Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Â I’m just a tad bit late, but that is just how life goes sometimes. Â My family traveled to Ohio for Christmas this year. Â We arrived on December 22 and we are still here! Â Nate went back home on New Year’s Day, but the kids and I stayed so my…
This post contains affiliate links. Last January I wrote a crazy-long list of goals for the year. Â Each month I looked over the list and wrote an update on my accomplishments and disappointments. Â I haven’t posted an update since the end of September. Â Today I want to share what I accomplished in the past 3…
Again and again I would call my mom while she was at working begging asking for her to come home. She worked second shift as a nurse for much of my childhood. I had the hospital’s number memorized and conversation always went the same. Now that I’m a mother myself, I can only imagine how…
Recently my sister-in-law came over to my house with some kid books, DVDs, and toys she wanted to sell online and at garage sales. Â I was thankful that she gave me first dibs on her stuff! After I picked out several items, I gave my sister-in-law 2 options: I could pay her for the items…
I am love with easy, clever, and cheap neighbor gifts especially if they include a simple play on words.  I’m a sucker for puns.  I just can’t help myself. Last year we gave our neighbors a box of muffin mix with the note “You’re getting muffin for Christmas!”  It was affordable and adorable. I got the…
When I became a mom, I had no idea how hard it would be to come up with birthday and Christmas gift ideas for my kids. Â At times I struggle trying to think of what my husband and I want to give them, let alone a whole wish list to hand out to grandparents, aunts,…