I used to pay an arm and a leg to wash my clothes. I cringed every time I had to put laundry detergent on the grocery list because I knew that it would push up the budget and we already spend way too much money at the grocery store. Clean clothes are kind of important… Keep Reading
Parenting is Hard
Being a mom of young children is hard work. Since I only have young children at this point I’m not really sure that things will get easier. I think hard just changes to a different kind of hard. As kids grow they grow out of one hard behavior in exchange for another I’m sure. But… Keep Reading
Simple Homemade Cleaning Products
For many years I had a mild obsession with bleach, actually, the smell of bleach would be more accurate. I’ve never been all that great of a housekeeper, but when I caught a whiff of bleach, my brain just knew that things were truly clean. I used Clorox or Lysol sprays on everything. And not… Keep Reading
10 Tips for the Sleep Deprived Mom
In the past 386 days, I have been able to get six consecutive hours of sleep on just two occasions. Every other night, I’m lucky to get three hours in a row before my blissful sleep is interrupted by a crying child (or two). This mommy thing is no joke. I hear about these women… Keep Reading
Just a Mommy
The other day my daughter and I were talking about what she might want to be when she grows up. Most of the time when we have this conversation she tells me that she wants to be a mommy when she grows up. She usually follows that up with saying that she wants to be… Keep Reading