We adopted our two dogs from the Humane Society a little over two years ago, and they pretty quickly stole our hearts. I don’t even blink when I order their $90 dog food. Ok, I might blink a little. Needless to say we try to give them the best and keep them as healthy as […]
Archives for May 2014
Time Management For The Frazzled Mom
I love organization. An organized, clean space does more for my well-being than any prescription medicine could. In my home there is a place for everything, and everything is in it’s place – so why do I struggle so much with time management? One of my major goals for 2014 is to better manage my […]
Beyond the Baby Steps: We Completed The Dave Ramsey Plan Part 2
There was a HUGE response to my sister’s guest post last week about how she and her husband completed all 7 of Dave Ramsey’s baby steps. You can read that post here. After you get done reading part two head here and here to see where they have been featured on Dave’s web site. Make sure that […]
Weekly Vegan/Vegetarian Meal Plan For Under $50 (with recipes!)
We have fallen off the wagon a bit with our weekly meal planning, which has resulted in a higher grocery bill. My 15 year old nephew is staying with us this next week while his parents are out of town, so a menu plan was a MUST! He has a hollow leg or something, and […]
Cheesy Portabella and Asparagus Pasta
My husband and I talked on the phone and texted for several weeks before we met in person. When we met we planned to go to church together and grab some lunch. He awkwardly hung around all day until I felt obligated to invite him to stay for dinner. More than three years later I […]
Practically Free Container Gardening
I wanted to start a container garden this year to offset some of our fresh produce purchases. We have a nice balcony on our apartment, and have had success with pots of flowers in years past. I didn’t want to spend a lot of money on a container garden because I don’t know what I […]
Beyond the Baby Steps: We Completed The Dave Ramsey Plan
Today my twin sister Misty Davis is guest posting! I talk a lot about money and budgeting here, but we are still in the beginning stages of getting our finances in order. My sister and her husband have successfully completed all of Dave Ramsey’s 7 baby steps, and now actively teach others about financial […]
Young Living Thieves Cleaner Review and Uses
I got my Young Living Essential rewards order after a lot of painful waiting! First I didn’t realize that the credit card I had on the account had a fairly low spending limit, so when Young Living tried to run my order, it wouldn’t go through. It took a few days for them to re-run […]
Decluttering: When To Sell and When to Donate
You can’t keep your space clean if you have too much stuff, so decluttering has to happen before ay meaningful cleaning routine can be established. I do a major declutter of our apartment 2-3 times a year. Even though I am the anti-packrat, its amazing how much unnecessary stuff we accumulate in a few short […]
Organizing A Book Collection
I learned to read when I was 4 years old, and have loved it ever since. Back in the day I did the “7 books for 99¢” club where they sent you a new, overpriced book every month. When my town got a Barnes and Noble, the angels sang. Ok, maybe not, but I do […]
Our Pet Adoption Story Part 2
Yesterday I talked about when we adopted our dogs from the Humane Society. Read part one of this story here. Today I am going to talk a little bit about when we brought them home! As soon as we left the Humane Society we headed over to the pet store because we had absolutely no supplies […]
Our Pet Adoption Story Part 1
When my husband and I got married I was coming off of 6 years as a single mom. It was just my daughter and I for all that time, and she had a hard time adjusting to “sharing” me with someone else. We decided to look into getting a dog so she had a little […]
A Vegan Moroccan Tagine Recipe and Tales of an Imperfect Life
I had grand plans of a bathroom cleaning/organizing post for today, but my daughter decided to keep us up until 3 AM last night, and I didn’t have time to prepare. About two years ago my daughter suddenly started hysterically crying every night. We went from doctor to doctor, and after 3 emergency room visits […]
