Tips + Tricks

My family goes on 4 to 5 camping trips a summer and I can tell you from experience that it can be exhausting camping with kids, but it gets much easier as they get older.  By dinnertime, it can...

The weather is getting warmer as we inch toward the end of a (very weird) school year. That means it is time to start thinking about summer break! If you’ve been following my posts, you know that my family...

I know what you’re going to say about boudoir.  I could never look as amazing as the women I see in those photos.  It seems selfish to spend that much time and money on myself.  I’d need to lose weight first, wait...

When the pandemic turned our world upside-down last year, some moms took advantage of the time at home to do some much-needed decluttering and spring cleaning. I said “some.” Not all. No worries and no judgment if reorganizing was...

You open your child’s backpack and inside they have reading homework…dun, dun, dun! You just had parent/teacher conferences and your child’s teacher said they should be reading more at home. You get it, but how can you help them...

With tax season upon us again, finances are top of mind. And along with that, making sure everything is on track with retirement planning. Have you taken full advantage of your company’s 401k program? Have you overextended yourself on...

One of our favorite activities, when the kids were younger, was to do salt art. Salt art is the process of outlining (or tracing) an image on paper with squeezable glue then adding salt and colored water to make...

Winter in Wisconsin is the time of year for comfort food. When it is cold outside, bring me all the savory soups, rich casseroles, hearty sauces, cheesy pasta dishes. Oooooohh, is your mouth watering yet? If only these homemade...

This Valentine’s Day, cozy up with a variety of everyone’s new favorite winter treat: hot cocoa bombs! Ever since last fall, these sweet confections have been trending everywhere and it’s easy to see why: a hollow chocolate orb that...

10 Tips to Get Your House Organized in 2021 I vividly remember a time when my house was clean and organized. This was pre-kids, I had just read Marie Condo's book The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up (affiliate link) and...