Thank you to Crown Maple for providing me with products in exchange for this honest blog review. All opinions are 100% my own. My husband loves pure maple syrup. When I was asked to review Crown Maple's Bourbon Barrel Aged Maple Syrup, I knew it would be a hit with him! Crown Maple's Bourbon Barrel Aged Maple Syrup is made with pure organic maple syrup. During the aging process, the maple syrup absorbs rich flavors of the bourbon from the barrels its stored in. Once it has reached perfection, Read more [...]

Thank you to Natural Vitality for providing me with products in exchange for this honest blog review. All opinions are 100% my own. Natural Vitality offers customers a line of organic plant-based supplements. Each of the Natural Vitality supplements was created to provide key vitamins and minerals that may be lacking from our diets. When you miss key vitamins and minerals, it throughs your body out-of-whack, causing stress.  Natural Vitality supplements are made to fill those nutritional gaps Read more [...]

Thank you to Chedz for providing me with products in exchange for this honest blog review. All opinions are 100% my own. Chedz is a line of wholesome premium cheese snacks. They are made with all natural ingredients and baked, not fried.  Chedz snacks come in seven delicious flavors including peppercorn, spicy, chia, mild, mexi, gluten-free mild, and gluten-free spicy. Chedz are high in protein and contain ZERO sugar, making them a healthy snack option! Chedz are completely portable. Read more [...]

Thank you to Nutrisystem for providing me with products in exchange for this honest blog review. All opinions are 100% my own. Pardon our dust, construction work in progress! As I type this update, we have a crew of two men tearing apart our family kitchen. This is the second step of our big kitchen remodel...our first step was removing the appliances and kitchen sink. The crew here today is tearing out the 1989 cobalt blue tile countertops. In two weeks, they will return to install new black Read more [...]

Thank you to Explore Cuisine for providing me with products in exchange for this honest blog review. All opinions are 100% my own. Have you ever heard of Edamame Spaghetti? Yes, I said that right, Edamame Spaghetti. No? Well, let me tell you about Explore Cuisine's Edamame Spaghetti. Explore Cuisine Organic Edamame Spaghetti has ONE ingredient and that is organic edamame. How great is that?! No fillers or artificial junk. In every two ounce serving of Edamame Spaghetti, you get 25g of protein Read more [...]

Thank you to Hampton by Hilton for providing me with a complimentary stay in exchange for this honest blog review. All opinions are 100% my own. In May, my family took a trip from Oregon to Maryland. The sole purpose of our trip was to visit with my husband's extended family. His grandmother turned 94 in March. The last time we were able to spend time with her (and the rest of our east coast family) was for her 90th birthday when we made the same trip. When we started planning this trip, we Read more [...]

My husband and I have been together for 17 1/2 years. We try to keep things exciting by having semi-regular date nights. Date night is a way for us to reconnect. We talk about everything that has recently taken place and what is coming up in the near future. Sometimes our date night is us multi-tasking dinner and running errands. Other times, we are able to get out and try a new adventure. Trying to come up with new date night adventures can be a struggle. When you have been together for some time, Read more [...]

Thank you to Nutrisystem for providing me with products in exchange for this honest blog review. All opinions are 100% my own. Let's talk about Okra today! Okra is pretty new to me. It isn't a veggie that a lot of Oregonians talk about. I don't know if they are all eating it and not sharing it with me, or if it just isn't as popular on the West Coast as it is down south. Either way, I have now discovered Okra. Studies show that Okra has many benefits including but not limited to the following: Read more [...]

Thank you to Moon Cheese for providing me with products in exchange for this honest blog review. All opinions are 100% my own. Twice a day, I make sure that both my daughters and I have a protein rich snack. I keep an assortment of protein snacks that are easy to grab and eat. I try to have our favorite protein snacks plus a few new options. Having an assortment of protein snacks to chose from, keeps things interesting and detours us from unhealthy snacking. When researching protein snack Read more [...]

Thank you to Nutrisystem for providing me with products in exchange for this honest blog review. All opinions are 100% my own. I am just going to come out and say it...I hate drinking water. I know how good it is for me, but I just don't like it. I have been known to go the entire day with only drinking eight ounces of water. I am not filling up on soda or other sugary drinks, I just don't drink anything. Terrible, I know! This summer, I have decided to REALLY try to do better with my water Read more [...]