Do you love to make messes? I don’t, but my preschoolers do. I should have started my preschooler series with this post, but I got a little carried away last week with all my flash card excitement.
One of the hardest lessons I have learned as a mom of preschoolers is that really fun preschool activities [...]

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Has this ever happened to you? You suddenly remember that you need to bring a dessert to an event, and you need to leave in an hour. Growing up, my mother used to make these cookies when we would forget to tell her she was in charge of snack or something like that. These [...]

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I started on my bedroom today. Before I began it was difficult to walk around, but now I can actually enjoy my room. My friend and I painted the walls sage green last week. I love the color, it is so relaxing. I still need to find a new comforter for my bed, I think [...]

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This is a guest post written by my good friend and author Nancy Parode. Nancy writes for many websites, as well as Military Spouse Magazine, and her own blog, Military Moms Today . Nancy has been a Navy wife for over 20 years and is one of the best resources I know for all things [...]

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My tip today is to wear an apron. I almost always wear one in the kitchen while I am cooking or cleaning. In the past, I ruined many nice clothes by splattering food or oil on myself. Now I wear an apron, it protects my clothes and I wash it every few days. Recently, I [...]

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I hope all of you from Lara’s blog are not sick and tired of my home makeover posts. It is really taking up most of my time, so that is what I am talking about!
The school room was the next room I decided to tackle in our new house. After painting six rooms, I couldn’t [...]

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I am so excited because my very good friend is coming to visit me this week with her four boys. We are hoping to take a trip to the Baltimore Aquarium while she is here. This also means I will making dinner for 13 for three nights. Hmm, what do you make for 13 people?
Now [...]

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Crystal asked us to post some of our frugal ideas for family fun, here are some activities our family enjoys.

Save your old bread and then feed the ducks. This is probably one of our favorite family activities that we have done since our kids were little.
Take Nature Walks. There are some trails by our house [...]

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A few weeks back I wrote a post about the cost of convenience. I have been thinking about the idea for a while and realized that there are many different ways to look at convenience.
As I type this I am in the car headed for the HEAV convention. (Don’t worry I’m not driving). We are [...]

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