I would be lost without my Happy Planner. I reference it multiple times each day and it helps me to keep up with homemaking tasks, meal planning, bill payments, school events, blogging tasks, and doctor appointments. My weekly planning sessions each Friday night take about 30 minutes, but they set me up for a productive… Continue reading My Secret To Homemaking Success: A Paper Planner
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My New Role As A Stay At Home Mom! {Life Update}
After almost 17 years in the office administration world, I've ended my professional career. As of this month, I'm officially a full time stay at home mom! Being that my entire internet presence is built around coming home for comfort, you can imagine that I'm pretty happy with this life change. I've spent the last… Continue reading My New Role As A Stay At Home Mom! {Life Update}
How To Find Housekeeping Motivation
Often in the mid-afternoon I am tempted to plop down on the couch with my phone instead of working through my to-do list. Everyone struggles with motivation at some point or another, and with household chores it can be especially hard to find the motivation for jobs that aren't your favorite. Here are three simple… Continue reading How To Find Housekeeping Motivation
Spring Decor: Cottage Style {2023}
Decorating is always, for me, about doing the best I can with what I have. It's easy to see all the new stuff in stores and think I have to have this or that in order to pull off a fresh new look, but that's not really the truth. Some of my home decor is… Continue reading Spring Decor: Cottage Style {2023}
3 Homemaking Tips To Make Your Life Easier!
this post contains affiliate links I have three things that I really want to share with you. These are things that I think will definitely make your homemaking job a lot easier. Here they are! #1 Buy an Instant Read Digital Meat Thermometer I've been making full meals since high school - but I've never… Continue reading 3 Homemaking Tips To Make Your Life Easier!
Easy Ways to Keep the Bathroom Clean: Happy Homemaking Tips
I generally enjoy housekeeping chores like laundry, dishes, or vacuuming. However, cleaning the bathrooms lands at the bottom of that list. It's definitely my least favorite chore. I've developed a few habits over the last year that really help me stay on top of the bathroom cleaning and make it less of an unpleasant task.… Continue reading Easy Ways to Keep the Bathroom Clean: Happy Homemaking Tips
Christmas Home Tour {2022}
Welcome to my 2022 Christmas home tour! Let's walk around the house together and I'll show you how I've decorated for my favorite time of year. I use the bookshelf as my "mantle." This spot is my favorite of the season! I feel like this post requires a disclaimer - my house doesn't look exactly… Continue reading Christmas Home Tour {2022}
10 Years In Our Home
10 years ago this month, we moved into our very first home. We lived in apartments during our single and newlywed years and the thought of having our own place was thrilling! The house had been completely flipped and was mostly new inside - flooring, paint, doors, and appliances. Here's what it looked like when… Continue reading 10 Years In Our Home
Bathroom Mini-Remodel: Scraping Popcorn Ceiling, Painting and Refreshing Decor
Our 1970's ranch has popcorn ceiling all over the house. When we remodeled the hall bathroom this summer, we paid the painter to scrape that ceiling and paint it while he was doing the rest of the room. I was home while he did this project, so after observing his process and reading a few… Continue reading Bathroom Mini-Remodel: Scraping Popcorn Ceiling, Painting and Refreshing Decor
Fall Decor 2022: Blue and White with Pops of Orange
Welcome to my 2022 fall decor tour! This year I went with mostly blue and white decor, adding in a few pops of orange. The display on the shelf below was inspired by this pin. I always begin my decorating by finding some inspiration photos that I can copy with what I have in my… Continue reading Fall Decor 2022: Blue and White with Pops of Orange