The Easiest Way to STOP Eating Out and START Meal Planning

This has seriously made the meal planning/recipe gathering/grocerylist making process one thousand times easier!!

I don’t know about you, but I have a serious weakness for taking the easy route when it comes to making meals. . . or. . . ahem . . . buying meals. Don’t get me wrong, the desire of having a perfectly healthy, home cooked meal on the table by 6 every night is […]

10 Ways Motherhood Will Change Your Life Forever

I think most mothers will relate to these.

I am not the same person I was before I had kids.  Motherhood has changed me in profound ways.  It has stretched me until I thought I might break at times, but every time I keep holding on, and every time I grow stronger.   It is ironic that something that often feels like Groundhog’s […]

The One a Day Rule for Keeping a Clean Home

The One-a-Day Rule is about as easy as it gets for keeping a clean home! #DoubletheBatch

**Reminder! If you are doing holiday shopping, don’t forget to activate your cash back from your Ebates account. This is the time of year when I get the most back (if I actually remember to activate it!) You can install this button on your browser and it will remind you every time you go to an eligible […]

3 Ways to Find the Kid in Yourself

Remember what it felt like to be 3 feet tall? If life is stressing you out, maybe it's time to shrink a little!

“I participated in an Influencer Activation on behalf of Influence Central for Lionsgate. I received a promotional item to thank me for my participation.” Why do we have to grow up? Life just seemed so much simpler as a kid! Now I’m ‘all grown up’ with kids of my own. My kids are constantly wanting […]

How to be a Stay at Home Mom…and Live to Tell the Tale!

This helped me to keep going! Motherhood is no PICNIC, but it's worth it!!#DoubletheBatch

Being a stay at home mom is such an emotional and physical roller coaster ride! One minute you are pregnant and dreaming of holding your first child. You can’t help but ask yourself, “How much longer do I have to wait before I can hold this sweet child in my arms?” The next minute, your […]

How to Make 72 Hour Kits for Kids

This has some great ideas for the unique needs of kids during an emergency. 72 hour kits for kids of all ages! #Doublethebatch

I don’t know about you, but as a mother, I’m more afraid of what will happen to my kids in an emergency than myself or anyone else! My husband and I put together on how to make 72 hours kits for kids and our family and I wrote a post about it here. I won’t […]