We’ve been home in our 1,190 square foot house – all together – for 20 days. A few too many of those days it rained, but the weather is looking more promising until the weekend. Sunshine is a beautiful thing. Sadly, California has closed vehicular access to our state parks so my hopes of taking…
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food safety tips during covid-19
As a person that works in the healthcare field in a doctors office, I wanted to share a few tips that could help you or anyone else during this time. At this point, you could go either way. You are are taking measures to the extreme or your aren’t doing much to keep germs and…
captain’s log :: transitioning to life at home during the coronavirus :: 5 ideas
How are you doing fellow moms captaining this new journey? We are all in unchartered waters to be certain. Alright, I’ll end my “sea theme”. The entry above was day one of many days to come. It’s not just school being closed, but we live in the part of Northern California that issued the “shelter…
crazy ways to encourage your child
I love finding ways to make my children happy! Recently I have been remodeling my kitchen and have been organizing everything. My son has been struggling in school so I decided to surprise him by bringing down my old desk that my grandfather made for me as a way to encourage learning. The desk has…
get a good cleaning from dapple
We are in the season of all kinds of sickness over here. It’s just one after the other around here. How is your house holding up? Trying to prevent this kids from bring germs home is really hard. We do have them wash hands right when they enter the house. We have been using Dapple…
spice up your wall with wallsauce
Since moving there are so many things we have wanted to do to spice up our space. Painting, flooring and decorating are just a few of the things. A company I never heard of landed in my email and I was so excited because I thought this would be a perfect way to help decorate. …
the renovation project begins
My renovation project has begun as I take down my cabinet doors to prepare them to be painted. The plan is to have the upper cabinets painted before the countertops are put in. I found my hardware at Build.com and I am really excited to see how great it all looks when I have finished…
I survived the strada easel 31 day challenge
It’s been a long couple of weeks around here. The flu and respiratory virus are in full swing here in South Carolina and I was just started to feel better when my son started running a fever tonight. However, despite the germs I am excited to say that I did finish the Strada Easel 31…
fixing it right with build.com
I’ve been wanting to update our kitchen ever since we got new appliances, but haven’t had a reason to begin until I tried to replace my kitchen faucet. We were aware that we had some water issues around our kitchen sink, but had no idea how bad they were until I got under the sink…
improve your photos with snapit boards
Photos are worth a thousand words. I love photos and photography. I love being able to capture life with photos. I’m talking photos my kids, family, friends, life and products even. One way I have been able to improve my product photos is with SnapIt Boards. This is such a genius idea and I totally…
children’s consignment sales
What do you do with all the clothes your children have outgrown? I do several things with our children’s clothes and toys. If you refer back to last year’s posts on Kid to Kid and Uptown Cheapskate, these are two places I take my children’s items to be consigned. Whatever they do not take I…
take keababies with you on the go
Is your baby still in the newborn/infant stage where you want to keep them away from all the germs and yuckies? With the season that we are in for flu and pneumonia, I would definitely suggest protecting your baby with a car seat canopy nursing cover. These are fantastic and it let’s strangers know to…











