Holiday schedule organization in as little as 15 minutes keeps a busy home from turning into chaos. You can use a simple wall calendar and 15 minutes at a family dinner to create a plan for attending holiday parties and performances. (This post does contain affiliate links to help you find items and support the…
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How We Created a No Stress Christmas Day and You Can Too!
We saved our family Christmas Day by doing nothing. Six or seven Christmases ago we started doing “nothin’ ” for Christmas Day. It came as a revelation to my husband and I when the boys were really little. (Affiliate links provided so you can find products and we can support the blog-thank you so…
Stop Holiday Debt Before Putting Up A Christmas Tree
Debt! Debt! I am done with debt! No more January’s where I am $1000 short after the holidays. A survey by Magnifymoney.com did a national sample of 403 Americans and found the following. On average Americans are $986 in debt after the holidays. Gifts, holiday food, hosting parties and travel rack up the credit card…
Mint.com Free Money Management Software for Dummies
Money management software is not a simple choice. Entering a number backwards or worse yet forgetting to enter spending create hours of work to find the issue. Mint eliminates this issue with direct linking to your bank accounts and credit cards. Go make more money and your problems will be solved. This is the refrain…
Kid Tested Holiday Stress Relievers That Really Work
Kid tested holiday stress relievers that really work are modeled by our children every holiday season. So, be a kid. Kids do one thing at a time. They stop what they are doing to pay attention to others. They don’t get so caught up in the To Do List they forget about people. Three…
Menu Planning Time Savers for Busy Moms
Meal Planning Saves Money While I do not actually go to the grocery store in our family I do the menu planning and make the grocery list. Tons of marketing research and common wisdom shows that the more you plan your meals the more you save on your food budget. Check out this quick…
Easy Kid Friendly Gingerbread Houses
Easy Gingerbread houses that kids can do themselves are a great holiday party idea. This sturdy gingerbread house works for even the chunky toddler fingers–no baking required! These gingerbread houses use graham crackers right out of the box. All the fun is really in the decorating right? This lets you get to it right away…
How to Make Holiday Guests THINK you Spent All Day Cleaning
How to make holiday guests think you spent all day cleaning with out actually doing it. Here are six awesome ideas for quick holiday “tidy ups” that are simple to perform in an hour. Clean Builds on Clean For Holiday Guests We figured this out during the few short weeks before our wedding that we…
Triggers: How to Exchange Your Angry Reactions for Gentle Responses
Triggers are the little things that jump under your skin and cause reactions you did not intend. An explosion of anger when you only meant to correct your child gently can send you reeling. These reactions hurt you and your beloved child. You know how the teacher will appear when the student is ready. Well,…
Quick Gluten-Free Cinnamon Almond Apple Crisp
Got apples your kids won’t eat? This gluten free apple crisp solves the problem of older apples. When our lunch apples go a little mushy the boys won’t touch them. Even with peanut butter the texture is just off enough to make the apple unpleasant. Fall is such a great time to add in warm…