Last year, I set three goals for myself every month, and it helped me to get a lot done! This year, along with my friend Carrie from Curly Crafty Mom, I've decided to just set one goal each month so I can work on achieving bigger accomplishments. With spring starting next month, I've been thinking about my garden! In March, I'd love to enclose my raised garden beds and plant some peas! Dreaming About Digging in the Dirt I actually have a few gardens. I usually plant annual flowers in my front yard every year. In my southern side garden, I have a mostly perennial garden. In Continue reading...
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Currently (May)
*This post contains Amazon affiliate links. My good blogging friend, Carrie of Curly Crafty Mom, shares what’s she up to every month in a “Currently” post. Carrie links her post up to a fun linky party run by Becky at Choose Happy. The Currently linky party is a welcoming place for bloggers to share what has been going on in their lives. I've decided to join in the fun with a "Currently" post of my own. In this post, I share tidbits about what's going on in my life. Planning a Teen Birthday Party My twin tweens are about to become teenagers this month! I am hoping Continue reading...
Currently (April)
*I received a complimentary pair of eyeglasses from GlassesShop in exchange for my review. All opinions expressed in this post are 100% my own. My good blogging friend, Carrie of Curly Crafty Mom, shares what's she up to every month in a "Currently" post. Carrie links her post up to a fun linky party run by Becky at Choose Happy. The linky party is a welcoming place for bloggers to share what has been going on in their lives. Last weekend was brutally cold here in New Jersey, and of course, that was the weekend I decided to surprise my husband with tickets to see a Red Continue reading...
April Monthly Goals
Happy Saturday, everyone! I can't believe we are into April already! My blogging friend, Carrie of Curly Crafty Mom, has a really fun monthly goals series that she launched this year. Every month she blogs about her goals for the month, and the next month, she revisits the previous month's goals to see how how much she accomplished! I like the idea of setting monthly goals for myself, so I decided to get in on the fun! I think regular goal setting is a good exercise for achieving goals! Here are my April Monthly Goals! 1 - Convert the coat closet in the family room into a pantry. Continue reading...
Follow Friday (#FF) March 20
Happy Friday, everyone! Today is one of my favorite days of the week, because today is the day when I share some fantastic projects from some of my favorite bloggers for Follow Friday (#ff)! I really adore the rabbit door hanger for spring by Paula of Sweet Pea. It doesn't look too difficult to make, and it is so sweet! It would be the perfect door accessory for Easter! I love Eat Sleep Be's Tutorial on How to Start a Backyard Garden -- I can see why I always get so many weeds in my home's raised gardens ... I don't use enough mulch! I gotta get some work done on my raised gardens for Continue reading...
Butterflies, Sunflowers and Ladybugs
The past few days have been busy at Mom Home Guide! A lot happened over the weekend. One of the most exciting things that happened is that the Insect Lore butterflies and ladybugs that we ordered through the mail have started to come out of their metamorphoses! The first to emerge were a few ladybugs, and then two butterflies came out of their chrysalises. My kids are very excited! We are planning to release the butterflies and ladybugs in our new perennial garden when all the butterflies and ladybugs finally emerge – which will probably be by next Continue reading...
Spring Break Activities for Kids
With some kids home from spring break this week, plenty of parents will be looking for fun activities to do with their kids. These are some of the fun things that I've already done or have planned for my kids, and I am sure your children will love doing these spring break activities for kids, too! Start a Spring Garden In the Mid-Atlantic States, where I live with my family, now is a great time to begin a spring garden by planting some peas. Peas are a super easy crop to grow. So, I am hoping to start some peas with my kids tomorrow. Planting peas is not hard-- last year all I did Continue reading...
Weeds Be Gone!
I spent yesterday at a family member’s house, so I decided to give him a hand and get some of the weeds out of the brick walkway that leads to his home. The walkway is covered with crabgrass and clover – so much so that the weeds look like they will soon take over the space. The problem is that this family member doesn’t want to use chemicals or a commercial weed killer on the weeds, so getting the weeds – which are quite large – out from between the bricks is very tough. I thought about spraying on some weed killer on and not telling him about it, but because he has pets who might inject Continue reading...
Coming Up Roses
It's been raining buckets lately here in New Jersey, which has been both a good and a bad thing. It's been great for the gardens that my daughters and I have planted -- in the gardens, our peas, sunflowers, lettuce and cucumbers have sprouted, and the basil, oregano and tomatoes I've planted are doing well. Also, the yellow roses in my front yard have started to bloom, so I'm happy about that! Weeds and More Weeds What has not been so great is that all the rain has encouraged the weeds to grow in the planting bed in my home's front yard -- I am sure our neighbors hate our weeds! We're Continue reading...
Beautifying the Backyard
With all the rain that was in the forecast this week for my home’s Central New Jersey area, I decided to take advantage of the wet weather and get some planting done, so my newly planted greenery could soak up the moisture. First up was planting some impatiens in shades of pink and violet in the planting bed that sits before a row of skip laurel bushes at the back of my home’s backyard. I recently put up a fencescreenon the chain link fence that separates my yard from a playground, so now that my backyard’s view ends at a planting bed filled with the skip laurels, I wanted to add a splash Continue reading...