2011

7 Quick Takes: December 30, 2011 (Vol. 106)

~ 1 ~ In the week that has passed since my last 7 Quick Takes, I feel so different.  Just so much older. Okay, not really.  I mean, I don’t feel older, but I most definitely am older than I was when I wrote it last week. Hello, 35!  As a number, you sound nicer [...]

An Easy Laundry Room Makeover

For many years, I had a “blah” laundry room.  The walls were off-white, everything was everywhere, and it was a room that I was just never thrilled with. In fact, here it was: To see the simple (and inexpensive) steps we took to take our laundry room from blah to cheery, check out the rest [...]

10 Things I Learned From Our Trip to Walt Disney World

Honestly, I learned so much from our Disney World trip that I’ll probably have to write another one of these next week, but here are ten tips I can pass along from my trip to Walt Disney World that might be able to help you on a future trip to Disney World.  (I’m sure most [...]

Many Little Links: December 26, 2011

5 Simple SEO Tips – Savvy Blogging Not sure what SEO is or how to help optimize your site?  Check out this post! A Year of Dates – Let’s Explore Christmas gifts may have already all been opened, but this is still a fabulous idea to put together for your children. Six Reasons You Should [...]

Merry Christmas From Our Family to Yours

7 Quick Takes: December 23, 2011 (Vol. 105)

~ 1 ~ Apparently I needed a vacation from my Disney World vacation, as I have spent all week just trying to get caught back up.  I feel like things are (maybe) finally getting back to normal. I also feel like I would like to start planning our next trip to Disney World.  Oh my [...]

The One Where We Meet Princesses

I realize that it probably seems like I just fell off the face of the Earth.  With no word at all, I just stopped posting since the 10th.  It’s all because I foolishly thought that I would be able to keep up with my blog while we did things like riding elephants… seeing an icicle [...]

The One Where Molly Thinks Eric is Far Too Strict

Molly has a few friends who have play make up sets.  She covets those things.  I see her stare longingly at that type of thing in the store before she turns to me and says, “Daddy wouldn’t like me having that.” “Yes, I know,” as we move on. I had been aware for quite some [...]

Feast of the Immaculate Conception

Happy Feast Day to all of my Catholic friends out there! If you have kids and have not yet checked out Lacy’s wonderful debut into downloadable coloring sheets with a coloring sheet for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, please make sure to do so!

10 Ways to Get More Followers on Pinterest

I recently had someone ask here in the comments of my Ten Things I Love About Pinterest about how to get more followers on Pinterest.  I have to admit, I haven’t really sought out to build my followers on Pinterest (I just love it for collecting ideas), though I have been blessed to have many [...]