A couple months ago, my family and I went to an open house for The Festival of Trees. As we were wrapping up and about to strap our toddler into the stroller, she started having a little tantrum. She still wanted to run around. A nice older lady swiftly came running to our aid…with candy.Continue Reading..
Solids Feeding Schedule: Month 6 Update
If you are just joining us, this is the 6th month update of feeding my baby homemade baby food. Each update I give you the details of what foods I introduced to my baby (Bella) during the previous month. Pssst! You can see all my homemade baby food posts right here. What a month! BellaContinue Reading..
How to Get Started with Baby Sign Language
I’m one of those stay-at-home moms that likes doing things the old-school way, like cloth diapering and making baby food. Makes sense then that I couldn’t help myself when I heard about baby sign language the first time. My baby was going to learn it and we were going to communicate before she could ever talk. SoContinue Reading..
5 Easy Swaps for Throwing a Birthday Party on a Small Budget
We celebrated baby Bella’s first birthday last weekend. It was supposed to be a “You Are My Sunshine” theme, but it turned into a lemon/no-theme-at-all-really theme very quickly. It really didn’t matter the theme, though, because the birthday girl got to enjoy her cake for a really (and I’m talking really) long time. As longContinue Reading..
How I Fill My Freezer Without Doing Any Freezer Cooking Days
I bet you know at least a couple people or more who do freezer cooking days once or twice a month. They do this to save both time and money in the future, and it pays off for the most part. But what about those of us who don’t have a big chest freezer? IContinue Reading..
9 Things That Can Help You to Improve and Intentionally Change
I was gung-ho the minute 2014 rolled around to start working on myself. Two seconds later I dropped off that cliff and plateaued. Then something amazing happened Easter weekend. Actually a series of events happened before that, but I didn’t do anything about it until Easter. I got the creative juices flowing for my blog.Continue Reading..
Kids and Food: Eat Your Veggies
Parents tend to say the same thing about their kids when it comes to food: “My kids are terrible eaters. They hate anything that is green or otherwise looks like a vegetable.” Besides the fact that many kids don’t eat all their dinner (which I attribute to not having a strict snacking schedule), they justContinue Reading..
How to Make Rutabaga {or Swede} Puree for Baby
I am a big believer in feeding babies variety. My little Bella turns 1 soon, and she will have tried 50+ foods by that time. Rutabaga is just one of them. Before doing a feeding schedule for introducing new foods to Bella, I had no idea what a rutabaga was. I had seen them atContinue Reading..
How to Start a Pantry Staples List to Save Money
There are so many ways to save money on your groceries each month, but one of the most effective is by having pantry staples on hand. Pantry staples are the ingredients or food you have in your pantry, fridge, and freezer that make it possible for you to make a meal on the fly. TheseContinue Reading..
7 Ways to Save Thousands on Big Ticket Items
In one of my most boring finance classes in college, I actually learned something valuable that can be applied to anyone’s life. The concept was for a business, but it can be translated to this: Invest in large items that will benefit your family or it’s just not worth it. You can’t buy frivolous items that are justContinue Reading..
Solids Feeding Schedule: Month 5 Update
If you are just joining us, this is the 5th month update of feeding my baby homemade baby food. Each update I have given you the details of what foods I introduced to my baby (Bella) during the previous month. Pssst! You can see all my homemade baby food posts right here. Bella is exudingContinue Reading..
Review of “This is My Life” 2015 Planner
I was not paid to write this post. I received a product to review, and I will only review products that could benefit my readers. The opinions in this post are completely my own based on my experience. I was recently given the opportunity to review This is My Life Planner, a beautiful 2015 day planner from MelissaContinue Reading..
4 Tips for Meshing Christmas Traditions
This is our 7th Christmas as a married couple. We both come from completely different cultures and lifestyles, so our Christmas traditions couldn’t be further apart, but we’ve thoroughly enjoyed every Christmas season together. César comes from the southern hemisphere where Christmas is in Summer. That means his Christmas was more like our Independence DayContinue Reading..
Properly Itemizing Charitable Donations on Your Taxes
The Festival of Trees here in Salt Lake has come and gone. I was so happy to be a part of it. I teamed up with my best friend to decorate and donate a 4 foot tree to the Festival. Our theme was Handel’s Messiah, so there were music notes, french horns, bells, and doves.Continue Reading..
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