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Welcome to Simplify Firefly where you’ll find genuine tips to help you have a happy home! At Simplify Firefly we navigate how to manage stress naturally (so good), how to embrace life with Jesus throughout our everyday minutes, how to get inspired to accomplish our goals; we journey into a simplified lifestyle, get inexpensive ways to have fun with our family, obtain nutrition strategies that heal and lose weight, and what’s a blog without gluten-free recipes? Let’s walk through life together and lighten up our days!
Start with some of my most popular posts:
How to Have a Happy Family: 3 Revolutionary Steps
Gluten-free Fried Walleye Recipe
How to Get Motivated: 4 Critical Tips to Start Anything
How to Reduce Stress in Your Life: 10 Breakthrough Tips
5 Important Ways to Measure Success without Numbers
FREE Firefly Fun Sheet for Kids!
I’m Christy! A mom, Christ follower, natural problem-solver, declutter lover, children’s book author, a health conscience human, and gluten-free consumer. I love to create, get my hands in the garden, and play with my house. I can’t wait to share with you what has worked for me in pursuing a lighter lifestyle. I’m so glad you’re here!
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6 Simple Ways to Save Money on Valentine’s Day
Let's save money on Valentine's Day this year. You'll get my 6 simple ways to save money on Valentine's Day along with a little history about February 14th. Explore my simple and inexpensive gift ideas for you, your family, and your friend; but first I gotta tell you...
Drama Free Life? A Strategy You Don’t Want to Miss.
How to live a drama free life sounds dreamy. But in a world that is dominated by drama; pandemics, racial injustice, a shaky economy, broken homes, and anxiety-filled minds, how do we navigate through all this? Right now is a great time to pull out your secret weapon...
Enjoy the Silence: 4 Reasons that lead to success
As the world continues to get faster and noisier, the more important it is to enjoy the silence. Why? Learn how to reap the rewards of your 'silence' to feed your mental health and experience peace in this loud world. Embrace these 4 rock-solid reasons to enjoy the...
9 Gift Ideas to Comfort Someone
Need some gift ideas to comfort someone? Whether you need a gift idea to physically comfort someone or gift ideas to emotionally comfort them, I've got 9 gift ideas to warm the body and soul. These are practical gift ideas, in other words, gifts that can be used...
Christmas: What Serving Others Does for You
Are you looking to have an awesome Christmas this year? A Christmas that will have meaning? I know I am. This past month I researched Christmas, that’s kind of funny to say, we all know Jesus was born and it's about His birthday. But I sought out more understanding of...
How Cookie Dough Gave Me Super Powers – Plus Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe!
Want super powers? I've got 5 ways to feel like Wonder Woman. You're not going to want to miss this. PLUS! You get an amazing gluten-free chocolate chip cookie recipe! The setting, can you relate? Tears streamed down my cheeks. “Dear God, how am I going to do this? I...
3 Essential Tactics for Holiday Eating
Holiday eating is a bittersweet kind of thing. Let's make the best of it with these 3 Holiday eating tips! First off, what is your approach to Holiday eating? Do you go in with an attitude of “It’s the Holidays I’m diving in!” or are you, “It’s the Holiday, time to...
13 Natural Stress Relief Products For Anyone!
When you’re stressed out, what do you turn to relieve it? Allow me to open your mind to some different ideas that may be cheaper and more effective. I’ve got 13 natural stress relief products you’re going to want to check out. What to look for in natural stress...
Finding Grace in the Cards We’re Dealt – 3 Tricks
How to navigate life with the cards we're dealt can be challenging, finding grace in it all may sound nuts. Yet, grace is a big player when it comes to winning. No matter what the situation is, we will get through it if we believe we can. I try to remind myself of...
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Just released! “Ink” by Christy
This children’s book takes you on a journey with a pen…who can’t write. Ink, a retractable pen, wants to be the favorite pen that sits in the shirt pocket. He knows how to get there, but he has a serious problem…he can’t write. Will the pen pals help him? Will Ink become the favorite pen? Hold on to your pen caps as Ink takes you on a journey that brings you a giggle and a surprise ending.
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