Have you ever thought about taking an art class or specific craft class? Maybe even cake decorating? Is there something crafty you have always wanted to learn? Maybe you saw something on a home fix-it TV show that you really wanted to try at your house. Most people think they have to take private lessons…
This post contains Amazon affiliate links. (That means if you click on an Amazon link and buy something, I get a small commission (less than 6%) to support my blogging.) Feel free to view our privacy policy here. I’m always on the look out for fun things for my toddler to do. On my last expedition…
For the last several years travel has been either hard, impossible, or at this point downright expensive with fuel prices soaring. Now that you may be ready to travel, your time or finances may be limiting how far you can go BUT not how much you can do. Based on my own experience a staycation…
This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Feel free to view our privacy policy here. I don’t know about you but for the most part, I kind of like exercise. I don’t HATE it. I just never feel like there are enough hours in the day to workout. Especially now that I have a kid. Exercise…
Guest blogger Rhonda writes: It’s time to start putting your Christmas decorations away. While I love to store and reuse gift bags, tissue and ribbon (you know I’m thrifty right), I have a few ‘stick on’ bows left over from my teenagers’ Christmas party (btw they used them as decorations on the counter tops and table-so…
I hope everyone had a really blessed holiday season. I know that we did and I was thankful that we stayed home this year to begin new traditions of our own. As I put away all my son’s sweet gifts from friends & family I realize it’s time to also sit down and write thank-you…
I realize there are people out there that find joy in going down to the Hallmark store and picking out an ornament each year. Paying that much for an ornament almost gives me a panic attack. I’m thrifty and crafty so the idea of making my own brings me much delight. Maybe that’s because in…
One of my fondest memories of Christmas as a child was the “12 Days of Christmas.” This was a little gift giving project that my dad did for my mother and I each year and always made the days leading up to Christmas even more exciting for me! In this post I want to give…
I really love giving baked goods away at the holidays to all the people on my list that aren’t on my “list” if you know what I mean. I talking those teachers, neighbors, pastors, mail people and anyone else you need a nice gift for that doesn’t cut into your main Christmas budget. I was…
If you haven’t discovered how to plan a thrifty Disney vacation in the off-season, you haven’t truly experienced the parks to their fullest. Who doesn’t love Disney right? I mean they have created these perfect pristine environments that makes everyone feel like a kid! The parks are the best in the world and are enjoyable…
On the heels of Kim’s blog about game night for your tweens & teens, I have another activity that my teenagers and their friends love to do -carve pumpkins! Along with dyeing Easter eggs, I can’t remember an age that my kids didn’t want to carve pumpkins, we just include their friends now. So as the friends are cutting…
I don’t know many people who don’t love a good old family game night. There are many amazing games out there that are probably overlooked by the average family simply because they like to stick with the classics. You know, games like “Monopoly”, “Scategories” and “Pictionary”. But the kinds of games I’m talking about get…
Saturday I ran an errand leaving my husband to care for my 20 month old for about an hour. Overcoming overprotective mom syndrome was very difficult for me while I was out of the house. What normally happens during daddy time is that they play around the living room and make a big mess. But…
As I sat in the doctors office waiting room, I could relate to the mother across from me. She had to bring her kid to the office with her. I had been blessed enough to secure a sitter for my own visit but felt bad for this mom who had to bring her child into…
As a new mom I quickly discovered the new method of baby food packaging is the pouch. There are very few companies that put baby food in glass jars anymore. But after dropping so much money on “organic” baby food pouches I decided to give it a go on my own. I mean those pouches…
This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Feel free to view our privacy policy here. In searching for new ways to not be such a boring mom I started exploring the world of art with my toddler. At 19 months he is really getting the hang of using crayons and things. Now, I love a kid getting…
The weather is beginning to cool down and September is on its way. For me, that means my most favorite season is rolling in. Fall. But before I get out my pumpkin spice and “Happy Fall” flag (which actually looks like it says “Happy Fail” from the road for some reason) I prepare for my other favorite…