When you’re a busy Mom, the idea of studying can be a daunting one. After all, you have so many things to do and think about, that you may believe that you’ll never have the time to fit it all in. How are you supposed to find the balance between your kids, your home life,…
The new year celebration is a day to say bye to the previous year. It is also a day to welcome the upcoming year with your close ones. Following are some unique ideas to host a memorable new year party with your family and friends at home. Decorate the Party Place: A beautiful decoration is…
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of LastPass. All opinions are 100% mine. In an average day, I use LastPass approximately 1,653 times (give or take a few!). I've been using this handy program for more than seven years (a search of the archives will show that I've written about it a…
Several months ago, I shared that our house had been feeling out of control and chaotic. It wasn't any one thing but that the things that had worked when we had a bunch of tinies just weren't working anymore. Over the summer, we've been really focused on a few things: 1) finishing house projects (more on this…
I've been sharing my love of tea this year -- both for the caffeine as a busy, nursing mom and for the pleasure of snuggling up with a warm cuppa in a variety of flavors -- and several of you have asked how I organize my teas, so I thought I'd give you a peek…
I haven't talked about it too much here on the blog because I want to guard it as something I do for my girls and not as blog fodder, but one of my goals for 2014 is to celebrate the small holidays that I usually overlook. You see, I realized on New Year's Eve --…
The following post is from Jason & Jennifer Bruce of New Season Design: Our daughter outgrows clothes so quickly. It seems that each season we try on last year's size only to find that half of them don't fit any more. While I'm thankful that she's healthy and growing, I'm ending up with lots of…
The following guest post is from Kristin Sterk of Organizing Life with Less: Every night, do you battle the question with your kids: "Have you finished this?" knowing full well, they have not accomplished everything they have to before bedtime? Helping kids organize their time and teaching time management skills at a young age can…
We are all about the Legos these days, to the point that I think I could get rid of every other toy in our house and no one would notice! Between our fall birthdays and Christmas we may just have every Lego Friends set except Olivia's House, plus two big boxes of bricks. Which means…
Have you ever seen (or purchased) window markers? I picked up a set a few years ago, but they turned out to be one of those craft supplies that I horde. After all, they were on the expensive side and I didn't want them to get used up...even though I'd obviously bought them so that…