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I’m Changing the Way I Approach Meals (And Saving Money In The Process)

August 5, 2017 by not your average mom 3 Comments

Cutting down on the grocery bill is always a goal of mine. With a few significant extra expenses in the last few weeks (some expected and some unexpected) combined with my husband losing his job a couple months ago, cutting back everywhere I can is higher on the list of priorities than ever. We have […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House, Moneysavers, Parenting Tagged With: budget, food, France, garbage, groceries, juck, meal planning, organized, Paris, Shopping

40 Bags In 40 Days — I Totally Need This

February 28, 2017 by not your average mom 2 Comments

I’m not really a religious person. But whether you are religious or not, you probably know that we approaching Lent. And while you may know that Lent begins tomorrow, you may not know exactly what Lent is all about. Simply, Lent is a 40 day period leading up to Easter which symbolizes the 40 days […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: 40 bags in 40 days, clutter, decluttering, organized, purging

My parenting idol is an unwed mother who got knocked up when she was sixteen years old.

January 20, 2017 by not your average mom 3 Comments

I’ve discovered why I love Gilmore Girls so much. And I’ll be honest. It took me a little while to get to this point. To the point of loving the show so much that I now feel the need to pace myself and ration episodes because I know I’m gonna be really depressed when I’ve watched […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Parenting Tagged With: bento box, Common core, declutter, Gilmore Girls, husband, married, mom, organized, parenting

Two Pieces of Advice I Wish I Had Taken When They Were First Given to Me

September 13, 2016 by not your average mom 10 Comments

People send me all sorts of suggestions and (unsolicited) advice all the time. Some things make my roll my eyes and sigh heavily. But there are plenty of things I am willing to try. The last couple years have just been so crazy that I haven’t acted on most of the ideas I think might be […]

Filed Under: Funny Stuff, Lessons I've Learned, Your Daily Dose Tagged With: 50 shades of red, advice, Aldi, awesome, Costco, organized

This year things will be different. My pledge for this school year.

August 18, 2014 by not your average mom 2 Comments

School starts in a little more than ten days. Every September I do the same thing. I vow to start the school year off differently. And then I disappoint myself by not following through. This year will be different. This year I will not disappoint myself. Because this year I will be realistic. Here is […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: calendar, chaos coordinator, Columbus Day, first day of school, homework, kitchen, lunches, merch by amazon, my pledge for the school year, organized

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