These 10 out-of-the-box ideas will help you cherish your kids’ creativity while maintaining a less-cluttered home… finding that elusive balance between sentimentality and simplicity!
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Easy Pizza Sliders
This easy recipe for pizza sliders is sure to go over well with your tribe.
Whether you need a quick weeknight dinner, fun finger food for the big game, or a family-friendly meal to share with others, pizza sliders will do the trick.
Mix up the ingredients based on what you have in the house… we’ve yet to find a meat/cheese combination we didn’t love!!
A Few of My Favorite Things (May 2025)
May is my favorite time of year to do yardwork as it’s not too hot or muggy outside but it’s warm enough to plant annuals and vegetables. Plus, everything feels fresh and new, and we all just want to be outside after a long winter.
In this post, I’m sharing a bunch of summery-ish favorites that will hopefully get you even more excited for summer!
75+ Frugal, Family Friendly Meals on a Budget
One Simple, Fool-Proof Way to Save More!
7 Strageties To Simplify Your Day
5 Steps to Quickly Clear Your Closet Clutter
Whole Grain Oatmeal Caramel Bars
Easy Ideas to Organize Outdoor Toys and Sports Gear
10 Ways to Be a Lifelong Learner – No School Required
No-Sugar Jam With Honey
I always considered my homemade jam to be a treat — not an everyday staple. Then I had kids who gobbled up PB & J sandwiches on a daily basis.
Suddenly the insane amount of sugar in my jam recipes started to bother me a bit more.
After a couple of years of searching, I finally found a super simple, super delicious NO-SUGAR jam recipe that is sweetened only with a bit of honey!
My family loves it. I think yours will too!
A Few of My Favorite Things (April 2025)
Keep Your Home Clean And Organized With 3 Daily Routines
Basic Meatloaf (simple and delicious)
Streamline Your Home and Life with the 80/20 Rule
This simple mindset shift could totally transform the way you view your stuff AND streamline your home and life in the process!
No major purging or minimalism required — just a more intentional thought process and higher awareness of what things we actually use, and what’s just taking up our valuable space, time, and energy.
Why You Should Make a “Done List”
Have you ever gotten to the end of a day and felt like you accomplished absolutely nothing? Yup, me too! Whenever these feelings of inadequacy strike, I know it’s time to make another “Done List”.
A Done List is an excellent way to practice gratitude and contentment, and it’s so quick and easy, you can make one today!
How to Make All-Natural Window & Glass Cleaner
After years of procrastinating when I knew it was time to clean the windows, I finally created a little system that allows me to keep most of our windows clean most of the time without all that much effort.
To make the process even faster and easier, I use a couple of really simple, all-natural window cleaning products… which I’m sharing inside this post!
