In today’s fast-paced world, finding affordable and high-quality food options can sometimes be a challenge. Not only is it fast-paced, but we are met with the current financial struggles and the necessity of belts tightening more to survive. Buying food is not optional. But HOW you buy food is met with a new option that we have started in our community in Utah and this passion project has spread into parts of Idaho and Wyoming. Buying food is not optional. But HOW you buy food is met with a new option This is so super critical to learn and then to try and participate. Very few people have ..read more

  Looking for an incredible gift idea that you can still get in time for Christmas (if you order by 12/14)? Well, whether baby to adult, you can make a personalized book for your child, family member, best friend or whomever and get $15 off from Wonderbly! What is Wonderbly?  I made 3 personalized books for my three youngest kids, and I made them easily from my phone in just a few minutes while I was in my car waiting to pickup someone! That is how user-friendly and easy it was for me to create this one-of-a-kind gift.  And I am so excited about it! I know my three youngest ki ..read more

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Ok, it happens… whether you have toddlers or pets, pee happens! It’s annoying, it’s frustrating and it seems to ruin the day and perhaps seems to feel like it’s ruined your furniture. Well, we had one of those days a few days ago. Our toddler was exhausted from a busy morning, came home, and fell asleep on the couch. I decided not to move him into his bed and let him be. Well, let him be meant a couch covered in pee a couple of hours later. I was thankful this was the first time for him and the first in a long time, but it was still like…WHY?!? I know that whenever my kids fall asleep hard, t ..read more

There is a super cool and very valuable Ibotta deal happening right now. We want to share how to get the Back To The Roots Grow Kits that include lavender, tomatoes, mushrooms and more for CHEAP from Walmart right now with the use of the super savings app Ibotta! We really loved this Ibotta Rebate!! First, what is Ibotta? For starters, it is a discount shopping app. But it’s probably better than you expect in case your heart sank just a bit (from the many attempts at using a cumbersome money-saving app). This one is super slick. It’s a rebate app. I know…hang with me. Easier than expected. Sim ..read more

Today’s gardening tip comes from both mine and my friends’ garden. My friend Debbie has a beautiful, lush, happy growing garden. She’s the friend that shared her June Bugs elimination tips with all of us. Well, she’s growing a garden in the humid and hot southeast part of the country and we’re growing a garden in the hot, dry, arid, clay dirt of the Rocky Mountain northwest desert. Well, we both have some great tips and experiences growing gardens in opposite sides of the country. But one thing that is universal across the country are those weeds! Hers may be different than ours, but weeds ar ..read more

If you, a family member, or someone you know has a wart or two, you might want to pass along a tip for warts. Warts are awful, ugly, and just downright annoying! Plus, if you are not careful and don’t take care of it, they will spread! We had an issue with a wart and I had heard about this trick from many of my natural living friends as well as from my essential oils encyclopedia. So I decided to give it a whirl before going to more extreme methods of wart removal.  All I did was apply oregano oil with a q-tip to the bottom of my toddler’s foot (where the wart was) for a few days. My fri ..read more

It’s 2020. ‘Nuff said. However, let’s chat about the awesome things happening in 2020. And that’s why we are happy to share an easy, fast way to a free Thanksgiving dinner and also one that will be easier to prepare on Turkey Day! And…if you already have your meal planned, do this to get a free Thanksgiving dinner that you can donate to someone in need! In fact, there’s no strings attached, there’s nothing fishy or funny, it’s just using a simple, proven, effective and easy grocery shopping app. That app is called Ibotta. Have you heard of Ibotta?!? It’s really one of those easy peasy, no ifs ..read more

Monkey bread is all the rage! In fact, our Pizza Monkey Bread is one of our all-time, top, fan favorite recipes on our site. We get requests for monkey bread ideas a lot! So, we wanted to share a fun and unique Monkey Bread idea – Peanut Butter and Jelly! That means… Monkey bread for lunch…snack…dessert…breakfast…appetizer…an all-around monkey bread! Similar to how we shared the Pizza Monkey Bread, we will share some additional tips for quick, healthier and Gluten-Free options so your options open even wider! See those tips at the bottom. Doesn’t this look and sound just amazing!?! Peanut bu ..read more

It seems a little early to be talking about Christmas. I mean at this point, we are at the beginning of October and fall really just started, just barely sipping our hot cider and settling into a warmer start to the autumn season. However, you need a Christmas Savings Plan to have a debt-free Christmas.  This has been one of the more popular Christmas savings plans throughout the years that we have created for our readers and so we wanted to remind you to dust it off and get going (or print more for free!).  Talking about Christmas seems to put big damper on the rest of the sum ..read more