Take a twist on the traditional Spinach Dip in the Instant Pot and kick it up a notch ~ with the addition of a few simple flavors, you can turn that Spinach Dip into Spicy Southwest Spinach Dip, and serve it at your next party or get together. I love Spinach Dip as much as[Read More…]
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Instant Pot Spicy Southwest Spinach Dip
What’s the Big Deal about Essential Oils?
Essential Oils have been pretty popular today – if you scroll through Facebook, visit Walmart or even sign up for email updates from many retailers, you may see that they occasionally focus on these little bottles as an alternative to self care. I wasn’t always interested in them, and at one point in time, I[Read More…]
5 Signs your Gut is Not Healthy
We already know that good gut health can be one of the keys to getting healthy and strengthening your immune system – but it can also be one of your worst enemies, too. If you would have asked me about good gut health a few years ago I would have looked at you crooked[Read More…]
What We’re Learning About Having Five Children
I don’t think that 5 kids is anything to really scream home about, but it’s apparently not normal. I grew up with friends who had families of six and even eight children – so when we hit five this year, we really didn’t think anything was much different. Although we were super excited to welcome[Read More…]
Common Myths About Traveling with Children
Do you travel with your kids? Chances are you do… some of us might go farther than others. Some of us might drive, while others fly – each and every family is different. The last two years, we have driven up north from Arizona – that long, exhaustive road trip seemed daunting at first. But[Read More…]
6 Ways We Waste Money on our Kids
Kids seem to want it all these days, and I say that out of pure honesty. Perhaps they just don’t know any different. As a parent of 4 .. I get tired of hearing the conversation between my kids and their cousins when they get together… “My Mom took me to Toys R Us &[Read More…]
How to Keep a Budget Over the Summer Break
We love the summer ~ for my younger kids, it’s no different than the rest of the year, except that their older siblings are home… for my oldest it’s time to SLEEP in the morning. As difficult as it is to work at home full time with all the kids, it’s also nice to have them all at[Read More…]
Why Essential Oils Don’t Work
Over the last few years, if you have read the blog you may know that we made a huge transition for our family into Essential Oils. While it’s something that I love, it was also a point in our life that we witnessed some pretty hard comments and opinions from family and friends. We[Read More…]
What’s on Sale in December
It’s December – can you believe the year is almost over?! It flew by FAST! Since it’s a new month, you might be curious to know what you should think about picking up in store, and what you can look forward to on sale, so you can plan accordingly on moving some things around in your[Read More…]
Shop Black Friday & Earn FREE JetCash ($10 per Retailer up to $30)
If you did any shopping at any of these 9 retailers from 5 pm Thursday, 11/26 to Friday, 11/27 at 11:59 p.m. .. you might want to take advantage of this offer from Jet.com. Spend $50 or more at any one of their participating retailers in store locations and take a picture of your receipt,[Read More…]
5 Ways to Save on Birthday Gifts
I’m not sure about you, but these days I feel like I chauffer my two oldest to birthday parties almost every, single, weekend. That is great, but sometimes it’s a really big budget buster ~ I try so hard to find a medium between a nice (realistic) gift that the child will find useful and[Read More…]