Family dinner · Food and drink · Frugal · Meal Planning · No fuss cooking · Shopping on a budget · Simple dinner ideas · Simple Meals For When Things Are Hard · Turkey · Veggies

Simple Meal – Turkey tenderloin and frozen veggies

Need a simple dinner? This is for you. I love the turkey tenderloin from Aldi. The Rotisserie flavor is the one I usually pick up because the Pepper one ( while delicious) is a touch too peppery for my kids. I also love this frozen bag of green beans from Costco. It actually reseals pretty… Continue reading Simple Meal – Turkey tenderloin and frozen veggies

Family dinner · Shopping on a budget · Simple dinner ideas · Simple Meals For When Things Are Hard

Simple Meal Ideas For When Things Are Hard

Sometimes life is hard.  Sometimes for a day,  a week,  an entire season of life. When life is hard feeding yourself and your family can be really hard.  Especially when you make the decision (while in a better season of life) the you and your family are going to be more of a whole foods… Continue reading Simple Meal Ideas For When Things Are Hard

Challenges · Chronic pain · Developing a growth mindset · Happiness · Keep going · Life · Mental health · Neurodivergent parenting · Parenthood · Season of life · Self Care

I’m Surviving Not Thriving

I’m not thriving in my current season. I’m at the point I’m not even trying to. I’m just trying to make it from sunrise to sunset in one piece. As I write this it’s 435am . I’m sitting in the couch with my son to be 3 year old watching Paw Patrol because I’ve given… Continue reading I’m Surviving Not Thriving

Book Reviews - kids · Books · Books for kids · Family fun · Fun learning

Kids Book Reviews – The B Hive

The B Hive Written by Steve Fowler This book is adorable. The B Hive is the first book in the series The Alphabittles. This book is dear to my heart because the author  Steve Fowler aka Mr Steve. Mr Steve was my children’s favorite children’s librarian when we lived up in Massachusetts.  The programs he… Continue reading Kids Book Reviews – The B Hive

Family fun · Happiness · Parenthood · Self Care · Vacation ideas · Vacationing with kids

Vacation As A Parent

Today I saw a very funny answer very relatable YouTube Short. The caption said “it’s just parenting with a prettier background” Yes yes it is.  Here’s the video She’s right. Vacation with kids is just parenting with a prettier background. But what is that’s not all it had to be? I have a solution 🙂… Continue reading Vacation As A Parent

Developing a growth mindset · God is good · Happiness · Keep going · Parenthood · Season of life

It’s been a week

Yikes…. That’s the only word I can use to describe this week… well the only non cuss word anyway. I have decided that God answers prayers.. but sometimes in ways that in the moment feel like the opposite of what you were asking for. This week… actually past 10 days haven’t been the most fun. … Continue reading It’s been a week

Family dinner · Food and drink · No fuss cooking · Repurposed leftovers · What to do with all those leftovers - Stew beef

Sheet Pan Leftover Stew Meat and Veggies

I love buying stew meat from Costco. I have a family of 7 and Costco pretty consistently has the cheapest stew meat.  The packages are pretty big, usually at least 5 pounds. This leaves plenty of leftovers even with a family my size especially is anyone decided that night they don’t like stew beef. So… Continue reading Sheet Pan Leftover Stew Meat and Veggies