With the warm weather here one of my favorite things to cook on the grill is kabobs! I mean really you have your whole dinner on a stick, meats, fruits, and veggies just make some bread and you're good to go! These Easy Weeknight Hawaiian Chicken Pineapple Kabobs are one my kids like because they are 'sweet'! Easy Weeknight Hawaiian Chicken Pineapple Kabobs Recipe These chicken pineapple kabobs have a sweet tang to them and they are very kid-friendly. They are easy to make for a weeknight meal or make a large batch and freeze them for an easy freezer meal. Related: Super Easy Weeknight Meal - Envelope Slow Cooker Chicken Recipe How to Grill Indoors Let's face it we can't always predict when the weather will agree with us and let us grill outside. So for … [Read more...]
Southern Baked Bacon Broccoli Mac and Cheese Recipe
This crazy house loves all things Mac and Cheese. So as a mom of 5 I used our mac and cheese love to my advantage and help my kids get their veggie intake in! This recipe started as a simple boxed mac and cheese recipe with broccoli. Over the last few years, it has developed into this homemade Southern Baked Bacon Broccoli Mac and Cheese recipe my family loves! Southern Baked Bacon Broccoli Mac and Cheese Recipe So I had a genius mom moment with this recipe. My kids have a crazy love for mac and cheese as most kids do. We were at a restaurant and the only mac and cheese they had was a seafood mac and cheese I told my kids they wouldn't like it but they insisted, so we ordered it for them they ate it all and I sat there in disbelief. My husband joked that we could put … [Read more...]
Easy Wine Cork Pumpkins Craft – PERFECT for Fall | Wine Cork Crafts
I LOVE fall! That's no secret. So I'm on the hunt for my new fall decorations this year. I am loving wine cork crafts. I bought a bunch of wine corks and am now seeing what I can make! This Wine Cork Pumpkins Craft was one of the first that came to mind because it does triple duty! It's a fall decor item, a Halloween decor item, AND and Thanksgiving decor item. SCORE! Easy Wine Cork Pumpkins Craft - PERFECT for Fall This isn't my first ever wine cork project I made a wine cork heart craft. Please don't judge me to hard. The picture sucks it was my early days and it's on my list to redo for better pictures! That said it's still a fun wine cork craft that even kids can help with and makes a great gift for a family. Let's answer the biggest question I get with wine … [Read more...]
The BEST Labor Inducing Cookies – Labor Cookies Recipe
Have you tried everything to start labor and meet your little one? I did too. Then I found this labor inducing cookies recipe and worked for me. Well, I think it was this Labor Cookies Recipe, a baby girl was born not long after I ate them... all. You might want to try them too. They are similar to a ginger snap but so much better for kickstarting your contractions. The BEST Labor Inducing Cookies - Labor Cookies Recipe With baby #3 I was coming up on my due date after my first 2 were both born 3 weeks early. I was miserable and willing to try just about anything. I mean anything even tried the Castro Oil, walking, pedicures, pressure points, walking, super spicey foods, walking, squats, walking, moving furniture, more walking... yeah I was at the end of my rope and beyond … [Read more...]
How to Create Your Own Blog and Make Money Blogging
I get asked so often about blogging. How to start a blog, how to make money blogging, how to create your own blog from the bottom up and the list goes on. I've decided to start blogging about it so I have something with pictures and links for people to read on their own time and follow step by step. How to Create Your Own Blog and Make Money Blogging The first decision is to decide if you want to work your blog as a business. If you want to make any kind of money on it then you need to be self-hosted and not on free blogger and definitely NOT on Free Wordpress. The reason for this the FREE Wordpress doesn't allow affiliate links and will shut your blog down for them, which means you can't make money. Blogger has been known to shut blogs down with no warning for no reason other than a … [Read more...]
9 Frugal Money Saving Tips My Grandma Taught Me
Frugal living is something that has always come naturally to me. Growing up, I often stayed with my grandparents who were frugal in every way they could be and luckily for me, they passed those ways to save money onto me as I was growing up. Grandma’s frugal money-saving tips could fill a book by themselves, but there have always been a few that stuck out in my head as I’ve gone through life. 9 Frugal Money Saving Tips My Grandma Taught Me Grandma has been gone for a few years now. As I grow older myself, I find myself relying on the money-saving tips that she taught me more and more. They apply to almost every area of my life. I can honestly say that I wouldn’t be where I am today. Most of these seem as if they would be common sense frugal money-saving tips. The truth is that we … [Read more...]
