Homemade Baby Wipes Recipe
The first couple weeks after having my third baby I just used store bought wipes and disposable diapers. I may try to be super frugal… but the complete lack of sleep when baby first comes home is hard enough without adding in any other variables. Then I started using my cloth wipes… but I couldn’t find [...]
Finding The Perfect Laundry Schedule
Laundry is one of the most tedious chores of motherhood. It has taken me years of fine tuning, but I finally discovered the perfect laundry schedule. Or at least it was perfect until last month when my machines went down. So for now I’ve had to adjust the way I do laundry which has taken [...]
Same Kind of Different As Me
In this season of being thankful, I am especially thankful for my friends; more specifically, the friends that many of us may pass by. We sometimes pass them by because the friendships may be hard to maintain or uncomfortable at times. The decision to move could be because their life experiences are too different from ours and they can be hard to [...]
Caring For A Sick Spouse
My husband recently had surgery for a deviated septum. We were told by the doctor that he would be down for a few days after the surgery so to plan accordingly with work. Well, work has nothing to do with home life and with our large family that is much more difficult to coordinate. Out [...]
Getting Crayon Stains Out of a Clothes Dryer
What to do?? The first thing I did when my dryer turned a waxy green was track down the 3 ft 4 inch little boy who I thought was the culprit. I imagined he stuck the crayon in his pocket and reprimanded him. Later I found it was actually the 6 ft. 1 inch husband. [...]
Baby Items You Can’t Live Without
I know I’m not as tough as my Grandma, but I try to keep her life in perspective when I want things. When my Grandma was pregnant with her first baby she had nothing, I mean literally nothing. She grew up in backwoods rural Arkansas during the 30′s and has often said they never really [...]
Operation Christmas Child—sharing the joy of Christmas with others.
Growing up I was taught that Christmas was not about getting presents, eating cookies, decorations or Santa Claus. Don’t get me wrong, we still had decorations around the house and a beautiful tree adorned with ornaments collected and handmade over the years. We also exchanged presents under the tree on Christmas morning together after our [...]
How To Fake Fall
Fall is my favorite season. I grew up in Illinois surrounded by changing leaves, fields of pumpkins and apple orchards. I have so many fond memories of fall from my childhood. My grandmother would rake leaves that my siblings and I would jump in. We wore our cute sweaters and scarves and sipped hot chocolate. [...]
Saving on Dough
Our family is on a quest: a quest to cut our expenses. As we look at our spending we see the main culprit. GROCERIES. Since we have transitioned into eating more whole, allergy-free food we are seeing a huge increase in our grocery spending. I know that making more homemade and “from-scratch” dishes are essential [...]
Jessica Seinfeld’s Deceptively Delicious
Jessica Seinfeld’s Deceptively Delicious cookbook is WONDERFUL. My friend Christy pointed it out to me & my sister-in-law Bethany at the same time. We’ve had lots of fun batch cooking parties with these recipes because the kids actually EAT the stuff! There are certainly some recipes that my kids like more than others, but I [...]
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