Each year around Christmas my husband takes a couple weeks off of work to just “be”. Some years he takes on huge projects, and some years he just fiddles around the house. As a young bride it used to drive me crazy when he’d take all that time off of work and not “DO” anything. I never understood ...
Archives for December 2015
A Toy They All LOVE: Pattern Blocks by Learning Resources
We’re snowed in and enjoying our traditional post-Christmas morning. Ordinarily the kids would all be off in separate rooms happily occupied with their new toys, while Mr. Awesome and I continue trying to assemble whatever hasn’t been put together yet. This post contains affiliate links. Visit ...
My Top 3 Thoughts on Christmas Morning 2015
As we gathered around the tree to open presents, I was left with 3 strong thoughts in my head. This is the first year we have commercialized Christmas in our home in many years. If you’ve been around a while or follow me on Social Media, you know I love Jesus and celebrating Christmas for two big ...
Transformation: The Pitcher
Once upon a time (long, long ago and in some other galaxy) this pitcher was used to transfer beer from a keg into clear plastic glasses that were set on each end of a ping pong table. The game was called Beer Pong, and I played it quite well. At the time I didn’t drink beer, which is why I think in ...
Too Many Words Wednesday: Christmas 2015
I know the holidays are beautiful and fun and meaningful, as we prepare our hearts to celebrate Christmas. I'm seeing “It” everywhere; the modern day Christmas cheer. My social media feeds show me perfectly decorated homes, happy moms baking with their kids, husbands buying their wives jewelry, big ...
Dessert for Dinner: Panini Edition
This post contains affiliate links. Visit my disclosure tab for more details The other night the kids and hubby had Nutella & Banana Panini's. It was a dessert for supper kind of night because I just didn't feel like cooking, and we all were craving sweets anyway. Two bird, one stone; ...
KonMari: All Things Books
As I told you at the end of November, I’m going to be going through the book titled “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing”. You can find a link to the book at the bottom of this post. When you're going through this one of the first things you’re ...
Product Review: Vicks SweetDreams Cool Mist Humidifier
As a member of the Influenster community I get to tryout some really great products. Recently they sent me the Vicks SweetDreams Cool Mist Humidifier. The timing worked out perfectly, because when it arrived we were just beginning to battle colds in our house, and this seriously ...
4 Ways to Improve Your Efficiency at Home
Previously I shared about how to improve your efficiency in the work place. I know many of my readers work from home, whether through a company, direct sales, home businesses, or by being the CEO of their own household (hats off to you, mama). I mentioned that I’d share this post, because improving ...
Cyber Monday Deals 2015
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