Oh, Happy Day! Mr. Awesome & the kids assembled this bookshelf for me while I was at a movie with friends this week. He ROCKS for doing this! I love seeing the big kids reading. Today we are compiling the stacks of books from around the house onto this ONE bookshelf. I'm keeping my ...
Picture: Messy Corner
I am seeing dozens of posts on Facebook about organization and cleaning. A trip to Target yesterday proved "organization" must be the trend right now. The Christmas items have been clearanced out & many organizational tools now fill their spot. Well for me, I believe fully in the phrase "the ...
The Work Place
My home is my work place. I am here more than anyone else. I am in charge of more physical duties here than anyone else. I am not complaining. I take pride in this. God has provided me a beautiful home, and a husband who allows me to be a housewife. This year we took a leap of faith by also ...
Before and After: 5 Minute Tidy
We are running late- we have exactly 15 minutes to get everyone dressed, out the door, and to storytime across town. That seems like plenty of time, but not when you have 3 kids going three different directions and a house to clean up quick. Yes I said clean up the house quick. It is my rule to ...
Christmas Revolution
Within our little family we had a Christmas Revolution a few years ago, and it has produced a multitude of blessings. Here are a few, just off the top of my head. I know there are so many more. Fewer toys to trip over on the floor Less hollering at the kids to clean up those same toys- ...
Design: Ikea Shelf for Cars
I'll start with letting you know, this little project would've been cheaper, had we made the shelves ourselves. That was our (my husband's) intention. We were at Ikea back in the spring and I really wanted these Ribba Ledges. I told my husband how cute they would be for books and cars. I told ...
On The Cheap: Discounted Produce
Our grocery store has a rack of heavily discounted produce that is nearing the end of its prime. A lady at church encouraged me that there are a lot of great bargains to be found on that rack. I was skeptical, because when we moved here 8 years ago my husband told me that food was rotten & for ...
Design on the Cheap: Framed Baseball Poster
I ordered a Minnesota Twins, Target Field Poster off of Amazon for less than $10. I'm pretty sure this frame came from the second hand store for about a dollar. This is for the boy's room. It fit in nicely with his baseball theme. ...
A Beautiful Moment
I'm so thankful for God's grace. Today was a complete opposite of yesterday. I realized it this afternoon. I was in the kitchen, wearing an apron {like all good housewives do} with my hands covered in flour as I rolled out gingerbread cookies. In the other room I ...
18 inch doll PJ shirt & tu-tu
My oldest daugther has been wanting to learn how to sew. We decided this week to go ahead and tackle her first sewing machine project! Because it was her first project we started off simple. We took a onesie that no longer fit her baby sister and hemmed it into a PJ shirt for the doll. Thrifty ...