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Works For Me Wednesday

Shooting Dogs

March 9, 2010

Do you have a problem with dogs begging at the dinner table?
We don’t… anymore. We used to have a particular problem, when we had a baby in a highchair, with our dogs rearing up and trying to steal food she had dropped in her seat.
Our solution?
Let the children take turns on guard with a Nerf [...]

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Using Dry Milk in Recipes

March 2, 2010

My family can go through 10 gallons of milk in one week. Seriously. I KNOW!
We buy 5-6 gallons at a time, but it seems like we are always needing to run to the store for more milk.
That’s why we use dry milk in recipes.

When a recipe calls for milk, we simply follow the [...]

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Portable Art Case DIY

February 15, 2010

**Have you entered to win my oilcloth apron?
My sweet 14 year old MaddieLynn made a portable art case for her sister’s tenth birthday gift. It was very well received!

The case was made to be carried either as a back pack or a shoulder bag.

MaddieLynn used flexible cutting boards and quilt batting to give it structure [...]

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Easy Bun Hairstyle

February 9, 2010

Here is a step by step video demonstrating a super quick and easy bun hairstyle.

See more of my videos at Smockity’s Reel Life.
This post is linked at Works For Me Wednesday.

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Planning For When Mom’s Away

February 2, 2010

I am in the final stages of planning for my trip to the Blissdom blogging conference in Nashville this weekend, which will be the first time I have been away from the family in 3 KIDS!
My husband will have to work while I’m gone, so I have asked a sweet girl who is a high [...]

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Laptop Case – Make Your Own

January 26, 2010

I found this super easy Make Your Own Laptop Case Tutorial, and thought I would give it a whirl.
My friend, Amy, from The Finer Things in Life, agreed to be my first guinea pig customer and sent me this absolutely adorable fabric.

I used quilt batting and flexible cutting boards to give the case stability and [...]

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What I’m Wearing to Blissdom

January 18, 2010

I couldn’t be more giddy about being able to attend my very first blogging conference. This will be my first time away from the family in THREE KIDS! Well, excluding those times I had my legs in the air with various strangers yelling, “PUUUUUUSH!” which isn’t all that relaxing contrary to what you might think.
(And [...]

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Thumb Sucking: Breaking the Habit

January 5, 2010

You know how I told you last week was the “Backwards Edition of Works For Me Wednesday“? Only, in another case of my Half-Heimers acting up again, that was completely wrong? Well, this week is the REAL LIVE “Backwards Edition” where bloggers are asking questions and hoping readers will have answers.
No foolin’ this time! So [...]

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Managing Computer Time

December 29, 2009

This edition of Works For Me Wednesday is another “backwards” edition, wherein bloggers are asking for tips instead of giving them. **(Okay, so being the super smart blogger that I am, I got the dates mixed up for the backwards edition! Please, disregard my bumbling efforts at actually having my ducks in a row, and [...]

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Library Book Management for Large Families

December 15, 2009

Library book management can often be a challenge for large families. Multiple children times multiple library books equals many and numerous opportunities for losing said books.
Although we don’t have a perfect system for keeping up with everyone’s books all the time, we have come up with a system that allows us to always know how [...]

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