The worst part about a *yawn* is how contagious it is – even if you’re just reading about how someone else is doing so! In any case, getting enough sleep is vital to being able to function as a mom (or just as a person!), which is why night wakings are so difficult! So let’s […]
Health
How to Make any Protein Shake Taste Like a Milkshake in 2 Easy Steps
Waking up for an early morning workout is hard. Going through all of the exercises, half awake and wondering if I’m doing them or just dreaming it, is even harder. But the protein shake that tastes like a milkshake at the end? Totally worth it. But here’s the thing… last grocery shopping trip, I forgot […]
A Mom’s Guide to Diastasis Recti (mommy tummy) by an RN
When you’ve got an injury, people are gonna ask what happened… and I wish I had a story that didn’t involve a toilet. When I was about 6 months’ pregnant with our youngest, my kids informed me there was a clogged toilet. And since my husband was at work, I sighed and grabbed the plunger. […]
Home & Garden
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. So when we needed to […]
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 on the home and garden to-do list […]
Humor
5 Things Every Parent of 3 (or more) Kids Knows for Sure
When the doctors hand you your third child, there’s also a tiny, shrill alarm going off in your parent head that screams, “AHH!! YOU’RE OUTNUMBERED!!!” I remember after our third boy was born, trying to explain that moment to my friend, still pregnant with her third. She laughed, assuming I was being dramatic in order […]
How I Use Humor (and anxiety) to Plan a Family Vacation
Today while the baby napped, I thought (for the eleven billionth time) that we should think about scheduling a family vacation for next year. Because, you know, parenting at home isn’t hard enough – let’s do it on the road. Oh, dear… yeah, that’s a little bit of humor and even some sarcasm dripping from […]
Inspirational
All The Best Parables for Parents
Being a parent is a lot of work…. And not in one of those “employed” type of ways. It’s more as an “every day is a day I teach my children and myself something new” kinda way. PHEW. Often times, parables can be a way that can help parents filter through the tougher times in […]
How to Come to Peace With The Different Seasons Of Life
For everything, there is a season. Sounds familiar, right? Where we live, we’ve got 4 seasons that we go through without fail each and every year. Winter (brrr), Summer (so hot!), Spring (flowers!) and Fall (s’mores anyone?). Okay, so some are shorter than the others. Even so, each season is beautiful and interesting in its […]
Parenting
What You Need to Know About the 4 Month Sleep Regression
Four-month-old babies are the cutest. By now, your baby is cute, chubby, and smiling. I mean, really. How cute is that? And, if you’re lucky, your baby’s even sleeping for several hours at a time. Naps might also get you some free time to get a quick shower or some basic things done. Until… you […]
Awesome Ways to Fill an Easter Basket without Candy
Spring is right around the corner and Easter is just a skip, hop and a sugar high away. Yes, the Easter Bunny is coming and he usually brings baskets full of hyperactivity-inducing, cavity-making confections! Stop the madness! Did you know that Easter doesn’t have to include candy at all?! That’s right, friend. There are awesome […]
Good Eats
How to Make Beef Rib Street Tacos for Your Taco Enthusiast
If you love tacos (as I do), then Taco Tuesday is a myth. Because, really, tacos are an every day kind of thing! Even so, I do try not to eat tacos every day – because while a taco cleanse is a real thing, I also believe in moderation. Shocking, right? but what that also […]
How to Make a Delicious, Authentic Scottish Shortbread
Finding a new cookie recipe that’s both delicious and meaningful is an amazing journey. That’s why I’ve been loving watching baking shows with my husband – we find SO MANY wonderful new recipes we have to look up, try, and enjoy. And it seems like every biscuit week on our favorite baking show, someone is […]
Writing
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 to do so many wonderful […]
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 business has to be online, […]
