Housewife Challenges
Tracking progress toward personal goals during my stay-at-home mom days, mostly on Nantucket. You can read more about the thoughts behind my Housewife Challenges here.
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The last five days have been jam-packed, but I couldn’t have been happier with how they’ve turned out and how much I’ve been getting done. I’m not even sure which thing I’m most excited about… There’s my very first attempt at appliqueing which, though obviously not store-quality, didn’t actually turn out that bad. The nearly perfect…
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Today, I’m going to talk about one thing: sewing. Not only have I been actually doing it, but I’m actually making things that don’t look like they were sewn in home economics class. Yes! Ten points for housewife challenge number four. My latest and most thrilling project?A curtain for Nora’s play kitchen. Isn’t it adorable? In “researching” play…
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Report Card
When did I last write a report card? Weeks and weeks ago…so here’s a quick explaination incase you forgot (or are new here). “Report Cards” are supposed to be my weekly reporting on how I’m doing with my Housewife Challenges which are my goals for myself, whether parenting, personal, or household related, and my attempts…
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Nighttime Parenting
Infant and toddler sleep may be one of the most controversial aspects of parenting. There are dozens of philosophies and ideas about where, how, and for how long babies should sleep. Alone. In the parent’s room. In a bassinet. In a co-sleeper (how that turns out). In the parent’s bed. On their backs. Swaddled. Or,…
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With the end of March, I was doing more than playing tricks on people. I was also celebrating kicking the butt of one of my most challenging Housewife Challenges: the grocery bill. I wrote awhile back about my goal to keep our spending below $270 per month, or approximately $3 per day per person, but…
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I love Sundays, I really do. But then, it’s hard not to love a day that starts out with Chris letting me sleep in.Saturdays and Sundays, Chris gets up early with Nora and I get to enjoy a bed to myself for a few hours. He has to put a baby gate at the bottom…
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Stop & Shop vs. Grand Union
We have four grocery stores on island: Annye’s, a natural and organic food market, Bartlett’s Farm Market, which sells their own produce and other imported groceries, and two chain stores Stop & Shop and Grand Union. When it comes to frugal eating there’s no question about Annye’s being outside of our budget. Bartlett’s has some…
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Report Card
Sorry for the lack of a Saturday Surfing post yesterday. I was pretty busy this week with my father-in-law’s visit on top of, well, life:I also spent quite a bit more time trying to figure out the grocery budget. Chris and I collaborated on a list of all of our staples and I went out…
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Even though it seems like all we do is play and wear toddlers around here, I actually have been pretty good about keeping up with my housewife challenges.
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I spent a lot of time this week thinking of t-shirts the International Baccalaureate students in my high school used to wear: Sleep is for the Weak. I need one of those shirts. I’m not sure if I can remember going to bed before midnight. Even now, it’s 12:02 am, but I know wont…
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I love being able to type the words “another good week.” Because it was another good week, and I feel so content looking back on it. I got some yoga in – even if it was 15 minutes here and there with a toddler climbing all over and under me. I dug Nora’s toddler car…
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Resolutions
It’s a little late, but I do have some New Year’s resolutions. I’ve been thinking about setting realistic goals for the new year (Simple Mom has a great post on this) and decided just to set three of them: Do better at the Housewife Challenges. Stop being a housewife. Don’t let 2 get in the…
