Category: Our Life

I’ve worked from home since 2012, and my son has been homeschooled his entire academic career (he’s 14 now, so it’s been a good while). With that being said, juggling work and parenting is just daily life over here.

In fact, it can be HARD. 

They don’t exactly understand that even though you’re home, you’re also at work. In their mind, if you’re home, you’re home.

 They don’t see the invisible line between “I’m available” and “I need to focus.” They just know that their favorite person is right there — and that means they have unlimited access to you. 

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Let me tell you about the year I (almost) ruined Christmas.

Confession: I hate wrapping gifts.

If I had the funds to always pay someone else to do it for me, I’d do it and do it gladly.

It’s especially embarrassing trading gifts with people who wrap beautifully . . . and I’m over there handing them something that looks like a toddler wrapped it. 🤣

In fact,
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FTC Disclaimer: This post was sponsored by the Ar529 college savings plan program, which I’ve been affiliated with as a client since 2014. All thoughts are 100% my own.

A quick update on my life

I haven’t been blogging very regularly lately, so unless you follow me on social media, you may have missed some BIG news: I became an aunt in 2015. And then again in 2017.

My nieces are two of the cutest,

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FTC Disclaimer: Wild River Country invited my son and me to spend the day splashing around with our friends. I am receiving compensation for this post, but all thoughts are my own. 

I don’t know what the weather is like in your part of the world, but here in Arkansas, summertime is super hot.

I’m talking “100 degrees in the shade” hot, lol! As someone who moved back here from the East Coast (and who has never been a fan of heat),

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