Spring Cleaning Challenge: My Closet
We only have a few closets in our home and my husband is really anal about his closets. So, all the "extra stuff" has ended up in my closet. Kids clothes that are still too big, books, and items that...
View ArticleOur Potty Chart
Our 6 year old daughter has had problems with her colon since she was an infant making potty training difficult especially when you combined the medical problems with stubbornness, that she of course...
View ArticleJust for Fun Fridays
Greetings Blog Hoppers from Just or Fun Fridays! To view my favorite post click here. Have a great weekend!
View ArticleAnother Cleaning Adventure
To motivate myself, I joined the Spring Cleaning Challenge being hosted this month by a group of bloggers. Today, I cleaned and organized my son's room. This was a challenge for me because he has a...
View ArticleKing Cake
This month, I joined the Iron Chef Red Star Yeast Challenge hosted by a Latte' with Ott, A. I have always loved to bake, but I have been afraid to do much with yeast. So, I was happy to give this a...
View ArticleWelcome to the Bunny Trail
At the Blissdom 12 conference, Hershey's asked bloggers to write about their favorite Easter traditions as part of their 2012 Bunny Trail across the country. So I have been thinking about what my...
View ArticleScrapbook Organization
I use part of our dining room table for my scrapbooking area. This is not ideal for when we need the dining room table for company, but it gives me a place to work while watching the kids play. I am...
View ArticlePieces of Me
Today, I am linking up with the Just for Fun Fridays Link up Party hosted by Pieces of Amy. For fun, I wanted to share the best pieces of my week. 1. I decided to start The Hunger Games trilogy. My...
View ArticleGoodbye on a Friday
When I was pregnant with my children, I got endless advice on what I should do as a parent. Now our kids are 6 and 3 and I still get endless advice on being a parent. I admit some of the parenting...
View ArticleWhat Every Parent Should Know
Did you know by Kindergarten children from low income families have been read to as little as 25 hours compared to the 1000 hours children from middle income families? Did you know children that are...
View ArticlePreserving Memories
About 14 years ago, I fell in love with the hobby of scrapbooking. During that time, I had been in several weddings and had pictures, wedding programs and other memorabilia I didn't know what to do...
View ArticleThe REAL Me
I hate make- up and only wear it for work because it covers up some of my "face lines" I love being a mommy. I love my husband-especially when he makes sure I always have diet coke. I have fed my kids...
View ArticleMonday Book Mania: The Missing
Last month, I stumbled across a book by Shelley Shepard Gray. The book, entitled The Missing, is super! It is an insightful combination of a mystery and Christian fiction with a little romance...
View ArticleWhat Consumers Should Know About Beef
It seems animal and food production are constantly in the media these days. Usually, to announce a food borne illness. So, as a beef producer and consumer I thought I would share some tips to in...
View ArticleMy Celebration of Opportunity
This week I had the opportunity to: 1. Rejoice as our daughter won the Kindergarten reading award. 2. Laugh with my friend Gal in the Middle.( I am visiting) 3. Imagine I had my hands over my ears ( as...
View ArticleThings I Will (most likely) Never Do
1. Give up diet coke. 2. Like the Nicholas Sparks novel Dear John. The heroine drives me crazy! (And no I have not nor ever will see the movie). 3. Become super mom. How do you accessorize a cape...
View ArticleSome Summer Reading Picks
Lone Wolf by Jodi Picoult was released a few months ago and is an intense story of a family trying to make decisions about their father who is unconscious. One of the main characters is a wolf...
View ArticleGoin' Hog Wild
For 4th of July, we beat the heat at the National Junior Swine Show Spectacular in Louisville. Our daughter has been showing pigs for a few years with her older cousins, aunt and uncle, who are great...
View ArticleBeyond the Job
Last week was the local county 4-H fair. To most people, the 4-H fair is a fun filled,family time of 4-H, animals, rides and games. As a 4-H youth educator, the 4-H fair is part of my job...
View ArticleShar Dimick Book Review
Gal in the Middle and I have recently figured out how to lend ebooks to each other. Needless to say we have been like kids in a candy store. Gal came across a book by Shar Dimick, a great new romance...
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