Reading Time: 3 minutesThis ham and cheese crustless quiche recipe is incredibly easy to make, and it will be a hit with your family! Perfect for a fast holiday dish, it can also be served for breakfast, brunch, or even dinner all year long! Although I love a good meal around the holidays, I’m all for easy, simple, […]
Motherhood & FamilyStress Free Holiday Tips: 5 Ways to Stress Less & Enjoy the Holidays
Reading Time: 4 minutesAre you looking for stress free holiday tips? You can stress less and enjoy the holidays more this year! My mentor laughs and calls me a Type A person in a Type B body because, many times, I embody both. As a firstborn, I like to have everything planned out and executed perfectly. But as a busy […]
HealthAvoid Antibiotic Resistance: How to Beat Antibiotic Abuse
Reading Time: 5 minutesCan you avoid antibiotic resistance? That’s the topic of today’s post. Antibiotic resistance is on the rise, and it’s dangerous. Here’s how to avoid it. I guess you could say I’m one of the blessed few: I can count on my fingers how many times I’ve had antibiotics in my entire 36 years. When I was 15, I […]
Teach Empathy: 4 Ways to Cultivate Compassionate Hearts
Reading Time: 4 minutesAre you looking for ways to teach empathy? It might not be easy, but I’m convinced it’s possible to raise kind, compassionate, and empathetic children! In an increasingly me-centered, entitled world, I’m seeking to teach empathy to my kids. It might not be easy, and it will take a lot of intention, but if we start […]
HomeGift Presence to Your Family: Spend Less Money; Create More Memories
Reading Time: 3 minutesGift presence this Christmas–and avoid spending a fortune on gifts! Spend less money and create more memories. Here’s how. Christmas is just around the corner, and, for many, holiday shopping is in full swing. Soon, I’ll be posting an in-depth gift guide that my husband and I have spent hours curating with our favorite picks […]
The Power of a Good Walk
Reading Time: 3 minutesA good walk can infuse more energy into you than you ever imagined–and improve your mood! A good walk can do so much for you! A few weeks ago, our family traveled to a little village outside of Montreal, Quebec, Canada for a business trip. During the day, my husband and I met with six other blogging […]
3 Ways to Teach Kids to Cook
Reading Time: 5 minutesYou can teach kids to cook! Here’s how! I didn’t learn how to cook until well into my 20s. To this day, 11 years into married and domestic life, I have yet to take a cooking class. I’ve learned how to cook the hard way–muddling through cookbooks and recipes, setting off the fire alarm and smoking up […]
Make a Full-Time Income Blogging: I’ll Show You How!
Reading Time: 15 minutesWant to make a full-time income blogging? It’s completely possible, and I’ll show you how to do it in this post! I originally published this post in 2014. I updated it in June 2017. When I wrote the post on how I make an income from home, I received many requests for a more detailed […]
Survive the Baby Years with 5 Simple Tips: You Can Make It, Mama!
Reading Time: 4 minutesIt is possible to survive the baby years! These five tips on how to survive the baby years will get you started. You can do this, Mama! It’s been 8 years, but I remember it like it was yesterday. My firstborn was three weeks old, and my mom had flown out to Memphis from North Carolina […]
Should Homemakers Hire Help?
Reading Time: 5 minutesHave you ever wondered if homemakers should hire help? Is it okay for homemakers to hire help? I’ve wrestled with this question so many times. After all, isn’t it a homemaker’s responsibility to provide childcare, cook, and clean? Whether you’re a working mom, work-at-home mom, or a stay-at-home mom, you’re also in charge of keeping your […]
The Yummiest Way to Eat More Veggies
Reading Time: 3 minutes Right now I’m eating an incredibly delicious blueberry muffin. OK, I admit that it’s my second one tonight. I couldn’t eat just one. But I feel no guilt in these muffins. Not only do they satisfy my craving for baked goods, but they also boost my daily veggie intake. I recently discovered Garden Lites–an […]
3 Easy Salad Meals to Bless a Friend
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe next time you want to bless a friend with a meal, make salad meals! When a friend has a baby or someone in your community suffers a hardship or loss, it’s nice to be able to provide a meal to that family, right? It’s a tangible way to bless them, and it helps build […]
Are We Going to the Right People For Advice?
Reading Time: 2 minutesThere is a lot of advice out there! For every piece of advice, there is another piece that contradicts it. So, are you going to the right people for advice? I first started reading blogs as a brand new mom. I only read two or three for the first few years of motherhood, and I […]
Why You Should Befriend Those Different From You
Reading Time: 4 minutesWhy should you befriend those different from you? I have 3 important reasons! I’ve noticed that a lot of moms seem to congregate with those who have everything in common with them. Homeschool moms gravitate mostly towards other homeschool moms. Public school moms stick with other public school moms. Stay-at-home moms seem to congregate and […]
When You Run Out of Blogging Inspiration, Do This!
Reading Time: 3 minutesIf you blog, here’s how NOT to run out of blogging inspiration. I’m currently writing a traditionally published book with a publisher. I had romanticized the idea, thinking I would spend every day looking out at the field behind my house and watch the sun rise and write to my heart’s content. Reality check: writing a book is proving to […]
