Pressing Pause: Wordless Wednesday

It seems like lately life is going at a very fast pace. Life is throwing much more at me than I feel like I can handle, yet I’m still standing. But I do feel it has changed the way I’m looking at the world. I’m rushing to my next to-do, not enjoying the moment. This [...]

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Creating a Bird Sanctuary: DIY bird houses

It’s supposedly Spring and that means flowers, trees budding, grass growing, and of course the return of our feathered friends to our yard. Our backyard is fairly big for a suburban yard, and there are tons of forsythia bushes and trees on our back property line where the birds love to hang out. My kids [...]

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365 Day Meal Plan:: Week 13 Menu

Week 13 is upon us, and with it April (how did it get to be April already???) and hopefully some nicer weather! I’m planning to make some spring adjustments to my basic menu since the idea of roasts and heavier meals don’t exactly work for Spring. Like past weeks I’m sharing a recap of last [...]

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Easter Sunday Menu Plan

Since Easter Sunday is this weekend I thought I would share my Easter menu in addition to this week’s meal plan. If you don’t celebrate Easter this also makes a simple and laid-back Spring menu for entertaining. (said in my best House Hunters voice) We’ll be celebrating at home this year-just us-since my husband also [...]

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Weekly Deal Round Up with free Hunger Games – April 1st

Happy April! Here are our favorites deals from this week. Hope you didn’t get ‘fooled’ this morning by anyone! So far it’s been a mild mannered April Fool’s Day in our house. Freebies- There are some great ones this week! Free Starbucks Coffee today 4/1/12 only! You can Hunger Game Triology for FREE! , click here [...]

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Pinerly: Pinterest Analytics #SMSaturday

For anyone using Pinterest to drive traffic to a website (whether blogger or brand) having tools to measure your reach and clicks is key. Thus far Pinterest’s own tools are limited to non-existent. Enter Pinerly. Pinerly is a new tool for measuring reach, clicks, and likes on Pinterest. Pinerly offers ‘Pinalytics’ which show the reach, [...]

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Spring Sales: Fashion Friday

Spring sales are a great time to pick up current trends and seasonal clothes at a fraction of the cost. Even though it may not feel like Spring quite yet (it was 34 degrees when I woke up this morning) I still have Spring on my mind. Stores are already trying to move spring looks [...]

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If I had a million dollars (for charity) #VlogMom

This week’s VlogMom topic is what would you do with $1,000,000 to donate to charity. I share a story about someone who helped my family and what I would do with a million dollars. Thanks to Amanda for this week’s topic. What would you do with $1,000,000? Kelly

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Living on One Income: One Family’s Process

Despite living on one income seeming like an overwhelming prospect, with the unemployment rate in the United States at 8% to 9.5% it is probably a smart idea to at least think about it and perhaps set up a plan for living on one income in case the worse happens. To help you prepare for [...]

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Birthday Greetings: Wordless Wednesday

Aidan went to a birthday party a few weekends ago, and we asked him to make a hand written card to go along with his gift. He enlisted the help of his older sister who wrote the words (verbatim from what he said) and he drew the picture. Check out the hilarious results. For more [...]

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