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More often than not, come dinner time, I’m feeling lazy. After a morning of work (oh, the emails) and an afternoon of homeschooling and chores (oh, the whines), this mama is tired, and as much as I’d like to go out to eat somewhere so someone else can cook for me, in a small town, […]

As you well know… landscaping the mountain has been our big summer project this year. Our goal is to do all of this landscaping work in order to give our home more curb appeal so we can enjoy it more. This whole, making a house into a home is a LONG process, but it’s been […]

I’ve never met a baby that couldn’t benefit from some homemade baby bottom spray. I mean, baby’s bottoms… talk about dirty. Unless you do infant potty training, your baby pees and poos on themselves multiple times a day. Not to mention, they wear that mess around for who knows how long, especially if you’re a […]

If you’ve been following my Monday Meal Planning series for long, you’ll know that this whole meal planning process doesn’t come easy for me. I’m constantly learning how to do things to make getting healthy dinners on the table easier.  One of the things I struggle with most (besides breakfast) is having certain foods prepared […]

Hey, mama! Have you had a great July? I sure have! It’s been a busy and hot one, that’s for sure! I can’t believe school is starting up again so soon. I don’t even feel like we’ve had a summer break! Sure we’ve been busy doing lots of things, but since we homeschool, we don’t really […]

Have you ever gone hiking on a whim and wound up with crazy sore leg muscles the next day? I’m not necessarily talking about a hard hike, either, although those will contribute to sore muscles. I’m talking about easy ones too.  Unfortunately, no matter how easy your hike is, if you don’t walk or hike […]