One way I save money is by using washable duster and mop pads I recently needed motivation! I need to get my house UNDER CONTROL in the cleaning area of our lives. I loved having the kids dust with those disposable dusters and also mopping with the disposable mop heads. Makes it quick and easy…
Is it dead of night and, as always, my brain won’t shut off and I just keep thinking. I keep thinking about the phone call I got when my mom died. Rehashing that moment over and over. How my first thought, as with anytime something really bad happened, I wanted to call my mom. I…
This post is a rambling of thoughts….My thoughts on Perspective. When somebody close to your age dies it really puts life into perspective. It makes you want to be a better person because your own mortality is put right in front of you. You don’t want to waste away a single minute that you’ve been…
A Guest post By Chris Coyne of Marshall Cavendish Education and Singapore Math We understand that during the holidays, the last thing on your child’s mind is brushing up on math skills. But whether the turkey is roasting, your favorite team is winning the football game, or you’re counting down the hours to the New…
I know I just wrote about A New Kind of S’more and something I saw on Pinterest. Don’t worry, I am not going to become a food blogger. I just want to share with you this yumminess. They are similar to the homemade Pop Tarts. Refrigerator Pie Crust Chocolate Chips Marshmallows Cut the pie crust…
Backgrounds that are hard to read on When you have white on black background it hurts the eyes. Or light color on dark color. Please have black on white. If you want a color or background picture make it so it’s not the primary background Music Turn off the music! Nothing bugs me more than…
It is amazing to me how much mother’s and daughter’s become alike. Alternately titled: What Message are We Sending Our Daughter’s? The older I get the more I see myself respond to things the way my mother did. Lord help me. And The Principal. My mother sometimes responded strongly to things. As many traits she…
My kids love oatmeal. They don’t, however, like plain oatmeal from the red and white canister. They will sometimes eat my crockpot steel cut oats, but that is rare. If I do splurge, and it is a splurge, they want to eat 2 or 3 packets at a time because those little pouches aren’t enough…
I haven’t done a 5 Minute Friday in forever. I started following along again after Allume. No. I didn’t go, but those are ‘my people’ I need to be with them. So today I am going to write. Five minutes. No back tracking. No fixing. Just write. True meaning real…. True love Real love that…
This last summer we went camping for 5 days. Or was it 6? I can’t remember, but it was more than 2 or 3. I had seen this idea on Pinterest so of course I HAD to try it. Fill your cone with the yumminess. Wrap with foil and place in the fire. Finished product…