Life Between Loads of Laundry
I thought about doing a Christmas gift themed post this week, but then every theme I came up with, I realized that some of my recent (and not as recent) posts fell into a lot of those categories. So, if you need help with some Christmas gift ideas, you might check out some of these: Kitchen Themed Christmas Gift Ideas Gift Ideas of Childrens Books Books that Would be Great to Give Someone Like Me Christmas Gift Ideas for Geeky {Read More}
~ 1 ~ I am not a fan of Washington DC’s Dulles Airport. Sure, it was nice. Yeah, I did get to see a space shuttle on top of an airplane. But, that airport is huge. In fact, it was so huge that carrying around my backpack and my duffel bag has caused me back pain from when I woke up on Monday morning through the present time. I am less than thrilled about that. I keep thinking that the {Read More}
Knowing how to plan and prepare meals are vital life skills. There’s pretty much no way around it — a person has to eat. Without a knowledge of how to plan and prepare meals, however, this skill is often handed over to restaurants, along with quite a chunk of money (and some of their health, if it’s done on a regular basis). You can help to train up your children now to have needed skills in the kitchen. As I {Read More}
~ 1 ~ Last week when I wrote my quick takes, Jack had just learned to ride his bike (finally!) but Molly was still very much struggling. I’m thrilled to report that after she finally trusted that we weren’t going to let go, we were actually able to let go anyway. I am calling Eric “the bike whisperer,” as he was able to get each of the kids riding on their own when I was not able to. Either they {Read More}
Thank you to Crocs for sponsoring this blog post. Please click here to learn more about Crocs’ new Back to School line. I was selected for this sponsorship by the Clever Girls Collective. All opinions expressed here are my own. As long as I can remember, I have loved Back to School time. When I was in school, there was always the excitement of actually returning to school (yeah, I was weird like that). But, also very exciting {Read More}
It might sound like I do a lot of big, crazy shopping binges on Amazon. And, while our neighbors believe that, since their dog barks every time they UPS or FedEx guy drives up, it’s not necessarily the case. Some of that is just laziness – like knowing that I could order Post-It Note index tabs from Amazon and get them faster than waiting for my next trip to the store. (They’re arriving tomorrow, by the way.) My last splurge {Read More}
Today at Catholic Mothers Online, I’m sharing about my personal shopping experience with Betty Beguiles. Go over and read about it, plus check out the super cute Inspiration Board that consists of a total of four outfits, once some mixing and matching is done. Hello, pumpkin colored skirt! You are so, so cute! Read about the experience, see the inspiration board, and found out about what I now have in my wardrobe…
I shared recently that some of my wonderful friends chipped in together and bought me an Amazon gift certificate. I pondered here whether I should use it toward homeschooling stuff or on myself. Overwhelmingly, everyone that commented said that I should get something for myself. (Including some of the people that chipped in toward it that seemed to indicate that they would hunt me down if I didn’t use it for myself.) So, I used their gift certificate, some Amazon {Read More}
It’s no secret that I love to sell on Etsy. (Incidentally, if you need tips for selling on Etsy, I have those too.) I think that one of the best things about Etsy is not only selling on Etsy, but buying on Etsy. Why I Love to Shop on Etsy: 1. One of a Kind Pieces – I have received so many compliments about things, like some of the bags, that I have because they are so unique. Definitely not {Read More}
I must be honest here and say that I haven’t made it all of the way through listening to Grocery University. Still, with only having listened through three or four lessons, I went to the grocery store the next day and saved over 50%. WooHoo! While Grocery University is usually $24.95, it will only be $8.95 through Tuesday (March 1st), a savings of 65% off! The sale includes the entire course: almost 2.5 hours of audio (which I loaded onto {Read More}
