Welcome to Notch Up Lifestyle

A family blog about raising 4 girls and living the locomotive family life, recipes included!

How do you keep friends

Do you know how to keep friends, how to stay in each others lives? I know many people who have friends they've known since grade school....

Nine to Five

I am looking to find a job again. It's not the easiest thing to do for the schedule I need. It would be great if I could find a stay at...

A day out with Vincent Van Gogh

I finally got to do it! I got to go into Chicago and immerse myself in Van Gogh's Immersive art exhibit. I didn't really have a good idea...

Adding a goal I didn't know I had

Woke up today and started with breakfast, then cleaning the kitchen, neither of those things are on my favorite to do list but it is...

Excited for exciting things to come

Brianna and Alex have officially finished their first week of going into school. They only go 2 days a week, but that's still one more...

National Girls and Women in sports day

Hello again! It's been a little while and I am so excited to write about National Girls and women in sports day. It does seem like there...

Our weekend

Living in Northern Illinois you are bound to get some snow, last winter we had maybe 2 snow falls that needed to be shoveled. Not a lot...

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