Meet Elise!

Hi, there!  I'm Elise and welcome to our insanely imperfect world.
I'm the lucky mama of the three handsome boys you see pictured above.  We'll affectionately call them Alvin, 5, Simon, 8 1/2, and Theodore, almost 3.  Hubby and I have been married 10 (bumpy)years this June.  I graduated with a degree in Elementary Education, but have been a SAHM mom since bringing Simon home.
We hope you find some comfort in our craziness, penny pinching tactics, and DIH successes and flops.  We look forward to sharing it all with you, both the good and the bad, and hearing your tales, as well!

Meet Emily

Hello, I'm Emily and I love you for visiting our blog!  There's not much to say about myself besides I've been married for five years to my husband, have two little boys, Peter Pan and Captain Hook, and a little girl on the way.  Just so you know....I'm pregnant in the above picture, so don't judge me.  :)  I am a TOTAL SLOB at heart, but noticed it was affecting my marriage, sanity, and bank account.  That's when I decided to get organized.  You'll notice on our site that everything seems pretty easy and kind of like "duh", but all of the organizing tips I post have truthfully helped my household.  Enjoy and keep coming back. 

Intro to our Insanely REAL Lives

Hello, lovelies!  Thank you so much for taking time out of your lives to read about ours in Real House Life.  My friend, Elise, and I decided to begin this blog because we are masters of everything about our homes.  (Insert HEAVY sarcasm here!)  Truthfully, we both have crazy busy lives, are on tight budgets, love DIHing (which, for the record, as invented by Elise.....ugh, I really want to take credit for that.  DIH is an acronym for Do-It-Herself.  Do you love it?!!!  I DO!!!)  Okay, what was I rambling about?  Oh, yes, our lives.  Both of us want perfect Martha Stewart houses, family dinners and play time with our kids that look like a Norman Rockwell painting, and meals on our tables that would lead you to believe we studied at the Culinary Institute of America.  But, back to reality.  Like most of you, we don't have the funds, time, concentration level necessary, did I mention funds?  That is where our mission in the blog world begins.  

Real House Life will focus on bringing you the most inexpensive, yet incredibly beautiful DIH projects, meals that can feed a family of five with $10 or less (seriously), and daily activities to do with your infants and toddlers that DO NOT INCLUDE TECHNOLOGY.  If that's not cool enough, we will also be hosting a weekly link party so that all of YOU can share your tips, recipes, DIH projects, and anything else "House Life" related.
  Thrilled isn't even the word that accurately describes how excited we are about our little piece of blog pie.  We hope you enjoy, and we love you for visiting!