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DIY New Ceilings in a Snap!

September 14, 2016 By Meredith 2 Comments

Tired of staring up at your dated popcorn ceilings? Refresh your home and room the easy way with these DIY new ceilings! They are affordable, classy, stylish and easy to install! Check them out and boot those old ceilings to the curb! Check in here for the scoop on where to find the full in-store displays!

***This post was sponsored by Armstrong Ceilings as part of an Influencer Activation for Influence Central and all opinions expressed in my post are my own.*** Anyone else still rocking popcorn ceilings in an outdated corner or two of your home? Fabulous, right? No easier way to harken back to the 70s without queuing up That […]

Filed Under: DIY, Homemaking, Saving Money

5 Reasons JBF Reading is THE Sale to Shop!

September 8, 2016 By Meredith 2 Comments

Looking to save money on children's clothes, toys, and gear? It's time to shop consignment sales! Check these 5 smart tips to being a smart shopper at children's outgrown sales and saving your family oodles of money. Plus, check my #1 trick--it's genius and will make all the difference in staying budget-friendly!

****This post is sponsored by JBF Reading in exchange for an honest review post**** Friends, I had super-fun day out yesterday doing one of my very favorite things–bargain hunting! What was I on the hunt for? Sweet deals on kids’ outgrown clothing, toys, and gear. Where was I scooping the finds? The incredible JBF Reading […]

Filed Under: Budgeting, Children's Clothes, Saving Money, Young Kids

A Truly Madly Guilty Book Club

September 2, 2016 By Meredith 20 Comments

We love reading and we love sharing it with fellow readers and reading fans online! Join us here for our virtual book club! The best part? No showering required. Roll in in your jammies whenever suits you and join us this month for our Lilac Girls book club! We're glad you're here and have SO much to say about this book!

My gal Carrie of Normal Level of Crazy is bringing the scoop this month! I think she is brilliant and real and funny, and for the record, I completely agree with her words about our Truly Madly Guilty Book Club. So I’ll leave her to it!   ************************************************************************* To say that I was looking forward to […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Books, Giveaway, Reading

Mom of the Year Marketplace Directory

September 1, 2016 By Meredith 1 Comment

Need a service for your home, but not sure where to look or where to start? Need the cheapest price available? Check out this sweet mom's concierge service! It's an online marketplace designed to get you help with one sweet click. Seriously, it so easy and so helpful--you have to check it out! Also, bonus--it's totally free! Enjoy!

Dude! You know that boss feeling when something you poured a whole lot into goes really, really well? Totally the delight I’m rocking after rolling out The Mom of the Year Marketplace last month! Friends, it was a brilliant win! Among the countless rave reviews I heard from Marketplace users: “Within an hour, two plumbers contacted me […]

Filed Under: Advertising, Budgeting, DIY, Homemaking, Online Shopping, Saving Money

The Weekend Bed and Bath Renovation Project

August 26, 2016 By Meredith 4 Comments

Have limited time, but a big project to tackle? Get organized, follow these six practical steps and get that home renovation finished! I am so pleased with the results of our weekend bed and bath renovation project, and I would never have realized how valuable tip #5 is! Pop over here and learn how to tackle your home DIY project the right way!

***This post is sponsored by C2 Paint, which truly made all the difference in the success of our bed and bath renovation project. Read on to find out why!*** If you’ve hung with me for any bit of time, you know that our home is a constant work-in-progress. More accurately stated, it’s a mess-in-process, but hey, why […]

Filed Under: Cleaning, DIY, Homemaking

A Real Life Back to School Shopping Survival Tale

August 23, 2016 By Meredith 6 Comments

Back to school shopping? No sweat, right? Wrong! Check all these pitfalls where I went wrong--TOTALLY wrong. Read it, learn from my mistakes, and go ace it out yourself. And if all else fails, you'll LOVE my plan for winning the shopping trip for kids' school supplies next year!

I imagine hence forth my life will now settle into two distinct eras: the time before I took my children back to school shopping last week and days following this fated venture. The thing is, I could lie, friends. I could say it was exhaustively draining, and I’m praising God that we crossed that beast off the list for […]

Filed Under: Leaving the House, Online Shopping, Preschool, School, Young Kids

5 Ways to Smartly Shop Consignment Sales

August 19, 2016 By Meredith 2 Comments

Looking to save money on children's clothes, toys, and gear? It's time to shop consignment sales! Check these 5 smart tips to being a smart shopper at children's outgrown sales and saving your family oodles of money. Plus, check my #1 trick--it's genius and will make all the difference in staying budget-friendly!

***This post about how to smartly shop consignment sales is sponsored by JBF Reading.*** Long about oh, 7 years, 9 months, and 16 days ago, as I was well into my first pregnancy and solidly representing a whale, a startling realization occurred to me, “Oh crap! Kids need stuff!”. In an effort to manage the […]

Filed Under: Budgeting, Children's Clothes, Saving Money, Young Kids

The Trap of Seeing the Trees

August 15, 2016 By Meredith 4 Comments

Tired of feeling down in the dumps or grouchy about everyday life? Check this life-changing perspective on how to avoid seeing the trees. It's smart, it's real and will help you grab onto peace--and the healthy life you're craving. Plus it's dangerous to miss this one--check out the five solid reasons why and make the choice to live mindfully and self-care NOW!

I very much wanted to title this post “The Treeing It Trap”, but Google informs me treeing is a method of using dogs to chase animals up trees for hunting purposes. Huh. While we strive to cover a variety of topics of interest here at Mom of the Year, I can’t say that hunting in trees is a […]

Filed Under: Couple Time, Faith, Health

Why You Need the White Space

August 9, 2016 By Meredith 6 Comments

Feeling overwhelmed by your weekly schedule? Here are 4 heathly steps you MUST make to getting your daily grind organized and under control. I promise, this will help. Especially if you commit to the 3rd tip, you will finally be able work that white space and breaks into your family calendar and keep it there!

I’ve gotten schooled this summer, friends. You see, these overly full, sunshiny days have been teaching me a hard lesson. Albeit, the lesson is effortlessly delivered with a hefty dose of sweet fun to soften the blow, but nevertheless, we’re talking about a cold, hard truth. And the truth is that I need white space.  What the heck […]

Filed Under: Health, Homemaking, SAHM Life, Young Kids

Book Club Takes a Modern Twist with Eligible

August 5, 2016 By Meredith 12 Comments

We were SO captivated by this book! Check out the reasons why and I'll bet you'll be sold too! Toss on your jammies, cozy up and read with our virtual book club, friends! We're so glad YOU are here! Let's get this summer reading started with Eligible!

Welcome back to book club, friends! Thanks for hanging out with us last month as we did a fun celebration of all the hot summer reads. Hopefully you’re still digging deep into that list while enjoying the sunshiny days of August. We’re now circling back to Eligible: A Modern Retelling of Pride and Prejudice, and my […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Books, Reading

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