Today’s Simplify Everything task around the house is to purge the bath linens. While I am still using the bath towels from when I moved out of my childhood home, I’ve acquired bath towels for the kids and still have beach towels and guest towels, too. Today, check your towel & wash cloth supply. […] Read more…
Motivate Your Child {Book Review}
Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. This post contains affiliate links; thanks for your support. One of the biggest areas I struggle in is parenting. I never feel like I know what I’m doing. I’m impatient and lazy and once they start having their own will AND […] Read more…
Really SEE Your Kids Through God’s Eyes {Book Review}
Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. I have to be honest. While I know prayer should be first and foremost, it’s not. I read books on praying for different aspects of my children’s life and it all sounds great. And I totally fall short. My prayer […] Read more…
Mid-Winter Holidays and Celebrations
Okay, so I know that the holidays JUST ended, but toward the end of the month or into February, boredom will be setting in BIG TIME. Here is a list of fun celebrations and oddball mid-winter holidays for January & February. January Holidays Hot Tea Month National Soup Month 2nd week – Letter Writing Week […] Read more…
Breaking Through: Catholic Women Speak for Themselves {Book Review}
Disclaimer: I received this book from the publisher, but was under no obligation to review it. This post contains affiliate links; thanks for your support. Over the holidays, I had some free time (I KNOW!?!) and pulled Breaking Through: Catholic Women Speak for Themselves off my review shelf. I devoured it in an evening and while […] Read more…
Top 10 Posts of 2014
I have to be honest. I so seldom look at my stats that I really had no idea what my top posts written this year would be. Imagine my surprise when they were mostly Catholic & religious related posts! Without further ado, here are the top posts from Happy Little Homemaker in 2014. 1. Sugar […] Read more…
The 12 Days of Christmas – Best of CatholicMom.com & More {Me…elsewhere}
Now that Advent is over, there are 12 days of Christmas to celebrate! Need some ideas? Having finally gotten the hang of making Advent a time of waiting, I have become obsessed with the 12 Days of Christmas. On one hand, there are a world of traditions to pull from. On the other hand, […] Read more…
The Legend of the Candy Cane {Book Review}
Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. This post contains affiliate links; thanks for your support! My kids are in HEAVEN because we’ve had several Christmas books to review. In our house, there is a rule that daddy & I do not read “out […] Read more…
If He Had Not Come {Schoolhouse Review Crew}
Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. If you’ve never been to this blog, we LOVE books. People who come over are astounded at the number of books we have. Every celebration involves books and so when we had the opportunity to review a new Christmas book […] Read more…
A Year With the Saints {Book Review}
Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. This post contains affiliate links; thanks for your support! Happy All Saints Day! Okay, so I’m a little early, but I had an opportunity to review a copy of A Year With the Saints: Daily Meditations with […] Read more…