Freaky Frugalite

This is a guest post that I thought was very well done, and is perfect for the start of summer! I hope you learn a few tips. ;) Keeping everyone in the family happy on a vacation is a daunting challenge. Family Vacations – Keep Everyone Happy In 3 Steps Holidays are meant to be [...]

My son has been doing a very intense writing course in English. The book has him do maybe a dozen little paragraphs every day. He’s tired of writing paragraphs (even though I tell him that’s what I do all day long, too!) and his writing has become a bit droll. As I was proofreading another [...]

Were you ever “into” westerns and cowboys and Indians as a kid? Boy, I was! I always wanted to play the Indian, because Indians wore VERY cool moccasins and sneaked around the brush, unnoticed. My brothers liked to be the cowboys, because they could ride bucking broncos and shoot the guns and run around like [...]

I know some of you guys have kids who have just started school and college. Heads up on a beautiful Ben Sherman canvas messenger bag! This particular bag from Buy.com comes in some nice colors: brown, gray, olive, black, etc. It’s beautiful! It will hold books or laptops or whatever, and has some small pockets [...]

I’m finally getting to the school shopping. Ugh! This kitchen renovation has totally consumed 1/3 of my year so far. I am so, so happy to have it (almost) done. :D I am eager to get my life back again! The kids need school stuff now. We’ve been relying on last year’s surplus, but the [...]

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Boudreaux’s Butt Paste. All opinions are 100% mine. Hey moms and dads and people with sore butts! I have some terrific news for you! Remember Boudreaux’s Butt Paste, that amazing new diaper rash ointment product I blogged about many months ago? Some of you [...]

When the kids and I are doing something tedious, say driving long distances or spackling sheetrock, we sometimes play little word games with each other. We recently made a trip out to Herkimer, NY, and played a game that is currently my favorite. We call it “Colors That Never Made It to the Crayon Bin.” [...]

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Ashworth College. All opinions are 100% mine. When you’re a young mom, you kinda get sucked into motherhood, BIG time. I know I did. It becomes your life; you’re entire identity becomes wrapped up in being “MOM.” It was fun for, like, six or [...]

Just for kicks, I wanted to see how much strollers were. (DON’T get any ideas, I’m looking JUST for KICKS). A friend of mine recently asked if I still had my old jogging stroller that I used with my last child– it was a nice stroller. You know, I cannot remember what on earth I [...]