I'm just sayin'!

You wanna know how to have your family appreciate a bit more what you do around the house?

Don't do your kids' wash for 8 days.

And when you finally get around to doing it?

Oh, they'll notice!

My 3 year old literally cheered as I put clean jammies in his drawer this morning!

Cheered, y'all!

As in he literally said, "Yay! Clean jammies!!!"

The old way, when I did wash once or twice a week and nobody ever ran out of clean clothes?

Well, there was never any cheering.

I'm just sayin'.

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And there are only so many times that I can assist my 4 year old daughter in getting a dead roly-poly into a baggie before I have to ask,
"Why do you want to save dead bugs in a Ziploc bag? What is your plan?"

Not that there's anything wrong with having dead bugs you save in a Ziploc as long as there is a plan to go with the dead bugs.

I'm just sayin'.

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And in answer to a question she popped on me as we were getting ready to go somewhere:

"No, we don't take anything with us when we die."

"No, not even our bones."

"You know, I really don't know if we'll be squishy in heaven."

"I'm sure God has that all worked out. Don't worry about it."

I'm just sayin'

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Dear Neighbors' Cats,
I'm not sure if you know, but this is not your house and not your backyard. I realize our dog is elderly and not much of a threat to you, but really, you mock her by roaming around our front and backyards all day, climbing our swing set, sleeping on our roof. And just what exactly is it about our yard and house that make it so much better than your own? We don't feed you, yet still you come. And just how many of you are there, anyway? We lost count somewhere around 4 or 5. It's not that we aren't animal lovers, because we are. Maybe if you didn't poop in our garden and shed fur on our patio furniture we could be friends.
I'm just sayin'.

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Disney from Ruffles and Stuff, I am in awe of your craftiness. I want to be like you. In fact I think I'm going to have to hit the craft store this very weekend for some nylon chiffon!

And Adopt a 'DoCute Girls Hairstyles, I just recently learned of you and oh my word at the adorableness you create out of your daughters' hair. I am inspired, challenged, and tickled pink to have some fun new things to try with my little girl's hair. And your adoption story? Had me in tears! How handsome is your little guy?!!!

I'm just sayin'.

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If you want to use your craftiness, or uncraftiness in my case, for an amazingly good cause, check out what Kristin from We are THAT Family is doing. I dare you to look at the pictures of those adorable little girls in Africa in their new dresses and not want to run right out to your fabric store and help provide that for tons more needy little girls. I'll definitely be stocking up during my fabric store run this weekend and sending some supplies Kristin's way (you don't have to make a dress if you don't want, but can just send supplies). I had a goal to sew a dress for my daughter this summer, but reading Kristin's post I started thinking, "My daughter has tons of dresses, my time would be better spent making a dress for a little girl who may not have one at all."

I'm just sayin'.

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And if you've made it to the end of this and still have no idea what "I'm just sayin' " means, then check out this explanation. I think it's a Southern thing. It is a magical phrase, indeed!

I'm just sayin'.

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