Hello & welcome to Happy Little Homemaker! I’m so glad that you stopped by! I would love for you to subscribe to my RSS Feed. You can also find me on Pinterest and Twitter. Thanks for visiting! When I was pregnant the first time, I kept hearing other mom’s say to get any big […] Read more…
Lemon-Orange Fizz {Recipe}
With the promise of warmer weather, I’m having fun mixing up some yummy non-alcoholic drinks to enjoy while I’m waiting for baby to come. Here is my latest yummy concoction. Ingredients: 1 c. orange seltzer 1 Tblsp frozen lemonaide 1-1/2 tsp lemon juice 3 oz orange juice Place ingredients in glass and stir […] Read more…
Strawberry-Coconut Daiquiri {Recipe}
I am SOOOO ready for summer. Heck, I’m just happy that spring finally arrived! I can’t wait for strawberry season to finally hit Northern Michigan. When it does, you can be that these slushies will be on my menu! Ingredients: 1 c strawberries, (fresh is easier to blend) 1 Tblsp sugar 2 tsp lime juice […] Read more…
Postcards from Misty Harbor Inn {Book Review}
I love to read and while the practical side of me loves to read non-fiction, my brain occasionally just needs some candy. Especially when I’ve been working so hard on projects at home. So when LitFuse offered up the first two books in the Postcards from Misty Harbor series for review, I leapt at the […] Read more…
Stock the Freezer List – Summer Edition 2013 {Prepping for Baby}
Before I had the first, I never really thought about how tough it would be to cook and eat well with a newborn. By the time my last came around, I knew better. Since my last baby was a winter baby, my last stock the freezer list was a little different. This […] Read more…
Phonics and Reading with McGuffey iPhone App {Schoolhouse Review Crew}
My daughter is a perfectly capable reader. But she’s resistant. She can do it fine when we are working through our reading curriculum. She can even spell. But she has a tendency to get overwhelmed when looking at pages full of words. When we had the opportunity to review an iPad/iPhone app from LiteracySoft, I […] Read more…
Mother’s Day Blessing Giveaway – Ends 5/12!
I’m so excited to be a partial sponsor of this wonderful Mother’s Day Blessing giveaway put on by Woman 2 Woman Ministries. One lucky winner will receive all the lovely goodies below, including a bottle of Lavender Essential Oil from Young Living with 30 ways to use it, in a cute purple make up bag […] Read more…
ENDED – Last Day to Get Over $640 in E-Books & Freebies for only $29.97!
I’m not normally a very sales-y person because I just don’t work that way, but I was SO EXCITED to see this bundle. While I’m not a hard-core coupon user, I love a rockin’ deal — and this is one! You get 97 e-books for only $29.97. That’s about $0.31 each for the ebooks […] Read more…
Tropical Orange Slush {Recipe}
I love slushie drinks and can’t drink alcohol, pregnant or not. Plus, I have lots of strawberries from last year in my freezer waiting to be eaten. I found this recipe and my girls LOVED it. And, it’s fairly healthy as long as you didn’t add sugar before freezing your strawberries. To make a […] Read more…
Homeschool in the Woods {Schoolhouse Review Crew}
We’ve been slowly working through school even though my energy level is starting to dwindle. We’ve kind of changed our focus from hardcore on multiple subjects and have switched into spring/summer mode of character, bible, reading, math plus one other subject combined with copious amounts of time outside now that the snow is FINALLY gone. […] Read more…