This week the Juice discussion is about giving more and getting more out of relationships. I watched the video with Christine Koh from Boston Mamas and she had some great tips for how to reach out to others including practicing random acts of kindness and making homemade gifts for friends. As a mom to three, [...]
I just adore breakfast. In fact, I have never skipped breakfast, at least not for as long as I can remember. No matter what I always make time for breakfast, even with three kids and very chaotic mornings. I’m simply an owlly bear if I don’t. I also make sure my kids eat a good [...]
Procrastination is described in the dictionary as putting off or delaying something till another day or time. I think we have all experienced procrastination in our lives at some point or another, whether it be because we are feeling overwhelmed, time-crunched, frustrated, bored or whatever the reason, I don’t believe any of us are immune [...]
Well it’s that time of the year again when the lazy days of summer can quickly turn into an overwhelmed chaotic nightmare if we aren’t prepared for back to school. And by prepared I mean organized. Incorporating some simple organized solutions into your day can take you from stressed out to calm and controlled when [...]
Three years ago as I sat reading blogs, a light bulb went off for me. I light bulb that told me I had been throwing money down the drain and that there was another way. A way to save a significant amount of money on my weekly grocery bill and I wouldn’t have to starve [...]
My goodness kid’s clothes can be expensive and as a stay at home mom of three kids, it’s essential that I do whatever I can to keep the cost of their clothing down. I do this via a number of ways and none of them involve paying full price. In fact I can’t remember the [...]
Okay so I admit that the love of organizing is not the first reason most people think of when deciding to recycle. I’m well aware that there are many more practical and good earthly reasons to recycle things like cans and paper and cardboard and drink containers. Yet even with all those good reasons being [...]
As I cruised around blogland, I kept reading post after post about all these brave souls that were working out to Jillian Michael’s newest workout DVD, The 30 Day Shred. Yet what I kept noticing is that there seemed to be a common theme with them all and that was the amount of pain each [...]