Hello and Happy Friday! Are you ready to ramble? I haven’t forgotten. With the anniversary of Charlie Kirk’s death yesterday and 911 today, how could one forget that wicked men still do evil on this earth? I know these aren’t isolated incidents. There is wickedness all over, but those two events hold space in my…
Hello and Happy Friday! Are you ready to ramble? This week’s ramble will be short and sweet as it’s already 4 pm and there’s pizza to be made. Normally, I have time on Thursday evening or Friday morning to tap this out, but this week did not obey. It started strong with a fun Sunday…
Hello and Happy Friday! Are you ready to ramble? Oh my word. Is it Friday already? It’s been a whirlwind of a week! We packed a lot into our 2.5 days of staycation and then the boys came home from Spain, the girls came home from Sacramento, a handful of kids got sick, and here…
Hello and Happy Friday! Are you ready to ramble? Greetings from our staycation! Technically, I’m not here. I wrote this before our vacation began, so details of the actual staycation will be saved for next Friday. However, this shot is from a little sneak peek we gave ourselves on Sunday after church. We stopped at…
Hello and Happy Friday! Are you ready to ramble? Hello, hello! I’m now week 2 into Operation Open Nest and I feel like I’m getting my bearings. I’ve spent most of the week at home since we had to do some car juggling. I’ve turned off all my alarms and allowed myself to sleep as…
Planning one on one time with each child, particularly in a large family, can be tricky. But, it’s not impossible. Planning quality time with each kid is so worth the effort! Get to know your children in a different way when you plan solo time with each. Are you wondering how to plan quality, one…
Hello and Happy Friday! Are you ready to ramble? Yes, I have trouble with my cuticles and I leave my tea bag in the mug ’til I’m done drinking. Not the most photo-worthy of images, but also very much the real me. I’ve been a nail picker since childhood. That’s what I’m doing in this…
Hello and Happy Friday! Are you ready to ramble? Whew. So much was crammed into this week. I think I left the house almost every day which is saying something for this hermit here. I did all kinds of running around last school year and so this summer has been oddly hermit like. I found…
Hello and Happy Friday! Are you ready to ramble? It’s always a little weird to be posting on Friday but telling you about the last week, including whatever happened on the weekend. For my Sunday to Saturday brain, it’s weird, anyway. But, since I can’t promise to do blog work on the weekend, this will…
Struggling to get anything done? Try this 15-minute cleaning hack. Don’t limit it to cleaning. Set a timer for everything on your to-do list and get stuff done! There are loads of tricks out there in the homemaking world about how to get the biggest ROI and how to be the most productive, tips on…