Jen from Thrifty NW Mom, Karrie from Happy Money Saver and I have teamed up to bring you the most comprehensive list of summer festivals and fairs in the Pacific Northwest. In this post, I have listed festivals and fairs in Western Oregon and SW Washington. Head to Thrifty NW Mom for a list of Puget Sound events and Happy Money Saver for a list of Eastern Washington and Central and Eastern Oregon events. PORTLAND METRO Waterfront Blues Festival, July 1-4, Portland (Downtown) St. Paul Rodeo, July 1-4, St. Paul Oregon Lavender Festival, July 8-10, tons of locations Mississippi Ave Street Fair, July 9, Portland (North) Sandy Mountain Keep Reading
Pacific Northwest Fairs & Festivals: Western Oregon & SW Washington edition
So I Married a Keeper
Last weekend, I was getting ready for a garage sale and Father's Day. It got me thinking about two things: my husband and stuff. My husband is a keeper, in more ways than one. He is a wonderful guy who has a hard time getting rid of, well, just about anything. He straightens bent nails and tucks them away in his toolbox. He saves bread bags and plastic containers. He digs through the trash at work for pop cans. He stops the car to take a closer look at what those FREE signs on the side of the road are offering [Seriously, people, please stop putting those out. The odds are very high that your junk will end up in our garage. Thank you.] Scraps of Keep Reading
Homemaking Your Way: Angela on toys + a challenge
I'm such a procrastinator. This post is three weeks late and the only reason it's going up today is because I'm having my quarterly meeting with the Frugal Living NW contributors tonight and I don't want Emily to think I'm a total slacker. And honestly, dealing with toys and miscellaneous kid clutter is so difficult for me. I really want a home that contains only items that are beautiful and useful. I don't like clutter, but for some strange reason, it's still here. I clean out a room only to find it's exploded two days later. Seriously, where did all this stuff come from? Emily's wonderfully inspiring post on managing toy clutter got me thinking Keep Reading
National & local summer reading programs for kids
Summer vacation is right around the corner and it’s a great time to start planning different activities for your kids. Summer reading programs hosted by local public libraries and businesses are a fantastic way to encourage your children to read (or be read to) and earn prizes for doing it! Jen from Thrifty NW Mom, Karrie from Happy Money Saver and I have teamed up to bring you the most comprehensive list of summer reading programs in the Pacific Northwest. In this post, I have listed national summer reading programs as well as local programs in Western Oregon and SW Washington. Head to Thrifty NW Mom for a list of Puget Sound programs and Happy Keep Reading
Homemaking Your Way: Emily’s Top Ten
This is Emily's final post on our Homemaking Your Way series. Catch up on previous posts here. If you have been following our Homemaking Your Way posts, you know by now how I am wired (weird?). Like many of you, I feel most relaxed and operate best in clean, organized spaces. I originally titled this post as Top Ten Tips, but that didn't really seem to fit as these are just homemaking habits that work well in my own home with my personality. Top Ten Quirks probably would have fit the best. These are just a handful of ways I keep my home running smoothly and my sanity within normal ranges. Maybe some of these will work for you. So here's my Top Keep Reading
Groupon: $20 to Old Navy for $10
My, oh, my. We were all just waiting for this deal to come around. Groupon is offering $20 to Old Navy for just $10. You may purchase your Groupon from any Groupon city and redeem it at any Old Navy store: Chattanooga, Tennessee (8:59 pm Pacific) Portland, Maine (8:59 pm Pacific) Savannah, Georgia (8:59 pm Pacific) Fort Wayne, Indiana (8:59 pm Pacific) Fayetteville, North Carolina (8:59 pm Pacific) Rochester, New York (8:59 pm Pacific) Kalamazoo, Michigan (8:59 pm Pacific) Lexington, Kentucky (8:59 pm Pacific) Ocala, Florida (8:59 pm Pacific) Albuquerque, New Mexico (10:59 pm Pacific) Ogden, Utah (10:59 pm Pacific) Reno, Keep Reading
Homemaking Your Way: Emily on toys
This is the eighth installment in our series, Homemaking Your Way. Catch up on the first seven here. How can I get those strawberry jam stains out of the dining room rug? Why does my son hate vegetables? How do I teach my daughter not to begin every sentence with, "I need..." Why are there not more Starbucks drive-thrus in the greater Portland area? I have no clue. In fact, I could write an entire post on all the things I do not know about this thing called motherhood. Half the time, I'm just making it up as I go along [don't tell my kids]. However, there is one thing I know for sure: my kids have too many toys. In our home, toys seem Keep Reading