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10 Things To Consider As You Prepare to Move

Moving can be a really exciting thing for your family. It can open new opportunities, introduce new friendships, and inspire adventure. It can also be very stressful for everyone. There's so much to do and plan and prepare for...especially with a house full of kids! It’s understandable to experience burnout, but as they say – fail to prepare, prepare to fail.  There’s plenty you can do in the weeks running up to the move to make those few days of chaos easier. Read on to find 10 tips to help you prepare for a big move.   #1 - Plan in Advance The first point on the list is more of a general one. If you want to make your ...

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What Does The Summer Heat Reveal About Your Home?

Summer is such a busy season, as is the spring that leads up to it. In all the madness of the end of the school year and the going and coming that baseball games, church camps, and family vacations bring, it be difficult to do everything we need to do to get our homes ready for summer. Sometimes we miss a trick and forget all about a few key elements that can help keep our homes cool in the heat of the summer!  And, they can help keep our energy bills lower, too. It's almost the height of the summer season, and the weather’s been getting warmer every day. If you're like me (and everyone else I know in south Mississippi), you're looking ...

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How to Make a Birthday Magical

There’s a funny thing about kids’ birthday parties. You can spend three hours agonizing over the perfect dinosaur theme (let alone any theme to be honest), order custom balloons, match every napkin to the cupcake frosting, and still... It’s the moment someone accidentally trips into the gift table that gets talked about for months. While that sounds like a scene from a bad movie, some sort of disaster usually does happen when you try to make everything appear perfect. Let's face it: generally, kids remember the random stuff. The sugar-high laughter. The race to grab the last slice of pizza. The time their aunt or cousin got too competitive ...

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DIY and Overachievers – When to Do It Yourself and When to Ask for Help

I have a terrible habit of not always looking before I leap. I get an ounce of inspiration, and I'm off. Sometimes, the results are good. No, sometimes, they are great. Give me just a minute while I try to think of an example... Other times, I get in way over my head, way faster than I realized I would. Like the time I decided the old linoleum floor in the laundry room needed to go. Today. Or the day about a month ago, when I decided the easiest thing to do in my bathroom was to remove the wallpaper and slap a fresh coat of paint on those walls. Surely, a little fresh paint would steer others' eyes away from the 1960s era pink tile all ...

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Little Things that Make Your Lawn and Garden Feel Luxurious

I come from a family of fine gardeners. Not the grown vegetables kind of gardeners. The kind of gardeners that had lawns people looked at. Photographed. Emulated. My grandmother and great-grandmother were known for their flowers. They also had full-time help to keep those flowers blooming. While we would all like to have lawns that look the the cover of Southern Living, most of us aren't working with a landscaping crew and a fountain imported from Italy, even if those things might help to boost the value of our homes. In reality, many backyards are a mix of last year’s patio sale finds, a slightly wobbly table, and a patch of grass that’s ...

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