Healthy You
Reading Time: 7 minutes Inside: Looking for a delicious and healthy, fall-inspired breakfast? Your family will love this slow cooker pumpkin baked oatmeal. by Erin Odom, site owner & original recipe by Sarah Nichols, contributing writer Ever since I was a little girl, pumpkin has been one of my favorite flavors. Seriously, it’s right up there with chocolate-and-peanut butter […]
Healthy Family9 Weeks of Creative, Real Food, Meatless Monday Recipes
Reading Time: 3 minutes Looking for Meatless Monday meal ideas? Check out these 9 ideas for a lot more than pasta or green salads! Guest post by Jaime from Like a Bubbling Brook After spending over four years as a vegetarian, I’m a big fan of Meatless Mondays. They generally take less time to prepare, keep my grocery budget down, […]
7 Classic Novels Every Mom Should Read
Reading Time: 6 minutes Looking for your next good fiction read? These old-fashioned, classic novels every mom should read feature strong female heroines who are an example to mothers today. Guest post by Elsie of Tea and Ink Society For many moms, reading is a pastime of a bygone era. We have such busy, full lives with running our […]
Creating Community to Connect with New Friends
Reading Time: 5 minutes Whether you’re new in town or have stayed in your same neighborhood for years, creating community is a fantastic way to connect with new friends. Guest post by Christen Price, author of Invited: Live a Life of Connection, not Perfection “Let him who is not in community beware of being alone. Into the community you were […]
3 Things to Remember If You’re an Imperfect Mom
Reading Time: 5 minutes If you’re an imperfect mom (and who isn’t!?), here are three important things to remember. by Jessica Kastner, author of Hiding From the Kids in My Prayer Closet. Ah, motherhood. The place where our girlhood dreams of baby cuddling and tutu shopping collide with the reality of public tantrums and sanity droughts. Even the most […]
3 Things Every Woman Should Remember About Life
Reading Time: 5 minutes Are the difficulties of life getting you down? Keep your chin up and keep reading 3 things every woman should remember about life. By Hilary Bernstein, Contributing Writer It doesn’t matter what it might look like on social media – no one has a perfect life. Every woman deals with struggles. Every woman has difficult […]
3 Ways to Start the Day Off Right
Reading Time: 5 minutes Start the day off right. When you do, it will lead to a more productive day and makes the overwhelming parts of the day more manageable. Guest Post by Whitney Cornelison of Beauty in the Mess Being in the trenches of motherhood has taught me a lot about myself. I thought I was a patient person, […]
Why Your Kids Are Bored At Home (And It’s Not What You Think)
Reading Time: 5 minutes Summer is here and you might be wondering what to do when the kids are bored at home. There’s a way to tame the boredom beast…but it might not be what you think. Guest post by Jamie Jeffers of Medium Sized Family Your kids are bored at home. You can tell, because they’ve told you, oh, about […]
Healthy Home5 Ways to Organize A Small Home
Reading Time: 4 minutes It’s not impossible to organize a small home—especially with these 5 tips! By Danielle Tate, Contributing Writer Living in a small home has benefits but it can a challenge to organize a small home. Once my family downsized, we became full-time RVers, but it took me a few months to get our small space organized. In […]
Simple Lemon Yogurt Homemade Salad Dressing {THM S}
Reading Time: 4 minutes This simple Lemon Yogurt Homemade Salad Dressing is amazingly easy to create, boosts your salad’s nutrition, and best of all, is delicious, too! By Kristen Smith, Contributing Writer If there’s anything the multitude of dietary experts agree upon, it’s that vegetables are good for you. Raw veggies? Even better. Colorful raw veggies atop a bowl of […]
How to Avoid Sunburn without Using Sunscreen
Reading Time: 4 minutes It really IS possible to avoid sunburn without using sunscreen. There really are safe and natural alternatives to sunscreen. By Dena Norton, Contributing Writer It’s that time of year again – pools, picnics, beaches, and water parks. In Texas, summer lasts at least five months, and we take advantage of every one of them by […]
DIY Mineral Makeup
Reading Time: 5 minutes Making your own DIY mineral makeup, like powder foundation, is affordable, healthy … and simple! Note from Erin Odom (aka “The Humbled Homemaker”) : If you aren’t in a season of life where you can DIY your own make-up or if you simply aren’t the DIY type, then I highly recommend checking out BeautyCounter’s make-up. […]
A Better Way to Potty Train – Mom-Tested Advice
Reading Time: 4 minutes The best potty training tip I ever received wasn’t what you might expect, but it has made all the difference. Try this for a happier potty training experience for both mom and child. By Shannon Brown, Contributing Writer I was in the second trimester of my second pregnancy, but the fatigue was there to stay. […]
Why a One-Size-Fits-All Cleaning Plan Won’t Work in Your Home
Reading Time: 3 minutes Frustrated and overwhelmed by a one-size-fits-all cleaning plan? Maybe the plan is the problem, not you. Try new things and find out what works for you! By Hilary Bernstein, Contributing Writer I was at my wits’ end. Looking around at my messy home, I didn’t know what was wrong. Why couldn’t I get a better handle […]
Why I Chose Natural Birth In the Hospital
Reading Time: 5 minutes Having a natural birth in the hospital is a possibility for expectant moms. Guest Post by Sarah Prince of My Natural Baby Birth As someone who’s had natural births in the hospital, people are surprised that I have a bioengineering degree. Someone who studies how to manipulate DNA in a laboratory surely wouldn’t be interested […]
