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What I Can See With My Lamp
I’ve got some heavy news to share today. It’s been unfolding for three weeks now, and I’m finally ready to write about it. Fall has already been such a busy season. I’ve mentioned before how [...]
Cheap Easy Meals for a Family of Six
I’ve shared our grocery budget before, complete with receipts (literally), to show how much prices have skyrocketed in recent years. People sometimes ask me, “Natalie, how do you do it?” Well, we don't eat [...]
Dreams, Goals, and Habits
It's here! It's here! A shiny new year full of possibilities. Call me an optimist but I love New Year's Day. I have a lot of dreams and ambitions for 2025 so I am going to narrow it down to 10 things.

How to Keep Your Roof From Leaking

By Natalie|2021-03-17T22:34:24+00:00March 17, 2021|Categories: Frugal Living|Tags: home, house|

A roof can sometimes be a daunting project to attend to - but it doesn't have to be. But, your roof is one of the essential features of your entire house - without it, you'd basically have four walls, and [...]

5 Word Puzzles Apps To Challenge Your Brain

By admin|2020-12-30T17:24:11+00:00December 28, 2020|Categories: Education, Family, Lifestyle, Schooling|

Christmas is over and winter is in full swing. To be honest, this season can feel glum and sometimes you wonder if you brain is turning into mush! Word puzzle apps can be a great way of challenging your brain [...]

Meet Isabella

By Natalie|2023-06-12T06:20:00+00:00March 6, 2017|Categories: Hearing Aids, Hearing Loss, Special Needs|

For SJ's birthday this year I thought it would be really special if she got an American Girl doll and and then we could take the doll to the American Girl Doll Hospital for hearing aids. The problem is I knew we [...]

Cow Under-appreciation Day

By Natalie|2016-07-06T10:28:14+00:00July 5, 2016|Categories: Creativity, Frugal Living|Tags: chick-fil-a, costumes, cow appreciation day, cow day|

First off let me say that I love Chick-fil-A. If you read my blog then you probably already know that I am HUGE fan. However I do want to bring some attention to how Cow Appreciation Day has made some changes that [...]

My Personal Hearing Loss Story

By Natalie|2023-06-12T06:19:00+00:00July 1, 2016|Categories: Hearing Aids, Hearing Loss|Tags: audiology, deaf, genetics, hard of hearing, hearing aids, hearing test|

This might be a bit of a bore, but I just got hearing aids and there are a lot of people shocked to learn that I have hearing loss. Shoot, even I am a little surprised in some ways. So [...]

Baby Elle 5 Months

By Natalie|2023-06-12T06:34:08+00:00April 29, 2016|Categories: My Life, Speech Therapy|Tags: 5 months update, baby #4, Elle, ellis|

Here we are on the tippy tail end of Aril and Elle is closer to 6 months than she is to 5, but I haven't posted an update yet. At 5 months she weighed 17 pounds. She is in the top [...]

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