Adventures in Mothering

Homemade Swiffer Duster Heads

One of these days, life is going to slow down long enough for me to get back to blogging all of the great things I want to share. . In the meanwhile, this was too good not to share with you. I shared how to make mock swiffer pads and other cleaning supplies in Put [...]

Enough

Lately, I’ve heard the word “enough” quite a few times, mostly in the form of questions. The question is usually phrased in one of a few different ways: But is that going to be enough? That’s not enough, is it? Sometimes, it’s even phrased as a statement: I don’t see how that’s going to be [...]

We cut almost $1000 from our monthly household budget!

Hi all. I know it’s been a while since I last posted. Life has been pretty busy here at my house.We’ve been focusing, as a family, on saving even more money on our household budget, as expenses keep rising. If only pay rose too! In doing so, I sat down and wrote a brand new [...]

Changing Seasons

I love Autumn in Michigan, because the sights, smells, colors, and flavors are a refreshing treat after the heat of summer starts to wear on me. My dear husband prefers the hot weather. I prefer the cold. You have to love how opposites attract. Seasons in life change too. I started this website almost nine [...]

Learning to Enjoy the Curves in the Road

I recently heard someone say that how we deal with change and the curve balls life throws at us says more about our character than anything else does. I cringed, because I’m really bad at handling those changes and curve balls. I used to think I really, really had strong faith and that I would [...]

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Freebies!

Filed under Chores, General News, House & Home, Motherhood by Kimberly on March 15, 2012 at 12:33 pm {4 comments}

Beyond the Chore Chart: Chores, Kids, and the Secret to a Happy Mom

I don’t know about you, but I’ve been out-of-doors, enjoying the gorgeous weather! Pussywillows are blooming, and bulbs are coming up. We nearly have some spring lettuce. It sure feels good to take care of those springtime chores together with my kids. In the mean while, my new book, Beyond the Chore Chart: Chores, Kids, [...]

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Saving Money with Top Down Budgeting

Filed under Frugal Living by Kimberly on March 14, 2012 at 5:10 am {5 comments}

When we, as moms, try to “save money” or shave some extra dollars off of our household budgets, we usually do so in one primary category: the grocery budget, with toiletries and cleaners thrown in there. I get that. I save money that way too, and even wrote a book about it (Shopping and Cooking [...]

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Saving on the Electric Bill

Filed under Frugal Living by Kimberly on March 12, 2012 at 5:36 am {3 comments}

Tasty Tips for Saving Money from Grocery Store to Dinner Table

I don’t know about you, but electric bills always seem to be a bit esoteric in a way. It hard to wrap my head around ways to start saving on something that I can’t really see or tangibly feel. But that’s the point, I guess. We often don’t realize the electricity we are using, but [...]

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Dealing with Poltical Frustrations like a Christian

Filed under Christian Living by Kimberly on March 11, 2012 at 5:54 pm {no comments}

Lately it seems like the tension levels in our country, particularly in the area of politics, have been growing upwards. Everyone seems really tightly wound. I live with a guy who loves to talk politics, so in normal conversation, we tend to talk about whatever he heard on the news on his drive home. It [...]

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Life at our House (Mar, 2012)

Filed under General News by Kimberly on March 10, 2012 at 11:43 am {2 comments}

These past few weeks have been really crazy busy at our house: birthdays storms (snow storms, thunderstorms, wind storms that blew out the window of our van) my oldest got her driver’s license finally, after spending lots of time practicing parallel parking and driving on highways sinus problems (probably related to storms) field trips appointments [...]

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