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The Dream is Free, The Hustle Sold Separately

To Homeschool or Public School?

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After I posted about the girls starting preschool, I had a couple friends ask if I would be posting about WHY we decided to send the girls to school instead of home-schooling. We did briefly consider homeschooling, but it never occurred to me that people might wonder WHY we made our decision. Then I realized that, having been homeschooled myself, I might have a unique perspective on this ... [ Read More ]

Cookies and Cream Popcorn

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It’s Meghan back from Cupcakes with Sprinkles, always excited to be here and with another delicious recipe! This month I have an easy one. School just went back and I feel like life is crazy but I still want some yummy treats that don't take a lot of time to make. So, I made some sweet, crunchy popcorn. I may be in love with it.   Lets get our ingredients and make some popcorn! Popped ... [ Read More ]

Dining Chairs Transformed!

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Oh man… I know I told you guys I was planning to post the after-pics of our dining chairs by the end of last week. But then I got violently ill, and then it was the weekend. Sooooo. Sorry! I’m better now! And so are these chairs! Do you recall how they started out when we first received this set from my Grandmother?? The mismatched vintage fabric and bright yellow paint is endearing in it’s ... [ Read More ]

How to Stabilize / Reinforce Dining Chairs

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We’ve been taking it pretty easy around here lately. This summer has been the busiest I can remember, and now that we’re back from the World Longest Yard Sale (our last commitment before my baby is due… in March), we’re just enjoying family time and soaking up what’s left of the summer. I may never make plans to leave the house ever again. Nick recently took a new position at his job, and ... [ Read More ]

Paint & Trim Updates // Dining Room

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One of the first things we did when we moved into our house was UNDO the teal sponge-painting job in the dining room. At the time, we didn’t really have a design vision for our home yet, we just knew the sponge-painting had to go. Like yesterday. We went with this lovely ‘celery’ shade, and it served us well for several years. Since then, we removed the wall between the living room and dining ... [ Read More ]

Preschool? REALLY?

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I used to be one of those people that rolled my eyes at ALLLLLL the pictures parents posted of their kids on the first day of school. A good week to take a break from Facebook if you ask me… because you’re missing nothing. Well today I’m eating my words, because the girls started PRESCHOOL this morning. As you can see 50% of my small litter of children are stoked. The other 50% is whining about ... [ Read More ]

Habitat Home Reveal 2014

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I was all pumped to write this post this morning, and even woke up early to write it while the girls were still sleeping. But then my computer was ungodly-slow, and I quickly went from frustration to my best ugly-cry. So I removed myself from the situation and shut down my obviously-overworked-computer. And now that it’s naptime and I’m back at it? WRITER’S BLOCK. So that should explain why I’m ... [ Read More ]

Habitat Reveals {Dining/Kitchen, Boy’s Room}

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Dudes… I’m sorry for leaving you hanging yesterday, but there was just too much content and I didn’t want to rush through it! In case you missed it click here to read about our experience with the GMC Hidden Treasure Hunt. We traveled along The World’s Longest Yard Sale, snagged some treasures along the way, and fixed up/furnished a home for a family in need in collaboration with Habitat for ... [ Read More ]

GMC Hidden Treasure Adventure

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Nick and I just returned from the most amazing, exhausting, rewarding, stressful, memorable week of our entire lives. After being in 4 different airports, driving 1,105 miles, sleeping in 5 different hotels, having a cancelled flight and lost luggage….ummmmm we’re ready for a nap. A few months ago, we were asked by GMC to participate in adventure with a beautiful cause behind it. Along with a ... [ Read More ]

Murphy Table for the Tots

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By now, if you follow us on Facebook or Instagram, you know that we’re participating in the GMC/Habitat for Humanity ‘Treasure Hunt Challenge’… which involves traveling along the World’s Longest Yardsale (my personal heaven on earth), snagging some great buys, and fixing up a house for a family in need at the end! Can you think of anything more fun and rewarding? If anything’s gonna snap me out of ... [ Read More ]

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