“Breastfeeding is beautiful.” “Breastfeeding is the best thing you can do for your baby.” “I looooooove breastfeeding.” Pregnant mothers hear rave reviews and breastfeeding promotions on a regular basis from those who mean well. And after breastfeeding my 7 children, I can definitely say they’re not wrong. But sometimes it helps to get real, to…
Hey newsletter friends! Here’s the product picks promised to you… (and, if you’re not signed up for the Sunday Seven newsletter, come join us!!) Issue No. 7 ~ Product Picks Did you see that Toy Story 4 just came out?? It would be a fun one to watch at home with the littles this week….
Fall is definitely my favorite season. The cool weather, the leaves changing, digging out my warm blankets and slippers… so many things! But, a big part of why it’s my favorite season are all the flavors of fall: pumpkin, peach, apple, cinnamon, candy corn, caramel, cranberry, eggnog, OH BABY! My mouth starts watering right around…
Hello! I’m Mariel… owner of this blog, ‘Or so she says…’, finish carpenter’s wife, and a mother of 7. I’m also a whole slew of other things, but we’ll stop there, for now. These are my most favorite people… Despite this pic being a little old, you can see that I have several teenagers in…
I have tried many cinnamon rolls in my life, as I’m sure you have. It seems that most are either too dense, too hard, don’t have enough frosting, or just don’t taste that great. At one point, I was a loyal daughter, committed to my mother’s cinnamon rolls. But, one day my sister-in-law brought over…
Have you ever been asked to bring a holiday treat for the family to a family get-together? I know I have, and it used to be that I was always scratching my head, trying to figure out what I could bring that would be easy to make and that everyone would love. These Chocolate Caramel Pretzel…
Bread pudding is definitely at the top of my ‘favorite desserts’ list, but there’s something about it that just seems hard and time consuming. Oh my friends, it’s not. At least, this recipe for Bread Pudding with Butterscotch Chips is not. I can have it prepared and ready to bake in 10 minutes and ready…
Hey newsletter friends! Here’s the product picks promised to you… (and, if you’re not signed up for the Sunday Seven newsletter, come join us!!) Issue No. 6 ~ Product Picks Disney Princess Me Reader Electronic Reader & 8 Books – My sister texted me this week with a link to these books because her little…
Have you ever thought, “Dang! I wish I had this with my first baby!” I’m sure you have. Then, when you get to the point where you’re done or almost done having kids…it seems too late to buy anything new and fantastic. I know, I know all about it. So, I thought I would share…
There are so many awesome scriptures on faith, but before I get to sharing them with you, I actually want to share the lyrics to a sweet little song that the children in my church sing. It teaches about how we need to trust in the Lord and live by faith, so we can live…
Before we get to this collection of religious quotes about faith and hope, I loved something I read… “The Savior perceived the strength or weakness in the faith of those around Him. To one, He said approvingly, “Great is thy faith.”1 He lamented to another, “O ye of little faith.”2 He questioned others, “Where is your faith?”3 And…
You want to know a sure-fire way to have a gray hairs sprouting like weeds by the time you’re 35?? I’ll tell you. It’s called ‘have 6 kids.’ I’m telling you… #6 was born and so were my gray hairs. Definitely a trade that I would make again, but COME ON!! Gray hairs are so annoying. I may feel a little more welcoming if I was 20 years older, but right now… they are not welcome anywhere near my head.
And so the story goes… my salon appointments became a lot more frequent and my wallet wasn’t loving it. So, I started trying out some different gray coverage products to see if I could find something to extend my time between colorings.