Wins, Fails, and What we Learned The other night I’m gathering chicken eggs from my bantam chickens and my 5 year old, Wally, comes flying out into the backyard in a buzz lightyear bathrobe asking if he can have a muffin. In this moment of distraction, my little d’uccle Rooster, Hei-Hei, attacks my arm in […]
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Running a household can seem… overwhelming. To say the least. Some days it feels like my house will never be clean to the levels I want… and do I really have to do the dishes AGAIN?! Didn’t I JUST empty that dishwasher? The Trash is full already? Buried in Chores When the chores pile up
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Busy? That’s an Understatement I think the fact that I’m busy goes without saying. I keep seeing meme’s that say a mom is supposed to manage doctor’s appointments, school drop offs, working, cleaning the house, cooking dinner AND find time to work out, eat healthy and of course, self-care. Self-care has almost become a bad
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“Grab your shoes!” “Here’s Riley’s socks mommy” “Thanks, Forrest you can’t wear crocs to school you have to pick sneakers or boots” “I can’t find my shoes!” “I saw Wally’s shoes outside on the playground” “Will you brush my hair Mommy?” “Yes, Wally go outside and get your shoes No! not in your socks! The
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Balance isn’t perfection, it’s priorities. When I first decided to balance my life I pictured a clean house and happy kids. My husband and I would both be able to work full time and have a beautiful homestead. I could provide healthy, from scratch meals all while peaceful parenting. All while not losing ourselves in
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I have had writer’s block recently and haven’t known what to write about. So I decided to try to move past that by writing about what happened to my chicken, and what I learned! Dog Attack My parents came to visit for a month with their two dogs. One of them, a little Boston Terrier
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I have returned to blogging after a month off. Maybe it is hypocritical, but I find I can not balance everything during the holidays- at least not yet. But that is what goal setting is all about! Holiday Slump December is just such an overwhelming month. Decorating, getting a tree, gift buying and wrapping, school
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It is no secret that I am of the introvert variety. The older I get, the less I even sway to the middle and the more extreme I have gotten in my introvert ways. I have long since accepted this part of me and have even grown to be very proud and protective of it.
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Stress Is Relative The concept of time is so tricky. Before kids, I thought I was busy and didn’t have a lot of free time. After one kid, I was like woah how did I think I was busy before. Now after 5 kids I literally can not even imagine what I would do with
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Vacationing with 5 kids That’s right not only do I survive living with five children we also take them on vacation. And this is NEVER easy nor perfect, but we don’t want them to miss out. One of our favorite vacations is the simplest: Great Wolf Lodge. We discovered great wolf lodge when we went
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