For this weeks WFMW: car edition, I wanted to talk about car organization. If you have kids (or even if you don’t), you know how quickly the car can get messy. It’s good to keep all of your car necessities (jumper cables, extra oil, washer fluid, tow rope…) in one location. I like to keep all of my car care items in a collapsible crate like these in the back of the car. Another great tool for organization is this great kids organizer. We have one of these organizers sitting in between the two seats in the back for all…
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Tackle It Tuesday: Family Time
Posted in Family, and Homemaking
D came home late Monday night and has off Tuesday (yes!), so our tackle it for Tuesday will be family time. I think we may go see a movie, but I know that we’ll be renting Charlotte’s Web since my daughter has been begging to see it. lol! We’re just going to spend the day reuniting as a family and having some good old fashioned fun!! No working today! The rest of the week’s tackle will be packing, packing, and more packing. I think we may take a load of stuff down to the new house this weekend, and then…
When CWO issued a blogging challenge to blog about my favorite mom moment, I knew that I had to share a little more about my mom…. My parents divorced at a young age, so my mom was a single parent most of the time. We spent many great weekends with my dad, but mom was the day-to-day disciplinarian and care-giver. Fast forward many years… I’m now graduating from high school and heading off to college. I got really sick that first year and ended up having to come home from college. We knew that there was a purpose for everything,…
Marriage Monday: Expectations
Posted in Christian Life, Family, and Thoughts
“… let’s introduce each other to the women we were when we met and married our husbands…. Once you have painted a picture of yourself then, show us who you are now…. “ I was a young bride, but not a naïve bride. We had gone through a bit that had caused us to mature faster than many people our age. I definitely wanted to be the perfect wife for him, but I wasn’t sure if I’d be able to do that do to some difficulties that we faced. I had a lot to learn about being a wife. With…