This shop has been compensated by Chobani. All opinions are mine alone. #GimmiesFun As a homeschooling family we're home a lot of the time, and I'm always hearing a certain 6 year-old begging for snacks to get through to lunch or dinner. I'm always looking for healthy new snack options. I was super excited to hear about Chobani® Gimmies™ yogurts for kids they're new and ...
Homeschoolers Guide to Scholastic Book Club
Recently we joined the Scholastic Book Club, I'm not affiliated with the Scholastic Book Club, I just love the nostalgia it brings and it definitely takes me right back to the elementary classroom in the 90's. I think that might be where I became a frugal shopper. I can almost hear 8 year old me saying, "Look at all these books for under $3, if I get a few of those books I'll ...
Snow Day Bucket List DIY
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc., Abreva, Breathe Right, Clorox, Robitussin and Theraflu. All opinions are mine alone. #SoothesOfTheSeason #CollectiveBias It has already been pretty snowy here in Wisconsin, and we’ll probably have plenty of snow days this Winter. In fact, as I’m typing this I glanced out the window to see little snowflakes flying ...
Last Minute Christmas Gift Idea – Fauxligraphy notebooks
Disclosure: This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #PilotYourHoliday #CollectiveBias The holidays are the best time of year to spread a little cheer. Personally, I absolutely love making handmade gifts for the holidays, it's a little extra special and so easy to personalize. So I decided that the teens in ...
Can I have cheat meals and keep losing weight?
In the last 7 months I've lost 45 pounds. I went from size 20 (even though I refused to ever buy size 20 jeans so I lived in the 2 pairs of size 18 jeans that had stretched to oblivion with my growing body) to a size 14. I also have a pair of size 12 jeans that I live in because they're size 12 and it makes me feel confident, but in reality they're really stretchy and probably ...
Hands on learning with PLAYMOBIL toys
Disclosure: This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #PlayWithPlaymobil #CollectiveBias As a homeschooling family we love learning hands on, and at Aliceana's age a lot of our learning is through playing. Which is why we were so excited to head to Walmart and pick out some PLAYMOBIL toy sets. There were so many ...
Hearty Chicken and Pumpkin Soup
Pumpkin coffee. Pumpkin bread. Pumpkin cookies. Pumpkin cake. Pumpkin cookie butter. Pumpkin pies. Pumpkin cheesecake. Yep, I think we’ve pretty much hit our limit for pumpkin sweetness this year, so it was time to get savory. ..and by hitting our limit, I mean that I’m definitely drinking a cup of pumpkin coffee right here, right now, while writing ...
Pumpkin Pecan Streusel Pie Bites
It's pie time! Pie is officially the unofficial Thanksgiving dessert, don't you think? I made a recipe that takes an already delicious Pumpkin Pecan Streusel Marie Callender's Pie and made it into the perfect bite sized portions. Covered with white chocolate of course. It's ridiculously simple. First, Just bake the pie according to instructions. After the pie is baked to ...
Back to school, at 28 years old.
As of this morning, I'm officially a full-time college student at UW Milwaukee. As of last night I didn't get any sleep because I somehow mysteriously screwed up my shoulder, I think it's just because I turned 28 last week and I'm getting old and broken. This morning I'm just sitting here doing some laundry, tidying up around the house, getting some work done on the blog, and ...
Are you ready for college football!?!?
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #FootballFanGame #FiredUpFans It's college football season, and this year I have a team to cheer on! I'm going to school full-time at a four-year college. It's a big step up from the community college I was going to, and I'm extremely excited. You better believe I ...
Dia & Co. the best way to shop for size 14+
Dia & Co. provided me with a sample box to facilitate this review. If you love what you see, you can order your own Dia & Co. box with one of the affiliate links throughout the post and I'll get a small commision. As always, all words and opinions are my own. If you keep up with me online, you'll know I recently lost 32 pounds. I'm still a 207 pound curvy lady ...