1-Minute DIY Foaming Hand Soap, That Smells Better Than the Original!
I love good smelling soap. We’ve proved — at least in our house — it helps reinforce hand washing in our kids. And as much as I love rich, thick, foaming hand soap, I sure don’t like shelling out all that money…especially for our favorites at Bath and Body Works. Recently, though, I discovered this […]
How to Keep Your New Years Resolutions Without Willpower!
It’s that time of year again….the time where everyone writes New Year’s Resolutions. Whether you’re trying to drop 20 lbs, start a new hobby or venture into a new career, many look to a new year to start new goals. But like so many of us, come Valentine’s Day, those same resolutions are out the […]
Christmas Cookies 2017
Have you followed our tutorial on DIY Sugar Cookies? (Sugar Cookies 101: Part 1 – Making the Cookies & Sugar Cookies 101: Part 2 – Decorating the Cookies) We’d love to see what you and your fam created. Send us your pictures and we’ll post them. Here are our Christmas cookies for 2017. Hope you […]
Black Friday Tips & Tricks
Black Friday has become a holiday all in itself. How did it get its name and is it really worth the hassle? I’ve scoured the Internet and being the Black Friday Veteran that I am, I’m sharing some ideas that will make your Black Friday shopping more rewarding and less painful. Black Friday – Why […]
Sugar Cookies, Part 2 – How to Decorate the Perfect Cookie, the Easy Way!
In this article…. Find out the absolutely easiest way to decorate sugar cookies, from this self-proclaimed Lazy Girl. Sugar cookies are one of my current, favorite projects — it’s food that is art! This is part two in our series, where I show you how to decorate professional-looking sugar cookies with royal icing. Watch the […]
Sugar Cookies, Part 1 – How to Make the Perfect Cookie
In this article….Find out to make sugar cookies that don’t lose their shape, and taste delicious! Sugar cookies are one of my current, favorite projects — it’s food that is art. What’s not to love?! And since I dove head first into sugar-cookie making about a year ago, I have learned quite a bit, and […]
Product Review: Aldi Edition
Since I’ve been an Aldi shopper since my parents discovered them when I was teen in the ’90s and, Aldi has changed A LOT. Who remembers the turn-style you had to pass when you entered? Oh Aldi! Luckily, that is not the case anymore. If you have an Aldi close by, you either love them […]
Happy Homecoming Sugar Cookies!
Fall is by far my favorite time of year. The weather is cooler, the kids go back to school, hot cocoa abounds, the kids go back to school, there’s time for fun projects and did I mention the kids go back to school?! I do love my crazy kiddos, but it is nice to be […]
Instant Pot: Meet Your New Best Friend
More and more people are becoming fans of One Pot Cooking. But what is this magical pot and what makes it so special. One Pot is a brand of these new fancy-smancy electric pressure cookers, think that crazy-fast cooking item from the ’70s, except unlike your mother’s or grandmother’s version, shouldn’t explode in your kitchen! […]
ADHD – New Parents Guide: What you need to know
Friends ask me all the time about my boys’ ADHD diagnosis and what I did to help them, and me, survive it. I thought I would write-up a blog post to help others along this path. So your child just got the ADHD diagnosis… For me, it was validation. I had known something was “off” […]
