Homemade Christmas

So I guess, the Christmas shopping season is “officially” underway.  I don’t personally have an “official” start and have been known to pick up Christmas presents as early as April.  But don’t let that fool you, I usually am still shopping the week before Christmas. I think my biggest gift giving quirk is that I […]

Gold!

Two years ago, I listened to a presentation by Renee Swope on Mining for Gold in the Heart of Your Child at a Hearts At Home conference.  It was all about focusing less on our children’s faults and more on the “gold” in their hearts, lives, days, etc. Although I have acknowledged the larger nuggets […]

Brilliance

I’m in love with creative and imaginative decorating/storage ideas.  I mean I have two curtain rods in my kitchen displaying oodles of artwork. Now I just have to find a wall for this brillant idea that I found at the Goody Blog.  It uses rain gutters for book shelves.  I bet you could even use […]

It's the most wonderful time of the year…

Oops.  Did I say type that out loud?  Anyone remember that Staples commercial from a couple years ago?  The women singing that song while gleefully flinging school supplies into her basket? Moving on. We are officially back into the school swing of things.  PJ had a half day yesterday and his first full day today.  Mia […]

On Car Seats

I’m not ashamed to admit I’ve been called a car seat “nazi.”  Would you believe one of my goals in life is to become a Certified Child Passenger Safety Technician?  Anyway, I came across the following post this morning, and it’s the best I’ve ever read.  All of the things I lecture about written in […]