I recently posted my Superhero Cape shirts and shared about a fun run we were go to participate in to help raise awareness for the long term effects of bullying. The organizers of the run teamed up with the Ben Cohen StandUp Foundation and are working hard to bring awareness and help to those who suffer from the effects of bullying. I’ve been bullied. When I was growing up, I was a short, scrawny, gawky,…
Continue readingFebruary was an exciting month for me all around. Not only did we welcome little Ollie into our family, but I was featured in a magazine! Back in December I was contacted by Sew Magazine, a British crafting mag, asking if they could feature me in their February issue as the Blog of the Month. Yes you can! I couldn’t believe they’d ask ME! That’s only 12 bloggers a year and to be asked was…
Continue readingHappy New Year! I know blog land is overrun by resolutions, goals, and all things “fresh start” so I thought I’d throw in my little spin on an awesome New Year project. I introduce to you The Wonderful Jar. I have a pretty bad habit of focusing on the negative things in life instead of the positive. Don’t we all? Well I don’t want my girls to grow up with that being what we dwell…
Continue readingI have several half-finished projects I’m trying to finish up and share, so until then, I thought I’d share about my latest money-saving project. Last week a Mom at school had her daughter’s hair cut off in a precious little bob. It was our topic of conversation for several days and got us all thinking about the hair on our own little ones. A quick look at my girls confirmed what I’d been trying to…
Continue readingAfter doing my post on green cleaning, I started thinking about how much money I was saving by not buying commercial cleaning products and how much safer I felt my family was without being exposed to all those chemicals. I started thinking of other ways to cut chemicals and unnatural products out of our lives and decided a great place to start would be some beauty items. I’m not fancy, I’m mostly a chap-stick-and-mascara-hair-in-pony kind…
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