7QT – 9/5/2014

 7 Quick Takes ~1~ It's been quiet 'round here lately huh? Shockingly I haven't had much to say this month (I know right?!). It's certainly not because my brain has been quiet (do our brains ever have less than 2,374 tabs open at the same time ladies?!). It's that those thoughts have been a jumbled…

Writing on the Walls – Downstairs Pictures

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DIY Canvas Totes

The Problem: needing 4 fabric bins for each of our 6 children. At $10-20 a piece. Not happening. The Solution: DIY Fabric Totes thanks to Pinterest It started with a nice trip to the store.  Someone... ahem... decided it would be a smart idea to take all the children to pick out their fabrics. At…

Happy 7th Birthday Missy!

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Our jump in Solar

Also titled “Our own power plant – Stage 2″ I skipped Saturday’s post. Call me a slacker if ya want, that’s fine. After messing with WordPress for 5 hours trying to (again) get everything transfered over (which required deleting and redoing… twice) my brain was done. I did manage to get the posts and comments…

Lent… already?!

Please tell me I am not the only mama completely slightly freaking out that Lent begins next week. Next week yall! Didn’t we just end the Christmas season like last… month. Oh yea, we did. I think we did much better this past Advent at focusing on the preparation before focusing and celebrating the Birth…