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Your Floors Are Absolutely Disgusting – Clean Them

May 30, 2016 by Alison 5 Comments

How dirty do your carpets get? Have you ever really thought about it? You probably don’t want to because it’s horrifying. I’m going to be honest here, despite their seemingly cleanish outward appearance, if you have animals, kids, or any sort of life whatsoever, your carpets are probably disgusting. That does’t mean you’re a slob, […]

Filed Under: Contests, Giveaways, Product Reviews Tagged With: carpet cleaners, household products

What Do Your Dream Appliances Look Like?

May 28, 2016 by Alison 2 Comments

The reviewer has been compensated in the form of a Best Buy Gift Card and/or received the product/service at a reduced price or for free. All opinions are 100% my own.   What do your dream appliances look like? I’ve planned out my dream house in general, but never really focused on appliances specifically…that is until […]

Filed Under: Product Reviews, Technology & Gadgets Tagged With: Appliances, Smart Technology

How This Girl Saves Money In The Kitchen

May 27, 2016 by Alison Leave a Comment

    Saving money is like a hobby for me. It’s like a challenge to see how much I can save and just how good of a deal I can get. Although I don’t consider myself a “deal blogger” I do like to share great deals with my friends and family. Today we’re focusing on […]

Filed Under: Helpful Hints, Saving $$

My Top 5 Must Have’s When Traveling

May 24, 2016 by Alison Leave a Comment

It’s been almost a month since I went to Mom 2.0 Summit in beautiful Laguna Niguel, CA. If you follow me on social media (and I can’t think of any reason why you wouldn’t), you probably saw me posting photos and videos along the way.     Last weekend I was in Western, WA for […]

Filed Under: Helpful Hints, Travel

Smartphone Photograpy – How to Get Amazing Results

May 23, 2016 by Alison 1 Comment

Thank you to U.S. Cellular for allowing me to be a member of their Blogger Brigade. All opinions are 100% my own. Take a look at this Parent-Child Agreement if you’re looking to set some ground rules for cellular use within your family.   Smartphones and tablets can take some pretty okay photos right? I mean the quality […]

Filed Under: Technology & Gadgets Tagged With: Apps, mobile devices. mobile technology, Photography

Life Hacks for Living With Arthritis (That Actually Work)

May 19, 2016 by Alison 1 Comment

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #WhatInconvenience #CollectiveBias   Did you know May is National Arthritis Month? Did you realize that 53 million people suffer from arthritis? I’m pretty sure if you don’t, you know someone who does. I’m much too young to suffer from […]

Filed Under: Helpful Hints Tagged With: arthritis, life hacks. RA

Kid Friendly Chicken Pesto Bowtie Pasta

May 18, 2016 by Alison 2 Comments

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #2PerDay #CollectiveBias   Healthy families and healthy kids…that’s all we really want as parents right? Happy and healthy. Seems pretty simple but we know that’s not true. Not now days when everything we do as a parent is scruitinized […]

Filed Under: Family, Recipes Tagged With: chicken, healthy, pasta

Share Your Chiquita Smile and WIN!

May 12, 2016 by Alison 1 Comment

This blog post is sponsored by Chiquita and the Mom It Forward Blogger Network but my love for Chiquita and Disney are 100% my own.   Y’all know we’re a Disney-loving family. What’s the one thing Disney does with every park, every show, every song, without fail? It brings people together, it closes the generation gap, and it […]

Filed Under: Contests Tagged With: Chiquita, Disney, giveaway

Caramel and Chocolate Chip Stuffed Monkey Bread

May 9, 2016 by Alison 10 Comments

Monkey Bread…it’s delicious but for some reason I was always terrified to make it. I’ve seen some pretty delicious combinations lately though that I thought I might give it a try. When I finally looked at how it was done, it’s not really that bad after all. Did I mention it’s delicious? This one is […]

Filed Under: Recipes Tagged With: breakfast, brunch, Dessert, monkey bread

Mother’s Day…There’s Budgeting Involved

May 7, 2016 by Alison Leave a Comment

  Mother’s Day is tomorrow and here I am, as usual scrambling around at the last minute trying to find the perfect mother’s day gift for all the mom’s in my life. Horrible right? Something I’ve learned is that holidays like this always sneak up on you so in an attempt to be a better […]

Filed Under: Family, Gift Guide 2015, Holidays, Saving $$ Tagged With: Budgeting, Gifts, money, mother's day

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