Extraordinary Ideas for Ordinary Families
Welcome to your new favorite Fudge recipe. It’s easy and so delicious. It makes a full 9 x13 pan! Plenty to share with your coworkers or neighbors. This fudge has pretty much ruined all other fudges for me. Every time I taste fudge, I want it to taste like this amazing one cute mom used …
I love it when my kids are home for the summer! It’s our best chance to play. Honestly it is chaos of course. There are definitely more quarrels and messiness, but there is also an abundance laughter and new happy memories! Hooray for Summer! Here are some of our favorite ideas for day trips and …
Dear Friend! Your mom has spent hundreds, if not thousands of hours to make sure you are healthy, well fed, challenged, and enriched. If you are an adult and no longer “need” your mother, it’s likely because she did her job well. 🙂 She quite possibly taught you to read, helped you with your handwriting, …
I thought perhaps I was the only one who hadn’t heard of a golden birthday! Afterall, mine would have been a couple decades ago on the 9th, and I’m pretty sure the label had not yet been invented! Our youngest just turned 17 on the 17th! Turns out that is a golden birthday when your …
This post is Guest Authored by Taliana Wilson Mom promised you the last piece of the bundt cake in the fridge. You wisely put a sticky note on the top of the container with your name written in big, black letters. The next day, you excitedly open the fridge in search of your delicious red …
What do you have to look forward to this year? I love the anticipation of something fun! I can wade through a mountain of laundry, weedy yard work, crabby people and challenges, when I have a happy trip or activity planned! The anticipation of fun can be joyful in itself! Truthfully, I do enjoy my …
A few years ago, I was thumbing through a small stack of photographs, when I happened upon a small yellow post-it note. I gasped, I couldn’t help myself. On the note was written only one word, my name. Seeing my name was only a tiny part of the significance, my name was written in the …
You know those dinner parties where you are sitting around the table with conversation starters, and someone pulls out a card and asks you: “What is something that you have always wanted to do, but haven’t?” What is your answer? What dreams do you have? Perhaps you have shelved your dreams for a time that …
Anyone sitting on the fence about the importance of romance, this post is for you. The Gottman’s are a powerhouse therapist couple who have studied all aspects of love, including it’s demise. One of their instructions for being an enduring happy couple is to do “small things often.” Meaning consistent small acts of kindness, compliments, …
Time flies when you are having fun, but when you have a major list of things to still accomplish it races! In the rushed time to finish shopping, gifting to neighbors and coworkers, and making sure every stocking has just the right amount of cheer; here are a few doable solutions to increase your joy …