Buying a house can be a daunting process, especially if it’s your first home. The task is exciting, of course, but it is also confusing and full of complexities, which can lead to mistakes and cause a lot of things to go wrong. A property is the largest purchase you’ll likely ever make, which means […]
Make These Home Improvements Eco-friendly
Making home improvements is costly. But it’s not just your bank account that could suffer when you’re making improvements to your home. If you’re not careful, you could end up having an impact on the environment with your choice of improvements. The materials you use and the work you carry out, as well as your […]
How To Boost Motivation In Your Children
Children don’t start out in life as balls of anxiety. As with anything, children will grow up confident, turn into insecure teenagers and then end up as confident adults. The key is to keep them feeling that confidence as far into their lives as possible, and the best way that you can do this is […]
Is There Beauty In Simplicity When It Comes To Driveways?
Driveways shouldn’t be complicated right? They’re just a place for you to park your car conveniently outside your front door. They shouldn’t be excessively designed and need maintenance all the time. They just need to be flat, smooth and wide, no matter if they’re boring and dull. Well, that might be for some people but […]
Managing Your Money When You Work For Yourself
It’s safe to say that you have to be great with money when you work for yourself. Because not only do you have your own personal finances to manage, but you’ve also got the business’ money to manage too. And this can be tough – especially if you’ve never had to manage business finances before. […]
Kingdom Files Biography Series For Kids Review
Barbour Publishing sent us two new chapter books to review: Who Was Jonah? and Who Was Mary, Mother of Jesus? from their Kingdom Files biography series. This post contains affiliate links. My website is my job, and helps to support our family. If you decide to buy something you see mentioned here, I would be so […]
Kids Behind The Wheel – In the right gear! – Instilling Common Sense
As far as the skills we need to instill in our kids, common sense appears to be one of those things that are fleeting with every generation that comes by. Some people get frustrated at the fact that common sense isn’t taught in schools. This means that we have to look at ourselves, as parents, […]
Free Kids Mini Activity Book Printable
Enjoy this free kids mini activity book printable from Myra Makes, a creative education company based in Boulder, Colorado. Their mission is to empower kids with a love of learning and inspire them to embark on their own creative adventures. Their approach to education is kid-centered– they believe that by introducing opportunities for kids to […]
3 Parenting Tricks Every Single Parent Should Know
Everyone knows that raising children is hard – yet, raising children as a single parent is so much harder. With so much to do, it’s good to have a few tricks up your sleeve for the days when those stress levels are a bit higher than normal. This is a contributed post and contains affiliate […]
Reading Eggs Workbook Review
My daughter, Miranda, reviewed Reading Eggs with me. With the new workbooks, we can solidify her reading with 240 Essential Reading Skills for First Grade. This post contains affiliate links. My website is my job, and helps to support our family. If you decide to buy something you see mentioned here, I would be so thankful if you clicked […]
What To Do With That Unused Room
If your home is like many others, there is one room in the house which just seems to never quite be used for anything in particular. More often than not, it becomes a general dumping ground in which people place anything they can’t find a permanent home for, along with odds and ends which do […]
Staying Safe On The Road
Driving is a privilege which many of us enjoy when we reach our late teens and early twenties and it can be a wonderful way to give us some freedom and independence in our lives. However, driving isn’t a walk in the park and it requires a lot of care, skill and caution if you […]
Life Foundations: Important Skills To Teach Young Children
As soon as babies are born, they are constantly picking up new skills and knowledge that can help them to survive better independently in the world. Most of the skills that they learn in their first year naturally come about as they grow and get stronger, such as holding their own head up on their […]
Mother & Children Photos
I absolutely love to see pictures of Mothers and their children. Especially when they wear something in the same colors or patterns and they coordinate. Note: Some links in this post are affiliate links, which means I receive a commission if you make a purchase. Affiliate relationships include, but are not limited to, Amazon Associates, […]