Coffee. Juice. Soy Sauce. Lasagna. What do these 4 items have in common besides tasting good? Stains and lots of them. Ever try to get juice out of a kid’s shirt? Or a pasta sauce stain out of a crisp…
Category: Musings on the Home
It’s the Summer of Fun! #Yoursphere #parenting #onlinesafety
As you know I am the Social Media Manager for Yoursphere.com. I have worked with Yoursphere from practically the start of my blogging career in some capacity or another. I clicked on a link — intrigued about a safe social…
Giving Flex View the Once Over [Review]
The other day I did something for me AND I’m not sorry. That’s right I actually did something for myself instead of doing something for every member of my family first…and then doing something for me. You know what I…
Clutter…Back-to-School Edition
I’m not what you would call a super-duper housewife. I clean when I have to do. I declutter when the mood strikes. The problem is that I never know when a cleaning mood will strike. This weekend was one of…
Using Tried and True Family Favorites to Spice Up Dinner #seizingfamilytime
Tonight was one of those nights. I WANTED to bundle kids and husband in the van to go out to dinner. I WANTED to call for a pizza. I WANTED to get Chinese for dinner. After a week of eating…
Cooking with the Stars
I’ll say at the outset that a good cook I am not. In fact my children know that I am quite capable of cooking Cajun food and not in a good way. We never need to check the batteries in…
This Week Might Be the Death of Me…Seriously
It sounded like a plan. A crazy plan, but a plan nonetheless. If you know me at all you know I am all about getting everything done all at once. Have a doctor’s appointment. Hey why don’t we schedule 2…
Hooray! We Made It To the End-of-the-School Year!
The end-of-the-school year was a chaotic, mad dash, harem scarem, crazy mess. Come to think of it the school year wasn’t much better. We raced from homework to activity to school to the sports field. Isn’t it supposed to get…
Pucker up for Raisels [Review]
One of the best parts of the school year coming to a close is that I no longer have to pack lunches. After weeks and weeks of packing lunches for three children, I can say with certainty that most days…
Reading on the Move
The books are piled. Piled high. Beside the couch. Near the bookcase. In the bedrooms. Mostly on bookshelves. What am I going to do with all these books? I move books all the time. My Teen’s books move from my…
