A few years ago, I wrote a post about how much I hated buying Christmas stocking stuffers. I didn't want to fill the stockings with junk. I asked this question at the end of the post: Do you have any great non-clutter stocking stuffer ideas? And boy oh boy did y'all deliver! So this year, I'm putting those fantabulous ideas into … [Read more...]

My husband is an Elvis fan. Recently, he mentioned hearing about the Elf on a Shelf craze and thought it might be fun to do Elfis on a Shelf in his office. I believe my response was more than he bargained for: "Well . . . first . . . your daughter has been dying for an Elf on the Shelf, so I think you should do one at home if you're going … [Read more...]

Five times five equals twenty-five. For real. It totally does. Now. A few years ago, though, five times five equaled three. Sometimes seven. I'm talking about minutes. Five people doing a five-minute pick-up equals twenty-five minutes of picking up. But in the beginning, when Family Pick-Up Time was a totally new thing, five people … [Read more...]