How I Only Do a Couple Loads of Laundry a Week (with a family of 7)I used to feel completely overwhelmed and behind with laundry. My poor couch would be buried in a laundry avalanche. But now, I'm free a
Birthday for Husband: Ways to NOT Mess It UpKid's birthdays are easy, but I have struggled with the old birthday for my husband, poor guy. It's silly because he's an amazing man who...
Top 4 Tips for Packing School LunchWant to know the biggest trick I have up my sleeve for packing school lunches? 1. Make the kids do it. Ha! I come from a family of 8 kids...
Moving's the Worst, Part 2I really think it's a testament to how miserable moving truly is that it's taken me like 2 months after we moved to even be able to think...
Dried Black Beans are BombFull disclosure: I haven't menu planned in a while. Since I did a post on how easy and wonderful it is and how essential and blah blah...
Anger-Be-Gone with 1 Magic PhraseWe all have times when we are barely getting by, where microwaving dinner sounds just too hard. As pathetic as I am, I have just been...
Teaching Kids to Clean, aka The Death of MeHaving a clean house with little kids is like running up a down escalator. Wearing roller skates. But it's a problem, because when my...
Top 6 Easy Meals to Make with a Rotisserie ChickenMeal prep is the bane of my existence, along with laundry. And vacuuming. Not ironing, because I don't do that, but if I did, it would be...
Moving's the Worst, Part 1The last time we moved I had four kids, ages 9 down to 2 and was a month away from delivering my fifth. It was the worst, although I...
Top 10 Dollar Tree Finds, Part 2Yesterday I got my oil changed, which is not really noteworthy or anything. But Matt kept the kids and I had a whole hour and a half to...