T13:16:00.000-05:002007-12-20T13:16:00.000-05:00You are teaching your children how to survive in a rapidly deteriorating world. Like, how to deal with a deteriorating HOUSE. They will love you and thank you, and if they only inherit the house, it is not just about the house. It is about what they are learning. They will love how much money you have to leave them, too. If only it were only about money. Ha. They are learning what most folks learned, ages ago, when everyone had a cold bedroom and everyone stepped out to an unpainted outbuilding several times a day, cold or no. You are teaching them character and grit. You are doing a good thing. If you treat the mold and wrap up against the cold, it can be a great adventure and worth much more than just suffering like that for no reason, as kids do every day when their folks are on drugs, etc. More power to ya!katynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9886589.post-28911066619430742522007-12-16T20:58:00.000-05:002007-12-16T20:58:00.000-05:00Well, it's like my daddy always says - "Every tub sits on its own bottom".<BR/><BR/>So, Jim and Brandy, follow the calling God gave YOU. HE gave you your family, your desires, your talents and abilities. If "anonymous" feels as he does, well, he doesn't have to follow your blog. <BR/><BR/>Let me encourage you to live in the light, shine His light, raise your family as God has led you -- you reap what you sow. And God is ALWAYS faithful.<BR/><BR/>Prayers and blessings abundant!!!<BR/>Janjanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05071500811227630009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9886589.post-64225965213355583412007-12-16T16:01:00.000-05:002007-12-16T16:01:00.000-05:00Thanks, Stev. Will update on the weatherization. I have some great pics, but will interrupt the update to address this issue in a post. <BR/><BR/>Funny how someone bearing flames torches with a mask of anonymity. But I chose to post it because people are entitled to their opinions and it wasn't a "visit my site and buy my crap" comment.(Jim &amp;) Brandy Browhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13493270477819129950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9886589.post-86075836380861417532007-12-16T15:31:00.000-05:002007-12-16T15:31:00.000-05:00interesting... do let us know how the weatherization turns out! =)<BR/><BR/>ps. attracted anonymous flamers eh? a good dose of ignore/deletion imho wld be goodstevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04158545189403209732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9886589.post-88693932789929180282007-12-16T14:25:00.000-05:002007-12-16T14:25:00.000-05:00I'm amazed at how someone who knows so little about my family and life can judge so much. As stated on my response to your gossip about my family on <A HREF="http://p068.ezboard.com/Totally-NSBR-but/fscrapsmackfrm8.showMessage?topicID=299.topic" REL="nofollow">this ScrapSmack board</A> which is totally unrelated to scrapbooking, we are not living debt free out of desire, but out of necessity. <BR/><BR/>And living in a small home with mold does not equal filth. Like I don't clean the mold or remedy the carbon dioxide levels we just discovered. Come on! Get real. <BR/><BR/>Get all the facts before you fly groundless accusations while you sit in a home that no doubt has mold growing behind your toilet tank.(Jim &amp;) Brandy Browhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13493270477819129950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9886589.post-73630573216102970952007-12-14T16:04:00.000-05:002007-12-14T16:04:00.000-05:00Really now....I've been reading your blog for sometime now - well over a year and I don't get it. <BR/><BR/>How do you make your SIX children live in that bitty old moldy trailer??? Seriously. I could never do that to my children just because I don't want to borrow money to build them a home. If you can't build that darn home then find something to rent - something that has more space for your kids, is warm so they aren't freezing and does not have mold growing in it. <BR/><BR/>Do you realize with the pace you are going with the work on the house (which is ZERO) those kids will be grown by the time you build it. And their childhoods wasted away.<BR/><BR/>Quite frankly, I find your situation ridiculous. I'm surprised someone has not called a child welfare agency on you. Shame on you and your husband for putting your own "debt free" dreams ahead of those kids. If you wanted a debt free home you should have done it before you popped out six children and made them live in filth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com