A while ago I mentioned I had a new system of organization I was working on. It’s not so much a system of organizing my house, but rather one that organizes all the paper that comes in via mail, kids drawings and letters, and all the to-do lists that I have written down or have […]
Decluttering One Bag at a Time
We are in the process of decluttering at our house. I knew it needed to be done. Really needed to be done but I was too overwhelmed with all our stuff I didn’t know where to start. I kept putting it off. Then a couple of weeks ago Jocelyn posted this on facebook and I […]
Sleep Deprivation is NOT Good for a Mom
Okay, ladies. I have a question for you today! How do you train your kids to go to bed earlier? Daylight Savings is killing me! We have no problem getting the older kids to get to bed but the two youngest ones aren’t going to bed until 11pm or later. I get up every morning […]
Discipline Tactics for Whining, Tantrums, and Laziness
So Sunday. The day that is supposed to be restful? Yeah, that. Church this past Sunday was anything but and I realize it was mostly my fault. Oh, sure the two year old was the one acting up, throwing a toy tractor and baler at the grandfatherly gentleman sitting behind us. And when I asked […]
It’s Okay To be Unorganized
I just had to show you how organized and on top of things I am today. Ta-da! This is my outfit of the day to greet my visiting teachers (women from church who come and visit once a month). Isn’t it so lovely? My favorite part is the greasy hair pulled back in a ponytail. […]
Got a Question? Ask Away!
Someone submitted a question via facebook recently asking for help in sleep training young children for an Establish the House post. While that post is in the works (I want to get a variety of mothers giving their advice) I thought it would be a great idea to use today’s post as a way for […]
Mom-Joy
There are moments in history worth sharing. The Olympics provides so many of them, stories that melt your heart and bolster your faith in humanity. Like Canada’s Alex Bilodeau who credited his Olympic gold in freestyle skiing to his older brother Frederic, who has cerebral palsy or Swiss cross-country skier Dario Cologna waiting 28 minutes […]
The Latest Gossip
♥ I need a new laptop. Like yesterday. It won’t charge anymore, even with a newish cord and battery, so if it comes unplugged for even a split second I have to restart it. Or if the cord gets jiggled just a tiny bit it restarts on its own. I can’t complain too much as […]
My Ancestral DNA Composition
Right around Thanksgiving I ordered DNA tests from 23andMe for both Mr. Ferrero Rocher and I. We were just curious to see what our genetic make-up was and, in my case, to see how diverse it is. It’s no secret we both love our ancestors and as much as possible tell our children their stories. […]
LDS Online Influencers Meetup
Several weeks ago I had the wonderful opportunity to meet some really great people at an LDS Online Influencers Meetup at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. It was sponsored by Boncom and Mormon.Org. Brittany Jepsen from The House That Lars Built (LOVED that she wore a Mexican dress!) designs beautiful prints. Melanie Day of Sugardoodle […]
Old Saturday Evening Posts
One of my daughters had a birthday on Sunday and I totally scored with one of the gifts. She loves all things 1940s – the clothes, the hairstyles, learning all about WWII. She also loves clocks. So I spent the day searching our town for an old clock for her. Couldn’t find one. At all. […]
I’m a Woman with a Husband and Kids and I’m Not Sorry
“His house was perfect, whether you liked food, or sleep, or work, or story-telling, or singing, or just sitting and thinking best, or a pleasant mixture of them all. Evil things did not come into that valley. “I wish I had time to tell you even a few of the tales or one or two […]
Writing to and for Our Children
In reading family history stories from both my husband’s side as well as mine I have noticed that many times the details of the women’s lives are missing. The men wrote their own autobiographies, mentioned things that may have happened to the women in their lives, but the women’s perspectives are glaringly missing. There are […]
How I Potty Train My Children
Remember last week how I wrote about puke? I jinxed myself. Guess who ended up getting sick last Wednesday night? Yeah. Not very fun and it totally knocked me out, so much that my husband was teasing be about being a wimp. I hope I’m not setting myself up again with this week’s Establish a […]
Handling the yucky sickness
Establish a House is a series I run every Tuesday with posts that cover cleaning to cooking, discipline to diapers, and everything in between. You can read more about the series here. Today we are talking throw-up, vomit, puke, upchuck – whatever you call it at your house. It’s not pretty, very smelly but something […]
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