I hate cleaning. I hate it. I hate it. I hate it. Yet I love a clean house. Funny how that works, huh? I’ve always struggled with getting into a good cleaning routine. That is why I created my super popular cleaning checklist that you can download for free and customize to fit your home. It…
Welcome to the 4th Annual “A Day in the Life of…” photography project! The concept is simple, but the results are awesome. Take one picture every hour, for one day, and an unique hour by hour snapshot of your day is created. For 4 years, I’ve been taking my pictures on January 18th. This year the…
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I’m just a tad bit late, but that is just how life goes sometimes. My family traveled to Ohio for Christmas this year. We arrived on December 22 and we are still here! 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. Each month I looked over the list and wrote an update on my accomplishments and disappointments. I haven’t posted an update since the end of September. 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. 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…