Lifestyle
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What Do I Do For A Living? The Answer To My Top Asked Question!
A question I am often asked is “what do you do for a living?” This is a multifaceted answer and requires a little explanation on my part. I am a mom of five (soon to be six!) who wanted the ability to stay home with her kids but also needed to financially have it make sense to do so. I am thankful to have both. I didn’t always have both though. In fact, I struggled financially for several years before figuring it out. Those were really hard years but they’ve shaped me to have drive and the desire to love what I do for a living. My job title is…
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DipWell: my favorite salon alternative for gorgeous nails
One thing that I absolutely love to have done is my nails. I have always loved a beautiful pop of color on my fingernails and for the longest time I used traditional nail products. From doing my own at home manicures to going to a salon, I’ve learned a lot about what’s in traditional nail polishes and dip powders and because of that I decided to look and find a non-toxic option. After my search I found several brands that I tried myself. Some I didn’t love so much and others I absolutely adore. Here are the ones that we use in our household: As much as I love painting…
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4 Things You Should Do Every Sunday
I just cannot believe that it’s Sunday. The weekend really flew by. The kids, Derrek and I spent the weekend with friends and also knocking out lots of random projects around our house and in the yard. Sundays are my favorite day of the week. We get to go to church (or watch a sermon from home), eat lunch outside and then I start my routine of getting organized for the week. I share about this quite often, you can get the catch up version on my stories today), because it really does change my week in a positive way. I am a mom of five children who are active…
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How I meal prep every week to help my week flow
I am not super organized at all.the.things but 10 years into being a mom, I have found things that benefit us and a lot of them are built habits. The saying “it takes 21 days to build a habit,” has reigned true consistently when I’ve decided to try new things and create new flows in our home. Some things just don’t work for us, but I only learned that through trial and error. A lot of structure in my life comes from organized systems. I love my planner, calendar views in all the places, everything being in its place, and meals ready to go, but that requires backend work. Weekends…
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Stretches you should try to do every morning + night!
One of the things that I try to do every day for my health is stretch. Stretching is important. When you take the time to stretch it helps to keep your muscles flexible, strong and working properly. For our joints to keep a range of motion, stretching is needed to maintain flexibility. When we do not do it, our muscles shorten and become tight. This is a problem when you try to use them because they are weak and not able to extend correctly. I am sure that you don’t want discomfort in your workouts or a injury during one, so let me help! You don’t have to have a lot…
