BREAKING NEWS: Disneyland Ticket Prices Have Gone UP! The minimum ticket increase is $39. 🙁 One obvious reason for the price hike is the Grand Opening of Cars Land and the re-invention of Disney California Adventure Park. For those of you that haven’t heard, Disney California Park has been undergoing a complete transformation for the…
Crystal Johnsen is a stay at home mother of two sweet boys, wife to a wonderful husband and has a fierce need to put her hand to every craft and recipe she finds. She blogs at littlebitfunky.com and spends all her “free” time running her small business of the same name. Cue the Hallelujah chorus. …
Hi! My name is Tracie and I am the author of Cleverly Inspired. I am so thrilled to be here with you today! My blog is about any and all things thrifty…including DIY projects, decorating ideas, remodeling, along with many recipes! My hope is that you are inspired to be clever in your own home….
This last weekend, I had the opportunity to attend a fund raising breakfast for the Utah Foster Care Foundation. I really had no idea what to expect, but let me tell you..it was a tear-JERKER! And, I have been anxious to tell you all about it. Pull up a seat. So, first off the guest…
I’m Brittany, a Yooper girl (Michigan’s upper peninsula….or “Da U.P”), which means I’m as tough as nails, not afraid to get dirty, and know my way around a workshop. Which isn’t to say that I can’t rock out a pair of red patent six-inch stilettos. My mother is my mentor. She always taught me that…
Now, I admit I prefer a baby shower with NO games…ya know, the ‘open house’ kind. But, sometimes things don’t always go my way, as was the case 3 weeks ago, when I was put in charge of baby shower games. I was a little panicky, because of…well, my baby-shower-game-attitude, AND it’s a bit intimidating…
They say three moves equals a fire. If that’s true, our house has burned down more than three times in our family’s short history. All those moves have forced regular purges of the kids’ toy collections. We’ve tossed boxes and boxes of things we wished we never bought. Things that broke easily or never got…
Right up there with macaroni, Spaghett-O’s, and Ramen noodles, my kids are always asking for ground beef tacos. You know, the kind where you just buy the Old El Paso tortilla shells and the seasoning? They’re so easy, and I love them too. Oh, except I don’t love that I have to eat like five…
Years ago, I was given a book for Mother’s Day. To me, it looked like one of those ‘gift books’ that was super corny and I would never really read. So, there it sat, on my shelf, for years. Then one day, a few months ago, I was having one of those moments where I…
My name is Amy Bement and I’m a 35 year old, married mother of 2 wonderful daughters. You could say that our family life is VERY predictable – and I wouldn’t have it any other way. You see, this journey to being a “35 year old, married, mother of 2” with a predictable life wasn’t…
I’m Lisa, the Rebel Crafter from www.craftingrebellion.com. We are a site full of fun and fresh tutorials posted weekly. Everything we do is easy, unique, and always interesting. Come check out our site, and become a “Rebel Crafter”. Today, I wanted to share with you a favorite tutorial, DIY Boudoir Slippers. They would make a…
Our family has survived devastating infertility news, a 42 day Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children snafu, a 16 month contested adoption court battle, an adoption scam, an unethical adoption agency and a failed adoption placement plan…and yet, I still love to write about adoption and the joy we have found through it all.