Reading Time: 4 minutes Guest post by Tiffany of Don’t Waste the Crumbs Several years ago, my husband and I had to cut our expenses by 50% in order for me to become a homemaker. Cable TV was a luxury and was the first expense to go. Once we survived TV withdrawal, we looked back and realized that much […]
10 Reasons Why I’m Not Sending My 5 Year Old to Kindergarten
Reading Time: 7 minutes I’m excited to share our family’s reasons for why we’re not sending our 5 year old to kindergarten, and I’d love for you to also read Lexie’s story of how her family chose the opposite–to send their almost-5 year old to kindergarten! It feels like summer has barely begun, yet around the country–especially in the […]
What Can You Do with a Food Processor? {Kitchen Tools of the Trade}
Reading Time: 4 minutes Guest post by Stephani of Cheapskate Cook This post is part of the Kitchen Tools of the Trade series. Click here to read all previous posts in this feature! Here’s the thing. You don’t need a lot of tools to serve good, real food. A small collection of quality cooking gear – a knife, mixing bowls, basic cookery, wooden […]
Finding Support for Exclusively Breast Pumping
Reading Time: 5 minutes Guest Post by Erinn of Embracing Everything This post is part of the Breast-Kept Secrets: Breastfeeding Advice from One Mom to Another series. Go back and read all posts here. If I learned anything during the first few months of exclusively pumping, it was that it’s HARD. Not just hard physically but emotionally, too. I became […]
Saying Goodbye to 124 Kallie
Reading Time: 6 minutes So often I post on tips and how-tos and simple information. And then there are those posts that come straight from my heart. I have to share a secret: These are the posts I like to write best. Hopefully, some of you can still relate to them. I have a feeling some of you are […]
Is a High Speed Blender Worth It? {Kitchen Tools of the Trade}
Reading Time: 5 minutes Guest post by Virginia of GeorgeTown, MN This post is part of the Kitchen Tools of the Trade series. Click here to read all previous posts in this feature–and come back on Wednesdays to continue the series! It’s no secret, I love my Vitamix. I got it for Christmas last year, and I joke that it’s to make up […]