Thank you to Softsoap/ Colgate-Palmolive for providing me with product, free of charge, in exchange for this honest blog review.  All opinions are 100% my own. Pregnancy and miscarriage.  What I assumed would be so easy and natural didn't really turn out that way for my husband and I.  While I don't talk about this often, over the span of our 12+ year marriage, we've endured 4 miscarriages.  Yes, we are very blessed with five children here on Earth but my heart will always long for Read more [...]

Edit When we think about bladder leakage we usually think of the oldest people in our society. I've heard parents joke with their kids about how someday their kids will have to help change their adult-diapers. While this joking is usually intended in a light-hearted way and not to be cruel to anyone, it shows how we think of bladder leakage as a problem that only happens to the oldest members of our society. It also shows that there is a stigma attached to bladder leakage because we have a desire Read more [...]

Thank you to Steve Spangler Science for providing product in exchange for review. All opinions belong to myself.  Science, most of us love it and most of us want to furnish a love for it within our children. Now you could spend hours googling different age appropriate science experiments of your little ones. Dint forget the supplies list, most of the time indulging weird outlandish things you've never heard of or never used before. By the time you get everything together and ready it might be Read more [...]

Thank you to Day Designer for providing me with product, free of charge, in exchange for this honest blog review. All opinions are 100% my own. I am a stay at home mom. I have two daughters; a 3rd grader and a 1st grader. We live in a small town where most parents are involved in the school, one way or another. I try to go on all the field trips and help with other tasks when I can. I also write product reviews and represent a health & wellness company. My days are full to say the least. To Read more [...]

  Thank you to Seaturtle Sports for providing me with product free of charge, in exchange for this honest blog review.  All opinions are 100% my own. For the past few months, I've been cold.  It's funny how our bodies do change and accommodate to our surroundings though.  When Fall hits in Minnesota, I'm digging out my Winter coat before we hit 50 degrees.   Now that it's been hovering around zero for a couple months, any slight increase feels like a heat wave.  The past week or two, Read more [...]

  Thank you to Mommy's Bliss for providing me with product, free of charge, in exchange for this honest blog review.  All opinions are 100% my own. It seems like cancer and sickness is prevalent everywhere these days.  When I was 15, my dad had a cancer scare and headed out of state for a few weeks to try a protocol from a natural-path doctor.  He never did share many details about all that happened out there but after coming home, he made a lot of changes.  He began watching what he Read more [...]

  Thank you to You! Lingerie for providing me with product, free of charge, in exchange for this honest blog review.  All opinions are 100% my own. I'm really tired.  I'm pretty sure I haven't slept through the night in almost 12 years.  This is based on the fact that our oldest is turning 11 soon and our youngest still wakes at night.  As any woman who has been pregnant knows, while naps come pretty easy, sleeping comfortably all night long doesn't typically happen.  Add in the fact Read more [...]

  Thank you to GoSports for providing me with product, free of charge, in exchange for this honest blog review.  All opinions are 100% my own. We have been seeing some unseasonably warm February days here recently in Minnesota and the kids have been taking full advantage.  Spending time outdoors during Minnesota Winters typically means layers, layers, and more layers.  For me, it's hard to enjoy the outdoors when I look and feel like Frosty the Snowman in a parka and gloves.  So with Read more [...]

Thank you to Sprouting Threads for sponsoring this post.  While I did receive product in exchange for this post, all opinions are 100% my own and completely honest. So many days, I feel like we just run out of time.  By letting the kiddos sleep in, we lose so much of the day.  I love the famous quote by Benjamin Franklin, "Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise" and recently, we've started adopting that practice. It amazes me how the days that we head to bed early 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 Read more [...]