Family Life

Since we’re still a one-income family, with plans in place for all of that to change, we have to be quite mindful about the money that we have. That means making decisions for how we can prepare for the future while planning for the present. This includes multiple aspects of our lives- from retirement savings, to daily expenses, to future things. One of the main things that we’re trying to save for is our youngest daughter’s college expenses while on a budget. With thanks to NY529 Direct for sponsoring this conversation, let’s dive in. We want to make sure, first and foremost, that we have enough money to cover our present expenses. By present, I mean things like: Groceries Utilities phone bills Cable/Internet Homeowner’s insurance…

The holiday season is mostly an enjoyable, albeit, stressful time of the year. However, when your holiday plans involve traveling by air, sometimes that can bring an added level of stress. Trust me, I’ve been there. More so as a child and sometimes as an adult. I would fly back and forth across the country when I was younger and have made this journey recently as well. With thanks to Red Mango for sponsoring this conversation, I want to share with you a few tips on how to take the stress out of holiday travel this year. Traveling by air is usually stressful but when you have to travel during the holidays it usually means taking along family members and that can add extra stress….

Both of my older children were born premature, so RSV was one of those things that we were warned about in the hospital. It was something that I was also advised about when my youngest was born, though she was just on the cusp of full term. With RSV season just about here, I wanted to talk about my top tips for keeping babies healthy during RSV season. This applies to babies that were born at full term and who were born premature. This post was sponsored as part of an Influencer Activation for Influence Central and all opinions expressed in my post are my own. First, of course, you’ll want to know how to prepare for the cold and flu season. The Little Lungs…

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #BorntoShred #ShredTheDay #CollectiveBias I truly believe that we were all born to do great things. Whether or not we achieve them is another matter entirely. But we are all born with the ability to do great things. So how do we do them? How can we make sure that we’re reaching our goals and living out our dreams? One way is to make a vision board. And to help my daughter keep on task, I decided that we were going to make a mommy and me vision board. But just what is a vision board? A vision board – some people refer to these boards as a map…