Category Archives: homemaking

Organizing Your Kids Artwork {or schoolwork}

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Ya’ll know I’m a huge fan of organization. It puts me in a happy place. Everything must have a home. This includes my kids papers, artwork, and schoolwork. Today, I took the time to re-organize the boys artwork. I previously had them in this milk crate but it wasn’t doing its job in keeping it…

Cheap Date Nights

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I recently was reading Thriving Family magazine {a favorite magazine} and came across an article about how to have cheap date nights. My husband and I do take advantage of date nights regularly, but we always schedule a babysitter {which at $6-$10 an hour can get expensive}, go somewhere pretty nice to eat {which again,…

Loaded Baked Potato Dip

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This is the easiest and yummiest dip for any occasion! Serve with Fritos or Potato Chips and you have a great finger food to take to parties. *INGREDIENTS* {2} 24 ounce containers of sour cream 2-3 cups of shredded cheddar cheese {1} 3 ounce container of Bacon Bits {NOT Bacos} {1} Package of Green Onions…

Homemade Vegetable Soup {recipe}

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*Ingredients* V8 – low sodium juice 2 cans diced tomatoes 2 cups chicken broth bag {or two} of frozen vegetable mix 1.5 lbs ground beef {optional} 1 bag frozen broccoli 1 sweet onion sautéed in EVOO .5 – 1 cup of water Garlic Pepper {to taste} Chili Seasoning {to taste} Sea Salt {to taste} Season…

Wordless Wednesday: He’s Three

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Nesting At It’s Finest {baby nursery update}

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Being 7 months pregnant {almost}, I’m nesting like crazy. This week I’ve been working on the baby room. We are getting so excited to have little Emerson join us, the projects have begun in his room. What have I accomplished in his room this week already? Arranging the furniture Washing baby clothes {in my favorite,…

Collage Friday: A Little Bit of Everything

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What a week. Feels good to take a breather and look back on our week. One of my favorite posts each week is Collage Friday with Homegrown Learners and My Home Sweet Home. (1) The boys watch the deer out in our front yard each morning and wave. (2) We had a special birthday this…

Collage Friday: A Busy Week

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Though the pictures don’t show all of our busy week, this has been one of the busiest weeks we’ve had in a while. The week didn’t have a good start to it. All four of us were sick in bed, with the stomach bug for 24 hours. It’s not fun when you’re sick, and especially…

Chocolate Banana Milkshake {my favorite recipe}

Love chocolate milkshakes? My favorite is chocolate banana. Here is my quick and easy recipe. *Ingredients* 1-2 cups of chocolate ice cream 3/4 cup of whole milk {optional} 1-2 small bananas {I use 2} 4-5 tbsp’s chocolate syrup *Directions* Put all ingredients into a blender and mix. Pour into a chilled glass. Delish!

Collage Friday: A Quiet Week

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For the most part, our week has been quiet and calm. We’ve had some fun things going on but I have forgotten to take pictures this week {which is unlike me}. {From Left To Right} Top: My quiet time each morning. I’m reading One Year Bible for Women My Love41 necklace {giveaway coming next week!}…