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Spring Break with Simple and Frugal Family Fun

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The crew has been on Spring Break lately, so I’ve been hashing together a schedule between work and home to spend time with them–even if it occasionally means I’m working while they’re playing. It’s a joy to be able to hear them laughing (and squealing!) in the background! What are some of the simple and frugal (actually, mostly FREE) family fun we’ve been enjoying this week? Well, scrubbing water troughs for one! The kiddos had to empty, scrub and refill all the water troughs. Since we just recently rotated the … Continue Reading…

Being Unplugged for the Holiday

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I was pretty unplugged for the Thanksgiving Holiday this year. Only sent a few Happy Turkey Day texts and liked a few lovely family pictures on Facebook and pretty much put the phone down and enjoyed some time with the family. It was a nice break. Our kiddos didn’t have much screen time either and I only had one or two requests for “tablet time”–which I answered with a NO. We watched a miserable football game on Thursday night (sigh) and did a little shopping on Friday, but none of … Continue Reading…

New Babies, New Jammies, New Year…the Daily Farm Adventures {96}

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As you may have seen on Facebook, we started off our Christmas holiday with a new calf on Christmas Eve morning! The Cowboy found him out there with his Momma while doing the morning chores. Molly is such a good momma that she’s never needed any help–and always has boys! Good for the freezer, but I wish she’d throw a heifer because we’d definitely keep her. Her calves also always start out such a lovely fawn brown, but eventually turn gray like our bull Chester. We spent the rest of … Continue Reading…

Sailboats, Birthdays, and Blue Chairs..the Daily Farm Adventures {63}

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Usually the Daily Farm Adventures are filled with…well…farm adventures. {smile} But this weekend our days were filled with sailboats and shopping for the Ladybug’s birthday. She turns 10 today, ya know. And she celebrated in grand style by winning the church’s first Sailboat Regatta! The kiddos and Mr. Fix-It have been working on their first sailboats for a week now. They sanded, and sanded, and sanded, and sanded some more, and then painted. This was the first time they used spray paint. There were a few runs, but mostly on … Continue Reading…

Carhartt to the Rescue…Thanksgiving Travel Adventures

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So, everyone knows our kiddos are the Carhartt Crew, right? The stuff keeps up with them when nothing else can! Our munchkins have been wearing and passing down brown, hooded Carhartt coats since the Ladybug was in a size 2T and we have enough $8 winter hats to outfit all farm visitors at chore time. {smile} Well, over the holiday weekend, we had yet another reason to sing their praises (if you’re squeamish, you might not want to read this)… Speedracer gets carsick. Like, wake up from a sound sleep … Continue Reading…

Some Christmas Cards and Tags…Wednesday Windings 1/05/2011

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I have a couple Christmas projects to post today as a holiday wrap up. The Cowboy’s cow head roping dummy thing and the Ladybug’s doll bed didn’t get wrapped on Christmas Eve. Really, we just couldn’t figure out how without wasting a lot of time and paper. So I made a couple gift tags from some leftover chipboard I had from a mini album.  They were about 3 by 4.5 inches each. I used some really cute western scrapbooking stickers I got in a bargain bin for a $1 on the … Continue Reading…

Wednesday Windings 10/06/2010

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I got the chance to go to a Close to My Heart card crop over the weekend and make a bunch of Halloween and Fall cards with a bunch of other crafty ladies. I discovered that I’m not a fan of clear cards.  They look good, but there’s three times as much work involved in hiding all the “working parts” of the card. And I got a great feel for using purple as a Halloween color as well as the standard orange and black (which is still a favorite of … Continue Reading…

Gift Tags

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This weekend I sat down to finish up some covered journals and decided that the scraps would make some lovely gift tags. I got a little carried away and ended up just going and going even when I ran out of scraps and starting in on brand new paper. I liked the way the scraps came together so well, I’ve got a couple more journals in progress using the same combinations!  The blue ones are my favorites right now. I’ve also been using glitter a lot. I like the way … Continue Reading…

Cardmaking…Wednesday Windings 09/14/2011

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With the start of the school year, I’m back to being elbow deep in my papercrafting supplies again. I’ve got cards for teachers, notes for lunchboxes, and the holidays coming up fast too! I wish I could say that I’m creating a stockpile, but really everything I’ve gotten done this week is already spoken for! {sigh}  That’s just the way it goes. At least it means there’s a purpose to my hobby! I’m enjoying the new Stampin’ Up! colors (ok, ok, mostly that lavender Wisteria!) and I love their vintage … Continue Reading…

Getting Our Craft On

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Since we were together for 4 days, I suppose it’s only natural that my sister and I would break out our scissors and glue and get our craft on. Saturday night after eating and shopping and sleeping and shopping and cleaning and drinking lots of coffee…we spent a few hours ripping and tearing and gluing and glittering and waxing philosophical about all the things of faith and God that we’ve been learning over the last year or two. I didn’t really expect to stay up until 4:30 am–especially with only … Continue Reading…

Simple, Handmade Gift Ideas

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Do you have neighbors? Teachers? Music instructors, coaches, church friends, a mail lady? Co-workers or a boss? We love to reach out in love to all these outside-our-family-but-still-precious-in-our-lives folks at Christmas time. But this can get so expensive and overwhelming so quickly! So this is where I love to pull out the craft supplies and get gluey!  Here’s a few simple and handmade gift ideas to get you going! Baking! Baking is the easiest way to spread a lot of love and joy quickly and inexpensively. And it’s something that … Continue Reading…

Run While the Sun Shines…the Daily Farm Adventures {44}

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This weekend it was sunny and 70 degrees and we were on the go all weekend. We woke up well before the alarm clock on Saturday to a cow bellowing in the driveway. There’s no fencing in the driveway, so there should not be cows in the driveway. Ha! Turns out he was the least of our troubles. He was bellowing for the rest of our little family herd–who were across the street grazing in the neighbors front yard. The good news is that right now the animals are used to … Continue Reading…

The Cowboy is 7 Today

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How do you go from this… To this… I don’t know, but it happened! The Cowboy turned 7 years old today. Sometimes in the middle of life you don’t feel like anything has changed…anything is changing. Then you look back and realize that you don’t know where the time went! Our Cowboy is strong-willed. He is passionate when he’s right. And when he thinks he’s right. And when he’s wrong. He is a justice-seeker. He is a lover and a fighter. He is a Believer, and a believer…in God, and cowboys, … Continue Reading…

Homemade Cowboy Birthday!

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As I mentioned before, we don’t do birthday parties every year. But this year everyone gets a party. And the Cowboy wanted a cowboy party. Naturally. I think we were able to pull it off pretty well. Pinterest was a bit of a help to me–but honestly, in this case it was also a bit overwhelming. I’m…speechless…at the lengths some parents are going to for birthday parties. Especially for 1, 2, and 3-year-old who won’t even remember it other than the pictures in their scrapbooks! But I digress… Most of … Continue Reading…

3 Simple Amazon Shopping Tips

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Are you a super-savvy, coupon clipping, smart phone app, pre-planning, list making, bargain hunter? Then this post is probably not for you. You probably know way more tips and money-saving strategies than I do! {smile} Are you a busy momma that tries to make smart choices and spend your money wisely, but just can’t fathom how all these ladies manage to bring home $600 worth of groceries for 28 cents or get their entire Christmas list at 92% off? This post might be a help to you. I’m more like busy momma … Continue Reading…