Meal Planning (and a Shrimp Scampi Recipe)
Since there was so much interest in our $250 a month grocery budget, I thought I’d share my meal plan for this week. You can check out my personal grocery shopping rules here and my meal planning...
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Lenten Menu Planning (Meatless Meals)
Lent begins on Wednesday, which means meatless Fridays for the next 7 weeks in our Catholic family. I try to prepare meatless dinners year-round, but don’t think about it very carefully for lunch. So...
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The Baby’s Room Part 1: Goodbye, Blue
The baby’s room was arguably the most offensive color in our house when we moved in – while none of the colors we inherited were my taste, I knew that they did appeal to other people – but the bright...
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A Day In The Life: School Days
I wanted to capture our life as it is now. In just a few months we’ll throw another kiddo into the mix, and I want to cherish these moments with my growing babies. Tuesday, November 19, 2013 5:45 AM:...
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Books I’ve Read
I haven’t done a book post in a long time, but I’ve read some great books lately and thought I’d share: The Language of Flowers I couldn’t put this book down! I finished it a month before book club,...
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Cleaning Out Before Christmas
Every January I clean and purge and try to make sense of the new things that have come into our house over the holidays and determine what we no longer want or need. But this year, I decided to do my...
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A Little Help for the Holidays from Kraft: Great Holiday Party Appetizer
I feel like this time of year I’m always trying to come up with a good, go-to dish to take to parties. In the past, our big hit has been my pomegranate guacamole, but I’m pretty sure I’ve inundated our...
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DIY Christmas Pillow
Christmas season can get so busy that if I haven’t already made something by Thanksgiving, it’s likely not to happen. But, last weekend I took Nell with me to look for table linens to turn into winter...
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Master Bedroom and Bathroom: Freshly Painted
When B was gone at the beginning of November, my mom and his mom came over to help me tackle a few projects. The first project was to get rid of the cobalt blue in the baby’s room, and project two was...
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Nell’s Nursery: Bead Board Wallpaper
Nell’s room is a work in progress, and is going to remain that way until we move the double bed into her room in early 2014 to get the 4th bedroom ready for baby Peyton Manning. I always had a game...
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It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas
At our first house, B and I always oogled the beautiful, big Christmas lights that perfectly outlined rooftops. We had small white twinkly lights at our old house and I had my wreaths on the windows,...
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Thomas-isms: Denver Broncos Edition
A few key Thomas-isms from watching the first half of last night’s (what turned out to be heartbreaking) Broncos game with my Broncos loving boy. T: “Mom, I am REALLY good at saying Sports Authority...
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Tips for An Inviting Home and Less Stressful Holiday Entertaining
I’m excited to share my tips for creating an inviting home and steps I take for less stressful holiday entertaining today! Click through to read more: We entertain a lot between Thanksgiving and...
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Weekly Menu: What I’m Cooking the Week Before Christmas
I used to share our weekly menus a lot more often. And then the world jumped on the Paleo bandwagon and I kind of shrunk away from those posts. So here’s the deal: I have always been an everything in...
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Our Dining Room {At Christmas}
Our Dining Room has finally started to come together. If you recall, this was the first room we painted after moving in because Mr. B informed me that he couldn’t live one more day in a house with red...
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Happy New Year
Happy New Year, friends! 2013 was a wonderful year for our family. It was a big year with our move, learning we were expecting McKiddle #3, house projects, Thomas starting preschool and our desire to...
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January Resolution: No Spending Month
I know they’re not everyone’s jam, but I love New Year’s Resolutions, and I enjoy that they coincide with my birthday so that I can start the year – both age-wise and calendar-wise, with a fresh...
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January Organization: Kid’s Closet Makeover with Rubbermaid® All Access™
I made two other January resolutions is addition to our commitment to “No Spending January” (which I’ll have an update on for you tomorrow!). The first was to order a credit check as a result of the...
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No Spending Month: Week 1
So, we’re one week into our No Spending January, and can I be honest? So far, we’re pretty much loving it. When I first started blogging about budgeting back in January 2009, we had so much fun with...
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No Spending Month: Week 2
Week 2 (and a halfish) of our No Spending Month is under our belts. The second week was a little bit tougher in terms of resisting spending – catalogs came in the mail and suddenly I felt like a room...
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