14 Cooking Hacks That Will Save You Time and Money

14 Cooking Hacks That Will Save You Time and Money

I’m all for saving time and saving money. Any sort of tip that will help with time management or money management? Yes please. I will take more. So when I can find tips that will help with both, I’m all for it. I am thrilled to share with you 14 cooking hacks that will save you time and money. Many families today eat a lot of fast food and prepared convenience foods due to the lack of time they believe they have. The problem is, these foods will end up being very expensive ‒ not only at the supermarket, but also will result in more visits to the doctor due to the lack of nutrition and unhealthy ingredients in such foods. Thankfully, you don’t have…

How to Make an Upcycled Flower Vase and 7 Tips to Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle

How to Make an Upcycled Flower Vase and 7 Tips to Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle

  This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Tom’s of Maine. All opinions are 100% mine. We all know about Earth Day but why not celebrate Earth Month? Or, for that matter, take it all year round with a #LessWasteChallenge in partnership with Tom’s of Maine. We’re going to start doing this weekly and challenge ourselves to reduce our overall waste by 1 pound. Even though it may not seem like a lot, if everyone does their part; it goes a long way. I also want to talk about easy tips to reduce, reuse, and recycle that the whole family can do. Americans dispose of more than 700 billion pounds of paper, glass, plastic, wood, food, metal, clothing, electronics and other…

How to Help Your College Student Make the Most of Their College Living Space

How to Help Your College Student Make the Most of Their College Living Space

  This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of CORT. All opinions are 100% mine. This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of CORT. All opinions are 100% mine. Going to college is an exciting, and sometimes stressful, time in one’s life. For the student, it means another stage of life. And for parents, it also means another stage of life. When your college student decides to live on-campus in the dorms or off-campus in an apartment; you as a parent find yourself in a unique position. Sure, you may have already budgeted and prepared for more traditional college expenses, but what about furniture? Here’s a few tips to help your college student make the most of their college…

8 Signs That You Might Have Keto Flu and What to Do About It

When you start a Ketogenic diet, you are generally putting your body into a state of ketosis. I know it sounds serious, but really it’s not. It’s what happens when your body starts burning carbs instead of fat. Your body is just undergoing metabolic changes. Sometimes this is referred to as “keto flu”. Here are 8 signs of keto flu and what you can do about it. What Is Keto Flu The “keto flu” is a label given to a set of carbohydrate withdrawal symptoms that may occur in people who start a low carb diet that results from altered hormonal states and the electrolyte imbalances that may occur with it. In other words, it describes a cycle in the body adapting to a newly…

Sesame Place made the most sense to us when it came to picking an autism friendly travel destination.

How to Make the Most of a Trip to Sesame Place with an Autistic Child

If you have read my tips for traveling with an autistic child, you’ll know that we once made a trip out to Sesame Place. It was, by far, one of the best things that we had ever done for her. And while that trip happened in 2011, I still want to talk to you about it. Sure, things have changed. But I would still highly recommend this trip. Speaking from our personal experience, here’s how we made the most of our trip to Sesame Place with an autistic child. How to Plan a Trip to Sesame Place First things first, you’ll want to start planning for your trip. Regardless if you’re planning this trip with an autistic child or not, these travel tips are pretty…

6 Ways to Prioritize Your Decluttering Project for Less Overwhelm

If you’re putting off decluttering your home because it’s too overwhelming, don’t be. I have a few tips to help. In fact, there are 6 ways to prioritize your decluttering project. Or projects if you’d rather break it up further. Decluttering can really help in the long run though, so don’t put it off for too long. And when you’re done with these five, be sure to check out the rest of my home organization and time management tips. If you have not decluttered recently nor maintained since your last purge, it can be quite a task to get things back under control. Thankfully, there are many ways to go about this while keeping your sanity. By organizing and decluttering one section of your home…