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Tip Jar: Home Cleaning Checklist

Happy Tuesday! Today I am re-sharing my cleaning checklist because I’ve been using it a lot recently and felt it would be helpful to share again! I do not have a cleaning lady – though at times I wish I could! I personally refuse to pay for that service right now as I know it is one of my jobs as a stay at home Mom. In an effort to keep up with things around the house and not get TOO overwhelmed, I put together a thorough home maintenance schedule based on combining multiple cleaning checklists.

One of the main goals my husband and I have been trying to accomplish (and we’ve been doing a great job keeping up with it) is making sure the kitchen is clean EVERY NIGHT. Another area we’ve tried to improve on – making an effort to not get too agitated if the kids play room, aka our living room, is an absolute disaster during the day. It will always look chaotic as long as the kiddos are little and playing so learning to accept that fact is something we’ve made an effort to ignore. As long as the play room/living room is picked up at the end of the day and the kitchen is cleaned, we’ve found the following day to start off better – it just sets the day off on the right foot!

I will share more on this topic later because I have a WHOLE blog post dedicated to some things I’ve been facing as a Mom and a woman (hello Aunt Flo) that have truly come to light over the past year.

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Happy Twosday – 2.22.22

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Wishing you a very happy “Twosday”! If two is your lucky number, I hope you go out there and live it up big today(maybe play the lottery?!)! In honor of this special date, (and the fact it falls on a Tuesday!) I thought it would be fun to share two of my favorite things from a handful of random categories!

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Day in the Life – February ’22

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Happy Wednesday! Hope your week has been off to a great start! We are hanging in there over here! So happy that I had set yesterday to be a day in the life post months ago because it turned out to be a memorable day! This definitely was a way different type of day compared to what we’ve been used to in the past. Andrew would normally be home, but due to a new position at work – he was back in the office and things were definitely a lot different!

So, let’s jump into our Tuesday!

I normally wake around 5:45 am, but this particular morning Andrew was up, so I decided to get some things done early too!

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Friday Favorites – 02.11.22

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Happy Friday! Wowsers, the kiddos ended up having a five day weekend last week, so this week meant I needed to play a little catch up around the house and handle some tasks that were put on the back burner. Excited for a fun weekend – Audrey has a play date with a friend Saturday morning and the boys are going to be at my brothers (so I can reorganize our bedroom!), the father/daughter dance and the Superbowl – just to name a few things that are happening!

Of course, I’m linking up with some of my favorite bloggers to share some Friday Favorites with you all!

Link up with Andrea and Erika
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Motherhood Monday: 3 Tips for a smoother winter wake up routine

We’ve all experienced it – the coziness, the warmth, the darkness – the perfect sleeping conditions that can make it hard to wake up and leave our bed during the winter months!

If you have a child who is a freeze baby (*raises hand*) and not a morning person (*raises hand again*), you know what a challenge waking up for school can be. Today I’m sharing some of my tips and tricks on how I help wake the kiddos up for school during the winter months – which can be the toughest months of all!

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Friday Favorites – 02.04.22

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Another snow day for us here! Hope everyone is staying safe and soon able to enjoy all that snow as the storm passes! Andrew and I were supposed to head out this afternoon to a concert, but they made an announcement that they were rescheduling the concert, which we appreciate. So now, our day looks a little different, but excited to stay cozy with the kiddos and possibly go sled riding!

Of course, I’m linking up with some of my favorite bloggers to share some Friday Favorites with you all!

Link up with Andrea and Erika
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31 Things About Me

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Hello Thursday!! As with the rest of the US, we are gearing up for some heavy snowfall today. We got a wintery mix of rain/sleet and ice last night and they’ve been telling us to gear up for the snow! Trying to stay cozy and safe during the storm and also will enjoy spending the day with my crew celebrating my birthday! They are home today with a snow day!

How did another year just come and go?! It does feel like forever ago though celebrating my 30th last year! Anyway, in honor of the bday, I felt like sharing 31 things about me! I’ve been wanting to do one of these posts for a while as a little intro for any new (or existing) readers here!

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Tip Jar: RECAP No Spend January Challenge

It’s February 1st, which means the NO SPEND JANUARY challenge is officially complete. Today I’m sharing a recap of the challenge – some of the successes and some of the failures/updates that need to be addressed. I might even extend this into February and March, which are two more months where there isn’t much going on and we should utilize this in order to save BIG TIME

I know I mentioned this before, but summer can get crazy and the budget is even more difficult to figure out. The kids are home, spending ticks up a little bit – i.e. grocery budget increase, pool maintenance, having family and friends over, cookouts, parties and going to parks, on little trips, etc! These winter months are the perfect time to try to save as much as we can to make up for a variable summer.

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Winter Activity Ideas for kids – Part 1

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Last year I shared a weekly post with winter activity ideas (I shared a lot of our personal favorites) and descriptions of each activity. This year I’m sharing those weekly graphics under one post. Winter can get boring around here especially if you’ve been trapped in the house due to snow storms and super cold weather! Sharing part one today. You can get the detailed post by searching “what to do with kids” then clicking on the appropriate week.

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Friday Favorites – 01.21.22

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Where. did. this. week. go! I had some blog posts planned for the week and just never got to them. I personally did not have the best weekend and then the kiddos ended up having a snow day Tuesday, so this week has flown by! Finally getting caught up after taking some much needed time for myself.

Of course, I’m linking up with some of my favorite bloggers to share some Friday Favorites with you all!

Link up with Andrea and Erika
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Friday Favorites – 01.14.22

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Yay for the weekend! Had all three kiddos with my yesterday because Audrey said her tummy hurt – turns out she was just fine but I actually ended up enjoying the quality time! It was just like the “old times”. She’s back at school today so off to get some things knocked off my to-do list.

Of course, I’m linking up withh some of my favorite bloggers to share some Friday Favorites with you all!

Link up with Andrea and Erika
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