A quick scroll through your cable channels will reveal that do-it-yourself (DIY) renovation projects are incredibly popular. Television makes DIY projects look quick, clean, easy and cheap. Sometimes this is true. Sometimes these shows are not telling you the whole truth. The key, as a do-it-yourself-er, is to know the difference. When you are considering […]
Walking 10,000 Steps A Day - Making It Work!
There is no avoiding the fact that regular exercise is the key to maintaining our weight and improving our health. Still, like most average people, we are stumped at where to begin and how to fit a regular workout into our already crammed schedule and our already stretched-too-thin budget. To lose weight and nurture a […]
Kids And Food: Don’t Play The Food Game!
Welcome fellow parents. Let’s talk about kids and food and how to keep food from becoming a game you play with your child at every meal. Birth To Age Two You will never witness change like you do during your child’s first year of life. Unfortunately, many new parents are so anxious and insecure they […]
Taking Charge Of Your Grocery Bill
I know of few families who are not struggling with the steady rise in the cost of feeding a family. You can read opposing viewpoints all over the internet, but if you are out there buying groceries, you know that the containers are smaller and the prices are higher. It is difficult to find a […]
10 A’Ha’s Mommy Money Lessons On Living With Less
I remember being pregnant with my first son and reading everything I could about new babies and what exactly you’re supposed to do with one. I worried we would not have the money to cover everything you are “supposed” to get for a new baby. I was right. We didn’t have the money! Guess what? […]
Homeschooling vs Public School
Parents with school-aged children are faced with an abundance of choices on how to achieve the best education for their child. Private schools are often prohibitively expensive, homeschooling can seem intimidating and the quality of public schools vary greatly from town-to-town. To obtain the best education for your child research into your local public school […]
My Affair With Le Creuset
It began innocently enough. We got engaged. Then we got married. We invited lots of people to the wedding - most we liked, some were obligatory guests. One of the obligatory guests included my boss at the time - a self-important, snobbish woman well past retirement-age. Back then, I never would have guessed that her […]
15 Reasons To Consider Homeschooling Your Child
Homeschooling - It’s not just for the weird neighbors. What do you know about homeschooling? What you know about your neighbor’s cousin’s neighbor does not count. Twelve children and mom in a denim jumper reciting Bible verses? Nope. Homeschooling can be tailored to suit ANY family. Hi, I’m Amy, the weird homeschooling neighbor - mom […]
