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How I Saved Over 400 Dollars on Vacation

The whole family enjoyed a great trip to America’s Historic Triangle in Virginia last month. In case you are not aware, Jamestown Colony was founded in May of 1607, which makes this year the 400th anniversary. The older boys studied America’s colonies last...

What’s on Your Guilt List?

I haven’t been posting a great deal this week.  There’s nothing wrong, I’m just recovering from the family trip we took last week to Virgina.  There’s lots to tell, and I promise I’ll start writing again tomorrow. I’ve been working...

6 Tips to Help Finish a Todo List

I’ve been working like a crazy woman on my todo list this summer.  It’s pretty big, including building a block retaining wall around a flowerbed that’s about 65 feet long, hauling in about 30 yards of mulch, replacing the stairs going down to the...

Insanity

Oh. My. Goodness. This week was CRAZY for me. Sunday we took the older boys to camp for the week. This was about 45 miles round trip. Monday morning I took the younger ones up north and handed them off to my in-laws, then scooted over to a town nearby to help a friend...

It’s amazing what a can of paint will do

So I painted our screen door yesterday. We’ve lived in this house for 7 years now. Which totally amazes me. I haven’t lived this long in one spot in my adult life ever. This is also our first ‘real’ house, as our last abode was a mobile home....