Summer is officially here! BBQs and pool parties are happening, freshly cut grass is around every corner, lightning bugs come out, the days are longer, and life is good! One thing that I associate with summer is a lot of salads! They are so easy to make, they serve a lot of people, and there are literally thousands of different kinds you can make. One of my all time favorite summer salads is ...
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Recovering…
Living with Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy This is real life for me. It's not always fun. It takes a village. My mom has the boys while I am here for 3 days getting IVIG treatment for my CIDP. She drove me here, and will pick me up when I'm done. My kids don't understand why I have a needle in my arm. Or why I'm at the doctor for so long. Or ...
Potty Training 101
Let's be real. Potty-training is not a fun part of parenting. It might be the WORST part of parenting. It's messy, it's frustrating, it's 24/7, it's a guessing game, it's smelly, it makes A LOT of laundry...like, A LOT. You really have to get creative if you want to be successful at getting your littles potty-trained as fast as possible. So I'm going to share some of my tips and tricks we learned ...
7 Health Benefits when You Drink Lemon Water
When life hands you lemons, make lemon water! We all know we are supposed to drink water throughout the day. Do you know how much is the recommended amount? According to the Mayo Clinic, it used to be about 8 glasses of water each day. But new research has shown that because that wasn't a one size fits all, it's best to "try to drink between half an ounce and an ounce of water for each pound ...
Mother’s Day Gift Guides
Woah. How is it almost May? It's been a minute since I made a post on here. I have been working on my Etsy shop, The Lapis Boutique, creating new tshirts and gifts for Mother's Day. Have you checked out my shop?April showers have been hitting us hard here in Nashville...so there better be some awesome flowers that bloom in May! Also, it's that time of year where this meme is going around...and I ...
5 Tips to Save Money Shopping Online
Let's talk about ways to save money...because we never seem to have enough of it, and our kids are constantly wanting new toys, Roblox Robux, FortNite VBucks, Hot Wheels, clothes and shoes. Who can blame them, right? We took away their social calendar the past year. But with all of us being at home, my husband included, means that our grocery bill is considerably bigger since we are eating at home ...
One Box at a Time
*This is a sponsored post by Moving Solutions. All opinions are my own* For starters, I will tell you that I have moved A LOT in my life. Like, A LOT. When I was just 3 months old, we moved from Chicago to Omaha, NE. When I was 6, we moved back to the Chicago suburb of Lisle. When my parents got divorced, my mom needed to move us closer to her work so she wouldn’t be ...
Screen Time During a Pandemic
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Product Review – Nerf Gun Target Game
If you have kids with Nerf Guns, this post is for you! It has to be noted that I do not condone violence with Nerf Guns or weapon toys of any kind. And they can not shoot their Nerf Guns at each other, other people or pets. They know this before they play with them, and if they do not follow the rules, we DO take their Nerf Guns away. With that said, they received this Nerf Gun target game for ...
