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Gardening runs in my family and I pray that it runs in my veins too. I dream of having a yard with blueberry bushes, blackberries, strawberries, some fruit trees, and large vegetable garden someday. After having my own garden...

My very favorite fun-mom trick is this: make popsicles so healthy that you can give them to your kids for breakfast. They will seriously think you are the BEST PARENT EVER. (Or aunt, uncle, grandparent, etc.) How do you make...

I am someone who is usually filled with words, but with everything going on, I am running out of words. Anything I can think to say seems insignificant right now. So, my post for this month is going to...

Living overseas for most of my life I experienced a variety of breakfast foods. In Germany, they typically serve cereals/muesli, brotchen with meat and cheese, jams and herb cheese spreads, and a boiled egg. In France, you have coffee...

I don't know about you, but right now I'm having a hard time finding meat. It's harder and harder to get the boneless, skinless variety of meats that we are used to cooking especially. What might be available is...

Being an eco-friendly and sustainable household has been growing in popularity daily, but the current crisis may force some of us in that direction more quickly than we would like. I have compiled a list of simple items to...

One of my goals for 2020 is to cut back (notice I didn't say cut out) on sugar, alcohol, caffeine, and dairy. I read an amazing book last year called The Hormone Resest Diet by Dr. Sara Gottfried that...

As a mom of three boys, I like to pamper myself a bit. One of my favorite ways of doing so is by having my nails done. When gel manicures came on the scene, I was all about them....

As my family's chef, I often find myself wondering what in the world am I going to make for dinner either tonight or tomorrow night. Even though I have spent many years cooking and even went to culinary school,...

Laundry…love or loathe, it has to be done! An unofficial poll shows that it’s mostly moms (whether working full-time or part-time or mom-in-charge-at-home) doing the laundry. I’ve been through many cycles (pun intended; there are more) of laundry. Washing ALL...