Category: Joy
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Clearance Shopping
This week, I wanted to share my post-holiday clearance haul. See, I love a good deal – clearance, a coupon, a rebate, you name it. I also don’t love spending money on gifts. Don’t get my wrong; if you are a good friend, I’m ready to shell out some cash. But with three kids and…
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Weekly Christmas Celebration – Finale!
This week was our final “Christmas Saturday” (although we ended up doing our weekly celebrations on a Thursday, a Saturday, a Friday…) We stepped up our game for this final celebration and made fun drinks, facilitated a craft for the kids, and prepared an entire feast of festive foods. The fun drink was a mocktail…
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Fall Celebration
This week, I am sharing a belated post. Back in early November, Joy, Robyn and I gathered our kids together for what has become an annual fall tradition. We typically do this before Halloween, but this year our Octobers were just too crazy. Instead, we opted to meet the Friday after Halloween to paint pumpkins,…
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Another New Pup!
This week, I figured I would share the full story on the dog we adopted as an early Christmas present for our kids. As I mentioned, life has been pretty crazy for my family this fall. It’s been a bear really. A great idea…ish When Robyn’s family adopted a puppy several months ago, her husband…
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Where have I been?
This week, I wanted to share a little more about why I have been MIA from the blog. As I briefly mentioned in my previous post, life got messy and overwhelming. But sometimes, it helps to talk (or write) about it. So here goes… The husband My husband was recently hospitalized with a mystery illness.…
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Another Successful Purge
This week, I went on a cleaning and purging rampage. Well, maybe not a full blown rampage. But given some recent life events, I cleaned with vengeance and got rid of a ton of stuff. My attention was mostly focused on my kids’ rooms, which had seemingly exploded in recent months. I made my girls’…
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Back-to-school Freezer Meal Prep
This week I have been gearing up for back-to-school. Or back-to-homeschool. Can we call it back-to-school if school is at home and we never left? Either way, we have been slowly easing back into morning routines and rough schedules and my oldest child has started some of her lessons already. We have big goals this…
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Bargain shopping
This week, I hit the gluten-free bagel motherload. Do you have a local grocery outlet nearby? I highly encourage you to do your research because the discounts could really save you a ton. In the current food climate, these costs savings can be invaluable. My family has a number of dietary restrictions and the cost…
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Peel-and-stick wallpaper, clearance shelving, and a brand new plant wall
Well, I have been hard at work this week transforming the plain entry wall into a plant paradise. I shared the story of my impromptu living room makeover last week, and I am happy to report that no cats were harmed in the interim as I finished preparing the new space for my cat-unfriendly houseplants.…
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Recipe: Italian Chicken Stew
Today, I really wanted soup. But it’s summer, and if I have leftovers, my kids will never eat it. So I decided to make just enough food for dinner. Now, I love leftovers. So this goes against my basic code. The whole point of cooking, in my mind, is to not have to cook again…