Thank you to Kohl's for providing me with product, free of charge, in exchange for this honest review. All opinions are 100% my own. Last June, my family and I purchased our dream home. The house and property were in great shape. All we needed to do was update the decor to make it our own. One of the updates I really wanted to make was to a small yard on the side of the house. This area is outside our dining nook and next to our back porch. It made sense to me to turn this area into an outdoors Read more [...]

Thank you to MemorableGifts.com for providing me with product, free of charge, in exchange for this honest review. All opinions are 100% my own. Hallelujah! It's our last week of the school year. My daughters go to school in a great school district. Each year, we have been assigned to two wonderful teachers. This year was no exception. Both girls had teachers that made learning fun, they went out of their way to make each student feel special, and took the time to help when kids struggled with Read more [...]

Thank you to Simple Canvas Prints for providing me with product, free of charge in exchange for this honest review. All opinions are 100% my own. My wonderful husband has let me decorate our entire new house. He gives his input when I ask for it, but has told me to decorate any way I want to. I decided to make a gallery wall in our front entry way hall. I wanted to do something in this space that told my husband this was his home too. I decided to go around our farm taking photos. I chose the Read more [...]

  Thank you to Commercial Silk Int'l for providing me with product, free of charge, in exchange for this blog post.  All opinions are 100% my own. While I do not claim to be great at it, I do enjoy decorating and changing up my yard and house.  Whether with a new tablecloth, chic throw pillows, wreath on the door, or some new plants and flowers, I enjoy seeing how such small details can really change the look and feel of a space.  While I do purchase my fair share of real flowers and Read more [...]

  Thank you to Related Garments for providing me with product, free of charge, in exchange for this honest blog review.  All opinions are 100% my own. In the past, my husband has needed some major help in the undergarments department.  Ratty, tatty, and completely ridiculous, I was always begging him to "upgrade" to something with a little more style and definitely fewer holes.  So last Christmas, I was absolutely thrilled that I found a great solution with Related Garments.  And now 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 Read more [...]

I have been provided with a Nutrisystem plan in exchange for sharing my honest experience and results on my blog. All opinions are my own. Last week I shared Ryan's big Nutrisystem scale victory. He dropped below 200 pounds! It was so exciting to see a 100-number on the scale for him. This week brought another Nutrisystem victory, but it wasn't (directly) scale related. A few days ago Ryan went to our bank to transfer money between accounts to prepare to pay some bills. The bank teller Read more [...]

I was sent a Bocandy subscription box. All opinions are my own. I was sent the May Bocandy subscription box. Bocandy is a monthly subscription box of candy (and treats or snacks) from a variety of countries. They often include treats from countries such as Greece, Japan, Finland, Australia, Brazil and others. It's neat to get to try candy or snacks that aren't available here. I also like looking at how unique the packaging itself is. The May box included several items, most of which were Read more [...]

  Thank you to COOP Sport for providing me with product, free of charge, in exchange for this honest blog review.  All opinions are 100% my own. The kids are thrilled that Summer is finally here.  Now that June has rolled in, the ominous threat of a late Spring snowstorm is gone and we can finally breathe a sigh of relief here in Minnesota.  We've actually had considerably good weather this year and the kids and I have been taking full advantage of it by spending lots of time outdoors.  Read more [...]

  Thank you to Calphalon for providing me with product, free of charge, in exchange for this honest blog review.  All opinions are 100% my own. The incredible edible egg.  Sounds simple enough.  At least that's what my 16 year old self thought.  The morning after my boyfriend's sister got married, I showed up at his house and he hadn't yet eaten breakfast.  So I thought I'd make him a few fried eggs.  Even though I had never really cooked before, (I loved baking instead), I thought Read more [...]