Weve had better weekends . . . Jason is working on building a new deck, which requires ripping out the old one. In doing so, this weekend he had a bit of a freak accident. While he was re...
Treat others how you want to be treated Always wear clean underwear . . . if you got into a car accident or had an emergency and had to go to the hospital, you wouldnt want to be c...
Ive gotten a lot of requests from people asking how we contain all of the "stuff" that goes along with having kids. Specifically . . . people want to know what we do with all the PLASTIC that...
Ive been sick for more than a week but this weekend I was finally able to drag myself out of bed for a busy and fun weekend. Friday night we had a cook out with a few friends. Since I was just ...
In case youre wondering, Jason, aka "The Coupon Cowboy" is still in full swing. We get free stuff from Rite Aid weekly. And the Coupon Cowboy was finally successful in lassoing another ...
Im still trying to figure out how to blog more frequently while holding down a full time job and having a one year old and an eleven year old. If anyone out there has any tips, please let...
This past weekend, we celebrated Noahs first birthday. I cannot believe a year has already passed! It seems like just yesterday, we were bringing him home from the hospital. And showering...
Ive been totally addicted to Pinterest, as Ive mentioned before. I have so many projects I want to try and the list just keeps getting longer. If I spent half as much time creating as I spend pinning...
This is Imanis last year in elementary school, so it will likely be the last time her class has a Valentines party. We have always made homemade Valentines and this year I was looking for somet...
After spending my entire birthday on airplanes and in airports, I arrived home a week and a half ago with only ten minutes left before the clock would strike midnight and my special day would be over...
I have had a hard time falling asleep the last few months. What has been keeping me awake, you ask? Trying to come up with something really special for Stephenies birthday -- that and May...
I received an email not too long ago from Karen, who lives in Zimbabwe. She and her husband Graham are newlyweds, who she explained "instead of taking the easy way out by renting, purchased...
Here you have it, the top 5 most visited posts of 2011. Its no surprise that three of the five most popular blog posts were about the nursery. After all, Noahs birth was the big event of ...
Happy Holidays . . . For those of you who think I forgot to send you a Christmas card . . . I promise I didnt. I didnt even get around to sending them this year. Im contemplating sending a New ...
I should probably start Christmas crafts in July or August when I have more time, but I think Ive told you before that Im a bit of a procrastinator, so you would never find me thinking of Christmas i...
I used to have a lot of pictures on my walls -- pictures of my family and pictures of Imani but when we moved into our house, Jason and I decided that tons of pictures all over the walls just didnt l...
Another advantage of Jason staying at home is that he was able to take over the Halloween decorating this year. He did a great job. Imani told me numerous times that she thought he was a "really,...
So much has happened in the past few months since I last blogged. Last summer, when I took a hiatus from writing, I came back announcing I was pregnant. Well, this year . . . Im not pregnant. ...
There have been so many times when Ive questioned my ability as a mother. These are the times when I wait until Imani goes to bed and I call my own mom and cry, wishing I co...
Weve been busy here trying to get our landscaping under control. In the past few years of fixing up this little Cape, we havent even begun to address the yard until this year (unless you count ...
Remember when Jason smelled mold in our bedroom and he ripped apart the entire wall to address the problem only a month before I was due to have Noah? If you missed it, you can read about it he...
Have you ever had relatives tell you so much about their friends that you feel like youre friends with these people too? This seems to happen a lot with my sisters friends. She has severa...
I had this vision when I was working that when I was on maternity leave I would do a ton of home improvement and decorating projects and Id post on my blog daily. But then Noah was born and maternity...
I realize I never showed you the entire nursery. I had intentions to but then Noah was born. For those of you who know me and Jason, you know that were procrastinators. Were very last minute.&n...
Please excuse my absence over the last few weeks. Weve been a bit preoccupied with our latest love. Noah Joseph Atkins was born Tuesday, March 29, weighing 7 pounds 13 oz. Ill do my best to get some ...
If youre following my Tweets you know that my chair from Tar-jay arrived and you also know Im in love with it. If youre not following my Tweets . . . Ill try not to take it personally. You know Im ul...
Weve made so much progress around the nursery and its basically complete! Im sorry I havent updated you all in a week . . . Ive just been busy wrapping things up at my job before I go out on maternit...
I knew when I started planning the nursery that I wanted to have some sort of homemade mobile but I didnt know where to begin. I googled homemade mobiles and found a lot of mobiles made from branches...
After I posted the Nursery Mood Board and got so much feedback, I knew I wanted to add splashes of blue to the nursery to add an element of whimsy to the neutral tones. I just wasnt sure I wanted a &...
I bet you thought Jason as the Coupon Cowboy was just a phase. Nope. The cowboy is still lassoing in deals week after week. I have to say that weve been doing an AMAZING job saving money on gro...
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