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Valentine’s Day is one of those holidays I’m so-so about. It’s fun for the kids, and it’s a good excuse to go out to dinner with my honey, but that’s about it. We don’t usually do much for it. But this year, Valentine’s Day falls on a Monday. Or, you know. Tuesday. (I stand corrected.) [...]
Source: modprintables on Etsy via Jo-Lynne on Pinterest One day last week, we were having one of THOSE afternoons. You moms out there know what I’m talking about, I’m sure. I seem to have one of THOSE afternoons about once a month. Ahem. Everything went wrong from one of the kids tracking mud into my [...]
I made a list of some of your suggestions for future posts from my Reader Survey earlier in the week, and I thought I’d start with this one! If your husband doesn’t mind too much, I’d love to hear more about how you make that relationship work. What do your date nights look like? How [...]
Since I’m all gung-ho about getting the new year off to a roaring start, I thought I’d write down some goals for myself. This is actually a new exercise for me. No, seriously, I don’t think I have ever written down a list of goals or New Years resolutions. You see, I am not exactly what [...]
I did this last year, and I had so much fun reading back through it that I decided to do it for 2011 — a little walk down memory lane, I guess you could say! Jill just reminded me that I did a linky the last two years, so I’m adding one now. I love [...]
We had a lovely, chaotic, peaceful, decadent, thoroughly exhausting Christmas, and I wouldn’t have had it any other way. Oh the stories I could tell . . . but I will refrain. Santa was certainly good to us this year, but most of all I am thankful for good health and family togetherness. All 22 [...]
My dearest nine-year-old daughter: You’ve always marched to the beat of your own drum, from the moment you decided to make your appearance in this crazy, mixed-up world — a full month ahead of schedule, and on Christmas Eve, at that! I love your creativity and how you can take an old box and spend [...]
A few weeks ago I told you about Kidworth — a free service for parents to help teach children money management. I’ve had some time to try it out since then, and I’m really loving it. Here’s why. It actually makes saving FUN! My kids love seeing how their savings are adding up. Nowadays, they [...]
I always forget how much I love live theater until I go. I grew up going to live theater productions, and I’m glad that it’s something we’ve been able to do with our kids. It is actually my husband who instigated our first visit to the Christmas Panto at a theater in our area, and [...]
Last year I wrote a series of posts called Raising Responsible Kids, and part of that series included tips on helping kids learn money management from a very young age. We instituted a simple allowance system for our kids ages 5, 8 and 11; and while we are still using it over a year later, [...]
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