My Laundry System: Tips & Hacks –> Much like dishes, laundry is one of those chores that is never actually done. Somewhere, six people from our house are dirtying an entire outfit. Staying on top of the laundry has always been tiring and defeating for me. So when I was pregnant with our fourth baby and […]
Practical Weight Loss (You CAN lose weight this year!)
Early in my adult life I worked as a personal trainer. I had overcome weight struggles myself and wanted to help others with practical weight loss. I was young, naive and idealistic. I was also SINGLE, had DISPOSABLE INCOME, was WITHOUT CHILDREN, and without anything else that placed large demands on my time (a stressful career, caring […]
Absolute BEST Children’s Bible: The Jesus Storybook Bible
{This is NOT a sponsored post and contains NO affiliate links…in other words, I make no money from recommending this book to you! :) } Most days I wonder how much I’m actually getting right as a mom. Like most, we have good days and not so good days. Occasionally people will make the comment […]
What wise moms do when kids say “I’m BORED!”
You know it is going to be an awesome day when the kids fight over the timeout corners. Yes, I have more than one time-out corner in my house. On the first day of spring break my kids spent the morning taking turns standing in the corner. I tried my best to remain calm but […]
5 Tips for Surviving the Junior High Years
I recently got an email from a former student of mine who is now in college (yep feeling pretty old right about now…) asking me to give her some tips on working with Middle School students. As I was writing down some ideas that work in the classroom… I thought hey…these are good tips for […]
Best teacher gift ideas for end of school year– written by a teacher! (NO DIY, easy & inexpensive ideas!!)
Note from the editor: Beth (our teacher contributor) says that teachers DO NOT expect gifts for Christmas or at the end of the school year. However, I felt like our children’s teachers were STELLAR this year and want to acknowledge them. So I asked her what teachers would like most for a gift at the […]