• Kids,  Recipes

    Good Mornings Thanks to Breakfast and Coffee

    Sleep isn’t something that I get a lot of these days so breakfast and coffee are my jam. I try to wake up before the kids but because Scarlet Reese is teething, it doesn’t happen as frequently right now. I search for all the little teasers of sleep and take full advantage even if it’s only ten or so minutes! This makes me really excited for breakfast and coffee. The kids and I have always been big breakfast eaters but now that it’s fall, it’s become even more of an obsession. If you haven’t checked out my healthy oatmeal casserole, you need to. The recipe is so delicious and really…

  • Fashion

    Monday Motivation Series

    Happy Monday friends! I am gearing up for a very long week with lots of activities and appointments so I decided to jump start everything by sharing this blog. I have recently shared a lot about remembering why I started this blog and making sure to be totally transparent with my purpose. I want to continue to tell everyone that I rarely get paid posts as most bloggers do because I turn down ads that don’t fit my objective. I started this place for it to be a reference for you to use as needed. I once lived a very unhealthy lifestyle where I ate junk food every meal, partied…

  • Health

    Reflecting on my Beautycounter Journey

    It blows my mind, thinking about the difference in my life two years ago to today. I had just started blogging and was a few years into my health journey. Finances were not great but improving from our lowest point and I was constantly wondering what could I do to provide financially for my family. At the same time, this gorgeous little blonde lady, named Christi Hucks, kept sending me private messages on my social media telling me that I would make a wonderful voice for the Beautycounter mission and I kept completely disregarding her. I just couldn’t make the connection that Christi was dangling my “sign” right in front of my face. It look me months of…

  • Fashion,  Fitness,  Health

    Taking Your Health Into Your Own Hands

    I often get asked HOW to start transitioning to a healthier lifestyle and my answer is simple. CHOOSE to start and focus on one area to change first. If you decide you want to live healthier and non toxic and think about changing everything at once, it’s going to overwhelm you and chances are, you wont start. You’ll just keep putting it off and putting it off verses just starting somewhere. I chose to clean up my food first. This meant not eating at drive through restaurants, drinking only water and lots of it and keeping away from processed foods. When grocery shopping, I would stick to organic meats and…