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…
Hello and Happy Friday! Are you ready to ramble? Hey, hi, how are you?! Remember last fall when Bryan collected Funko Pops that looked like our kids? Well, he slyly snuck in one of me. 😜 The Incredibles (seriously the best classic Pixar IMO) was one of the first movies that our family really fell…
Here’s how I planned our summer trip to Japan for two parents and four teens/young adults. We had a great time, but it definitely took some savvy planning to make it come together. Last summer Bryan and I, along with four of our children, aged 16 to 23, went to Japan. We spent three weeks…
Hello and Happy Friday! Are you ready to ramble? Last weekend was fun, wasn’t it? Even if you didn’t have a big celebration with loads of people, I hope you had some good cheap eats! We sure did. The boys went to a party on Saturday, so ours was a decidedly small group at home….