My living room has always been difficult for me. I’ve lived in this house for six years now, and I have never been happy with the way my living room was working. It was always just clunky and nobody ever really wanted to spend time in there. Guests would come over and the living room…
I am the mother of three daughters. One of them just finished her freshman year of high school. Another just finished her first year of middle school. The youngest still has a ways to go before I start worrying about teenager stuff, but if it happens as fast as it did for her sisters, she’ll…
Help your kids learn to set goals for themselves this summer with this printable goal workbook. It includes printable checklists to help them stay on track with things like exercise, reading, music practice, and chores. Print out these summer checklists to keep your kids’ eyes on their goals during summer break! This summer, I wanted…
While we always get a new game at Christmas time, too many of those games have never been played past the holidays and just gathered dust in the game cupboard. In fact, I ended up getting rid of many of those dusty games during a big decluttering project in October. Since then, the quest has…
My name is Lara and I write a blog called Overstuffed Life. I named this blog Overstuffed Life because I have always managed to stuff my life with so many things—wonderful things—that I get easily overwhelmed and often suffer from anxiety brought on by simply looking at my schedule for the day. So, when I…
Does your child hate reading because they don’t like sitting still to do it? Try these 7 suggestions to help energetic kids focus on reading and develop a love for books. This post is part of an ongoing Summer Reading for Kids series. Click HERE to find ideas for reading activities, reading lists, and reading…
The visiting teaching message for the month of June is Divine Attributes of Jesus Christ: Virtue. I think this is the first month that I haven’t been really surprised by the chosen attribute! Virtue is one that I would probably write in my own list of Christlike Attributes, anyway. I did love reading through the…
Kids who read over the summer stay on top of their reading skills and don’t fall behind. Use these ideas to get your kids excited about reading during summer vacation! This post is part of an ongoing Summer Reading for Kids series. Click HERE to find ideas for reading activities, reading lists, and reading incentives…and keep checking back…
How to get really good photos of fireworks while using a dSLR camera. I love going to fireworks shows. It’s just one of those can’t miss moments of summer vacation and something I look forward to all year long! I’ve always tried (even before digital cameras) to get great photos of the awesome fireworks displays,…
Farrago is happy in his life as the kingdom’s fool. He gets to make other people laugh, he juggles all day, and he can eat as many pastries as he wants. But just when he thinks he’s found true love in Thea the scullery maid, everything falls apart. Farrago is forced on an improbable quest…
There are quite a few people in my life who are graduating from high school and college soon. I’ve been thinking about ideas for gifts for them that are more meaningful than just a check. I know money is always appreciated, and maybe I’m just sentimental, but I’d love to be able to choose a…
At our house, traditions are the rule of every holiday. Actually, traditions are just plain the rule. You have to be careful of doing something once, because the kids might deem it a tradition, and you better darn well do it again the next year, exactly the same or you’ll have some outraged children on…