Tips from under the home improvement pile (an oldie but goodie from 2008, reposted) While shopping for paint, I noticed a Glitter Glaze made by Benjamin Moore. So girly. I knew it had to use it in my little girls’ bedroom. The girls’ room is designed with a pink stripe and this paint is perfect to …
This spring I have been reading, A Gracious Space: Spring Edition by Julie Bogart. This book is a collection of daily thoughts and encouragement for homeschooling moms. {This post contains affiliate links. Read my full disclosure.} The spring edition is specifically written to help moms “finish strong” at that time of the year when we are very …
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Friends often suggest that I should write a book on budgeting. I laugh at the suggestion. I laugh because I am far from an expert on budgeting. And there are plenty of experts. But the fact is that I have learned a lot as the financial manager for a single-income family of six. Some lessons are specific to …
I did it. Another Fashion Challenge from Alison at Get Your Pretty On. It started with this lovely new Trench Coat… …then I received the official shopping list and nabbed some mint jeans, a striped dress, mint cardigan, white jeans, various neutral tops, and some more!
Inspired by Kristen at We are That Family, I decided to create a chalkboard table! Of course, my husband wasn’t too keen on attempting this with our kitchen table so I purchased a used table to experiment with this idea. {This post contains affiliate links. Read my full disclosure for more information.} The chairs and table …
Reprinted from January 2011 on my previous blog. My first toe-walking post can be found here. Last time I wrote about K’s (age 8) toe walking, I summarized the background of her problem and explained our desire to correct this issue without surgery. She was a TIPPY-TOE walker. Whenever she walked, whenever she stood, she …
REPRINTED from my previous blog from November 2010. (This is a long post…but as we have gone on this journey of Idiopathic toe walking, we have found very little online that outlines the experience of other families. My hope is that someone who needs this post might find it one day when they are wondering …
