Kristina from 3 Under 4 is visiting Better in Bulk today while we finish our drive to Florida. Soon I will be relaxing on Florida’s beaches. It may not be the summer, but even 74° will feel like paradise compared to the snow that we left back home in Maryland. Kristina is a fellow Blog…
Holiday Feast With Walmart (Gift Card Giveaway!)
I love cooking for the holidays. I have all of my traditional dishes that I have to cook every year (or it wouldn’t be the holidays!). My meal includes ham, a family-favorite potato dish, jello, rolls, beans, salad, and pies. Feeding my own family of 7 is pricey enough, but adding friends and family for…
Happy {Insert Holiday Here}
The older my kids get, the busier the holiday season becomes. That’s 5 kids who are involved in boy and girl scouts, choirs, youth activities at church, plays at school and orchestra. And each of those activities seem to schedule some kind of Winter presentation. This morning, I headed to the elementary school to hear…
And The Panic Sets In
I love Christmas. I love the candies and the cookies. I love watching the excitement on my children’s faces as the exciting day approaches. I love the music, the lights, the magical atmosphere that is EVERYwhere. I love the smell of pine and freshly baked Christmas goodies. I love it, I really do. But shopping…
Holiday Shopping – Holiday Shipping
I am a plan-ahead kind of holiday shopper. I make detailed lists and check things off as I purchase them. I know exactly what I’m getting for everyone, and except for those hard-to-find items, holiday shopping is rather fun for me. For the last eight years or so, I’ve been making each member of my…
Need a Last Minute Holiday Gift? Try Yoursphere!
Those of you who, like me, have older children know what a challenge it is to find them worthwhile and affordable gifts for birthdays and holidays. KitKat’s 13th birthday is next week, the day before Christmas, so I have to prepare doubly for her. On her list this year? A cell phone, an iTouch, a…
The Best Day
This is a little longer than the typical quote I post for Sunday Citar, but I was driving in my van yesterday and stopped to listen to the words to this Taylor Swift song for the first time and found myself crying as I drove down the interstate. The Best Day (click on song title…
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas!
Two of my favorite things about the Christmas season (besides the candy) are the lights and the music. On Monday night, we combined those two favorites with a traditional trip to the Washington DC temple for the Festival of Lights and a concert from a great local high school jazz ensemble. We enjoyed a tour…
Lipstick, a Pink Sharpie, and Merry SITSmas!
Merry SITSmas to all of my visiting SITStas today! Before I go any further, let me mention that my site is under transition today from Blogger to WordPress. Very exciting stuff….but I am having slight problems with lost posts and links. So bear with me as I finish up the transition. It will be worth…
Five Tips To Get Kids To Bed (And To Stay in Bed!)
The kids’ bedtime is both my favorite and most dreaded part of the day. Getting kids out of bed in the morning and dressed and ready for school is a lot of work, but it’s manageable. The trick is to keep everybody moving until they’re moving their way out the door. Helping four school-aged…
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