Tag: chores
Teaching Your Kids Financial Basics
Financial mistakes. I’ve made a few. There was the time I scoured the couch cushions for change to get to a job interview. The...
Take Grocery Shopping to the Next Level with Walmart InHome
This post is sponsored by Walmart InHome, groceries delivered straight to your fridge.
With my first son, I remember scanning my empty fridge and dreading...
Your Laundry Done While You Sleep? There’s an App for That!
Laundry: a chore I kind of enjoyed until I became a mom of three. It's all fun and games when you're pregnant, washing those...
A Meditation for Chores
I hate chores.
Before kids, they were a mild annoyance. I could do them when I felt like, or, more accurately, when I absolutely had...
Mom vs. the Laundry
Christmas break was awesome as usual: hot chocolate, movies and forts in the living room, and bonding with my kids again. While we all...
5 Words That Unleash Verbal Diarrhea
"What did you do today?" A question that seems innocent enough to the average person. But to the SAHM laden with tiredness, functioning on...
Stepping into His Domain
Over the last 13 years of marriage, domains began to form in our home. At some point without even knowing it, there were very...
Zaarly Gets The Job Done
Several years ago my husband introduced me to the Prairie Village area, and I fell in love. We settled into an adorable Cape Cod...
No Time to Mow? There’s an App for That!
I don’t know about you, but I do not have a green thumb. I kill houseplants. If it were possible to kill fake flowers,...
Clearing the Clutter
My neighbor is a miracle worker. Like a legit miracle worker. Let me explain. Whenever I go into her house, which is a lot,...
LULA: Smarter Home Services (and Bringers of Baseboard Bliss)
I was 8 months into a very high-risk pregnancy, awkwardly sitting on my couch as my sister-in-law cleaned my entire house, top to bottom....
We Aren’t Referees, So Don’t Keep Score
Everyone does it in the beginning. It’s the ones that realize it’s not worth it that fair the best in the end. Keeping score...
Creating Order in the Chaos of a Blended Family
I love routine, order and systems. And while I know that kids are messy and spontaneous, I do believe that a family works better...
Why I Make My Bed
My mom always makes her bed. For as long as I can remember, she always has. I never understood why. It seemed silly to...
Let’s Talk Laundry
Talking about laundry doesn’t usually get me very excited… in fact, I’d rather talk about most anything else. Can I confess something? Lately I’ve...
