• Parenting

    8 Year Old Reality Check and Challenge

    My husband and I work for ourselves. Working for yourself takes extreme self discipline and hard work. Sometimes this tends to create workaholic tendencies. When you work for yourself you don’t have a set income you can budget on every month. You have to work when the work is there. And the work tends to come in large waves meaning some months we are extremely busy and overwhelmed and other months not so much. The months we aren’t as busy we tend to keep ourselves busy looking for work and billable time. So in other words no matter what we…

  • Healthy Living - Get Healthy - Reviews

    Thieves Oil – Brands Comparison

    Disclaimer: As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases Update: I just posted a long overdue update to this post! I finally found a thieves oil that I love…and it’s inexpensive! Hop over to this post to find out which oil I went with.  As I’ve started getting into essential oils thieves oils has hands down become one of my favorite oils. It smells great, has amazing benefits and can be used topically (with a carrier oil) or diffused. My love of thieves oil started with my Young Living Thieves Oil. But at $42.99 per bottle the price seemed…

  • Parenting

    Co-ed Sleepovers – Yay or Nay?

    Last night my 8 year old daughter and I were discussing sleepovers. She’s never had a sleepover at a friends house. We’ve kept her sleepovers to just family members. I’m very, very cautious about where my daughter goes and would have to know the parents really, really well before I would even consider letting her go to a sleepover. Well last night while we were discussing sleepovers she threw a big complication into the sleepover idea. She said, “I would love to have a sleepover with *insert boys name here*.” Even though I know her best friends at school are…

  • Parenting - Home Life - recipes - Reviews

    Snow Day with TruMoo

    Disclosure: I have been compensated for this review. Even though I have been compensated for this review all opinions and real and my own. We are officially snowed in and school is out today. Yesterday I got the call that school was letting out early for the snow so I ran to the store to grab some goodies so we would be ready for our snow day(s). I saw a new chocolate milk, TruMoo Chocolate Marshmallow. The selling point for me was that it could be served hot or cold. What perfect way to warm up after playing in the snow…

  • Travel - Reviews

    Titanic Museum – A Walk Back in History

    Disclosure: I have been given a free admission to the Titanic Museum for this review. I have not been compensated for this review and all opinions are my own. My family and I had a chance to step back over a hundred years in time today to visit the Titanic Museum in Pigeon Forge, TN. I knew we would enjoy the museum, I just didn’t realize just how much we would get out of the museum. We got a lesson in history. We got to see the good and bad of the events of the Titanic. And when I mention…