Motherhood & Family
Reading Time: 4 minutesDon’t beat yourself up if your schedule doesn’t allow much time for read-aloud books with your kids. Learn how you can enjoy read-aloud books with your kids despite a busy schedule! I began this school year with high aspirations. As my firstborn is now in 1st grade and my youngest is three, it was high time […]
Archives for October 2015
3 Ways Our Christian Family Treats Halloween
Reading Time: 4 minutesInside: These are the ways that our family treats Halloween and the things that we do to have fun. Our personal conviction is that Christians don’t have to run and hide from Halloween. Halloween is a topic I have largely ignored in my early years of blogging. (I started blogging way back in 2011, so […]
Home7 Homemaking Rules to Break
Reading Time: 4 minutesIf you are stressing out about a messy house or not having time to get everything done, here are 7 homemaking rules to consider breaking. By Sarah Mueller, Contributing Writer Have you heard the story about the woman who always cut the end off of her pot roast before cooking it? That’s how her mother had always done […]
How Being a Money Making Mom Has Changed My Life
Reading Time: 5 minutesBeing a money-making mom has changed my life and the life of my family! Learn how I went from being a stay-at-home mom who could barely afford it to living my dreams in less than three years! Three years ago this month, I wrote what would turn into one of the most popular posts of […]
5 Healthy Breakfasts On The Go
Reading Time: 4 minutesStuck in a rut when it comes to healthy breakfasts on the go? Don’t let your busy lives keep you back from the best start to each day! While it may be ideal to wake up to a full spread of freshly-prepared breakfast foods each morning, it’s not always feasible. I’ve learned this more in […]
Because You Never Know When That Diaper Change Might Just Be Your Last
Reading Time: 4 minutesIt seems like yesterday that I was changing my first baby’s diaper. But now the baby years are over. And now I know that you never know when that diaper change might just be your last. When I was expecting my second, my then-2-year-old asked me every single morning: “Mommy, carry me! Carry me down […]
Homemade Dairy-Free Blended Ice Coffee Recipe
Reading Time: 3 minutesA homemade dairy-free blended ice coffee recipe is a great afternoon pick-me-up! Although I pride myself on only drinking one cup of coffee each day, sometimes I need an afternoon pick-me-up. A quick, easy, homemade dairy-free blended ice coffee is the perfect treat that I need to get going again. Homemade blended ice coffee can also be an […]
7 Surprising Ways to Pay Off Debt by Decluttering
Reading Time: 4 minutesIt might seem obvious to hang onto everything that might be useful when you’re trying to save money. However, you might actually be able to pay off debt by decluttering even faster! Here’s how. By Shannon, Contributing Writer It might at first make more sense to try and hang onto every little item that might […]
Embracing Life’s Detours
Reading Time: 4 minutesWhen was the last time you were driving along in your car, spotted a construction zone with detour signs and thought, “AWESOME! I was hoping I would get to take a detour today”? It doesn’t happen, right? How do we begin to embrace life’s detours? Image Source Guest post by Sarah Koontz of Grounded & […]
7 Kitchen Appliances You Don’t Really Need
Reading Time: 6 minutesYou don’t own every kitchen gadget known to man? Don’t worry. Here are seven kitchen appliances you don’t really need. By Tiffany, Contributing Writer When I was registering for my wedding, I thought I needed all kinds of cool kitchen gadgets that seemed to be “must-haves” for my house. And then I didn’t get any of them. […]
HealthReading Challenge
Reading Time: 5 minutesI absolutely love to read, so I was excited to join in with the Modern Mrs. Darcy 2015 Reading Challenge at the beginning of the year. Inspired by Mandi at Life Your Way, I’ve decided to give a little update of the books I’ve read in each category of the reading challenge. (These aren’t the […]
