Our Financial Future

Tweet The gals over at 5 Minutes for Mom have invited me to participate in a compensated campaign with Genworth Financial. This campaign is to raise awareness among moms about the importance of taking an active role in planning for their financial futures. Do you take an active role in the planning of your financial [...]

A Diaper Disaster

Tweet I remember like it was yesterday… It was a particularly rough day. Noah was a wee baby and I was tired. I could not find my 6-year-old twins anywhere. I searched and searched, calling their names as I ran through the house. Noah woke up and began screaming and still I could find Ethan [...]

Rescue My Appliances!

Tweet Do your kitchen appliances leave something to be desired? Do they need rescuing? How would you like to win a brand new, sparkling kitchen? Let KitchenAid come to the rescue! From now, until November 2nd, you can submit a photo of your old kitchen appliances for a chance to win a new suite of [...]

Snackin’ It Up On The Go

Tweet Now that my pregnancy nausea has somewhat subsided, I am just always hungry. It seems as though I am always eating, whether it be fruit, crackers and cheese, or a nice big bowl of noodles. The worst is when I’m up in the middle of the night, staring in my pantry, without a single [...]

Chicken ~ It’s What’s For Dinner

Tweet As most of you know, I’m very particular about what I eat these days. On most nights my family holds their breath as they ask what’s for dinner because, quite honestly, most often it’s pretty much up to them {“them” meaning Daddy}. Except for when I have a hankering for something specific. Well, lately [...]

The War is Over – Kids vs a Clean Home

Tweet Ray La Point is the owner of Delight Cleaning, a residential cleaning company serving the Greater Sacramento Area.  He is coming tomorrow to scour my carpets in our high-traffic areas (boy, do they need it!) and has given me some tips for keeping them spotless once they’re clean. ~~~~~ It often seems like having [...]

A Great Start

Tweet My kiddos were eager to start lessons again and we’ve now almost completed our second week back at school. I must say that if we can maintain the momentum with which we began, this year will be lovely! I’d like to think that my children’s eagerness to get back to school was due to [...]

Summer Break is Almost Over

Tweet As a homeschool family, we plan for the coming school year in different ways than most families. While you may be out shopping for school wardrobes and backpacks, this Mommy is already taking personal study breaks and making sure her home library is overflowing with a year’s worth of books for her inquisitive and [...]

Play more, Eat right, & Push away the screen

Tweet SUBWAY recently partnered with the National Institute of Health and their We Can! program (Ways to Enhance Children’s Activity and Nutrition), encouraging kids to push away the TV screen. In celebration of this partnership, our family received a P.E.P. Rally kit to help jump start outdoor activities with our kiddos. The box was delivered [...]

Dive Into Summer Fun (a giveaway!)

Tweet We’re planning to stay close to home this summer. But, summer close to home means lots of fun in the water… We’ve already been having tons of fun at the pool and Summer has only just begun! Walmart, Huggies, and Juicy Juice want to help make sure you have loads of summer fun. Here [...]

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