Buying products from a network marketing company usually makes me twitch. Even now that I work for a network marketing company, I still feel my guard go up around my Jamberry, Beach Body, Rodan + Fields, and friends. I know that essential oils seem to be the new trendy thing to do, and there is...
The following is a guest post. Homeschooling can feel all-consuming which makes keeping your home tidy feel like an additional chore. If you have a lot of responsibilities and very little time to do them, take a look at these house routines which can help you and your kids. Here are some tested and proven...
Last year, they gave Ty the only small uniform shirt. It was an ADULT small. We never got the replacement. I think they also lost all of their games…by a lot. At least he had fun. This season was a totally different story. I made sure he got the smallest shirt available, AND his team...
Carrying a set of glass roller bottles around can get a little tricky. Sometimes they clank. Sometimes they leak. And always they end up at the very recesses of my bag, impossible to find. This easy to make carrying case keeps them safe and easy to find and absorbs any little leaks. Materials 10″ x...
For those of you who don’t know us in real life…or have entered our lives more recently…I sat down to write out a blog-length version of our adoption story recently. I had agreed to it months ago. It was challenging writing it without the narrative being completely colored by where we currently are in our journey....
We are walking through the third, in-patient psych hospitalization for our daughter in less than 6 weesk. For the last 2.5 years, we tried every trick we could to keep this from happening, but her repeated childhood traumas have left such an indelible mark on her development and personality and her coping mechanisms are so maladaptive and...
I know I’m pretty late in posting this, but I wanted to make sure what I chose was actually going to stick. Plus, I figure this is when other people start realizing what they chose isn’t working and are looking for Plan B. The subjects listed are what we are required to teach in our...
About a year ago, I was still homeschooling all 6 kids. That really puts life in perspective. A LOT has happened in a year. Last fall, the Tall Ships were back in the Baltimore Harbor for the 200th Anniversary of the writing of the Star Spangled Banner. We spent multiple days trying to see the...