This summer I am doing my best to take steps to get more organized…in every area of our lives. Except cleaning. Still waiting on a house elf for that one. Some of the changes I’m making are huge, some are tiny, but in the end, they are all helping to make our lives feel a...
How hot is it in your neck of the woods?!? It’s unbearably hot here in the greater Cincinnati area. I would take winter with it’s snow and ice over this hot weather any day. So I’m always looking for ways to stay cool. My favorite way to stay cool is to sip on a bourbon...
I am participating in Menu Plan Monday at orgjunkie.com, but unlike most of the other participants who plan their menus and post them that week, I’m always a bit behind, and I post my menus a week later. I do this so that I can let you know if I try a new recipe and...
Congrats to our FIVE winners of the Organizational Notebook Pages! Donna Z ~ The Endicott’s ~ RoseMamie ~ Jaelynnie Badinnie ~ Tara Email me at Katie(at)Cards-by-Katie(dot)com with your email address and I’ll send it along to Shannon so she can email you the PDF. Thanks to everyone who participated! If you didn’t win, be sure...
Inspired by SouleMama: A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. If you’re inspired to do the same, leave a link to your ‘moment’ in the comments for all to find and see....
Our family loves to visit the state parks in Kentucky, we are blessed to live in a state with so many gorgeous state parks that are well cared for and have lodging so we can stay and enjoy them. Last week we went away for a few days to Kentucky Dam Village State Resort Park,...
For quite a while I have been searching for a good Multigrain Bread Recipe. Then I stumbled upon a recipe for Oat Bread from my friend Melissa. The Oat Bread is amazing on it’s own, but I wanted a recipe for multigrain bread as well. After trying several different recipes for multigrain bread and not...
Inspired by SouleMama: A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. If you’re inspired to do the same, leave a link to your ‘moment’ in the comments for all to find and see....
I’m getting ready for a long car ride with four young children. And even though my kids are great traveling kids, I always get a bit anxious at the prospect of six of us in the car for so long. I’ve been working this week on putting together a bag of fun things for each...
A very happy birthday to my second born child. He brings great joy & happiness to our family. Sometimes he is wild & wacky Sometimes he is quiet & pensive He loves a good book He enjoys hikes in the woods And he loves his legos He’s a good cook And...
I’m a pack rat. So is Michael. So are our children. So as you can imagine, we have alot of random odds & ends all over the house. We save every ticket stub, birthday party invitation, playbill, wedding program and other miscellaneous memorabilia you can think of! For a while I was just stuffing it...
While going through a box of old photos recently I stumbled upon this scrap of newspaper written about me and my new baby brudder. It makes me smile. I do believe I might have even asked my mom when they were going to take him back. But that attitude didn’t last long. We became pals...
