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Summertime is time to switch-up the chore chart! I’ve done it every summer forever now. I pull the chore chart off the frig and switch things up. After 9 months of doing the same old chores (hence the school year), it’s time to teach the children new tasks. Summertime is also a great time to [...]
Raising a family isn’t easy. Raising a large, multi-racial, adoptive family is even more difficult, with many twists and turns in the journey. Adopting three siblings almost two years ago was an answer to years of prayer….and yet rocked our family like we never expected. One thing that happened caught me completely off guard. It [...]
The holiday season is in full swing and I don’t know about you, but the children’s lists are getting pretty long. Have you ever wondered what kids really want for Christmas? Here are a few thoughts…. Traditions Traditions are the glue that bind families together. As small as they may seem, children totally latch [...]
(“Sick” means “cool” these days, so my teenagers tell me…just having a ‘hip’ moment!) I’ve been on a bit of a tangent to cut our living expenses a bit further. I get in this mood every few months, even though we budget and watch our spending closely. Earlier this week, I called the cable company [...]
Getting a family portrait taken around here is like trying to pull teeth without anesthesia. Really. It doesn’t matter how much I prep them, how few and far between the requests are, when it comes time to get dressed and pose, everyone melts down. The last family portrait we took was 5 years ago when we took a [...]
Once upon a time, I wanted to be Martha Stewart. Growing up during the feminist movement, homemaking wasn’t something to be encouraged. Once I left home, I found myself to be fairly useless in terms of things domestic. I got away with this until I hit 30 years of age, when I found myself leaving [...]
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