Always evolving, Never Average
One of the questions people often ask me is “How do you manage all the kids and their activities?” It can definitely be a challenge. But a couple years of practice under my belt has helped me to nail down a system that works pretty well and adjust when needed. Back in April we made …Read More
I want to share something with you that changed my life. It changed my life in a couple of ways. First it helped me start caring about myself again. And secondly, it saved me a bunch of money and a whole bunch of time. I love it so much that I became an affiliate so …Read More
One thing I don’t take advantage of enough in the summer is going to the playground with my kids. But the town playground can get a little boring after a while and lose its excitement and appeal. Having the kids home all day and being on a pretty tight budget, when I was planning out …Read More
Five years ago when we were in a really bad place financially, I shared our struggles here on the blog. I didn’t do it looking for anything. I did it because it felt good to let it out, and it felt freeing to be completely honest about our situation. Something happened as a result of …Read More
A couple weeks ago I saw a bunch of old windows for sale on a Facebook tag sale site. I knew exactly what I wanted to do with them, and I offered the guy selling them $3 a piece for the whole lot. He agreed, and I got a whole bunch of them. I knew …Read More
Meal prep is one of those things that can seem daunting at first, but in reality it will make your life easier in more than one way if you can manage to make it a part of your routine. While it’s a little bit of an investment on the front end, on the back end …Read More
We have an inground pool at home. I am the one who runs it, cleans it and maintains it. But we have always used a pool company to open and close the pool because I just didn’t think I knew enough to do that myself. And it’s a couple hundred bucks to open the pool, …Read More
Ground turkey is a staple in my house. It’s so versatile, and I use it a lot. So one thing I do to save myself a couple steps and some time, especially on those weeknights that are super crazy, is brown a whole bunch of it and freeze it. I usually buy my ground turkey …Read More
With four kids on the swim team in different groups at different times, a 35-45 minute commute to the pool, one kid playing baseball, and one kid doing track, April May and June are a little crazy. And no matter how much I feed the kids before we leave the house, sometimes we are gone …Read More
When you have two preteens who are at swim practice a couple hours a day, they build up an appetite. A big one. And so for Number 3 and 4, I started having them eat dinner before they went to practice. They both had practice at different times, so Number 3 would eat his first …Read More
