Summer is here, which means lots of sun, low-key makeup, and easy skincare routines. I’m sharing my top must have summer products today including verified, non toxic sunscreen, makeup products for those date nights, and my favorite product to help you skin glow. If you are new to Beautycounter you can also get 20% off…
Azure Standard Bulk Buying: 6 Month Review
The rising food costs and trying to move back into an “ingredient-based” pantry I have been paying more attention on where to get the best prices. Not only have I found grocery items, but some of my household items are available and less expensive through Azure Standard. On top of the prices, buying in bulk…
How to Make Lard from Our Bulk Hog Purchase
Buying meat in bulk from a butcher is more cost effective as long as you have the freezer space to do so. This last time I bulk ordered meat I requested to have some of the extra fat packaged up. The butcher adds some fat to the ground pork, but otherwise it would either go…
Home Manager Binder: Keeping Track of What We Eat and Use
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…