Working moms. Stay at home moms. Work at home moms. There is one thing they all have in common. They are all tired! All the time. Motherhood is exhausting before you even add in the rest of life. Motherhood never has any true downtime. Even when they are in your bed, you never know if one of your kids is going to have a nightmare, spike a fever, or, every mom's worth nightmare: start throwing up. When they go to Grandma's for the weekend/week? Still not fully off duty as you are wondering how … [Read more...]
Happy, Frugal Life- May 2018
May is one of my absolute favorite months. It's when spring really seems to arrive here in Maine. It's also Mother's Day and my birthday! Sometimes we joke that it is the month of Julie. General review May started off with strep throat...for me. It was incredibly miserable. Thankfully, my mom was able to take a few days off of work to take my girls. I was fairly incapable of "mommy'ing." It also goes to prove that moms take care of their kids, no matter how old they get. May did get better. … [Read more...]
Make a Chore Chart That Works
In my house, getting my oldest to do her chores can be a full-time job. The little one still isn't old enough to have any real, set chores and is still in that really wants to help stage. The oldest one, the six-year-old, has the whining, melting, "but I don't like that" down to a tee. Chores can be an absolute frustration here. We tried so many methods of getting her to do her chores. When she was little, she had a chart with happy faces or sad faces. If she had enough happy faces, at the end … [Read more...]
Beyond Surviving the Early Years- They’re Only Under Two for Two Years
They're only under two for two years. I heard that sentence on a podcast for mompreneurs and it stuck out to me. You see, at the time I heard it, I was in the process of starting a virtual assistant business on top of blogging and being a Young Living distributor. The thing was, I had just closed my Etsy shop due to low return on investment and wanting more time to spend with my crazy, busy toddler. Surviving the early years wasn't enough. I wanted to be present. I got out of the shower … [Read more...]
Happy, Frugal Life- April 2018
As much as I love writing this post each month, I almost forgot it this month! April has been the busiest months so far this year. So much so that I have decided that at least the first week of May will be lowkey, maybe even the second week as well! Why was it so busy? Read on! General review April had Easter, a birthday party to attend two hours away, three Thirty-One parties, multiple dance rehearsals, two dance recitals, doctor appointments, and general life chaos. Sure, most of it was fun … [Read more...]
The Only Things You Need for Baby’s First Year
If you read a lot of the baby registry checklists you see through retail stores or websites that sell baby gear, you can get overwhelmed with all the things you're told you need to buy. Do you need a wipe warmer? What about a swing? A microwave bottle sterilizer? And what's with all the different types of bottles? In one year, your baby goes from newborn to walking/almost walking. That's a lot of change! Yes, your baby will need a variety of different things in that year but it's not as much … [Read more...]
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