your friendly, neighborhood nurse
Hey, y’all. I’m Kimberly – your friendly, neighborhood nurse and wannabe superhero. My superpower is helping y’all survive the day with your sanity and smiles intact.
Life can be easier and full of smiles.
Just because life is crazy, exhausting, and makes you question everything you thought you knew doesn’t mean it’s always like that. Here are the tips, tools, and knowledge I’ve gained that can help you keep your sanity – and your smiles – intact.
Health & Fitness
Got a health or fitness question? Ask your friendly, neighborhood nurse for an answer. Then browse already-answered questions here.
Home & Garden (DIY)
Do you love to garden or update your home, too? Check out all my latest projects, my garden, hare-brained ideas, and more right here.
Recipes
Fellow foodies raise your hands! Get my recipes, food experiments, and delicious shenanigans by clicking this button.
Parenting
Adulting ain’t got nothing on parenting, y’all. Right? Here are all of my parenting tips, tools, and “on-the-job training” knowledge I’ve learned with 4 kids.
Sleep Training
Need more sleep? After sleep training 4 difficult babies, let me show you how to get your child to sleep so you can get back to a full night’s sleep, too.
Sleep Regressions
If I were a superhero, sleep regressions would be my arch nemesis. But I’ve also learned how to vanquish them. So sleep avengers, assemble here!
Preparedness
“If ye are prepared, ye shall not fear” – or at it helps my anxiety to calm down. The trick is balancing it so that I don’t become a hoarder – here are my tips.
Blogging
Full disclosure: I’m a geek. I love diving into data and going behind the scenes. And if you’re big into blogging, this is going to be a geektastic read.
Kimberly’s Writing
Remember how I’m a geek? Well, I’m also a lover of all things science fiction and fantasy. This button will take you to my fiction writing hub – so enjoy!
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Everything You Need to Know About a Nap Transition
I’ve often wished that my kids better appreciated how amazing naps are. But since my daughter is in the last stages of outgrowing her current nap schedule, it’s got me reevaluating an important question: what’s the best way to handle a nap transition? The short answer to that (based on…
10+ Tips to Relieve Financial Stress Right Now
Have you ever had a couple of crazy days, and suddenly you realize you’ve got to make the money left in your envelope or wallet stretch for another few days? There can be a few moments of panic while you’re trying to make ends meet until the next paycheck in…
Intermittent Fasting: How to Rock Fasting Safely
There are so many diets, fads, and lifestyle options out there that it’s bound to drive you crazy trying to keep up with all of them. Even so, it’s important to keep trying to be healthier and live a healthier lifestyle. So when a friend asked me what intermittent fasting…
Fun Outdoor Art Projects To Do With Your Kids
Don’t you love the awesome pictures and art projects that your kids bring home from school? If you’re like me, you may even have thought, “Maybe we could do some art projects this summer?” And that’s when you remember that those school projects usually include 30 hyper children, paint, and…
All About Gentle and Present Sleep Training (chair method)
Recently, someone from my sleep training mastermind group asked me for more ideas for gentle sleep training methods. But since my family relied on a method that involved crying, I turned to some research to find more tear-free methods that these parents could try. Considering your best tear-free options when…
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Health Tips & Answers
Intermittent Fasting: How to Rock Fasting Safely
There are so many diets, fads, and lifestyle options out there that it’s bound to drive you crazy trying to keep up with all of them. Even so, it’s important to keep trying to be healthier and live a healthier lifestyle. So when a friend asked me what intermittent fasting…
A Protein Shake that Actually Tastes Like a Milkshake
Have you ever tried a protein shake that you just couldn’t stand? Whether it’s the taste or the texture, how can you make a protein-enriched drink taste better – like a milkshake? After a lot of research and trial and error testing, there is an easy way to uplevel a…
How to Let Go of Toxic Relationships That Are No Good for You
People are who matter. Relationships are an amazing, wonderful blessing. They are rarely easy, but the sense of community they bring is important to our wellbeing and personal growth. At times, however, there are people in our lives and even in our inner circles who become a source of negative…
The Easy Way to Make Healthy Homemade Baby Food
So… it’s time to start feeding your baby solid foods. Congratulations! Now it’s time to decide what kind of baby food you serve your kiddo. Will you buy the jar baby food? Or will you make your own healthy homemade baby food purees? Making your own baby food is a…
Home & Garden & DIY
How to Make Natural DIY Bug Repellent Candles
