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March Family Highlights

March 31, 2014 by Tara 4 Comments

March Family Highlights

I thought it would be fun to document our monthly highlights to give you a little sneak peak into our family life each month.  I can’t promise this will be a regular series.  I’m not real reliable like that. 😉  But today, you get highlights.

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Staying Sane as a Stay at Home Mom

February 26, 2014 by Tara 3 Comments

Staying Sane as a Stay at Home Mom

Photo courtesy of Kairos Photography   This is not a “mommy war” post.  If you’ve been reading this blog long enough, you should know that I don’t play that game.  Working, stay at home, work at home, or any combination, I think a woman has the right to choose whatever path is best for her… 

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I am just like you.

February 7, 2014 by Tara 14 Comments

I am just like you.

I struggle. I just want to make that perfectly clear to those of you that read this blog. I struggle just like you. Yes, it may seem to you at times that I have much of my life together, but what you see are mere highlights in the midst of chaos. Over the past couple… 

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Making Christmas Meaningful and More Than Just Presents

December 6, 2013 by Tara 1 Comment

Making Christmas Meaningful and More Than Just Presents

  When my kids are old and grown, I want them to look back on Christmas pasts and remember many things.  I want them to remember fun events that we did together as a family.  I want them to remember the smell of cookies that we baked together.  I want them to remember delivering gifts… 

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A Lesson on Grace From a Five Year Old

November 21, 2013 by Tara 12 Comments

A Lesson on Grace From a Five Year Old

Sometimes I get things right. Most of the time though I fumble through this parenting gig, picking myself up as I go, dusting myself off, and trying again. Today I learned a lesson in grace, and I learned this lesson from my five year old.

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How to Carve a Pumpkin

October 23, 2013 by Tara 4 Comments

How to Carve a Pumpkin

 Maybe you think you know how to carve a pumpkin and think this tutorial is ridiculous.  Seriously, who doesn’t know how to carve a pumpkin? You may very well know the standard steps to carving a pumpkin, but I’ve got the real deal for you today, friends.  Here’s a step by step picture tutorial like… 

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Why I’m SOOOOO Over the Mommy Wars

August 15, 2013 by Tara 9 Comments

Why I’m SOOOOO Over the Mommy Wars

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The Desire For Less

August 8, 2013 by Tara 11 Comments

The Desire For Less

Most people, in the U.S. at least, desire for more in life.  A bigger house, a bigger/fancier car, more clothes, more shoes, more money, more toys, more more more more!  This MORE mentality used to be the song of my heart not all that long ago, but as I sit here today staring at my… 

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The Real Bod: Sags and All

June 12, 2013 by Tara 56 Comments

The Real Bod:  Sags and All

  I’m REALLY putting myself out there today friends, so I hope you all are gentle with me.  I don’t need any comments on what I can do to “fix” my body.  I also don’t really need any “you look great” or “I wish I looked like that” comments.  These are not the point of… 

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Frugal Friday: 60 Frugal Summer Activities for Kids

May 31, 2013 by Tara 3 Comments

Frugal Friday:  60 Frugal Summer Activities for Kids

    I’ve had such a great response to last week’s Frugal Friday post:  40 Free Date Ideas, that I thought it would be fun to do a follow-up post to that to include 60 frugal activities to do with your kids this summer.  My daughter has been out of preschool for almost two weeks… 

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