Archery Themed Birthday Party

We had a milestone in our family this summer!  My sweet daughter turned 10!  It’s very exciting and she’s the best 10 year old on the planet.  We had a small family party for her on her birthday, but for her “friends” party, she chose to have an Archery party.  There is a a facility …

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Last Day Of School

Today is the last day of school for my kids.  I’m not going to get all sappy about it.  I love the summer.  I can get up later in the morning, the days are longer and there’s no homework so I have more fun time to spend with them and I just have fewer responsibilities …

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It Doesn’t Corner Well

(Note – If you don’t care about blogger talk, skip this paragraph.  There is an epic fail following it, so bear with me!  We all love a good fail, right?) I have exciting news!  When I (re) started this blog almost 6 months ago, I made a random goal of having 50 WordPress followers and …

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Back to Basics Craft

I have a love hate relationship with crafts.  I love crafts that are cute and useful.  I hate crafts that don’t serve any real purpose. They become clutter and I’m not a lover of clutter.  I actually have made and blogged about crafts that fit the latter category (here and here).  And don’t get me …

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Go Mommy, It’s Your Birthday!

Today is my birthday.  I’m thinking about what to write (yes, now, at 9:40 pm).  I was going to talk about what I got for my birthday, but, I also kind of want to write about what I want before my next birthday. I turned 39 today.  I’m not a person who cares about getting …

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I Need to Move

Not from my house. I need to move around. I need some type of spirit to overtake my body and make me into one of those people who enjoys exercise.  I did a little googling and found some things that I hope might help. She looks like she’s totally enjoying this Rebounding workout!  This is …

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Easter Wreath

I found the absolute cutest Spring/Easter Wreath today on The Winthrop Chronicles link up party. The wreath that was featured is from CC McAfee Perspective which is my new favorite blog.  I saw the picture of the wreath and thought, “I love it, but it looks way too hard for me.  What even is that made …

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Mother’s Day Deals at The Loft

If you follow along on the old blog, you might remember that just last week I warned the shopping gods that I was on a hiatus and not to tempt me with any more ridiculous coupons.  Well, guess what showed up in my inbox today? ‘ Yup.  So not fair.  But, of course, Mother’s Day …

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I Got Some Crazy Good Deals

I’ve been on a bit of a shopping binge this past week.  You know how sometimes you go shopping and you can’t find anything?  Well, I’ve had the exact opposite going on.  Which is great, except that it’s hard to draw the line between shopping and hoarding.  For instance, on which side of that line …

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