Sep 9, 2010 Posted by Tiffany

Capturing signs

Yeah! It’s Thursday again. And we all know what that means…almost weekend! The theme for You Capture this week was signs…and I was a little more stumped about this one at first. But when I finally went out with my camera into the great wide open, the signs were everywhere. Some of my signs are literally signs on posts…but others are more subtle signs form nature. Hope you... read more

Aug 25, 2010 Posted by Tiffany

Dear Mackenzie: Wow you’re getting big!

Dear Mackenzie, You’re already twenty-one months old and we just keep wondering where the time has gone. Last month you wanted to disagree with everything we said…but now you actually answer with nods a lot of the time too. At least when you want something. You select what you want to snack on in the mornings and help me pick out your clothes (although you’d usually prefer to be naked)... read more

Aug 24, 2010 Posted by Tiffany

Using thieves oil to treat black mold

I  was recently contacted by a reader who has had terrible problems with black mold (Stachybotrys chartarum). If you’ve never heard about this problem, let me tell you that it is BAD stuff. Not only does it smell gross, but it is actually toxic, and it will cause you, your family and even your pets to get exceptionally sick if you don’t deal with the problem. Thankfully, there are a few ways... read more

Aug 17, 2010 Posted by Tiffany

I’d like to ask you for a favor

I entered one of my photos of Mackenzie into Sigma & Momtography’s photo contest…and I’d really appreciate your help. I’ve got to collect votes for a chance to win so it would mean a lot to me if you’d go visit the link below and vote. Please vote now When the page loads, click the Review button below the photo of Mack, enter your email address at the top of the photo... read more

Aug 16, 2010 Posted by Tiffany

Blueberry Zucchini Bread

As you may recall, we are huge fans of zucchini bread in this house and I make a couple loaves almost every week. Now that Stefan is back at work and I want him to have something in his belly every morning, I’m back to baking. But I was feeling a bit bored with the usual zucchini bread and had a bunch of blueberries in the fridge to use up…and so this recipe was born. I basically just took my... read more

Aug 9, 2010 Posted by Tiffany

Decluttering Giveaway #3 — Baby girl clothes – 9 months size

With the first couple giveaway’s already behind us, I’m happy to note that Mackenzie’s room is looking less like a baby store every day…although we do already have tons of stuff for her to wear at the moment thanks to awesome friends and family who have been sending us things! Now we just need to start collecting some music CD’s and maybe a few DVD’s of Sesame Street to... read more

Aug 5, 2010 Posted by Tiffany

No Ordinary Blogoversary

Thanks to Teena in Toronto for pointing out that my blogoversary was this past weekend. Can’t say for certain where my brain was but I had no idea that I was so close to the date when No Ordinary Homestead was born from the pieces of all my other blogs. On September 17th, I will have been blogging for 5 years and I have to say it’s been an amazing journey! In the last few months, you saw... read more

Aug 3, 2010 Posted by Tiffany

Decluttering Giveaway #2: More Baby Clothes – 3-6 months

First of all, congratulations to Carrie M! She has scored the great package of newborn hand-me-downs and is hopefully going to make a new mommy (and daddy) very excited! Carrie, I’ll contact you in a bit for your mailing address. I apologize for the lateness of this announcement but apparently I’m not quite the Superwoman I’d like to be all the time…and I seriously underestimated... read more

Jul 29, 2010 Posted by Tiffany

Decluttering Giveaway #1: Newborn clothes

In case you missed my post earlier this week, I’m starting a series of decluttering giveaways. Mackenzie’s room is the first one under the microscope because I’m sick of looking at the overflowing boxes of baby clothes that she has outgrown in the last twelve months. Part of me wants to hold on to all her clothes forever, especially because most of them are so cute. And another part just... read more

Jul 27, 2010 Posted by Tiffany

Let the decluttering giveaways begin!

A few weeks ago, I learned about something I thought was really interesting that was going on in the blogosphere: apparently it’s become really common for bloggers to get rid of some of their stuff by giving it away to their readers. Even the Pioneer Woman is doing it which somehow gave me more confidence that I can pull off something like this too. Not that I have anywhere close to her power and... read more