With a family of seven, I do a lot of shopping. In fact, as much as I try to plan my trips and combine my lists so that I only have to make a trip to the store every once in a while, I will inevitably forget something and have to make another trip. Which,…
My Kitchen Remodel – From Outdated to Finally Finished
Our sadly outdated kitchen Our kitchen remodel started many years ago. Friends who have known me for a long time may remember the dizzying brown and yellow brittle linoleum on the floor and the dark wood paneling on the walls. The cabinets were an even darker shade of brown. Yes, my kitchen had not been…
Back to School Best and Worst List
Whether your kids have started school again for the year, or you have another few weeks of summer left, those of us with school aged kids are ALL in the back to school mindset this month. I LOVE having my kids in school, but I also love the summer time. Some of the BEST things…
What Mom Needs
Tonight I am spending an unexpected second night at my sister’s house because being here has been a breath of fresh air at the end of a summer gone stale. We’ve had a good summer, full of fun trips, relaxing afternoons at the pool, and mornings sleeping in. But so many hours with so many…
I’d Buy Kids Clothes in Bulk – But I Settle for Really Good Sales
Hi, it’s Katja from Skimbaco, I’m thrilled to be guest posting about back to school shopping here! I really mean it what I said in the title; I’d buy kids clothes in bulk if I could, and in fact I did for a long time. Skimbaco used to be a children’s clothing boutique, but I…
Are You Getting Enough Sleep?
This morning, I started a discussion in the Savvy Living Community about “Beauty Sleep” and knew I needed to expand this topic into a blog post. Sleep is one of those things that we all need (and we typically all need MORE of it than we’re getting). How many hours of sleep do you typically…
Can You Read This?
This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Zenni Optical for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. I somehow escaped a family history of bad eyes. Grandpa was an optometrist and everyone in the family needed glasses. Lucky profession. I still have relatively perfect vision, except for my astigmatism. My kids, on…
Window Painting
I’m trying something new! I’ve embedded my latest Savvy Living discussion right here on my blog. I thought that my readers might enjoy seeing what has been keeping my kids entertained this week. Yes, I’m aware that she didn’t get the flag exactly right…. Comments are turned off on the post so that you can…
Allergy-Friendly Living
I wrote this post while participating in a blog tour conducted by Clever Girls Collective on behalf of Claritin®. I have been compensated for my time commitment to the program. When I was growing up in Northern California, I had the occasional itchy eye or fits of sneezing. But I never considered my allergies a…
Future Friendly with Tide and P&G
I do a LOT of laundry at my house. I was hoping that laundry would slow down after my babies grew up and stopped having twice-daily blow-outs, but I have been disappointed in that regard. Sadly, as kids get bigger, so do their clothes AND their messes. The laundry seems to keep growing, and so…