Hello Friend, Even though I am a blogger, I follow another blogger. I took two trips in 2023 by airplane to Montana and Utah. To learn how to pack lightly, and what to wear, I subscribed to Travel Fashion Girl. After the trip, I kept reading her emails, as she sometimes mentioned blogging life - I related with her google ai struggles that lowered our blog traffic. Anyways, she had a giveaway where the 5th prize was one of her Compass Rose products. I thought - I would love to win that and...
15 days ago • 7 min read
Hello Friend, If you are trying to pinch some nickels (pennies are going out of circulation, sadly) this summer - I have a few tips in my latest blog post... Frugal Tips To Try This Summer This is an oldie, but a goodie as well... Stretching Each Dollar And Saving Money To The Max With Faith Sale In Our Etsy Shop... All Digital and Printable items are on sale for 20% off in our Etsy shop through Mother's Day in case you would like to make a gift for Mom. Here are a few ideas... Painted Mason...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Hello Friend, Can you believe I am a mom of 4 boys? (and 4 girls) Sometimes the boys can be harder to shop for, in my opinion. If you are looking for a gift for a 6 year old boy - or close to that age, I have some ideas for you in this post. Great Gifts for a Six Year Old Boy In Our Etsy Shop... This is a great time of year to make craft recipes to use with your children, while children are visiting or to give as a gift to a child. Most of these recipes use ingredients that you may already...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Hello Friend, For Resurrection Day, we like to invite our parents, siblings, nieces and nephews and some other people we love to our home for Easter. During their visit, I read my favorite Easter book aloud to the children to remind us what Easter is really about. Our Favorite Children’s Easter Book What's Hot In Our Etsy Shop... The Buy Together, Get 30% Off Deal How it works, you click into on of these three sewing tutorials: Unpaper Towels, Microwave Popcorn Bag or Microwave Potato Bag....
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Hello Friend, I hope you are not experiencing any terrible weather anomalies and that you will see sunshine and blue skies today. Update on Household Changes So, in a previous newsletter, I mentioned that my adult sons were talking about moving out. They viewed a few places and the third guy backed out due to price. They viewed a few more places for just the two of them. In some cases, the price was so high they would need that third roommate. In others, they acted too slowly and someone else...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Hello Friend, Well, we went from 58 degrees F here in Wisconsin to 20s with inches of snow within 24 hours. We were busy doing homeschool today when we heard very loud thunder. The younger kids are calling it "thunder snow." Household Changes My two adult sons are talking about moving out together with another roomate, so that will be interesting. I think it's easier on a Mama to have one move out at a time, but my big boys think I can handle it! Nope, but God will help me and then I will be...
2 months ago • 3 min read
Hello Friend, This week we celebrated my youngest's (of eight children) 6th birthday. When I was pregnant with her, the nurses kept commenting that I was their "oldest pregnant patient" as I was 45! God is so good and blessed us with Megan just four days after we moved into this home. To celebrate her birthday, I am offering 26% off items in my Etsy shop. Physical items now only ship within the US due to tariffs (I just don't have the time to figure all that legal stuff out, and Etsy's legal...
3 months ago • 2 min read
Hello Friend, My daughter, Megan is 6 today! See our Etsy birthday discount below. (Little known fact that shows my age: I was 45 when I gave birth to her. God is so good!) If you know anyone that is moving within the year, please bookmark or save in your Pinterest - the following article as it has several posts inside it that are organized under the moving topic you need. (The most popular are the articles with *** in front of them.) Everything You Need To Know About Moving In Our Etsy Shop...
3 months ago • 1 min read
Hello Friend, Suddenly, we find ourselves in March with St. Patrick's Day on the way! A Recent Post on Our Blog St. Patrick’s Day Printable Decorations Under $5 Have a joy filled day! ~Amy at NeededInTheHome - Website - Books - Faith Testimony >Find me on these platforms My favorite physical (paper hard copy) spiral Daily Planner. *thank you for supporting my large family and small business, affiliate links are used in this email for Etsy, Walmart, Amazon, and Homemaker's Friend. We also earn...
3 months ago • 1 min read