Where Passion & Purpose Collide
While snowmageddon appears to have passed, we’re still freezing our little heinies off up here in the Midwest. Our remedy in the McMuffin household is to throw some more logs onto the fire, huddle a little closer, and pour ourselves another cup of tea. It’s called survival. It also happens to be called liquid awesome. If you know me well… Read More
I was so tickled to share our little “Mudway Makeover” with you this week, and as promised, here she is… Get your 8×10 Thanksgiving printable by clicking right here. *As always, please note that this is exclusively for personal use and is NOT to be reprinted for resale purposes. Feel free to share the link, pin it, or head over… Read More
We rarely use our front door. In fact, there is usually something large and obnoxious right in front of the door in the ‘formal’ entrance cove which makes it impossible to open. Like my keyboard…the acoustics in that little nook are spectacular! The most used entrances to our house are through our back deck door and through the garage –… Read More
My hubby has been away for the past five days riding his 4-wheeler in the mountains of Kentucky. I have no doubt that there’s been an ungodly amount of farting, burping, grunting and other blatant displays of manhood going on down in those parts. It’s a little scary what can happen when 8 grown men assemble in the hills where… Read More
Well, we finally did it, people. We built a bedframe. And a headboard. And slapped a mattress on it. Voila! Houston, we have a real, genu-wine bed! After upgrading from a queen mattress to a king – oh, you know…a year ago – we decided we wanted to build our frame. Or rather, I decided – due to the ridiculous… Read More
I feel morally obligated to tell you about this stuff, and how easy and cheap it is to throw together. I just can’t bear to pay $6 for a small bottle of lavender bounty any longer, no matter how wickedly delicious it smells. Recipes like this have been floating around on Pinterest for some time now, and with a new… Read More
I realize this renders me a freak of nature, but I really like Mondays. Less freakish is my adoration of the new year. You see, I love new beginnings. I live for fresh starts. Do-overs rock my socks off. And my muffin-top, if done correctly. My hubby thinks I am a dork {albeit a “cute” one} and is not a… Read More
It occurred to me last month, as Christmas crept sneakily toward us, that my desire to actually attempt some of the smashing homespun gift ideas I’d been pinning with passion, combined with my astounding ability to procrastinate, were a match made in hades. And then I promptly forgot that profound thought and continued on my way. As is common for… Read More
I stumbled upon a recipe for homemade laundry detergent back in 2010, made it, used it up and didn’t remake it. Not because it wasn’t cheap, and not because making my own laundry detergent didn’t make me feel like I should wear some sort of a cape, but because I missed really good smelling clothes. And the stain-fighting power of… Read More
While we’re still pretty new at this whole “kids in school” thing, I’ve already noticed a few things that make all the difference in how smoothly {and calmly…and happily} our mornings flow. Thought you might want to know. So here we go. Yo yo!
Well, my friends, my 31 days are officially up tomorrow…and at this point I’ve made it through 27 of the 31 “spaces”. While the perfectionist in me is tempted to be disappointed, the considerably larger portion of me that has grown to be more realistic amidst the chaos of parenting… is quite thrilled, actually. {knuckle bumps} While there is… Read More
It is finally here: the first day of our purging project…hip hip hooray! Thank you for all your encouragement and excitement. It really delights my heart to know that I’ve struck a cord with a few of you with this wild endeavor, and can’t wait to see what we accomplish, as a group, in our own homes, across the globe… Read More
