Taking Stock: December Edition
Once in a while when things get hectic, the only practical things to do is to write a list. But really, I think this is good practice regardless of the…
CREATING MOMENTOES: 100 WAYS TO PRESERVE MEMORIES
Tis the season for memories, right!? Over these last few weeks I’ve been making a mega list of ways to preserve memories: photos, travel and school and baby mementoes, ways…
CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR KIDS TO MAKE: SERVING PLATES
This week’s last gift for your kids to make is so simple, you might even have everything you need in your house right this minute. Make some serving plates. All…
CHRISTMAS GIFTS KIDS CAN MAKE: BATH FIZZIES
Happy Thursday, friends! This week has been absolutely crazy…maybe because we’ve been packing in so many projects?? I’m off for more house hunting today, so my week seems shorter than…
CHRISTMAS GIFTS KIDS CAN MAKE: PERSONALIZED KITCHEN TOWELS WITH KID ART
Today’s gift your kids can make is an oldie but a goodie. My kids have made these several times and they are so quick and easy…and they love to give them. Triple…
CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR KIDS TO MAKE: SERVING SPOONS
There’s times, in the middle of a project with my kids, that I wonder what the heck I’m doing this for and why I didn’t just have them watch an…
CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR KIDS TO MAKE: MAP COASTERS
Okay, let’s make some map coasters! But wait… Happy December! I am a firm believer that Thanksgiving and December 1st need to have an extra week between the two, but…
HOUSE WISH LIST
Spending a four day weekend house shopping is not for the faint of heart. It was a long and sometimes overwhelming weekend, but we’re one step closer to getting settled…
MOVING: ALL THE FEELINGS
A photo posted by Alicia Hutchinson (@aliciaahutchinson) on Nov 11, 2014 at 6:04am PST We’re here! Well, we’re here in the Midwest. I wouldn’t say we’ve “arrived” yet, living like…
GIFTS FOR YOUNG NATURE LOVERS
This Christmas will be a little different than most years, having just moved. But some things can’t be jaded–and yes, there will still be Christmas lists. I find myself a…
JUST A FEW CARING PEOPLE
There’s nothing quite like pulling out of your driveway for the last time–all your belongings packed tight on a truck, leaving behind what’s been your life for years. It’s a…
ASHEVILLE BUCKET LIST
I am convinced that moving is not just a stressful thing, which it is–but it is one of the most emotional events in our lifetime. Is that too grand a…
FAMILY TRADTIONS: THE JESSE TREE
November is normally the cue for Christmas music and lights and trees and all the other details that encompass Christmas. I’m not normally one to jump on that wagon yet…I’m…
THE BOUQS: MY LITTLE CORNER OF PEACE
Pretty much everything here is packed up, we’re off on Friday…so yes, it’s pretty much chaos ’round here. So when The Bouqs contacted me a couple weeks ago about reviewing…
HOMESCHOOLING DURING A MOVE
A month ago, I pictured myself happily packing boxes while my three big kids sat nearby working on their math lessons while the baby ate snacks and watched Baby Einstein–the…
ONWARD AND UPWARD: MOVING TO MINNESOTA
Doing the Home + School: Simplified series has definitely made this easier to keep this quiet here on the blog, but it’s gotten harder and harder and the time has…
THE ROARING 20s: MY NEW FAVORITE PHOTOS
Halloween has never been the joking matter at our house. My kids are very serious about what they dress up like, they would much prefer pieced-together, Goodwill costumes opposed to…
SIMPLIFYING THOUGHTS
Writing has always been an incredible way to decompress, to vent, to express myself and to learn more about myself and this month has been no different. We have talked…
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