I partnered with MDacne on this sponsored blog post. All opinions are my own. Coping with acne can be a pretty emotional thing. I started getting breakouts when I was about 9 years old, well before most of my friends first got acne. I've never had particularly severe acne, but it's just been a mild to moderate issue in my life for such a long time now. Once I hit my later teens, up through now, I primarily break out one week per month, so I believe most of my acne is hormone related. Still, it's Read more [...]

I received product from Swap.com to facilitate this post.  All opinions are my own. Do you remember heading to the mall as a teen and spending the entire day shopping?  I used to LOVE it!  Our local mall had enough stores to keep us entertained for hours.  Sadly though, those days are gone.  While the mall still stands, and seems bigger than ever after a few additions, my time to shop has dramatically decreased.  But with a family of seven, I still need a variety of clothes at any given time.  Read more [...]

This is a sponsored post in partnership with BraVoMark and Gululu. There is an affiliate link in this post.  Today is World Water Day! World Water Day was created by the United Nations. Did you know that there is a global water crisis affecting 844 million people? That is clearly a VERY wide-spread issue, and with clean water being such a vital part of living in general, but also in leaving a clean and healthy life, it's a crisis that I think deserves to be prioritized. If you google World Read more [...]

I partnered with TheGiftBox Company to review their Pet Gift Box.  All opinions are my own. As a child, I always wanted a house pet.  My parents gave fish and a hamster a try to pacify us kids but what we really wanted was a dog.  Sadly, it never happened as they stuck to "tank animals".  So as an adult, the urge to fulfill that childhood dream was strong.  My husband and I started married life with an outdoor dog but it wasn't long before we added one indoors too.  Currently, we actually Read more [...]

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of The J.M. Smucker Company. The opinions and text are all mine Meijer is the main store that I shop at, for groceries and household items. We only have two stores in my small town that offer groceries and Meijer is superior to the other option in my opinion. I am also really partial to their Mperks rewards program. You sign up using your cell phone number, and then you can virtually clip coupons. At the check-out, you simply put in your Read more [...]