Keep Your Closets Happy With Goodwill

    Let’s face it, when you are trying to be frugal and have a large family, buying clothes and household goods can really take a bite out of the budget. Buying clothes for kids that grow faster than weeds can put you in the poorhouse! That’s why thrifting is so very important to me. I L-O-V-E a good thrift store shopping trip! Like truly, madly love it.  Where else can you get brand names for your children such as Hollister and Aeropostale for as little as $2.07 each? My […]

The Myth of the Perfect Parent

Pssst!   Hey You! Yeah, You! Can you tell me when it happened? When did you become the perfect parent? Exactly when was is it that you became so infallible as a parent that you can judge everyone else?   Maybe I shouldn’t admit it, but I am NOT a perfect parent. In fact I believe that no one is a perfect parent. Are you judging me yet? Let me tell you something….The perfect parent is a myth!   We all have had incidents while parenting that could have had […]

Hometown All Stars Book Series Review and Giveaway

I am sharing this post as part of a collaboration with Bloggin’ Mamas and The Hometown All Stars. I received books and other items in exchange for my participation. All opinions expressed are my own. Although it’s been a few years since my kids played baseball, I remember those years very fondly.  I got to be a coach for my boys when they were at a very young age. This series of books would have been a great help in teaching the fundamentals as well as given them books to […]