Tips + Tricks

On my first backpack trip, I packed a lot of little things I thought I might need for the journey. I rationalized that it wouldn’t make that much difference if I brought one more thing, “just in case.” It...

I have been seeing a lot of Bentleyville questions floating around social media, especially regarding the wait, the bathrooms, and, oh yeah, the wait. I want to share what I know with you and how I think we got...

Hi there! My name is Ashley and I have been a Financial Counselor for 15 years, specializing in housing and debt counseling. My husband and I both grew up in Duluth. We have been married 16 years and we...

No gift for your certain someone? No problem. In the midst of a pandemic, we're all feeling chained to our homes, but how often have you actually been home alone? Remember in the movie, Home Alone, when Kevin wakes...

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...

The junk hunt has something for everyone. There are over a hundred booths filled with

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 know. I know. You’re thinking, “Lady, I don’t have a green thumb. In fact, if there were such a thing as a thumbless gardener, that’d be me. I can not grow stuff in gardens!" Here’s my secret. I kill...

We are in the age of technology. When something new, interesting, exciting, fun, etc. happens, we often want to share it with our friends and family - typically through social media. When my twins were born it didn't take long...

{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...