Jody
Home {Renovations} for the Holidays
When my daughter was only four months old we were in the process of building a house. We had a contractor but did a lot of the work ourselves to save money. We would...
Mom’s Holiday Survival Guide
The sugar high isn’t even gone from Halloween and the stores are hanging the stockings, pushing the candy canes, the gift guides and toy magazines have landed in the mail box and Costco looks...
Down Syndrome Through the Eyes of a Mom
One in every 691 babies in the United States is born with Down syndrome. It’s easy to gloss over that number or not think about what that means for a child or family until...
The Day CottageCare Cleaned My House {Review}
(This post is sponsored by CottageCare. I was given a complimentary house cleaning by CottageCare; however, all opinions are 100% my own.)
I have never had my house cleaned...by anyone other than myself. (Okay, and my...
Kids Helping the Homeless: Teaching Compassion and Care
I didn’t see homeless people growing up in my rural Oregon hometown. I’m sure they were there, but it looked different than in the city. Living in Montana, there weren’t many homeless on the...
New Contributor: Meet Jody
There are many things I’ve said that I would NEVER do; have children, live in Portland, and do anything on a high ropes course or a zip line to name a few. Let’s just...