Summer break has arrived! I love summer. I don't love the heat, but I love the change in routine. If you've been around a while, you know that I take summers off from blogging and podcasting. I know for a fact that it has "stunted my growth" as a blogger/podcaster, but it has saved my sanity as a mother. I'll take sanity any day. I love …
216: The Free Time Delusion Podcast
Summer vacation is here! Along with a lack of routine come the delusions that I'll have SO MUCH TIME to get things done! After many years of finding myself frustrated that this magical "free time" wasn't as productive as I assumed it would be, I figured out what I was doing wrong and what to do to make progress I was happy …
Cleaning Out Rain Gutters WITHOUT A Ladder
One of our family’s least favorite chores is cleaning out the rain gutters. But it has to be done. Leaves and dirt collect in the rain gutters no matter how much I wish they wouldn’t. If we don’t clean them out, they don’t work, and that ends up affecting our home’s foundation which is already an issue in our hard-soiled area of Texas. Also, …
