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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After a week of moving, I feel like we are finally getting settled in our new house. We still have a long way to go, (my bedroom and the garage) but we are making progress. This summer my goal is to sort through every bin, box and cubby we have in our house and get [...]

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Last week’s menu was a total bust. I think I only made two of the five meals I planned. I just didn’t have time to cook anything during the move. If I had been smart I would have purchased some prepackaged meals from the store, but I didn’t, so we ended up eating fast food [...]

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The old house is almost empty and the new house is packed! I hope to get a lot of stuff put away tomorrow since we won’t be hauling things over from the other house.
Here are some pictures from the week…

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Is it possible to cancel all Christmas and birthdays for the next 10 years? After dragging carrying our stuff across the street for the past 4 days, I can firmly state that we have way too much stuff. I do not want anything else to enter my house for at least the next 10 years.
It [...]

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You know that tired feeling, where you are so tired you don’t even care if you brush your teeth before you go to bed? That is what I am feeling right now. I am done with the painting for now. I managed in the last 48 hours to paint 4 bedrooms, the family room, and [...]

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Next Monday we will be moving to our new house. I am so thankful for our new house because it is truly a blessing for our family. Let me give you a little background on our current house.
Last September we found out we would be moving to Maryland, and had three weeks to move. This [...]

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Since 2004 we have lived in 5 different houses, 3 different states and one foreign country. We are getting ready to move again for the 6th time in 4 years. We are only moving across the street, but that still means gathering up all our stuff and taking it somewhere else. This past week I [...]

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