I got an email from a magazine scout. She wanted to know if she could submit our home to a magazine. I said sure, doesn't hurt to try. I have to admit I was a little excited and hopeful. About a month later I got an email saying they were going to pass on our home. It wasn't a right fit. I was a little bummed out. Fast forward to a couple months later and another magazine scout emailed me. She wanted to know if she could submit our home for a Christmas issue featuring kitchens. I said sure go ahead, but told her it was already turned down by that same magazine she wanted to send it ... Read More
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Quick Healthy Dinners- Favorite Things from Trader Joe’s
The other night I was looking what to make for dinner that would be QUICK- HEALTHY- WHOLE30 or PALEO. Did I mention quick?? Because come 5 pm sharp my kids are ready for dinner. And we really want to make sure they get a variety of veggies at dinner. You know how some families do Taco Tuesday or Pizza on Fridays...maybe that is your fun family?? (I secretly want to do that, but haven't yet). We have Frittata once a week, really it is "mom's cooking" so it's either Frittata or one of the meals below. And Trader Joe's is an absolute favorite place to go for groceries, really it makes it fun for ... Read More
Friday Favorites starts with Tips for good Family Pictures on Vacation
We were in Orlando Florida this past week. We went to Disney Land, Universal and Animal Kingdom. I didn't want to do an entire post about it- but I did want to talk a little about taking Family Pictures while on vacation and getting good ones with a stranger taking them! It was an issue for us the very first photo then I learned from my mistake and the rest were much better! I will say one thing- Universal was awesome! Harry Potter World was impressive and we were able to do a lot more rides than we did at Disney because of the long lines. The vote was Ella (9 almost 10 year old) and ... Read More
Nursery Project the Reveal- Before and After- Completed in TWO days!
Remember the Nursery Project Plan I shared? Well we did it! We completed an entire nursery makeover in just TWO DAYS! It was so much fun to work on this FOR family WITH family. Lowe's sponsored this project, I really enjoy working with them and all their products. We completed the entire nursery in just two days because we were visiting Utah for Christmas and that is where my sister-in-law lives, who we did this nursery for. We had a lot of help to get this project done and a lot of encouragement from all of YOU over on my Instagram Stories. I am going to share the entire reveal today ... Read More
Christmas Nights Tour- In our Connecticut Cape
Can you believe that Christmas is almost here?! I can, because my kids tell me daily. Their joy is really infectious. The other night I set aside about two hours and took pictures at night of our entire 1100 square foot home for a Christmas Night Tour. It was really magical and I was getting a little sad thinking of our home without the warm, cozy glow. I am really excited to join Maison De Pax for her annual Christmas Nights Tour. This is my first year! If you came from So Much Better With Age, welcome! Her house is darling. Our home is in Connecticut if you are new here, we ... Read More
Top ‘Liked’ Pieces of 2017
I really like numbers. Maybe not numbers. Probably Facts. Information. I am a Questioner by nature. I question why you come to my blog. I question why people do what they do. I am that person who reads the signs at the Zoo, looking for something cool things to tell my kids....can you believe that the largest Elephant weighed 24,000 lbs? So when I got an email titled "Top Clicked on Pieces of 2017" I was fascinated and thought you would be too! I mean it maybe isn't "fascinating" more just fun to see! A little more background on the source of the email.... I got the email ... Read More
35 Ideas to Display Christmas Cards and our Cards this Year
I actually had several readers ask where I put our Christmas Cards we receive in the mail. Or for any ideas I had on displaying Christmas Cards. As I was hanging up our cards, I thought, this might be too late to share. But then I remembered that I left our Christmas Cards up until the end of January last year. I just couldn't part with all the cute faces. So let's embrace the way we display our Christmas Cards. I asked all of my readers to share pictures of how they display their Christmas Cards and I got over 50 photos! So let's take a look at them, but first I want to show you our Christmas ... Read More
How to Manage Messy Cords and Papers
Remember when I shared our new Secretary Desk? Our little office? Well I am here with an update. It was kept perfect and so organized for a couple of weeks or actually months. But once my girls discovered how fun it was to color and do their homework here it started to get messy. Oh and then Christmas hit and this became the dumping ground. Then we needed to charge the phones, iPads and laptop and the mess of cords just took over. So I partnered with Native Union to share how we were able to manage messy cords and papers in our home office...how to keep it under control! Since we ... Read More
Christmas Ideas in a Small Space- Upstairs Tour
As promised I am back to share the rest of our Christmas Home Tour of our upstairs level. You wouldn't think that an 1100 square foot home would take so many Christmas Tours to share all of our house. But I guess I pack a lot in our small space, so hopefully you can get some Christmas Ideas! But today I am excited to be joining Marty from A Stroll Thru Life and 30 other bloggers to share our Christmas Home Tours. I think this is so great for all my readers to be connect with talented bloggers. If you found me from Clean and Scentsible welcome, her home is so ... Read More
Christmas Gift Guide for Readers- Favorite Books for All
I have a requested Christmas Gift Guide for you today, one for the Readers- some favorite book selections. This Christmas Gift Guide is my fifth this season! (I will link all the gift guides at the end of this post for you). What I wanted to say is that putting these together has actually helped to get me on the ball. I have been ordering things after I do my gift guide, because I am like these are good ideas! :) Honestly though books are my favorite thing to get for my kids and I love a good book. One year a friend made me a book tower and gave me like 8 of the top books of the year. It was ... Read More