Getting Ready for Valentine’s Day with Kids
Great ideas for Valentine’s Day with children.
Hosting a Venison Party
Hosting a Venison Party
Homemade “Egg-English Muffin” Sandwiches and Egg Salad Sandwiches
Today, the girls made YUMMY homemade Egg-English Muffin Sandwiches. Let me just confess something right here. I love these from McDonalds. I love the yummy, warm, cheesy egg goodness.
Taking Back Your Family’s Health
When I was a new mother I did what I was always taught by example. When you are sick, you go to the doctor. They write a prescription, you get it...
Review: Kit Book: Electric Circuits
This week, the girls just finished doing a special unit study on electricity. Ok STOP! Before you think I am some superstar-brainy mom, let me...
Online Cooking Class- Making Eggs!
If you have been a reader of mine for long, you know I do not shy away from having my children in the kitchen cooking right along side me. So, when...
Using Venison – Part 2
As you can read in our previous post, using venison is something sort of new to me. This year, we were fortunate again to have some wonderful...
Review: Chaos to Order by Theresa Powers
As we head into our day most of us need an organized plan to create order. Malia Russell’s From Chaos to Order presents organizational tools that...
Keeping Toddlers Away from the Christmas Tree
There are many delicate and wonderful things all over the house during the Christmas Season. One year, we received a 12 foot Christmas tree as a...
December Contest: Favorite Winter Days
What is your favorite thing to do with your family on cold Winter Days? For this contest, we will draw a name, so everyone who enters has an equal...
Keeping Christ in Christmas
Each year, Christian parents struggle to balance between the consumerism of Christmas, and keeping Christ the central theme of Christmas. Here are...
Keep Christmas Sane This Year 5 Thrifty and Fun Christmas Ideas
We all know that Christmas Consumerism is something we want to avoid. This time of year, everyone seems to be focused on gifts, and less focused on...
Swap and Save This Year for Christmas
Looking for ways to keep Christmas affordable? Consider the idea of having a "Swap" party. Most women have heard of cookie swaps, but did you know...
Website Review: WeeWeb.com
I recently signed up for a www.Wee-Web.com account. If you love to share photos, but are leery of posting your pictures of your children all over...
Operation Christmas Child Birthday Party
Poor Anne Mary. her birthday was in September, the same time we had massive wind storms coming through Louisville, so we did not have a party for...
Why Use Social Media? (Facebook, Twitter, Digg, etc)
Many of our readers have written to ask why we use Social Media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Digg, and other social media sites?...
Talking Turkey with Susan Ballerstedt
Talking Turkey: My sweet friend, Susan Ballerstedt, a Pampered Chef consultant, (ballerstedt@insightbb.com) sent me a good summary for preparing...
Set Your Table Contest Winners!
For this contest, we had several terrific entries. I was amazed at the beauty that some of you ladies displayed in your homes. Every entry was...
[Expired] Chaos to Order Giveaway- Winner!
Our latest giveaway was: My book: Chaos to Order, 25 Tools Bringing Organization to Your Home and Audio CD of the workshop: Chaos to Order You can...
Haircutting
For years my husband has urged me to get some clippers and cut his hair. For 15 years of marriage I resisted. Finally after paying for haircuts for...
Favorite Board Games and Organizing Board Games
With children, now some adults (Kids are aged 11-33), we have spend a large amount of time playing board games, and finding ways to organize them...
Christmas with Children-Keeping it Sane
Several years ago I heard about an easy way to narrow down Christmas gifts for children. Instead of buying a bunch of toys or other clutter, each...
Overcoming Bitterness Part 3
In Overcoming Bitterness, Part 2, you learned that you are in a battle for your mind, and it is not a battle that is easily won. 13Therefore put on...
Overcoming Bitterness Part 2
Psalm 37 1 [a] Do not fret because of evil men or be envious of those who do wrong; Let’s think about that for a moment: What is fretting? ...