Vacation is wonderful. Vacation is also expensive. Depending on where you are traveling to you need transportation and somewhere to stay. You also need to eat and stuff to do. This post focuses mostly on eating but gives some tips for packing food to go to things. My biggest food savings tip while on vacation… Continue reading How to Save Money and Time on Vacation – Food
Back to school time is here. Depending on where you are in the country that could be next week like me or in a few weeks. Regardless of when the kids go back one thing is pretty universally true…it adds up fast and can get quite expensive. As a Mom of Five kids ranging from… Continue reading Back to School Savings Tips From a Mom of Five
I’m not sure about you but when I was a kid Chuckie Cheese was one of my favorite places to go! Things look different from when I was a kid ( millennial here!) . No more coins to carry around and bye bye to the animatronics. But even without Chuckies band playing there’s tons of… Continue reading How to Chuckie Cheese
The last few years I have been in this strange off and on kick of trying to be a crunchy mom…. only to find myself then wanting to do a 180 turn to wanting to be the pleasing esthetic mom who may or may not have bought a bottle of pink watermelon scented cleaner because… Continue reading Crunchy imposter? Or slow and stable?
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
As a seasoned Mother of 5 who has been parenting for close to two decades i have and advise. Let go Let go of the life you pictured when you saw those two lines and embrace the life that it This is a concept that applies no matter what child you have, it works universally. … Continue reading Let go
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
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
I have five kiddos…. so clothes can be a major expense. I love in Northeast Florida…. we relocated from Massachusetts almost two years ago. I didn’t think this would be the case but I do still need seasonal clothes . No snowsuits but we do get cold for a bit each year. I try to… Continue reading Clothes shopping for five kiddos
When I was 34… I declared that 36 was going to be my year. I thought then that by 36 I’d have myself figured out. Last weekend marked the half way point of my 36th trip around the sun. And if I’m being honest with myself….I can’t tell you if it will go down in… Continue reading 36
The Tales of a Modern Housewife 