No Miss America Here
I met my husband James in grad school where strangely enough, I studied alongside other students who had been Miss Oregon, Miss California, and even a future Miss America. Let's face it. We women are prone to comparisons. When I think about those beauty pageant...
Connect With Your Kids – Fifteen Dollar Family Fun Night
Is it really possible to feed a family of six and have fun, all for fifteen dollars? I dare you to find out! We found many benefits of trying to pack as much fun in with the least amount of money: * Not only did Family Fun Night give us an opportunity to spend...
How Do I Connect With My Kids?
God gave the right parent to the right kid. There are days when this statement couldn't feel further from the truth. You feel ill- equipped to meet your child's physical , emotional, and spiritual needs. Because , for the most part, you are. God wants you to rely...
What Separates Privilege from Entitlement is Gratitude
Cleaning Out Your Car – A Real Clean Sweep
Quadrant Clean - Divide the car into four quadrants and do one quadrant fully before moving one the the next one. Otherwise, you will start at the front, follow along to the side, get distracted by the gum on the back of the car seat, start picking at that and the...
The Love Your Man Challenge 41 Ways to Love Your Man with Actions!
For today's challenge, we are talking about how to love your man with actions. I hit the streets ... OK, I asked my Facebook peeps to write the blog post for me. How do you love your man with actions?!? Here are 41 Ways that you said you love your man with actions...
7 Steps to Gut Your Garage
Last January, Kathi issued a de-cluttering challenge that motivated me to finally gut my garage. Now I don’t have an organized bone in my body; I’m the total “Queen of Chaos” type. But by the end of the month, I’d taken several car-loads to Goodwill, sold a handful of...
How To Make Money Selling Your Stuff – The 2014 Things Challenge
So you're knee deep in your piles of things to get rid of for the 2014 Things Challenge. The Problem - some of this stuff is worth some real money! While it's great to be generous (and let's face it, it's a lot less hassle to give stuff away than to sell it) sometimes...
Are Your Drowning in Stuff? How to Decide What to Keep and What to Pitch
We are spreading the 2014 Things Challenge LOVE all over the web. If you are stuck trying to figure out what should stay and what should go, head over to my post today on Upgrade with Dawn. This little checklist of how to make decisions with your stuff will get your...