Vanessa
Quick and Easy Sheet Pan Meals
With school back in session, multiple activities, and busy work schedules, quick and easy meal ideas are a necessity. Quick and easy doesn’t always mean a trip to your favorite drive-thru lane. With a...
Where to Score the Best Back-to-School Deals
By the time you are reading this, you may already be back to school. But, if you are anything like us, you're still on the search for the best back-to-school deals.
Growing up, going shopping...
Vegetables and Kids Go Together
Between recipe planning, grocery shopping, and meal prepping, the topic of food can be mind-boggling. Throw in dietary restrictions and food preferences, it’s enough to make you wonder what to put on the plate....
Spring Forward into a Healthier You
Spring has sprung! The clocks have sped up an hour and there is more daylight in the day. Adjusting to the time change can certainly disrupt your household dynamic. However, there are things you...
Learn How to Make Time For Yourself
We are almost in Spring, yet somehow it still feels like you’re just winding down from the prior year’s festivities. Layer in New Year celebrations and a February full of holidays and celebrations, only...
End of Summer Bucket List Ideas
One of the good things about living in the south is the warm weather. Growing up in the Chicago area, it seemed like the summer was cut way too short with cool late spring...
Leaving Mom Guilt Behind
This year has been a year, hasn’t it? With everything that happened this year from a global pandemic, virtual learning, rising civil unrest, and a presidential election, this year has had its share of...
Favorite Bonding Moments with Kids
Covid-19 has certainly thrown everything for a loop. From work, to social engagements, and date nights, there has been a definite adjustment to daily life. When I focus on the positive, there is one...
What is Our Back to School Normal?
A couple of years ago, I made a post about positive thoughts for the new school year. While that post may still be relevant each school year, the 2020-2021 school year is a bit different....
All in My Feelings
The current global pandemic definitely has me in my feelings. At any given moment, I have feelings of anxiety, sadness, anger, confusion, frustration as a result of this "new normal." Like many of you,...