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
To Everyone with Kids at ChurchSo a few weeks back my kids sang in church in front of the whole congregation. It was seriously adorable and sweet and was just one of...
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...
Quest for the Perfect Gift: Family Values BookI'm pretty sure my siblings inwardly groan when they see my number calling them. I have a tendency to come up with these great ideas and...
Losing a Baby: Looking Back and Moving Forward11 years ago this week I was in a hospital bed, very near death. After some years of infertility we were finally pregnant. At 33 weeks...
No Yelling ZoneSorry, but I feel things strongly. It's a blessing and a curse. I didn't realize how much of a curse it was until kids came. When stress...
Easy Family Valentine15 minutes. That's how long this bad boy took me to make, and that included googling "hand lettering love" for the cheat on those words....
Messy Room Solution: Grade Them!My kid's version of clean vs. my version of clean are completely different realities. This afternoon I was walking through one of their
Puzzle Motivator aka Cleaning Toilets HappilyWe do Saturday chores around these parts. Note I said "Saturday chores," not "Saturday MORNING chores." Chores have been known to take a...
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