Tips + Tricks

{Photo credit: New Earth Natural Light Photography} Falling in love with Chip + Joanna Gaines was a simple sell for me. From the first episode of Fixer Upper I watched, I was hooked; I loved their back and forth banter and...

Every holiday season I say to myself, “We’re just going to keep it simple this year.” But somehow, in the run up to Christmas, life always ends up getting really busy and we have too many events scheduled. I...

There are two kinds of parents: ones who never want summer to end and those who would love year round school (maybe with a few breaks sprinkled in). I'd say I lean toward the second group. I’m not saying...

My daughter and I recently started a new habit that we both enjoy. We found a playlist on Spotify that has affirmations about gratitude and self-love.  You’ll often find the practice of saying affirmations in a yoga or meditation practice....

I used to have a pretty massive walk-in style closet filled to the brim with clothes. Many of the items had been worn only a few times and some not at all. Even with all of my options, I...

Let's face it, once we move past mourning of the summer season we all get a giddy excitement in the pit of our stomachs. We get to once again send our little ones off on their grand academic adventures....

I’ve minimized my sock drawer, twice. I've burned through the stack of books I was planning to reading “someday” and now that I am juggling distance learning and working from home off of nothing more than a hotspot, my...

If you’ve flown recently or have even looked at the prices of flights, you know the total cost is a punch to the gut. Struggling with the reality of the cost to fly our family of six from the...

Moms are the best at stretching anything and everything.  The shrunken sweater, an arm when multitasking, the snack supply and the family budget. Learn about a few items Andrea likes to keep an eye out for when she is thrifting...

Maybe your baby is headed off to her first day of PreK or Kindergarten. Maybe your biggest will be entering the hallowed halls of the middle school or high school for the first time. Or maybe you've chosen to...