You know when you search for something for months and months, or maybe even years, and you finally find it? Isn’t that just the best feeling? Well that’s how I’m feeling right now about deodorant. Yes, DEODORANT. I know, weird. My quest for a natural deodorant started about a year and a half ago. I […]
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Money Mondays – You Need a Budget (YNAB) app
Last week we talked about the fact that you need a budget of some sort. If you’re like us you have tried making a budget before but got overwhelmed because it got so complicated and too much to keep up with. Fortunately, we found a solution that I want to share with you. Michael did […]
Money Mondays – You Need a Budget!
You need a budget. Seriously. EVERYONE who has expenses and/or earns money needs a budget. Yours may look different from mine; you might write down and track your expenses generally or you might carefully budget every penny. But no matter how you do it you need one, especially if you are having money issues. Why? Having […]
whole30 weeks 4 and 5 – wrap up, results, and what next?
I did it! I survived Whole30! Here’s how the last 9 days went and then read to the end for my Whole30 results. Day 22 (Sunday) breakfast – Two fried eggs with ??? (I’ve already forgotten) lunch – Avocado tuna with radishes and grapes dinner – Leftover vegetable soup with ??? (I’ve forgotten this too…that’s what […]
DIY cloth diaper safe diaper cream
Y’all know I love mixing up my own creams and concoctions using my essential oils so I thought I’d share this super-de-duper easy one to make your own diaper cream! This post may contain affiliate links. If you purchase a product through an affiliate link I make a small commission at no cost to you. […]
whole30 week 3
Whole30 Week 3 – done! It was hard, hard, HARD! Definitely my most challenging week yet. Rather than repeating myself every day I’m just going to write it here that snacks each day were (all, some, or none of) these things: apple with almond butter, fruit, smoothies (avocado + coconut milk + banana + blueberries […]
Whole 30 Week 2
Whole30 week 2 – check! I started out Week 2 with a meal plan like I had in Week 1 but we deviated from the plan a lot this week! We still ate the same basic stuff but just switched up what nights we had them. (see my meals and recap of week 1 here) I’m not listing […]
Whole30 Week 1 {meal plan, recipes, and thoughts}
Whole30 week 1 is done-o and I survived! Hooray! Here’s what I ate, what we liked (and didn’t like), and thoughts about each day. I’m not sure how well you can read this, but this was my meal plan for the week. I don’t usually plan our meals this much in detail, but since this […]
whole30 here we go
I’m taking us on a new journey, dear readers. A journey through my Whole30 challenge. If you follow my Facebook page then you’ve seen my #whole30 posts recently and maybe you were curious (or maybe you don’t give a rip but too bad ’cause I’m going to tell you anyway). This post may contain affiliate […]
How to remove soured laundry smell
Not that you would ever forget that you had laundry in your washing machine of course, but let’s say that maybe you washed a blanket. And maybe you forgot about the blanket in your washing machine for TWO WHOLE DAYS. And then when you realized the blanket was in there and you opened the washer you […]