What are memories? Now we could get all scientific and technical and talk about how memories are patterns inscribed between the neurons in your brain. Or we can talk about this cute children’s book I just discovered. Since I’m no scientist and I don’t pretend to be one you will have to look elsewhere for […]
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As you know our family loves to travel and get out and explore. When we go exploring I love to bring my Nikon to capture the experiences my family has. Even though my kids are young they will be able to remember our travels with photos. Each month I take over a thousand photos with
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Moving into our townhome I finally had space for an office. When we moved in we knew the office area would be in the sunroom connected to the kitchen. Since we have been living in a tiny apartment we knew we would need to get a desk. After spending time searching online for a farmhouse
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Last month we purchased our first house in Maryland. It’s funny how timing works. It was almost 5 years ago exactly that we bought our first house. Our First House We had just gotten home from our honeymoon the day before we closed. We were newlyweds and new homeowners. We were so excited to make the
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I’m probably crazy but I enjoy moving. I don’t love the actual moving part (especially now that we are moving with toddlers). But I love living in different places and getting decorate each place a little bit differently. But before we get to the fun decorating part we have to actually move all of our
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We just purchased a townhome that was a foreclosure. The carpets were in good condition but needed to be cleaned. We looked for a way to save money on carpet cleaning and decided to do it ourselves. Last week we closed on our townhome and one of the many things we needed to clean was
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When you have lived in a home for a long time or moved to a new one it can be easy to forget to clean several important things. Today I’m sharing a few things you don’t want to forget to clean and a free printable cleaning checklist. We recently purchased a townhome that was a
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Yay, it’s time to celebrate Friday! Friday means something different to each family. To our family, it signifies the first evening of the weekend and the start of family time. To many of us, Friday nights probably look something like staying up late, eating junk food (foods we try to avoid during the week), and
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Have you seen the meme comparing childhood of the past to childhood now? This type of meme has been shared across social media. The first meme I saw like this was on Facebook. The meme is usually depicted by kids outside playing as childhood then and kids on some form of technology for childhood now.
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Saving money and budgeting is something I’m continuously working on. One of my favorite ways to save money is by using Rebate and money-back apps. It’s a fast and easy way to get money back by simply taking a photo on your phone. All of these apps are free and easy to use. Using these
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Each year on January 29 it’s National Puzzle Day. What a great day to spend putting together puzzles with your little ones. Interestingly the first Jigsaw puzzle was invented about 1760 in Britain by John Spilsbury. The first puzzle was a map mounted on a piece of wood with each country cut out into a
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Last year one of my most popular posts was 12 books to read to take control of your life. So this year I decided to write another post about books. This book list is specifically about parenting books. All of the books I have included are books I would like to read. If you have
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