Trouble with the Girls (aka Breastfeeding Problems and solutions)
*This post contains affiliate links. I may receive a small compensation with no additional cost to you. **Disclaimer: MEN, you may want to shield your eyes! Graphic pictures and content of breasts doing what the girls were made to do…feed babies! After nursing 7…
“reuse” your Thanksgiving Turkey for 2 more meals!
The frugal side of me loves to “remake” and “reuse” meals. I love to take leftovers or extras and make new meals out of them so that nothing goes to waste and we don’t get tired of eating the same thing over and over…
Christmas Skillet Cookies
There’s talk about snow. And even though it will likely be just a dusting, us Tennesseans can’t help but get excited! We just don’t get to experience it that often. The thought of snow has put me in the Christmas mood and I badly…
How to Get a Good Night’s Sleep with an Infant
I often tell people, the main reason I can have so many kids and not be crazy (that’s debatable) is because they will SLEEP! If you know me personally, you know I’m not a morning person and I need my rest. I really do…
Homemade Breakfast Pizza (For you not so morning people)
I am NOT a morning person. I’m not mean or cranky, I just don’t want to talk or think, first thing in the morning. I’m also not one of those people who can jump out of bed and start the day. It’s more of…
Mama’s Cheesy Cornbread
Many of my best memories involve food on some level. I’d say that’s probably the case for most people when you really think about it. Cooking with my mom. Potlucks at church. Making jam or canning tomatoes. Making the BEST homemade ice cream on…
Don’t Be “THOSE” People…How I learned to Laugh at Myself!
I woke up yesterday with some pretty negative thoughts. I think it started from a dream, but I can’t remember what it was about. They continued all day, getting worse with the Enemy bringing up mistakes I’d made, or stupid things I’d said without…
Cheap and Easy outings with kids
We don’t take too many trips or vacations. There are several reasons, but at this phase in our life, it’s just not happening. So, what do you do to fill all that time with your kids? Especially in the summer? Especially if you homeschool…
I Don’t See How You Do it?! How I manage 7 kids
When people find out we have 7 children that are very close in age, they are quick to say, “I don’t see how you do it!” I have heard that more times than I can count! For years people have said that to me…
Nature’s Best Earache Oil
You remember my son with the cough? He’s my different one. Not in a bad way, just different. The only brown eyed child we have, sensitive skin, thoughtful, behaves like a 60 year old man. Seriously, if you close you eyes, you could swear…
