Thank you to Serenity Mountain Foods, LLC for providing me with products to facilitate my blog review. All opinions are 100% my own. My mom and step-father have found CBD products to be very helpful with a number of issues they are experiencing. Nothing major…just some aches and pains from being on this earth for 60+ years, finding themselves crankier than usual (her words) with all that is going on in the world right now, some sleeplessness and brain fog (probably brought on from lack of sleep Read more [...]

One of the blessings we have found through our time sheltering in place is that we have become more creative with our meals. With us having more time at home and fewer trips to the grocery store, we have been exploring new meals. A few months ago, I had the idea to try a potato bar dinner. I got big bakers potatoes for my husband and two daughters and a sweet potato for myself. Then I set out a bunch of traditional baked potato toppings. It was a hit! The meal was easy to prepare, delicious, Read more [...]

Welcome to Tuesday's Giveaway Link Up with your hosts Karen @ Tots and Me, Emily @ Emily Reviews, Shelly @ The Attic Girl, and Rena @ An Ordinary Housewife.So glad you could join us as we share our giveaways on  Tuesday's Giveaway Link Ups.  This link up will be posted Monday at 7 PM est. and run all week long! Make sure you stop in as often as you can to list your latest giveaways. Here is how to use the Giveaway Link Up 1. Post your reviews and/or giveaways, as many as you Read more [...]

Hungry?  We just had a spectacular lunch that most of the family raved about.  (Except our Mr. Picky of course, who instead had chicken kiev.)  I've actually had this recipe in my drawer for years and have made many times in the past.  But as time went on, it got pushed further to the back and fell off my recipe rotation.  This morning, though, we were working around the farm.  And when we have drivers and farm helpers, I always feed them.  Since I know he is trying to eat healthier and loose Read more [...]

Thank you to VITCOCO for sending product for review in exchange for my honest opinion. I have been known to tell my husband that "I wish I could see inside my own ears!" At least once a year since we've been married, I've had an earache and have asked him to use my otoscope to look in my ears. I have tried to explain to him and show him pictures of what he is looking for, but he never was able to reliably understand and convey what he saw to me. Now, with the help of the VITCOCO Wireless Otoscope. Read more [...]

This summer my daughter and I did a fun activity we called "Letter Of the Day". We got the idea from Sesame Street. Each weekday we would focus on one letter of the alphabet. It took us about five weeks to get through all 26 letters. We practiced writing the letter, found objects beginning with the letter, talked about animals names that began with the letter, read books with the letter in the title, made the letter out of different items such as toys and play doh, ate food that started with the Read more [...]

I received the Barrington Urban Collection Shuffleboard Table from MD Sports to help facilitate this post.  As always, all opinions are my own. I know what it's like to live in cramped quarters.  Until we added on recently, our home was on the smaller side.  (Only 2 official bedrooms and 2 bathrooms for the 7 of us!  Thankfully, our living room, dining room, and kitchen were all good sizes.)  But as the kids have grown, I've realized that it's important to have activities for them to do Read more [...]

Thank you to Mask Market for sending a custom mask in exchange for my honest opinion. As you may remember, I am a full-time school nurse. This is going to be an especially difficult start to the school year for so many reasons. Something I had worried about was that my students won't be able to see me smile behind my mask this year. When Mask Market asked if I would like to try one of their custom face masks and I learned that I could upload my own photo - and get a mask with my own smile Read more [...]

I received product to facilitate this post.  As always, all opinions are my own. As hard as it is to admit it, my oldest child is going to be all grown up before I know it!  I sit here and wonder HOW on earth she can be 15 already.  I can still remember her as a baby.  Memories of our stay in the hospital for her birth feel, at most, a few years ago.  But alas, she's no longer my baby.  She is a teenager with a permit! How I Knew My Girl Was Growing Up! As time has gone by, so much has Read more [...]

2020 blog holiday gift guide In just two months, we'll be kicking off our 2020 Holiday gift guide! As our long time readers know, we've been doing a holiday gift guide each November and December for many years now. Over a decade, in fact! The same as the last several years, we'll kick off our holiday gift guide November 1st, and it will end December 15th. Our goal is to provide our readers with holiday gift ideas for everyone on their list. From the new baby to grandparents, and even pets, we Read more [...]