Good morning and Happy Wednesday! Today I’m sharing a little project I’m working on – a face lift to our dining room! I am SO excited to finally get around to doing this! The space isn’t AWFUL, it can just be BETTER!
Sharing my vision board for the space. I really want to brighten it up a bit and add a little french country/farmhouse flair!
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Good morning and happy Monday! We were rained out this weekend, but it was a good thing – we needed it big! I love how my garden seems to pop after a big rain! Speaking of garden – sharing some pictures from this month! I love seeing how much things grow when looking back at pictures!
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Good morning and happy Tuesday! Today I’m sharing some Amazon favorites with you for Prime Day. I thought I would share some of our absolute household favorites around here that you can find for a steal!
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Good morning and happy Tuesday! We just got back from a quick overnight trip to Cedar Point and I honestly could not be more excited to share this with you!
Per usual, we had a blast! We are fortunate to only live an hour and some change from the park, so doing an overnight trip works for us! If we miss some things, we can always go back! Sharing the details about our trip and some tips and tricks on how to make it a little better experience for you!
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Happy Monday!! This weekend flew by and unfortunately – the kiddos were dealing with some sickies so we had to cancel some of our plans for the weekend. Total bummer BUT at least 2 out of 3 kiddos are feeling better. This morning Audrey and JP are off to vacation bible school for day one of the week, which will be a nice little break for me (particularly not having to listen to bickering!)
Speaking of all the kiddos, I’ve been meaning to introduce our newest family member, Nellie! I figured I would do a Q&A about our sweet little girl as we do get LOTS of questions when we are out and about! Sharing and answering the most common questions we receive in case you want to learn more about this sweetheart of a breed!
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Good morning and happy Monday! I hope your weekend was beautiful and relaxing! Today I’m finally sharing a garden tour to show you what’s been happening around here! I’m excited to see how this growing season differs from the last!
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Good morning! I am so excited to share today’s post with you! Last week me and the kiddos sat down to come up with our summer bucket list. After we put that list together, I felt motivated to give our summer some structure, so I put together a very loose schedule of how our days should go!
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SUMMER IS HERE! While school ending and graduation can take an emotional toll on me – I did okay and I think it’s because I’m ready to enjoy summer and the kiddos. They’ve been pumped about summer and I’m relieved to not have to answer the question, “Mom, how many days until summer?” every. single. day.
Yesterday was the first day of summer and it went surprisingly well! It was a chillier day so we eased into our day lounging in the morning and drcided to make our summer bucket list! I will be sharing all things summer related on the blog this week, so come on back and check it out! I thought it would be fun to kick off summer sharing our summer must-have list! I shared a list in 2021.
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Happy Wednesday! I cannot believe Easter is just DAYS AWAY! This month is absolutely flying! Today, I’m sharing some Easter basket fillers for boys in case you are looking for some extra cute things to put in your baskets!
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I’ve had this on my blog calendar for the past 3 weeks and of course I’m now just getting around to it! If you are last minute like me, I’m sharing some Easter basket fillers for girls today! Check back tomorrow for my basket fillers for boys!
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Good morning – Happy SPRING and happy MONDAY!! Today I have some big and exciting news to share with you all! I’ve been spending a lot of time working on things behind the scenes, bothering family with voting and questions and I am so happy to finally have that all solidified!
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day to you! Hope you are able to enjoy a beer and a corned beef sandwich, I know that’s what I plan on doing tonight! For today’s thrifty Thursday, I’m sharing (yet again!) how I shop for my kids clothing. I shared a toddler clothing capsule on Black Friday because that’s when I do a MAJOR winter clothing haul at Kohl’s. You can also check out last year’s spring clothing haul post. I absolutely love the Jumping Beans brand – it’s affordable, very basic and has ALL the essentials!
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Happy Monday! Today I’m sharing some recent Dollar Tree finds that are perfect for your kids, grandkids or niece and nephew Easter baskets! Dollar Tree has some super cute Easter/Spring items in stores right now and I recently went in to grab some things for an Easter egg hunt at our house this year!
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I had this post scheduled for yesterday, and never got around to posting it. We were outside literally all weekend enjoying some beautiful weather and I put this post on the back burner. Normally I do my Amazon post today, but there are literally two things I would share (we’ve been doing a great job trying to eliminate useless spending).
Today I’m sharing a handful of my favorite beauty drugstore products that I feel are worth WAYYY more than what they cost! These products are something I use almost everyday and help keep a busy Mom looking somewhat sane!
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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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As I publish this blog post, I am about to publish my Friday Favorites post at the same time! My goodness, did the day get away from me, but I wanted to share some Valentine’s related goodies that are trending around the house recently!
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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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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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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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Good morning and happy Monday! Hope you had a great weekend! We had an uneventful weekend filled with lots of relaxation and some time planning my garden which is what I want to share with you today!
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