When we purchased this house, we knew it would be a work in progress, but it gave our growing family lots of space. It has provided us a place to host friends and gatherings, to love on those who feel a little broken, and to watch little ones learn to love trees and butterflies and mud. 🙂 We have made…
Category: home management
The Three Month Master Plan
The Three Month Master Plan is a system I’ve created to help you (and ME), set and MEET our goals! If you are content where you are (and you may be, which is fine, if you are happy), then this post is NOT for you. Just turn away. Walk away right now. This post is NOT for you. If you…
Breakfast/Lunch/Snack Meal Rotation
This is a quick blog post about Breakfast/Lunch/Snack Rotation for our home. Lately, I have been getting lots of questions about how I meal plan. Some are the regular questions I get about exactly how we feed 13 folks each day (my 3 older children are grown and in homes of their own). The latest questions are just…
Homeschooling: Our First Month
Our first month of homeschooling has officially come to an end. When I posted after our first week, I was very happy with the direction we were taking. It’s been an exciting year, so far. With exactly one month done, my children still adore the curriculum we are using. That makes this mama a very happy woman. The following are…
Bailey Scrub
I mentioned in this post we made an exfoliating body product this week. I’m naming it “Bailey Scrub” since Jessica’s friend, Bailey, first mentioned the idea. Basically, it’s whipped coconut oil with few tablespoons of coffee grounds and a few tablespoons of coffee added.
Fall and Winter Breakfast Ideas
Fall and Winter Breakfast Ideas I’ve added another document to the homemaking section of the page. If you can’t tell, we’ve been working to “fine tune” our menu management around the house. 🙂 Do you have some good ideas for breakfasts in your home?? I would love for you to share! With love, Tracy
Fall and Winter Lunch Ideas
Are you looking for some fresh lunch ideas for the fall and winter months? I’ve been assembling my list for the upcoming season and thought I would share! Fall and Winter Lunch Ideas Do you have favorite lunch ideas for the cooler months in your home?? I would love to hear!
Beautiful Spring
Preparing for Baby
This week, Jacob repaired some minor issues with our hot water heater. He also hung a new door in our family room. We’ve done some gardening and yard work and done some much needed cleaning in our basement. I’ve been working on year-long meal plans, the girls and I managed to get more homemade “go-gurts” and some additional freezer meals…
This Week’s Couponing
This has been a *VERY* good week for couponing. I ended up with 2 FREE reams of paper, plus one additional pack from STAPLES. They run this deal every now and then but I’ve not been brave enough to try…I figured I would this week, and it worked beautifully!! There were no really interesting deals at Rite Aid and Walgreen’s…
Freezer Foods
Ok…another day of not cooking for the freezer. 🙂 Crystal, wrote about this idea on her blog. What a great idea and an easy lunch even the little Lamberts to pull out of the freezer! We made three loaves of bread into freezer sandwiches this morning. Each one was tucked neatly into a folding-flap sandwich bag and then stacked neatly…
Cleaning Toys
Cleaning is always more fun when you are cleaning toys. 🙂 A bathtub filled with soapy water and mega-blocks…. these toys had become so dirty from all the construction dust. My littles washed them up, and we dried them on towels in the sun this afternoon.