Gardening feels like one of those things that I should do. Â It feels like I should enjoy gardening and do it well. Â Right now I hate it and I haven’t even planted anything yet! One of my insane goals for this year was to start a small garden. Â You could even call it my sample…
I was in the back yard working in my garden. Â Grace was beside me throwing a fit because she wanted to go for a walk instead. Â Then a van pulled into the parking lot close to our house. It was a couple from the neighborhood who I’ve seen/heard fighting often. Â This fight was no different….
After my experience doing once a month cooking last year and my freezer cooking day last week, I have some helpful tips to pass along to anyone who might be considering doing their own freezer cooking day. 10 Tips for a Successful Freezer Cooking Day 1) Do it with a friend. I am so thankful…
In case you missed it, here is Freezer Cooking Day (Part 1). I had such a great freezer cooking day with Donna from Hey Donna.  We got started around 11:00 AM and I finally sat down to relax at 5:00 PM.  It was definitely a long day, but we made so much food! Here is all of…
All day I’ll be busy in the kitchen with my friend Donna. Â We are doing a mini freezer cooking day. Last year we did a huge menu that was organized by Tricia from Once A Month Mom. Â It was great, but we wanted to try something a little smaller this time. Here is the menu:…
Professional portraits are a fun way to capture changes in your family over time.  It isn’t always so much fun to pay for these photos!  Thankfully, I’ve been able to have Grace’s 3-month, 6-month, 9-month, 1-year and 18-month pictures taken for free. When I was pregnant with Grace I started getting coupons for all kinds of things…