This post was most recently updated on June 7th, 2018 I spent the last week outside, celebrating the gorgeous sunny weather. And … working on this beautiful farmhouse bench! I’m so excited to share how I turned a thrifted coffee table that was super outdated into a beautiful, functional farmhouse style bench for my mudroom. Several months ago I bought a coffee table from one of our local Facebook buy/sell/trade pages. I didn’t need a coffee Continue Reading
This weekend is Valentine’s Day. For many people, it means the giving and receiving of candy, flowers, jewelry and other romantic tokens to and from significant others. My husband and I rarely exchange these tokens on Valentine’s Day. We rarely, in fact, exchange gifts or tokens on any holiday – it’s not really our thing. We do verbally wish each other a Happy Valentine’s Day, and I often cook a special meal for the entire family, Continue Reading
This second post in my Organized and Orderly series involves an area that I want to become much more organized and orderly: home school. We have four children ranging from Pre-K to high school Sophomore, so home school can be very overwhelming for me sometimes. I decided that becoming more organized and orderly in lesson planning, record keeping, scheduling, etc. would be my next priority after menu planning. Let me start by giving you a bit of Continue Reading
This post was most recently updated on March 16th, 2018A lot of people love spring. I do not happen to be one of them. Where I live, the wind rampages, dust blows, and my seasonal allergies spring into full bloom. It all leaves me feeling like a sneezy, itchy, watery-eyed, stuffy-nosed mess. Rather than stay miserable through the season, I mix up my favorite home remedy for seasonal allergies, sinus issues, colds, & congestion. I lovingly call Continue Reading
Here’s an update on how using a menu planner is working out … I decided to test a customizable, two-week menu planner, first – I found it here. I thought it would be a good way to begin, two-weeks at a time, and with a plan that I could customize before printing. (Do you LOVE that I had to Google how to take a screenshot of this to show y’all?? I swear I’m trying to learn some new tricks! lol) Continue Reading
The best summer gardens begin in winter. Which is why seed companies and nurseries ship their colorful and alluring catalogs in January, of course. I used to think these festive fliers in my mailbox were just designed to mock me during the cold, dreary days of winter and make me covetous of warmer climates where there was still color, even in January. But as I turned through the pages, gazing at what could be – what might be Continue Reading
It’s time to enact some of my exciting plans to be more organized and orderly in this new year. There are actually so many areas where I want to be more organized … it was a mind-scrambling challenging task to figure out where to begin. I made a list of all the things I felt I could be doing better: Meal planning; home school record keeping; house cleaning; blogging; Mama Time. I thought about which of those areas I was ‘managing’ Continue Reading
It’s a brand new year! And while I’m not entirely sure where the last year went – I’m pretty convinced that someone swiped several months from my 2015 calendar because it went by SO FAST! – I’m choosing to enter this one with optimism and good cheer. There are a LOT of things I’m looking forward to doing better in 2016. I want to improve this blog and my other blog and I have tons of ideas for them both. I’ve Continue Reading
