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Play With Your Kids

What do your kids want more then anything? Is it the latest Elmo Doll? Nope! Is it the Barbie Dream House (do they even still have that?)? Nope! It’s time with YOU! Their parent! Spending regular time with your children is so important to them. What does everyone always say about why children act out? It’s because they want attention. … Read the rest

High School Love

High School Love is a phrase my husband came up with while he was away one weekend with his friends. He used that phrase to describe the little things that we like to do, like snuggle on the couch and watch a movie, and calling each other on the phone when we can’t be near one another. You know the… Read the rest

The Importance of Being Prepared

You have auto insurance, you have homeowners insurance or renters insurance, you hopefully have health insurance, so where is your emergency insurance? “But Sarah” you say… “All of those things are for emergencies!” Yes, they are for health emergencies, auto accidents, theft, etc. What will happen to you and your family if a disaster strikes. Just ask the people of New… Read the rest

Organized Shopping

So in addition to the weekly schedule of things I blog about, there will be special features of some of the categories. I get to introduce one of those today! It’s the recipe of the week! It will be located at the bottom of the blog for the day and it will be a really yummy recipe that either I… Read the rest

The Art of Budgeting

I’ve tried to set up a budget in various programs… MS Money, Quicken, etc… I never understood how it worked. It never made any sense to me. I had these powerful programs that, to me, were just glorified check registers. I setup my own way of budgeting in Excel and had been using it ever since, until I came up… Read the rest

Importance of Routines

I touched on routines briefly yesterday when discussing my cleaning routine, but my routine is so much more than that! If you look at mine and my daughter’s weekly routine in my Daily Home Planner, you might think that I’m completely crazy! I know my sister does! Routines are very important for me as well as for my daughter. Kids… Read the rest

Keeping it Clean!

So have you had those Saturday’s when you are completely overwhelmed with the amount of cleaning that is needed? Then your whole weekend is wasted trying to get the house spotless! I’m all about completing a few things at a time and then it’s never overwhelming! I have broken up my week with rooms of the house that need cleaning. I… Read the rest

Self-Motivated Kids

My sister and I were discussing again (I think my sister is going to play a key role in most of my blogs!). We were talking about how to create self-motivated kids. Kids who do things either because they want to or because they are told, not for a reward. So how are such kids created?
Use the Golden Rule… Read the rest

Lots of Food

OK, so my sister has been on my case FOREVER to start using sales and coupons when grocery shopping. Now that Trevor and I are really concentrating on getting some food saved up for emergencies and getting out of debt, I’ve decided that it’s time to shart shopping the sales. My pantry can handle it, right? So I gave my sister the… Read the rest