Furniture shopping has quickly become one of my favorite activities. My family doesn't share in my joy here, but they have been troopers as I've hauled them to store after store after store (exciting news, I *may* have found a couch yesterday- I just have to overthink it for a few days ...
Archives for May 2016
Simple Summer
As summer nears I always find myself checking all of the area events and making a Summer Bucket List. I make stops at Wal-Mart & Hobby Lobby to pick up simple crafts for the toddler, moderate crafts for the big kids, and elaborate crafts for myself. I buy new popsicle molds and tell myself ...
The Simple Joys of Motherhood
-Loving & Joy Seeking- Motherhood. It drains me and fulfills me like nothing else ever could. If I don't get too caught up in all that I HAVE to do, I can really practice being grateful for what I GET to do. Today I am grateful for laundry. A bathroom floor covered in dirty laundry is a ...
Rest In Peace Orange Crush
We had a rocky morning as we discovered our daughter's beloved fish, Orange Crush, had passed away. He was 3 years old. Orange Crush spent his time traveling around our home. You'd never know where his jar would be resting. He often sat in the middle of our table as we did school work. Watching ...
Where You Lead, I will Follow
Where You Lead, I will Follow. You know how God puts you right where you need to be? That’s exactly how I felt tonight. Mr. Awesome took the day off of work and we spent our whole entire afternoon visiting furniture stores (yes, again). The kids were tired, I was tired, and we all just wanted ...
Would you like to POP over?
Hello Friends! I just wanted to pop on here and say Hello! Our kiddos have successfully finished up another year of homeschooling and we wanted to reward them in a big way for their efforts. Okay, I’ll be honest, that’s totally just an excuse (but don’t tell the kids). This post ...
Keep Feeding Them, Daily.
They don't care that it's been only 39 minutes since they last ate, my little people are hungry, always. It's tough being a momma and coming up with meal ideas multiple times a day, each and every day. You'd think we would all have it mastered by now. Here's my advice to get you through a ...
Tip Tuesday: Owning Things
IF you're pressed for time, just read this: Don’t own things that end up owning you. We spent 7 years owning a 7-foot wide humongous take-up-the-whole-wall kind of entertainment center that could only fit an old boxy style TV. When we decided its life here was done, it totally owned us. We ...
Marriage: 2 Tips for Productive Communication
Dear Wives, We’ve all been there, haven’t we? That place in a conversation where we keep repeating ourselves and nothing is getting accomplished. The same conversation seems to drag on for days, possibly even weeks. Oh goodness, has it really been weeks? Yes. It has. Mr. Awesome and I ...
Old and New. Balance. It’s Okay.
It's okay to mix old and new. It's okay to wear fancy shoes and till the garden (or very occasionally help and pose like you did such an incredible job). It's okay to wear blue jeans when you more than likely should've worn a skirt. It's okay to bicker for 2 days with your husband over ...
The {BEST} Top 3 CRAZY Sightings You Spot When It’s Spring in Iowa
Ah, May! Sweet, sweet May. I don’t know what it is about May but it just brings out all kinds of craziness, like: 1. Old men with what looks to be white legs that have possibly been bleached. I mean don’t know how they get them so freakin’ white! Is that even natural? Healthy? Is there a ...
Better Together
In my hurry of making my relationship with my husband, and homeschooling our littles a priority, I sometimes (okay, often times) forget to make my friends a priority too. This week has been full of playdates, backyard chats with friends, encouragement and conversations at MOPS, shared meals, and a ...
Jesus Heals Brokenness
Brokenness. So I busted the lid of my slow cooker tonight. I was putting a dish away with the shelf pulled out and another dish fell behind down onto the crock pot lid, shattering it. Glass was in the cupboard and splattered around the floor and I couldn't help but think, "this stinks" & a ...
5 Random Differences About Us
5. He rinses dishes, I put them into the dishwasher with food still on them (In my defense I knock the big chunks off). 4. He uses a real alarm clock that takes a giant C size battery. I use the alarm on my phone. 3. I'm certified in Social Media Marketing. He rarely logs on to any social media ...
QUICK TIP TUESDAY: Within Reach
My friend Tiffany had a post several months ago that inspired me to begin putting things within reach for my youngest. With my older two kids I rocked at this. My home really looked kid centered, and it was. {Lots of primary colors and everything was labeled} Then we had a big gap ...
Family Shopping Trip
Homeschool moms, this one’s for you! We did a family shopping trip tonight to look for things for the remodel, browse furniture, and work in a quick Wal-Mart run for school supplies and blue jeans. Can I just say I feel like it is parenting done right when your child doesn’t own a pair of blue ...
Product Review: L’Oreal Cleansing Balm for Dry/Damaged Hair
Being a member of Influenster definitely has perks! Like getting full sized bottles of shampoo/conditioner sent right to do your door for FREE, in exchange for a review! I have always loved trying new products; I was the teenager signing up for free samples and passing them out to my ...
Ask For What You Need
Tonight's post is inspired by Mr. Awesome. He says "When you don't know how to do something, find someone who has that skill and ask for their help". I'll add to that, when you have a skill you can share, do it freely and with a glad heart (work at it if you have to, sometimes I do). What a gift ...
Be a Wife, Then a Mom
I work so hard to be a great mom; especially as a homeschool mom. I spend hours researching curriculum, getting to know my children, their learning styles, their interests and so on. We are home all day together; we spend the most time together. We sit and read books together, we go on mini-trips ...
Survival Mode
Today’s writing prompt from The Daily Post is on “Survival”. I have had my fair share of survival moments in my adult life, but today I don’t feel like going deep. Today I’m going to admit that I have unnecessarily thrown my emotions into survival mode and as a result I have been a pretty crappy ...