The Thoughtful Homemaker

As many of you know, I will be moving soon. Moving is very stressful especially when you have three little children, one who is in school. Add the fact that your husband has been underemployed for the past 6 months and still doesn’t know what to do and it really puts a strain on your […]

I never said as a child, “When I grow up, I want to be a housewife.” As a child, I dreamed of being a publisher, working at a book company, or being a writer. As a teenager, I wanted to work for the UN as an interpreter. In university, I wanted to be a linguistics […]

I ha a Yard Sale today at my friend’s house. It was more fun than I thought it would be. Four hours flew by.
My friend threw a yard sale at her house and invited us who do not have a yard to sell our things. I brought some clothes and some baby things. My old […]

Melissa’s Place referred me to this fun website called makeoversolutions.com
I decided to go with with Jessica Simpson look. It was a lot of fun and a great way to try out new make up and hair colors. I always wanted to see what I would look like blond. . .

In all honesty I think I […]

I took these pictures in November 2004. I was in Hawaii and my husband was in Iraq. While I was cleaning my two year old daughter decided that she was thirsty after marking up the computer desk with permanent marker and stole the apple juice. She hid under the desk while I looked for her. […]

These are my favorite cookies. They taste a lot like school cafeteria cookies! They were so easy that Victoria made them.
1 1/4 cup all purpose flour
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup of butter
Mix the flour, sugar, and butter. Rub the mixture between your thumb and fingertips until it looks like breadcrumbs. When the mixture looks crumbly, squeeze […]

Last week I was still suffering from my annual month long cold. I was trying to prepare for our trip to Nashville and get all of the laundry done. I noticed that my clothes in the dryer had purple spots all over them. After searching for a pen I discovered crayon paper in the lint […]

I always thought it was annoying to see babies use baby sign language, now I am completely sold on it.  Baby sign language is an excellent way to learn language. The key is to always say the word when you are doing the sign.
A neighbor I have, who speaks several languages, told me how she […]

Aron first words were “What’s this?” and “Aziz”.
He says “What’s this” a lot and whenever he picks up something.
Now he says “go!”. Whenever he sees me put my shoes on he starts saying “go! go! go!”.  That means he wants to take a walk in his stroller. If I walk past his stroller towards the […]

February was a rough month for my family. My husband got laid off, he got Bell’s Palsy and became seriously ill, I was super sick and had gastroenterological problems.  At the time we felt like it was the end of the world.
Then my husband got a temporary job with Google and did some work for […]

Everyone knows that I fell off of a horse in December 2005. I found this link to how to fall off of a horse. After reading the page I have learned that I almost did everything right.
Yes, I was 1 month pregnant at the time. We are alright now though.