During the pandemic I was able to mostly keep on our pantry and household needs, but I was never able to really get a rotating stock our pantry and linen closet. Add in the fact we had baby number six in the spring last year and I just continued to buy what we need, when…
Why We Do a Christmas Gift Exchange with Our Children: 5 Lessons We Are Teaching
The floor is covered in wrapping paper, under the tree is already bare, and the children were happily engaged with all their new gifts… for approximately 25 minutes. As parents we felt frustrated after the time, thought, and money into buying, wrapping, and stating up way to late for the children to not fully enjoy the…
Fall After-School Snack: Apple Nachos
One of our favorite things about Fall is apple picking! The orchard we have went to for years closed this year, but I was able to find some Cortland apples. It’s not nearly enough to stock up for the winter, but we are enjoying one of my children’s favorite snacks: Apple Nachos!
Changing Grocery Shopping Habits in 2022
I feel like the last two years we have been playing dodgeball, ducking and hiding, just trying to stay in the game — that’s how I’ve felt running my home the last 2 years when it comes to meals. In this post I am sharing how I changed my grocery shopping habits in 2022. We…
Beginner Guide to an Easy Skincare Routine
Cleansers, anti aging, nighttime cream, serums, exfoliating masks, daytime creams — there are so many products to help us with our skincare! I put together this beginner guide to an easy skincare routine to help take the guesswork out of product order and why you use each product.
Making Strawberry Jam: Freezer Friendly
Strawberries are favorite around here and once we start to enjoy all the fresh garden grown produce -it’s all we want! I am always itching to find different ways to enjoy the fresh produce as long as we can without getting tired of it. Being able to create freezer friendly recipes to keep fresh produce…
Meal Planning and Money Saving Tips
Do you enjoy spending time in the kitchen with new recipes? Do you meal prep so you can save a ton of time with your busy weekly schedule? Do you cook just so you can eat? A big part of money saving in the kitchen is meal planning, but I also know it feels a…
2022 Fill Your Freezer February Challenge
I am super excited for this year’s Fill Your Freezer February Challenge albiet a little late getting started this month due to snow storms here in Indiana!. This year lines up perfectly for me, because baby number 6 is due at the beginning of April! So, I will be specifically focused on freezer cooking on…
Easy, Low-Cost, Low-Key, Gender Reveal
We have never chosen to have a big gender reveal, and with baby number six has been no exception. It has just been my husband and I, or as we had more kids, we included the kids by bringing them to the ultrasound. The difference with this pregnancy because of the Covid precautions, no one…
2022 Goals
At the end of every December, I always take the time to reflect on the year and start planning for the upcoming New Year. And every year I feel like I get a little better at setting more realistic goals and my 2022 goals are no exception. I made a “master” list for my 2022…