House and Home
Never Give Up!
The moving boxes are almost packed and put away. We’re just about settled into our new home and are making good use of it. In fact, over the holidays we had a total of four big “gatherings” in three days with miscellaneous friends popping in and out! It’s been a blast and exhausting, and I…
Christmas Wrapping Made Easy
It’s become a tradition in our home to wrap each kids presents in a different kind of wrapping paper. It’s really made wrapping presents easy. No pesky name tags, and I can just throw the presents underneath the tree. The different wrapping paper is easy to find. Of course, it’s important to remember which paper…
Miracle Child Bad Behavior Cure?
I’ve heard about it for years, but ignored the temptation to try this not-so-new behavioral technique. I actually thought it to be quite expensive, extreme, and potentially damaging to my children. Though the idea intrigued me. But year after year, I resisted and my husband was in agreement with me. That is, until this weekend…
House Exhaustion!
I’m TOTALLY exhausted and every muscle in my body aches. No, I didn’t just run a marathon, though running ranks us there with the top 5 things I HATE to do along with cleaning! And I just spent the entire weekend cleaning and scrubbing and it’s still not cleaned. My hands are dry and chaffed,…
House Happenings! Dilemma Number One
I’m starting a new series here where I need YOUR help. Every Thursday or thereabout, I will be posting a house dilemma and would like your input and opinions! So let them flow!!! My dilemma: When I first saw this house I wasn’t excited about this room. Why? Because it’s a big space and you…
Fireproof: From the Makers of Facing the Giants
During ICRS, I had the privilege of attending the Fireproof screening and dinner with Kirk Cameron, Erin Bethea and many of the people who worked on the movie. It’s so hard to put the experience into words. The evening was filled with awe of what God could do with a church with a desire to…
House and Homeschooling Update
Seems like Thursdays is the designated day for my housecapades! Hey, I like that. Will have to use that again! Well, we had our first open house on Sunday. Hubby stressed and fussed and hurried to make the place shine. We put an ad in the paper for $75 and guess how many people/couples showed…
Qlubb: A New Way to Organize Your Life!
I’m always looking for new ways to organize my life. With homeschool, school, sports, music, dance, plays, church, a home to sell and with four kids in all different activities at different times, there’s a lot to manage! So when I heard about Qlubb.com, a web-based service that helps organize your real-life groups online, providing…
Clean Your Laundry with Fruit!
That’s right! Fruit! It’s a new Green way to clean laundry. Well, actually it’s not new. People have been using this fruit to clean for centuries. Then how come I’m just learning about it! Laundry Tree has a product called Soap Nuts (really fruit) that cleans an entire load of laundry with about three pieces…
House Happenings: We’re Moving! Part 2
Well, the inspections didn’t tell us anything we didn’t already except, just from observations and talking with our realtor. It needed a new roof, three heating and air systems (told you it was BIG,) the air ducts had some rust in them, it was on a septic system, the yard needed some tree removal, needed…