Now that the snow is mostly off the roads and the girl has been securely delivered to school (I feel like the moms in those back-to-school memes where the kids are sad and the mom is jumping for joy, except here we were both really excited to get back to our routine) and I’m realizing […]
How to (Mostly) Enjoy Being Snowed in with Your Family
I feel like I need to start this post with a disclaimer: I really do love and enjoy my family. And I really did enjoy spending extra time with them when a snow and ice storm kept us in the house. But I work from home, and I’m already looking at two weeks of the […]
The Days of Snow and Chocolate
We’ve been iced and snowed in since last Thursday (Arkansas not being well known for its snow removal prowess), and though husband has gone back to work the girl hasn’t been in school, so we’ve been doing what we can to keep ourselves warm and entertained. I’ve been trying to keep us inside as much […]
10 Pieces of Advice from 10 Years of Freelancing
When I made my first sale as a freelancer, I was super excited. I was working nights as an editor at a newspaper and had big dreams that someday maybe I’d be able to freelance full-time, actually get to see my husband occasionally, maybe even be at home with a kid if we ever chose […]
This Kept My Kid Occupied for Ages
Note: I am an affiliate of Melissa and Doug and there are affiliate links in this post. But this actually happened yesterday, and I think this product is awesome. Carry on. It often happens when a gift-giving occasion involving the girl comes around that she gets more gifts than she wants to play with immediately. […]
Fun Fall Felt Projects for Kids
The other weekend I was working on a project that became the No Sew Fall Leaf Garland, which you can see over at Sugar Bee Crafts. As you might imagine from the name, it involves leaf shapes, and as you might imagine from the title of this post those leaves are felt. I decided to […]
Painting with Leaves
Are there fallen leaves everywhere where you live? We are making a valliant effort to keep up, but they just keep falling! Last weekend the girl and I went on a leaf hunt and decided to do some crafting with some pretty leaves we found. We painted the leaves and then pressed them onto paper. […]