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Why I Quit Buying Laundry Detergent to Save Money!
Today I want to share with you Why I Quit Buying Laundry Detergent to Save Money! What?? Yes – I quit buying and using any form of laundry detergent. I’m also not making homemade laundry detergent like I used to. I actually haven’t used one scoop, cupful or pod of any kind of laundry detergent…
17 Ordinary Things I’ve Never Done…
17 Ordinary Things I’ve Never Done… This post is just for fun. It’s meant be lighthearted … not serious. I’m fully aware that many of these things would not be considered ordinary for a lot of people… but I tried to cover a broad range of activities 🙂 1. Had surgery. Other than having babies, I’ve…
Why We Have 8 Savings Accounts… and how that turned our finances around.
We have 8 Savings Accounts… and how that turned our finances around. For years and years and years and years, my husband and I struggled to save money. I don’t mean “save money” as in, use coupons to cut our bills, I mean we struggled to build a savings account, an emergency fund… a safety…
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing Have ya’ll read this book? I’m going to give a very short review. I absolutely loved some of her methods and techniqes and can see how following those would greatly reduce the amount of “stuff” we have in our home. She’s inspiring…
Be a “Yes” Mommy this Christmas!
Would you do me a favor? Be a “Yes” Mommy this Christmas! A few days ago I shared this on Facebook and it’s stayed on my mind since then. I’m expanding on the thoughts a little for this post but overall… the sentiment is the same! I want to be a “yes” mommy. Learning to…
Top 15 Pumpkin Patches of Mississippi (and surrounding areas)
Top 15 Pumpkin Patches of Mississippi (and surrounding areas) Last year my family, along with my best friend Kathy and her family (that’s all of our kiddos below!) went to visit a fantastic pumpkin patch and corn maze down in Louisiana. The kids all enjoyed it so very much and have been asking if…
DIY: Recycled Pallet Ceiling
We’ve lived in this house for almost 5 years and finally, we have almost finished updating one room. Ha! I would say we’ve reached 99% done on our family room. My husband worked for over 4 months on doing the Recycled Pallet Ceiling. Granted, if he didn’t work full time and we didn’t have other…
Words Hurt
Words hurt. That little childhood rhyme, “sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.”… that’s a lie. Words can be some of the single most painful things you ever have to deal with in your life. A couple of weeks ago I posted this picture (on the left) on Facebook….
Fire & Ice Pickles
This past Christmas, my Aunt Louinda bought us (and all of her nieces and nephews families) jars of Fire & Ice Pickles for Christmas. They were from a local restaurant and man, oh man, were they fantastic. In fact, my sister-in-law Ariel was pregnant at the time with sweet Perry Kathryn and she became completely…
