Water is a big topic at our house. I manage to drink plenty, but I don’t always enjoy doing it. Different types of water have different flavors to me. Some of them make me down right nauseous. I’m not a big soda drinker either, but I do love me some black tea or coffee. mmm-mmmmm… Sun tea! If ...
Recipe: Creamy Crock Pot {or not} Potato soup
This version might as well be called Blessing Soup. I was first blessed with this recipe while at a MOPS Christmas dinner. A friend had brought a crock of it to share. She shared with me that it only had 4 ingredients! Yes, 4 ingredients! 1 can of cream of chicken 1 can of chicken broth 1 ...
Christmas Cheer: Simple Gift
Here's a very simple gift for anyone on your list. We won big at our town Christmas Celebration (I'm talkin' grand prize kind of big. It blessed our socks off, folks!). It was such a great surprise that we chose to turn some of that money back into blessing others. I ...
Show me the mother and I’ll show you the child quote
At the suggestion of a friend, I just started watching Army Wives. I really didn't need another show to watch. I'm good with just Parenthood. I love the story lines, even when they make me cringe. um, hello Julia? What are you doing?! I'm only a dozen-ish episodes in on Army Wives (watching on ...
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 ...
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 ...
DIY: 18 Inch American Girl Knock Off Turns Into a BOY!
About a month ago I took the kids to the American Girl store. My oldest daughter loves their dolls, so I was looking to get a boy one for my son. When I realized how crazy expensive they were, I started searching the internet for a do it yourself (cheaper) option. My sweet girl is trying to earn a ...
DIY Designs: Clock Wall
I'm not a designer or decorator by any means (trust me on this one, it's bad). But I do love all things DIY, cheap & pretty. That's just what this one is to me. We'll make this quick. So I saw this pin: Pinterest "Stop the clock when your babies are born. A moment in time, changed forever. ...
Lazy Morning Smoothie
I love breakfast. Typically when you think of breakfast you probably start thinking about bacon, eggs, toast & cereal. The problem is: I'm not a huge fan of bacon. We have a little boy who doesn't care for eggs. It's hard to find bread here that doesn't have high fructose corn syrup in it... ...
DIY: Diaper Sprayer Shield How-To
This post contains affiliate links. You can visit my disclosure tab to learn more. We are a cloth diapering family. I catch a lot of crap for that. Get it? Crap. Yep... Momma's got jokes for dayyyys! There is a product on the market similar to this and it is only about $20. However, I ...