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Wow, old habits die hard. I think we’re making some progress, though. When little one got out of the tub tonight, it was the first time she didn’t automatically ask for a show. My oldest alternates between accepting that the TV is off and pushing me to see if I’ll give in just to keep […]

Although the TV was on for awhile (tornado warnings!), we’ve gone 3 days without the kids watching any kind of entertainment on the box. They didn’t even watch the news with the tornado warnings in our area – no need to frighten them, but I wanted to know what was going on. Both kids have […]

Hello again! We made it through our second day without entertaining TV. I’m putting the “entertaining” qualifier on it today because the weather here had the potential to get really ugly at one point, so I turned on The Weather Channel. I still didn’t let the kids watch — the scenes of Joplin, Missouri are […]

As a matter of fact, we did. It wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be, but I was surprised that it was my 3-year-old who had a harder time with it than my 9-year-old. When the TV is on, my toddler seldom “watches” what is on. It is usually background noise to another […]

It’s been awhile, I know. I’m coming back to blog and let you know what we are doing with our summer. Over the past few weeks, I’ve seen how much of an influence television is in our family. When my 9-year-old started telling me that she didn’t want to go outside and play because “Show […]

I threw out a dead plant today. You may be thinking, “So what?” or wondering why I think this is such a big deal. To me, it’s a big step toward my healing. You see, that plant was given to my family four years ago. It was at the funeral for my nineteen-day-old child. Nineteen […]

Any way you can save a few extra dollars is great if you ask me. It’s not my intent to become another site that consistently offers this information. In my opinion, there are sites that do this much better than I could, like the Penny Pinchin’ Mom. Time and again, she is an excellent resource […]

I know, most of us would answer a resounding “YES” to that question. After all, we are quickly approaching the Holiday season, and back-to-school always seems to cost more than it did the year before. Wouldn’t it be nice to get through the season without using credit? Even if you haven’t budgeted for it (don’t […]

At least that is what I tell myself as I watch the snow fall and my children go stir crazy with cabin fever.  At least we aren’t bogged down under feet of snow like some of you are in other parts of the country, but I’m ready for warmer temperatures and green leaves on the […]

It’s that time of year again. You know what I’m talking about – the time of year where we’ve made promises to ourselves that we are going to make changes: lose weight, pay off debt, be better at something, quit a bad habit, get more organized. You get the idea.  And we are far enough […]