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Do you struggle to keep your house clean and don't know where to start? I'm sharing a weekly cleaning routine that any busy mom can follow!

A Weekly Cleaning Routine for Busy Moms

Do you struggle to keep your house clean and don't know where to start? I'm sharing a weekly cleaning routine that any busy mom can follow! {Note:  This post contains affiliate links for your convenience. Read disclosure here.} After years of frustration regarding my unclean house, I've finally taken control of the dirt! I wish someone had shared the secret with me years ago. It's so simple, yet so helpful! Are you overwhelmed with your dirty home and tired of … [Read More...]

Are you stuck at home and your wheels are spinning? Check out these 30 things to do when you are stuck at home!

30 Things to Do When You are Stuck at Home

Are you at home and you are starting to go a little bit stir crazy? Check out these 30 things to do when you are stuck at home! {Note:  This post contains affiliate links for your convenience. Read disclosure here.} Y'all, this … [Read More...]

These 5 go-to slow cooker recipes are too easy to be this good. You'll want to add them to your meal rotation after you try them!

5 Go-To Slow Cooker Recipes

These 5 go-to slow cooker recipes are too easy to be this good. You'll want to add them to your meal rotation after you try them! {Note:  This post contains affiliate links for your convenience. Read disclosure here.} I don't … [Read More...]

Learn how to get your spouse on board with a budget so that you can work together on your finances and strengthen your marriage.

How to Get Your Spouse on Board with a Budget

Learn how to get your spouse on board with a budget so that you can work together on your finances and strengthen your marriage. {Note:  This post contains affiliate links for your … [Read More...]

The KonMari Method: Organizing Bathroom Komono

Learn how to use the KonMari method of organizing bathroom komono so you can find everything you need right when you need it! {Note:  This post contains affiliate links for your … [Read More...]

Do you love Hallmark movies, but can't spend the money on cable? Learn how you can watch Hallmark movies without cable so you can save money and still indulge!

How to Watch Hallmark Movies without Cable

Do you love Hallmark movies, but can't spend the money on cable? Learn how you can watch Hallmark movies without cable so you can save money and still indulge! {Note:  This post contains … [Read More...]

Are you getting house fever? Read about our first-time home buyer mistake before you consider jumping into home ownership. You may benefit from our mistake and avoid making it yourself!

Our First-Time Home Buyer Mistake

Are you getting house fever?  Read about our first-time home buyer mistake before you consider jumping into home ownership.  You may benefit from our mistake and avoid making it … [Read More...]

Are you overwhelmed at the mountain of school papers that come home each day? A simple system for managing kids’ school papers will keep the clutter at bay and help you find the papers you need!

A Simple System for Managing Kids’ School Papers

Are you overwhelmed at the mountain of school papers that come home each day?  A simple system for managing kids' school papers will keep the clutter at bay and help you find the papers you … [Read More...]

Building a capsule wardrobe has been a great way to be intentional with money while investing in myself at the same. My new capsule wardrobe is saving me money, increasing my confidence, and sparking joy!

My New Capsule Wardrobe is Sparking Joy

Building a capsule wardrobe has been a great way to be intentional with money while investing in myself at the same. My new capsule wardrobe is saving me money, increasing my confidence, and sparking … [Read More...]

Christmas can be a stressful time of the year, especially on your wallet. Learn how you can prep for Christmas in July so that you can enjoy an all cash Christmas this year!

Christmas Prep in July

Christmas can be a stressful time of the year, especially on your wallet. Learn how you can prep for Christmas in July so that you can enjoy an all cash Christmas this year! {Note:  This … [Read More...]

Are you tired of coming home from a fabulous vacation only to face the bills that you now have to pay off? Keep reading if you want to learn how to pay cash for vacation and avoid debt completely!

How to Pay Cash for Vacation

Are you tired of coming home from a fabulous vacation only to face the bills that you now have to pay off? Keep reading if you want to learn how to pay cash for vacation and avoid debt … [Read More...]

