Whew! What the heck happened?! It’s been a month since I last penned a weekly ramble? It’s not for lack of desire, but life has been just incredibly busy. What have I been doing? As you know, I have a home business that has enabled us to pay off debt, save money, and keep the…
See this girl? She was freaking out on the inside. You can kinda see it in the eyes. Not because she was turning 35, but because she finally realized her finances were not what they should have been. Yikes. Were they ever in the wrong direction! After six weeks without a paycheck during a period…
Sharing bathrooms in a big family can be tricky business. You’ve seen the movies! Here’s how we’re making it work for us. Sharing a bathroom is a good problem to have in a world where some still don’t have clean running water. Here’s our solution for sharing bathrooms in a big family. When we first…
Whew. That week was full! Let’s chat involuntary pantry challenges, guitar-playing husbands, new refrigerators, and more. So, what to tell you, what to tell you? Our heat wave broke earlier in the week, and it’s been lovely here. Most Easterners/Northerners would say that we don’t get true “sweater weather” here, but it was SO NICE…
Here’s where I ramble about the important and the mundane of every day life. This week let’s chat heat waves, grounding, fast food, and what’s eating my basil. Hello, Hi, How are you? We are sweating to the oldies around here…. not because of any particular exercise routine, just that it’s hot and I like…
Help your kids become more creative and entertain themselves when you keep a box of kids craft supplies on hand. You’ll be amazed at how much fun they have on their own! This makes a great Christmas or birthday gift for kids of all ages. Just adjust the supplies to suit the age and interests…
After schooling six kids at home and sending five off to college (so far) I’ve learned a few things about what products are truly useful and what are nonsense. Here are the back to school supplies that we’ve found to be the most useful in the day-to-day lives of high school and college students. The…
This week’s ramble will be short and sweet. I’m going on two weeks of afternoon headaches and I still haven’t done my Rest Day Prep. It’s hot. I’m tired. I wish I were more entertaining. But, this is real life, is it not? Here are the highlights of my week: My baby is 16. I’m…
I’ve been percolating a thought recently that seems worthy of this space where we look to make Mom life stuff easier. It’s a thought that’s been helpful as I navigate relationships and contemplate my missteps in said relationships. So, consider this and tell me what you think in the comments. Anywhere on your body at…
You can travel and enjoy good things in life even on a limited budget! Here’s how we saved $100s on our recent trip to Hawaii so that we could eat well but stay on budget. Bryan and I love to travel. It’s a shared passion of ours that we are hopefully passing on to our…