Lovin’ These Links
Wow. I went to gather all the photos from my facebook favorites and suddenly realized how long it’s been since my last update. I hope you guys have a few free minutes because there are tons of great links here. Here are the sites featured on my facebook page in the last several weeks. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did. If you do, don’t forget to leave comments for these incredibly talented, hard-working bloggers. We live for comments here in the blogosphere so share the love when you stop by these sites. (Remember to...
read moreTwo Realty Guys Who Made My Life Easier
I have a weird apprehension towards Real Estate people. I can’t really explain where it comes from, but I guess I see them as salesmen at heart so my brain is automatically set to ‘guard your money with your life’ mode. Thankfully, this time around things were a different. I can honestly say that I felt that both my Real Estate Agent and my Mortgage Broker were looking out for me during the home-buying whole process. First off, let me say for the record that I was not paid for this post. Neither my Real Estate Agent...
read moreAt Last, I Can See the Floor Again
Sorry for the big, long absence. The last two weeks have been a whirlwind of cleaning, hauling, sorting, and storing. Although we’re far from finished unpacking – all the basics are in place and normal life is slowly creeping back into my day. I just can’t tell you how excited I am to be here. We’ve spent the last five years moving from rental home to rental home always hoping to find a place we could settle. Thanks to my hard-working husband and countless blessings from above, I think we’ve finally...
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Tomorrow’s the big day. The day you get to stop hearing about me buying a house and start hearing about all the wonderful things I plan to do with it. I know, I know, you’re excitement level is probably pretty marginal compared to mine, nevertheless I can’t wait to get started. We’ve been renting for the last five years so I can’t wait to get my hands on a place that feels like my own! Here are the two sites featured on my facebook page in the last week. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did. If you do,...
read moreFriday’s Find: Free Birthday Gift Printable
Birthdays are a tricky thing. Oh sure, for family and friends it’s a no-brainer to run out and spend cash on great gifts. But what do you do about all those other birthdays that creep up on you during the year…teachers, neighbors, kid classmates, church friends, coaches? You want to offer something nice to let them know you appreciate them but you don’t want to spend big money to do it. Well, thanks to the suggestion of some helpful MeckMom readers, I’ve got a perfect solution for you. It’s free birthday...
read moreTech Tuesday: My Favorite Spelling App
Between my 2nd, 3rd, and 5th grader we tackle about 60 spelling words a week. Add on the 30+ vocabulary words and you can see why I started searching for spelling apps almost immediately after getting my iPad. After trying a few, I finally found one that worked. It’s called Spellboard. Here are a few of the things I like about it… It can work with multiple users so I can manage the spelling lists for each of my kids Using the built-in iPad microphone I can record the pronunciation of the spelling words and simple phrases,...
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It’s amazing how time flies when you’re home buying – papers, inspections, and more papers. I’m sorry the blog has been neglected a bit lately. I promise to make it up to you with a bunch of DIY home-improvement posts after we move in. Here are the two sites featured on my facebook page in the last two weeks. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did. If you do, don’t forget to leave comments for these incredibly talented, hard-working bloggers. We live for comments here in the blogosphere so share the love...
read moreAdd Some Sparkle with this Free Easter Banner Printable
This mini-banner created by Itsy Belle is fabulous on it’s own but adding the glitter element takes it to a whole new level. As a mom of five I have a natural aversion to glitter but I might make make an exception for this one. Something about that sparkly pink bunny just reminds me of Peeps and sugar and all that is wonderful about Easter. Click the pink link below to see the post, get the download and read the simple tutorial. Itsy Belle: Free Easter Banner...
read moreSweet, Free Easter Egg Printable
There’s something so simple and charming about this free Easter printable by Spagat. I love the muted colors up against the budding branches. Absolutely lovely. Click the link below to see the post, get the download and read the easy tutorial. Don’t forget to leave a comment in exchange for downloading…bloggers love that. Spagat Blog: Easter Egg Printable...
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So far so good on the home-buying process. Our house bid was accepted so we’re now going through the sign-boatloads-of-papers/inspect-every-corner-of-the-house stage. Do you think it’s a bad sign if every problem area I spot in the house strikes my brain as a potential DIY blog post? Perhaps that means I’m not being terribly objective in this inspection process. Oh well, I’m keeping my fingers crossed it all ends well. Here are the two sites featured on my facebook page last week. I hope you enjoy them as much...
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