Frugal Friday

Someone shared this tip with me a few years ago. If you have workbooks or activity books that you are using with multiple children or just want to be able to use more than once, have your children write in them with a quilter’s pen. The kind that makes a mark and after a while [...]

One of those days

It really has been one of those days that they write sad country songs about.  I’m not sure what started it that way, but I imagine it was probably when both of my children decided that they wanted to be awake at 5 this morning. After that it pretty much went downhill. Zack decided that [...]

Oprah again ?

Ever since writing my post on Oprah teaching False religion, I have received so many comments and a ton of visits to that particular post, and funny enough several people have even hijacked my words and placed them on their own sites as their own. As I said in my post I have always understood [...]

Making your home a Haven Monday

I am on a quest this week for organization. I have decided that each week I will tackle on area of our house that really needs some organization. I thought I would start with the kitchen today, since our pantry was such a mess. I got really distracted throughout the morning  but I finally did [...]

Will my baby ever grow up?

I want to hold on to these moments. I want to keep them locked away in my heart and mind and never forget what my “baby” smells like, looks like, talks like etc. but I know at the same time he does have to grow up. In so many ways he is such a big [...]

Frugal Friday

I know this has probably been posted before but I think any frugal person should be aware of the benefits of using freecycle. Freecycle is a Free resource where you can post an item that you are in need of (before you buy it) or you can post an item(s)  that you no longer need. [...]

Frugal Friday

For this frugal Friday tip, I wanted to show you how I organize my coupons. I am going to admit that when I first started it took me a couple hours to get the coupons organized and placed in their pockets, but now that I have the system it’s well worth it. I don’t have [...]

A Valentine’s Day -Children Style

Steven and I don’t usually celebrate Valentine’s Day very big. When we first were married we didn’t have any money to spend on each other, and now that we have children we don’t have money or time : )  We often exchange small gifts, homemade cards and have a nice dinner at home. Or we will [...]

WE’RE HAVING A….

Baby! We had our ultrasound this past Friday and to the amazement, disbelief of many friends and family we chose not to find out what this little one is. We have taken much grief for this decision. But we stood strong Of course it took out some of the excitement of the ultrasound, [...]