Living The Dream in the Mad-Town
Before having kids you always hear about the “terrible twos”. Well in our house we never really experienced them…honestly we didn’t. In fact, as our daughter reached age two my husband and I thought how awesome that stage was and how grateful we were to have a child that was so fun, happy go lucky, [...]
Last week I created an email account for each of my children. Not because all the email addresses will be taken up when it’s time for them to create an account (..har har), but because I want to forward memories to them that I don’t want to get lost in translation. Everyone is getting older, [...]
A few months back when we were all blogging about our DIY projects I wrote about this vintage desk I inherited from my husband’s Grandma’s house. It was all ready to be painted and waiting for some new hardware. I FINALLY was able to get it finished last week. I was really struggling with the [...]
Have you ever heard of the Little Free Library? I was driving down Old Sauk Road awhile back and noticed a cute little wooden bird/tree house in someone’s front yard and next to it was a little bench. As I looked inside I noticed it was filled with books. It appeared that you could take [...]
Since the weather has started to be nice and warm we are outside ALL the time! I am always trying to think of new crafty projects that my almost three year old can do. She was really excited when I told her we were going to make our own bird feeders. In fact, her response [...]
One of the first things I pinned on Pinterest were these dessert stands made from old glassware. I try and pin things that I know I can try and make and things that require few “ingredients”. When my husband’s Grandma passed away the family had to go through her house and decide who gets what. [...]
Last summer my Grandpa turned 90 years old. We planned a surprise party for him with all of our family and his friends. He is a honorable war vet and a retired member of the National Guard so the decor theme was red, white, and blue. I have an aunt who is very crafty and [...]
Over the past year, I’ve become addicted to birdhouses. For Christmas I received this English Postbox birdhouse from Kinsman Company. I love its British look. My daughter enjoys painting wood birdhouses from Michael’s-so, I thought I’d give it a go. I combined my love [...]
How many of you menu plan for the week? I’ve always made a great effort in the past to do this. I would consider Sunday as the day to plan out meals and go grocery shopping for the week. This usually would last for a week and then we were back into our old habit [...]
(banner from Bower Power) A couple of blogs that I follow religiously are Young House Love and Bower Power. A couple times a year they challenge each other and their readers to a Pinterest Challenge. Basically, you stop pinning and start doing! Here are some tips to get you started: (From YHL): The only rule [...]