Summer is here and it’s BBQ season! Which, sadly, also means it’s mosquito and bug season. And while I’d love to say that I love mosquitoes, let’s be real: they aren’t anybody’s favorite. So let’s make some natural DIY bug repellent candles so that we can still enjoy being outside…
Everything You Need to Know for a Gorgeous Deck Garden
Sometimes a big backyard garden isn’t a realistic possibility. Maybe you live in an apartment and all you have is a small patio. Or maybe a deck garden on your back porch is just more convenient – or more your style. Perhaps you’re growing some herbs on your back deck…
How to Avoid Issues with 10X or 4X Restore Deck Paint
Raise your hand if you like doing a job twice… oh, wait. Nobody likes that idea! You see, while I’m all about doing a job well, I don’t want to keep redoing things frequently. Restaining a deck every year? Um, that’s not on my list of favorite things to do.…
My Review of Restore 10X and 4X for Deck and Concrete
You know those home projects that need to get done? But you’re too busy living life, so you do whatever you can to avoid doing that project? Well, at our last home we finally had to address a huge, discolored eyesore attached to the back of our house: the back deck. It’d been…
Parenting
Everything You Need to Know About a Nap Transition
I’ve often wished that my kids better appreciated how amazing naps are. But since my daughter is in the last stages of outgrowing her current nap schedule, it’s got me reevaluating an important question: what’s the best way to handle a nap transition? The short answer to that (based on…
Fun Outdoor Art Projects To Do With Your Kids
Don’t you love the awesome pictures and art projects that your kids bring home from school? If you’re like me, you may even have thought, “Maybe we could do some art projects this summer?” And that’s when you remember that those school projects usually include 30 hyper children, paint, and…
All About Gentle and Present Sleep Training (chair method)
Recently, someone from my sleep training mastermind group asked me for more ideas for gentle sleep training methods. But since my family relied on a method that involved crying, I turned to some research to find more tear-free methods that these parents could try. Considering your best tear-free options when…
15 Breathtaking Things to Do in Utah with Your Kids
Is Utah on your to-see or bucket list? Because if you’re wondering what parts of Utah you need to see with your family, there are so many wonderful sights that you truly have to see to believe. So why should you visit Utah with your family? Utah has an astounding…
Sleep Training
Everything You Need to Know About a Nap Transition
I’ve often wished that my kids better appreciated how amazing naps are. But since my daughter is in the last stages of outgrowing her current nap schedule, it’s got me reevaluating an important question: what’s the best way to handle a nap transition? The short answer to that (based on…
All About Gentle and Present Sleep Training (chair method)
Recently, someone from my sleep training mastermind group asked me for more ideas for gentle sleep training methods. But since my family relied on a method that involved crying, I turned to some research to find more tear-free methods that these parents could try. Considering your best tear-free options when…
Sleep Training Workbook
Sleep training, while something that we all feel we ought to know, can be so overwhelming that we feel like we need help. Especially when you’re already exhausted from staying up with your new baby. Have you ever wished someone would show you what to do with sleep training already?…
What You Need to Know about Baby Wake Times to Sleep Train
One day as I was chatting with other parents about sleep training, one mom asked me what the ideal baby wake times are by age. And because I didn’t have that committed to memory, I decided to do some research for an even more thorough answer. Here is what I…
All About Blogging
Why You Need Your Own Custom Search Engine – and How to Make One
As I’ve dived more and deeper into the layers of SEO (search engine optimization), I’ve realized what a rabbit hole it is – and how much fun it can be, too! One of my new favorite parts of it is the custom search engine because it’s a quick, easy, painless way…
How to Avoid ‘the Perfect SEO’ Monkey Trap
What if I told you there’s an online trap that’s so good that it’s snared countless thousands of business owners and bloggers? Well, there is. And it’s so effective that it’s a huge drain on productivity and bottom lines everywhere. What is it? It’s the SEO monkey trap. Now, because your…
How to Get Better Leads – My OptinMonster Review
I love writing. There’s no one reason why – there are lots of little reasons. And one of those little reasons why is because I have some of the most amazing clients that I write for. I love getting to help them – and I also love getting paid to…
The “Complete Workout” Content Marketing Strategy
My husband and I have been working out steadily for about six weeks now: it’s been just long enough that while every morning workout still feels like it’s going to kill us, we’re starting to see some awesome results. Content marketing, and your content marketing strategy, should be just as…