Learn how to make your own wood valance for a rustic look that costs $15! This quick and affordable project will help you cover up your window shade hardware and add some style at the same time.

DIY Wood Valance

Learn how to make your own wood valance for a rustic look that costs $15!  This quick and affordable project will help you cover up your window shade hardware and add some style at the same … [Read More...]

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Hey, I'm Sarah (a.k.a. The Teacher's Wife)! Wife to a history teacher and mom of 5 kids (2 in heaven). I'm a coffee addict, budget nerd, who's obsessed with good chips and salsa. I love finding ways to organize & manage my home and life...all on a budget! I'm thrilled you stopped by and I hope you'll find something inspiring! Read More…

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Any guesses as to what I'm doing here? I promise, Any guesses as to what I'm doing here?  I promise, the kids did not play a prank on me! 😂
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I'm actually cleaning/dusting the ceiling fan in our guest room. I saw this tip years ago and I've been doing it ever since, although probably not as often as I should! 🤪
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Snag an old pillowcase and drag it off each blade so the dust stays inside of it. Then, wash it in your next laundry load for easy clean up! 
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Happy Friday!!
This is where the meal magic happens in our house. This is where the meal magic happens in our house.  Don't ever let anyone convince you that you have to have a large (and often expensive) kitchen in order to feed your family. 
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Is there anything wrong with a large and expensive kitchen?  Nope!
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Can they be helpful?  Absolutely!
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This house was built in the 1940s and likely housed a family our size, or maybe larger.  It's amazing to think how our concept of wants and needs have changed since then.
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Maybe someday we'll have a larger kitchen, but for now, I'm thankful that this small kitchen allows me to have everything at my fingertips quickly! 😁
"The answer to the purposelessness and hollowness "The answer to the purposelessness and hollowness we feel is found not in us but outside of us. The solutions to our problems and pain aren't found in self-love, but in God's love.

The God who created us, who created the universe, who is the same yesterday, today, and forever, is the one who provides us with the purpose and satisfaction we're seeking. While self love depletes, God's love for us doesn't. He showed us his love by sending Jesus to die for our sins so that we could be forgiven and live forever with him. Self-love is superficial and temporary. God's love is profound and eternal."

"The first myth that you are enough. My counter was this: you're not you'll never be enough, and that's okay, because God is."

--Allie Beth Stuckey

***Go read Ephesians 2:1-5!  It wrecks me every time!!***
You know you are a perfectionist when you look up You know you are a perfectionist when you look up "how to cut hydrangeas for a vase" on Google.  It's a rough life sometimes, but these beauties are helping!😉 😍
It's time to finish tidying my entire home, so I'm It's time to finish tidying my entire home, so I'm picking up where I left off....kitchen kimono!  I took some before shots and I'll share the afters once I'm done (with a writeup for my blog too). 
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Thank goodness, I've learned so much as I've gone through different categories that it truly does get easier and I've actually purged prior to officially getting to this category.
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It is so worth it to only keep what you love and
After trying this for a few times now, I can offic After trying this for a few times now, I can officially rave about cooking bacon in the oven!  I bake mine for 14 mins at 400 degrees. 
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Keep an eye on your bacon at first because you will need to figure out what works best for your oven and cut of bacon. 
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Give this a try if you are tired of grease splattering everywhere and having to stand at the stove for way too long!
Kev asked me recently what I wanted for mother's d Kev asked me recently what I wanted for mother's day.  Here's what I came up with this year.  Can you tell that service is one of my love languages? 😜
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What is your love language?
I was finally able to visit The Container Store in I was finally able to visit The Container Store in person now that they opened a store near me!  Can you spy my recent purchase that I made to organize my Kcups?  I think it's time to resume my Konmari method posts and tackle the kitchen next!  Do you love The Container Store?
It was a fun, eventful week for us! Daddy and daug It was a fun, eventful week for us! Daddy and daughter celebrated their birthdays. Sissy got her ears pierced, and then had some sweet friends over to celebrate!
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