Calming the Chaos – Menu Planning

I think there might possibly be just as many ways to menu plan as their are households that need to plan meals. But I never tire of talking about how other families plan and organize this needed chore. So, I am hoping that you all will share with me how you handle the menu planning chore in your […]

Calming the Chaos – Organizing Clothing

When you have 7 people in a house you have lots of clothing that needs to be easily accessed on a daily basis and then also even more clothing that is either in the wrong sizes or season that is in long term storage. So, how does on go about maintaining order in this jungle […]

Cowboy Caviar

This dip is always popular wherever I take it! I love that it is fairly healthy and low cal as far as fun dips go. Plus, almost all of the ingredients are shelf stable and cost effecient making this dip easy to whip up for last minute parties or guests. With a bag of corn […]

Calming Chaos – In the “Office”

Now, I don’t have an “office”  to calm the chaos in, but I have paper work to organize and bills to keep up with and lots of paperwork to do with homeschooling as well. So how do I keep it all calm and organized so that it doesn’t cause me a ton of strees? 1. […]

Calming Chaos – In the Kitchen

Does your kitchen sometimes look like a bomb went off in it? Are your counters covered with dishes without any spot to work? Do you wake up in the morning just to realize there are not enough clean spoons for this morning’s oatmeal? The kitchen has been called the “heart of the home” and because […]

Calming Chaos

As the new year is upon us we will all, most likely, be looking to improve our lives in different ways. But one of the biggest areas focused on at the beginning of each new year is “organization”. If you are one of the many people that has this on your list of goals for […]

Looking Back

Today I am “Looking Back to 2012”. And while this year started off really rough with constant illness and ER trips, it ended much better. This year we had an extremely hot summer and I was blessed to be able to throw my sister a cloth diaper shower for her first baby. I started making many of […]

Merry Christmas!

Wishing you and your family a blessed Christmas! May Jesus be the “reason for your season”!! See you in 2013!!