Beanie Designs

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As a Mom of a new little one, I must say one of my favorite things is finding something that is a “Must-Have“ for my baby that turns out to be treasured for it‘s comfort and cuteness. Finding a company that makes cute baby hats that are also organic is priceless! When we were asked [...]

A Little Extra Time for Mom with Manilla

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Paying bills and managing finances is not at the top of my list of things I like to spend time doing each week. Today, I’m thrilled to tell you all about Manilla, a free online bill payment system that consolidates all your bills in one convenient, easy to use, time saving location! Less time paying [...]

So Tired – Question of the Week

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Recently we found an amazing deal on countertops during a random visit to a local hardware store. By amazing deal, I truly mean AMAZING… getting $420 worth of counter tops for $42. Enough to redo the entire kitchen. So, a “mini” remodel project was born. But as anyone who has ever remodeled knows, even little [...]

O The Planning

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Gone are the days where we would throw our things into a suitcase and run off for the weekend. Long gone! Now it takes a full three days to pack and prepare for a trip.  That figure doesn’t even include the amount of time spent planning for the trip and setting everything up. While I [...]

Healthy Goals

If you’re like me and have maybe health and weight loss goals on your list this year, here’s a couple simple tricks to help you out. Don’t do too much too fast. This is quite possibly one of the best ways to completely kill a goal. We all do it from time to time when [...]

A Cozy Winter Home

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When I think of a cozy winter home, I envision a cozy log cabin with warm rugs, a big beautiful fire crackling in a huge fireplace and plush furniture with lots of pillows and throws to wrap up in and drink cocoa or hot tea while reading a book.  Wouldn’t we all like our home [...]

Flipboard: Possibly the Best App Ever

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This year I received an iPad for Christmas. For a uber frugal mom that also happens to be a tech lover like me it was such a wonderful and indulgent surprise. In the few days I have owned it, not terribly surprisingly it has become much more frequently used than my computer. I am, of [...]

Shower Kit Coolness

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Being a family of 8 with 1 (yes one) bathroom we definitely face a few challenges now and then. I really try to take advantage of any creative thoughts that come to me to make things work a little better for everyone concerned. It’s been challenging recently since we now have three of our sons [...]

Cuz Sometimes Life Is A Little Crazy

Last week was an adventurous one around here. Most of the kiddos were spread out here and there. One was at camp, two of them with one set of grandparents and two more with another set of grandparents. CJ was the only one home most of the week, but there was a reason. I went [...]

If You Give A Kid A Cookie

I am loving the idea of cooking breakfast cookies and healthy muffins for my kids to start the day. Now, before you start thinking that I’m losing it, I just want to say that when looking at the ingredients and giving it a lot of thought, I realized that there’s a lot of energy, protein [...]