I'm a college-educated stay at home mom, & loving it!

I am woefully behind in blogging, and feel terrible about that, but I have been so swamped with home improvements, home-schooling, gardening, and traveling, and planning our big once-yearly combined birthday party.  So, with not much time for blogging...

This is something that has been weighing on my mind lately, as we struggle with simplifying our lives by trying to de-clutter our home of unnecessary "stuff".  Just the task of figuring out what I can live without is difficult enough for me.  I harbor...

With all of the struggles and challenges inherent to being an at-home mom (or a parent of any sort, but I am discussing my own issues here), one that I struggle with most often is lack of motivation, energy, enthusiasm, or desire to clean our home. ...

If I had a dollar for every time someone told me how unfortunate it is that my oldest daughter (recently turned four) couldn't go to daycare and/or preschool at least a few times a week, maybe I would have enough money to pay for half a week's worth...