Story teller. Child wrangler. Mental health advocate and warrior. Staunch practitioner of sarcasm. Finding joy.
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Here are some easy dinner recipes my family has been enjoying! I don't use measurements when it comes to spices and frying because I season everything to my personal taste and I use as much olive oil and butter as it takes to cook and carmelize! Quick tip: To carmelize onions: melt butter in pan…
I never knew what was missing. Or that it mattered that I missed it. Or that it was a thing to miss. Maybe I should start with what I am talking about but I am afraid that once I say the words most of you will just keep on scrolling, no judgement, because this concept,…
Continue reading ➞ Ph-antastic Phantoms
I’d be remiss if I only shared posts when my words and work made it to print because for every piece I share that’s “made it” there’s been at least five that have been rejected. Within the last week I have had two pieces passed on and another that I’m drafting but the idea in…
On Saturdays and Sundays my social media feeds are full of all the events families are busy doing and seemingly having the time of their lives. We,however, are the family that purposefully keeps our weekends quiet and free and that doesn’t mean free so we can make plans to run ourselves ragged that means free…
Continue reading ➞ Embracing Rest Over Rush
Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. To see my full disclosure policy, click here. I don’t know if it’s the recent streak of sunshine but I am feeling all the pink eyeshadows this past week! And I’m especially fond of liquid shadows! Easy to apply with a doe-foot applicator (I sound like I know what…
Continue reading ➞ Easy Peasy Everyday Make-up Tutorial!
Some weeks my meal plan is innovative. Maybe even what some would consider healthy. I try new recipes and I enjoy doing it. This is not one of those weeks. Let's be honest. Since the children have gone back to school, in whatever capacity that may be, it has been hard. My drive to create…
Continue reading ➞ Rebel Eats: Meal Plan Week Of September 26, 2020
DISCLAIMER: The following post contains affilitate links, like one I think, but to see my full disclosure policy, click here. I am a dermaplaning convert. I had been hearing about it for years but was terrified of shaving my face because I did not want it to grow back thicker. I don't know for sure,…
Continue reading ➞ Dermaplaning Tips, Tricks, and Tutorials
I have spent hours scouring Pinterest for meal worthy gems only to have been repeatedly disappointed in the outcome. So, I am making thise Rebel Eats series to filter through all the disappointing and not worth eating recipes and delivering the ones worth trying. When it comes to meal planning I have minimal criteria: easy,…
Let me start by saying that I am blessed to be safe in my home space during this pandemic. However, I find myself scrolling through social media as a default coping mechanism looking for distraction. That may or may not be a good idea because we all know how social media can have a negative impact…
Continue reading ➞ The Mind Game Has Changed
Prior to our current circumstances, my husband and I were rocking and rolling Dave Ramsey’s financial freedom budgeting system. Small backstory: We spent a lot of time in our twenties getting ourselves into debt. You know from student loans because we were supposed to go to college, to swiping credit cards because the economy tanked…
Continue reading ➞ Keeping the Budget-ish in a Pandemic
