The last couple of weeks I have been a grump about dishes. I felt like all I did was clean the kitchen. It seemed like it was the first thing I did in the morning and the last thing I did at night....wipe off counters and do the dishes. Only to wake up the next morning with bread bags open, peanut butter jars already out and open, knives full of peanut butter, and crumbs everywhere. The other day I had had it. I was seriously having a mommy hissy fit over yet-again wiping crumbs off the ... View the Post

Yesterday I shared a story over on our Facebook page about my melt down last week.... I had finally put out a rug that I had been saving since Christmas last year and in less than 24 hours my oldest child had spilled chocolate pudding all over it.  Between the ruined new rug and everything else that had been going on and was coming up that week (a family funeral, viewing, luncheon, Halloween, making costumes, meetings, deadlines, obligations, etc.) it was more than I could handle and I turned ... View the Post

Recently I was sitting on a plane and heard a conversation behind me that I have been thinking about for awhile. I wasn't necessarily eaves-dropping but the plane was quiet and I happen to hear a few sentences from the row behind me that I won't soon forget. In the middle seat, a seasoned gentleman (from the sound of his voice) was talking to a young college student who was sitting directly behind me in the window seat. I heard him ask him about college and his classes and of course, his ... View the Post

  Recently I ran across this quote and I loved it.  It was the perfect inspiration that came at the perfect time. ... View the Post

Almost every Tuesday we post about "The Art of Homemaking"...but when and why did we start doing this? Wellllll......around 6 years ago (about the same time we started this blog) I ran across a book at a thrift store entitled "The Art of Homemaking" and I HAD to buy it.  Not, necessarily because of my love for the art of homemaking but for the kitschy illustrations I found inside the book and because I saw a quotation written within it's pages that said, "BEAUTY IS A DUTY" and I thought it ... View the Post

  Sometimes I think when we finally finish paying off our student loan then... Or when we can afford to buy some new furniture then.... Or when we have a bigger house then.... And so on and so forth.  But the a few weeks ago something magical happened. ... View the Post