Mom. Wife. Busy Life.

  • How to Prepare Your Bathroom for Guests

    If you have family or friends visiting soon, it’s important to get your house in tip-top shape. One of the most used places in your home during your guest’s visit is the bathroom. Even though this may be one of the smaller spaces in your home, it’s definitely one of the most important and most…

  • 5 Ways to Stress Less this Holiday Season

    During the holiday season, there’s a lot going on and our to-do lists almost seem never-ending. There’s meal planning and preparations, organizing and cleaning the house for guests, holiday parties to attend, gifts to shop for, and life to live while completing all of these tasks. The kids still have to be taken care of…

  • 3 Tips for Backyard Tailgating

    It’s tailgating season! Read our Tips for Backyard Tailgating! When you hear the word tailgate, what do you think of? I think of football, tasty food, snacks, ice cold beverages, and time spent with friends and family. With a few months of football left including the Super Bowl, there’s still plenty of time to plan your…

  • 6 Ways to Keep in Touch With Family this Holiday Season

    Disclosure: This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and Walmart Family Mobile. All opinions are mine alone. #TreatYourFamily #CollectiveBias My husband’s career has taken us pretty far from our family. I would have to say that the hardest part about having a career so far away is not being able to see family…

  • DIY Toddler Table and Chairs Makeover Using Plasti Dip

    This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Plasti Dip for IZEA Worldwide. All opinions are 100% mine. When we moved to the Pacific Northwest over a year ago, I had no idea how I was going to decorate my toddler’s new room. For a few months, the room sat empty for…

  • Is Your Busy Schedule Hurting Your Family?

    From awesome careers to great families to interesting hobbies to beautiful, Pinterest-perfect houses, women these days seem to have it all. There really is no limit to what we can accomplish–both for ourselves and for our families. Yet, does all of this success come at a cost? Unfortunately, it certainly can. Here are four ways…

  • How to Plan a Family Movie Night

    This has been one exciting summer so far.  To save money this summer, we are skipping the costly day camps and planning activities of our own. We swim in our neighborhood pool almost daily, visit the children’s library around the corner, go bowling, skating, and take advantage of cheaper entertainment. My husband and I have been…