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Mother's Day Scavenger Hunt
Happy Mother's Day! Explore your home and see if you can find these items. 1.      Dishes in your child’s room 2.     A piece of kids...
Elizabeth Drury
May 91 min read
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Good-Bye Old Girl….
I have had my 2011 Honda Pilot for 9 years. We bought it as a present for Charlie before he was born. It had been chugging along and...
Elizabeth Drury
Mar 195 min read
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Potty Mouth
Two days ago, Cora came home with an orange clip down. Clip down is a system that the school uses to keep track of behavior. Everyone...
Elizabeth Drury
Feb 203 min read
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No New Year's Resolution here...
There are a lot of things I would like to accomplish. These things have changed over the years. When I started my goal book in 2012, my...
Elizabeth Drury
Dec 30, 20243 min read
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Time flies...
The last time I posted was in JULY!!! I cannot believe that the year has gone so fast. I thought I would have more free time now that...
Elizabeth Drury
Nov 26, 20243 min read
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Third times the charm…
I have been on a 2 ½ year journey to become a CFP® practitioner (Certified Financial Planner). I started in March 2022 with my 7...
Elizabeth Drury
Jul 25, 20244 min read
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Not World's Greatest...
So, I'm not the World's Greatest Mom...I am more like the World's Okayest Mom. Below are some reasons why I am just okay: Cora fell off...
Elizabeth Drury
May 10, 20242 min read
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Doggone it...
Well Happy 2024! It has been forever since I have written. I have been studying for my CFP exam and that has been all encompassing. I...
Elizabeth Drury
Apr 3, 20243 min read
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Spoiled Rotten
How much is too much? My kids had a very good Christmas. Santa was able to bring them scads of presents while we were at Great Wolf...
Elizabeth Drury
Dec 31, 20233 min read
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I guess failure is an option...
Lack of success. The action or state of not functioning. Failure. I am a failure, at a lot of things, but yesterday I was able to fail...
Elizabeth Drury
Nov 4, 20233 min read
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Sleep tight…don’t let the Termites bite…
The other day I was in our small bathroom when I noticed the trim looked funny. It was all bubbled up like maybe there was water damage....
Elizabeth Drury
Sep 6, 20232 min read
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Weight Loss Ideas
Weird Weight Loss Ideas 1. Smell bananas and apples – To tempt yourself 2. Eat off blue plates and they will suppress your...
Elizabeth Drury
Aug 9, 20232 min read
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Beth Drury and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad 2 weeks...
The garage door wouldn’t open. We use the garage door to get in and out of the house. I could tell it was going to be a terrible,...
Elizabeth Drury
Jul 3, 20234 min read
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Not so messy...
In my life of simplifying this year, I have started organizing areas to shed clutter and make areas more efficient. Below are some...
Elizabeth Drury
Jun 16, 20233 min read
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You are not a bad mom...
Worst Moms in History In no particular order… 1. Susan Smith – Drove her car into a lake with her 2 children inside and claimed a...
Elizabeth Drury
May 12, 20233 min read
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Who am I?
I am not me. This happens sometimes. My mental health ebbs and flows and can manifest in different ways. Usually, I have panic attacks...
Elizabeth Drury
Apr 26, 20234 min read
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Brain Dump...
Ahhhh! Where did February go!! This year is flying by! I had some fun blog ideas for February, but I have had so much going on I didn't...
Elizabeth Drury
Mar 5, 20232 min read
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I'm back...
It has been four months since my last post, and I missed this more than I could imagine. It isn’t that I have a lack of anecdotes or...
Elizabeth Drury
Jan 10, 20234 min read
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The Saga of the Stand-Up Potty
There are a lot of things that you are not prepared for as a parent. This is one of those things. On Thursday, I picked the kids up...
Elizabeth Drury
Aug 22, 20224 min read
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Kindergarten
Today Charlie started Kindergarten. He is attending Holy Name. He has been excited for weeks. We have been shopping for supplies, a...
Elizabeth Drury
Aug 2, 20222 min read
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