My Shoestring Life

I just put the baby down for a nap. As I was walking back downstairs, I had this sudden and overwhelming urge to eat a bag of candy corn. Never mind that I just finished all the candy corn that resided in our home yesterday and that I’m still in my pajamas and that it’s [...]

Now that summer vacation has officially begun at my house, here’s what I’m hoping we’ll get to:
Old World Wisconsin Maybe one of their Vintage Baseball days.
Kettle Moraine State Park It may be asking for trouble, but I’d like to at least try to take all three on a nature walk. Especially one of the shorter [...]

“I never realize how much I like being home until I’ve been someplace else for awhile.” -Juno MacGuff

Not much sleep last night. Up three times to take care of kids. A good friend of mine said recently that she finally gave up the idea that she was entitled to a good night’s sleep and I’m thinking I need to quickly come to the same conclusion.
In an effort to move toward that sort [...]

The neighbors have a huge cottonwood tree that is dropping this stuff all over the place. It literally looks like it’s snowing. Kind of cool, but also very annoying. The kids are tracking it in all through the house (also, just like snow).