KID-FREE WEEKEND = THE BEAUTY DEPARTMENT HAS DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. 💅🏼🔥 Listen, I love my kids. I would fight a bear, a landlord, and probably the entire PTA for them. BUT SOMETIMES I NEED EVERYBODY TO GET THE HELL OUT OF MY WAY. 😂 Because when I finally get a weekend without someone yelli

Before you ask… yes, we’re celebrating that the fair is over. Not because we didn’t love it. We absolutely did. We’re celebrating surviving the 5 a.m. alarms, the late nights, the mountains of laundry, the dust permanently embedded in every vehicle, the endless trips hauling animals, projects

There’s always something that needs to be cleaned out and repacked. Meals needs to be able to grabbed and go.

Fair sneaks up every year even though it’s on the calendar a year in advance. This year I had a moment to pack everything that everyone forgets. The extra hair ties, band aids, safety pins, scissors, the tool box, zip ties, craft items and much more.

Plant a Pepper for Pop’s 🌶️ This Father’s Day, we planted a pepper for Pop’s. Not because peppers are easy. Not because they grow fast. But because, like Pop’s, they are strong, resilient, and thrive through whatever the season brings. As this little plant grows, we’ll think of his wisdo

This month’s grocery shopping adventure was brought to you by coupons, store brands, questionable math, and the unwavering determination to feed a family without needing to sell a kidney. I marched into the grocery store with a budget, a list, and confidence. I left three hours later wondering h

I worked on my birthday (on Friday). But after work I cashed in on some birthday freebies. On Saturday I went and had ice cream with a farmer and hung out with a friend by the fire pit. On Sunday it was off to church, graduation party and a 4H meeting.

We went to a birthday party and found our very own Gary the snail.

My local library has kicked off their summer reading program.

One of the local churches gives kids 0 to 18 years old 5 breakfasts and 5 lunches. My girls look at these items as snack food. It comes in handy with all their snacking that they during summer vacation.

Our local library’s reading program has started.

School is out but the learning still goes on.

Life happens with work, end of year school field trips and a mom moment.