Great Depression Tricks for Gardening
During the great depression, families had no choice but to make do with very little. Families would start their own gardens to supplement the cost and small rations of food. Much like during the world wars people had to go back to their roots to care for their families. Now more and more families are following the wisdom of the depression era and supplementing their incomes with home gardens. You can take these simple Great Depression Tricks for Gardening to help provide your family with quality food on a budget. Great Depression Tricks for Gardening Carefully plan out your garden. Each season your garden can flourish with different fruits and vegetables that your family loves. Start by making a list of produce your family willingly eats. Go down the list and find when … [Read more...]
Amazing Upcycled Hot Wheels Cars Picture Frame Idea
Do your kids love Hot Wheels Cars as my son does? He is completely obsessed so I've slowly started adding Hot Wheels decor to his rooms like this Upcycled Hot Wheels Cars Picture Frame Idea. I share a few of my ideas plus 2 ways to do this from below! Amazing Upcycled Hot Wheels Cars Picture Frame Idea This is an easy upcycle you can make pretty cheap. Here is how. The hot wheels you can find at garage sales for as cheap as 5¢ each. If you are super lucky you can get a photo frame for around 10¢. Most of us have hot glue at home and you can pick up the Rustoleum paint in just about any color for about $4! If you can't find the Hot Wheels cars at garage sales you can buy 100 of them for less then $20 on Amazon. That may seem like a lot of cars but … [Read more...]
Creamy 4 Cheese Fritters with Sweet Honey Mustard Sauce
Looking for a great recipe that can do triple duty? These Cheese Fritters with Sweet Honey Mustard Sauce can be a meatless meal, a side dish, or an appetizer. It's a crowd-pleaser recipe and everyone will love it! Creamy 4 Cheese Fritters with Sweet Honey Mustard Sauce When I was visiting Memphis I had dinner at Memphis BBQ Co. and had their cheese fritters. Guys I fell in love with them! Soon as I got home I started digging for a recipe close and fell in love with this one. It's 4 kinds of cheese and I really think it tastes the same! It's rich and creamy and very filling. They had these on their appetizers menu but this also makes a great meatless meal as well. Pair it with a veggie to offset the fried factor and you are good to go! Few tips … [Read more...]
The Berenstain Bears and Too Much TV Lesson Plan
In the book The Berenstain Bears and Too Much TV, Mama Bear realizes her family has been spending way too much time watching television. Despite their protests, Mama pulls the plug and encourages the children to enjoy other activities in life. Check out these 3 activities below to help children explore this book further, and see if they don’t start to enjoy time away from the television a little more, too! The Berenstain Bears and Too Much TV Lesson Plan I love being able to turn a book into a great lesson and mini-lesson for the kids. So here is out The Berenstain Bears and Too Much TV Lesson Plan. Activity One - DIY Before You Watch TV Chart In the story The Berenstain Bears and Too Much TV, Mama wants the cubs to enjoy other hands-on activities before they settle down in … [Read more...]
12 Summer Fun On a Budget Ideas
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Navy Federal Credit Union. All opinions are 100% mine. Summer is here, and that means there's time for lots and lots of fun. Fun doesn’t have to be narrowed down to just one activity. There are lots of ways to enjoy the summer months. If you’re looking for some ways to have fun on a budget this summer, these tips are for you! 12 Summer Fun On a Budget Ideas Free Activities at the Library One thing I’ve found is that the library always has lots of activities that are free. Head to your local library to see what events are happening at your branch. If your efforts to find free events are in vain, the library is still a really cool place to hang out and read. Plus, if it’s super hot where you are, you can always spend … [Read more...]
12 Mind Blowing Tips on How to Make Money at Flea Markets
I have been to many flea markets, I love seeing everything, talking to vendors and if I'm lucky I find some good food. One trend I am noticing is many vendors make a full-time income. Hello, real-life American Pickers! So this led me to do some digging and asking around on How to Make Money at Flea Markets and I mean really make money! Because who doesn't want to travel around buy cool stuff and get paid to do it? This is one of many ways we share where you can make money online (and offline too!) 12 Mind-Blowing Tips on How to Make Money at Flea Markets Before we jump in you need to understand there are 2 types of flea markets. There are the ones where you buy a permanent booth on a monthly basis. This is generally where you can leave your items overnight as they lock up. They … [Read more...]
