Could 2017 be the year you finally get organized?
A couple of years ago we realized that the systems and clutter busters we'd had in place when we had four girls under five years old were no longer working for us! Those girls…
How Aldi is saving my grocery budget {$294.76 for 2 weeks of food for 8 people}
Over the past few years, as our family has grown and our kids have gotten bigger, our grocery budget has become a source of stress for me. We went from spending $100 a…
Weekend reading: January 21, 2017
From Instagram: Synchronized stomach flu. If I believed in that sort of thing, I might just say I jinxed myself by celebrating the success of our new schedule in last week's post. :) On…
Smashing my January reading goals {Quick Lit with Modern Mrs. Darcy}
We're only two weeks into January, but I'm so happy with the progress I've made on this year's reading goals. And this is why I love the new year: nothing in particular has…
Weekend reading: January 14, 2017
From Instagram: Such a beautiful 70-degree {January?} day! These week felt like the perfect start to a new year—a new schedule that is working wonderfully, home cooked meals after a year of eating…
250+ Instant Pot recipes to get your pressure cooker out of the box
On Monday I mentioned that the Instant Pot is one of the things saving my sanity, and in Monday's Easy Homemade newsletter, I included links to a tons of tips, tricks & recipes…
Setting financial goals and moving from stress to confidence
Although life in 2016 was stressful, we were able to capture the magic of Christmas that makes it my very favorite time of the year. We slowed down in December, spending our afternoons…
7 things saving my sanity as a work-at-homeschooling mom
I don't care what anyone says, life as a work-at-homeschooling mom isn’t easy, no matter how good at it you are. It takes, well, work to juggle work (whether it's a full-time job or…
Weekend reading: January 7, 2017
From Instagram: Swollen but happy! <3 We first noticed the bump on Lucas' eyebrow when he was 2 weeks old and everyone felt pretty confident that it was a dermoid cyst that would need to…
Setting unreasonable reading goals, and my 2017 Reading Challenge picks
I've been setting reading goals for 4 or 5 years now, and only once have I ever hit one. That was the year that I finally lowered my reading goal to 75 books…