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Kids

After School Snacks: Finding Freedom Friday

August 27, 2009

I don’t know about the rest of you, but when my children arrive home from school, they are starving! Some days it feels as if it’ll take a horse to fill them up. I really don’t mind if they eat junk some days, but not every single day of the week. In the last year, [...]

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Frugal Family Fun

June 3, 2009

**This is an updated version of a post orginally published in March 2009.** The spring-like weather has really got me ready for some outdoor family fun that doesn’t break the bank. Thankfully we live in an area that is loaded with free , or close to it, family fun. Many of which are in most [...]

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Finer Things: Children’s Joy

March 20, 2009

I absolutely love it when my children draw me pictures or make me a craft of some sort. They are always so proud of what they do and more than eager to show it off. My two boys could draw, color, or craft all day long, every day of their life if they were allowed [...]

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We’ve Hired a Gardener

March 13, 2009

It’s kind of hard for me to keep up with all the gardening plans this year. Thankfully we were able to find a gardener. The frugal side of me didn’t want to pay a whole lot, but I still wanted a quality worker. We were blessed to find a young man willing to be paid [...]

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My Baby Girl is 7?!

March 6, 2009

My baby girl has turned 7, and I cannot believe it! Where has the time gone? Her birthday was actually in the middle of February, but with Valentine’s Day and other craziness, we weren’t able to have Kaitlyn’s “friend” party until last weekend. It was well worth the wait. We went with a Hannah Montana/pamper [...]

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Taking it For Granted

February 20, 2009

I love my job. I really, really do. There are days that I just feel overwhelmed by all my housewife-ly mommy duties–but honestly I wouldn’t change it for a second. I say this, because I have been taking it for granted, and I didn’t realize it. I’ve come accustomed to always having my kiddos around. [...]

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Making Themed Birthday Cakes

January 29, 2009

**Edited to add link to spongebob cake** I love making cakes. It all started after my oldest’s 1st birthday. His babysitter was a cake maker, so she offered to make his cake for free. I was elated, until I seen the cake. I don’t know what she did, but it didn’t look like Blue Jean [...]

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Well…..

October 7, 2008

After having a little rant (which was not what I intended when I started!), I decided that I should probably follow up on the matter. It is a very emotional topic for me, but it is obviously near and dear to my heart. We’ve been praying like nobody’s business (and I know others have been, [...]

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WFMW

September 24, 2008

** Yippee! I’m back in business. I wanted to make sure and give credit where credit is due…Here is the blog that I stumbled upon that mentioned the Handipoints system.** Last week I decided that I was going to change my own house cleaning schedule…and I would I have to say that I love it [...]

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Out of the mouth of babes…

September 18, 2008

My husband and I have really been trying to wake up earlier during the week. Generally we have been waking up at 6, and rushing around to get everyone out of the door at 6:40. Talk about chaotic! And, Nicholas has been acting up a bit at school and we wondered if maybe there was [...]

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