tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44563206613480200442024-03-05T06:02:12.688-08:00MrsPost08 BlogBeckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07912395779923615778noreply@blogger.comBlogger1931125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456320661348020044.post-81019558005193035602020-09-06T00:30:00.016-07:002020-09-06T00:30:01.399-07:00Happy 6th Birthday G! <p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px;">Happy 6th Birthday to my George!</span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px;"> </span> <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px;">I can’t believe you have to use 2 hands to show your age now. You have such a heart of gold! A tender loving heart for your family.</span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px;"> </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">My sweet boy I don’t ever want you to forget how wanted and loved you are! You and Cash are 2 of the most wanted and hoped for little boys! <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I’m so thankful you came into this world! You fulfilled my dreams of being a mommy. </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">The past 6 years have flown by, but I’ve also savored each moment! <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Watching you grow up is what keeps me fighting. You bring me so much joy! You also make me want to pull my hair out some days because you and me are so much alike. </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">My hope for you as you continue to grow is that you keep your heart of gold, use that determination you have to reach all your goals, love God, continue to be so confident, and always remember you are exceptional! </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9KBHqIrjFs4nL_X1YpMMiukpWlwKpXjXJ59EIltGP8ajrnjRw6twUCZ14CSs9e0EZgr_c0CJGCm_lGfWTM-Ao0CWHxXSyNmdHYKSTYvLkpDAsCh5zGZzAeOqfBSxHlZ0YY-fWGKFJRWk6/s2048/Post+Family-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9KBHqIrjFs4nL_X1YpMMiukpWlwKpXjXJ59EIltGP8ajrnjRw6twUCZ14CSs9e0EZgr_c0CJGCm_lGfWTM-Ao0CWHxXSyNmdHYKSTYvLkpDAsCh5zGZzAeOqfBSxHlZ0YY-fWGKFJRWk6/w333-h500/Post+Family-2.jpg" width="333" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikWT7L4JZnu-cxTC4_nauVeAvkIHs_R-86kz8-wsDhaeYZdy4Yvcx_DjV8YpHr67QpfCetvaz4Utgx38OLMZGDJDu_JyG-dOLg8vDZw7n7WnnA2d8XtlsiWmganU9dNYfsM9Qh80kGMZ6m/s2048/Post+Family-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikWT7L4JZnu-cxTC4_nauVeAvkIHs_R-86kz8-wsDhaeYZdy4Yvcx_DjV8YpHr67QpfCetvaz4Utgx38OLMZGDJDu_JyG-dOLg8vDZw7n7WnnA2d8XtlsiWmganU9dNYfsM9Qh80kGMZ6m/w333-h500/Post+Family-1.jpg" width="333" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnWkYHYCR6JEiystzR7LwrvkPXPftSa7dXo4S8mFWifliJqPtRyCfvs3sFEiYc8iTAhKUOx3Mn-Ara1pe36y3Ku-bIZdDXbhtp8AItFb_1glDmwmLMnFmZem8im7m4SPsNEd2H4gCaBuOD/s2048/Post+Family-9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnWkYHYCR6JEiystzR7LwrvkPXPftSa7dXo4S8mFWifliJqPtRyCfvs3sFEiYc8iTAhKUOx3Mn-Ara1pe36y3Ku-bIZdDXbhtp8AItFb_1glDmwmLMnFmZem8im7m4SPsNEd2H4gCaBuOD/w500-h333/Post+Family-9.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA3bx2Sh5aNPR0VT1NZ_4YbC9VdqqOuMiwrgDd-kvUN4mWpDvbhKvdGocQmJoyOXNvR9pwuVCEtD714e2MrG9h3w5dCp0J2JHQN-xWG7RkU7eJDld_ZWVgZR7lHTTMMmDofMFhJOnhhAAZ/s2048/Post+Family-25.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA3bx2Sh5aNPR0VT1NZ_4YbC9VdqqOuMiwrgDd-kvUN4mWpDvbhKvdGocQmJoyOXNvR9pwuVCEtD714e2MrG9h3w5dCp0J2JHQN-xWG7RkU7eJDld_ZWVgZR7lHTTMMmDofMFhJOnhhAAZ/w333-h500/Post+Family-25.jpg" width="333" /></a></div><br /><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07912395779923615778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456320661348020044.post-1372066778199681862020-08-24T02:30:00.000-07:002020-08-24T02:30:07.003-07:00Healthier Mud Pies / gluten and dairy free<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I bought some <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Glutino-Chocolate-Vanilla-Cookies-Decadent/dp/B005P0JJ34/ref=asc_df_B005P0JJ34/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=343194326079&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=14928920670360036360&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9027743&hvtargid=pla-729343461537&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=70836032084&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=343194326079&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=14928920670360036360&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9027743&hvtargid=pla-729343461537" target="_blank">Glutino oreo's</a> for the boys. They love these cookies! I thought it would be fun to make them some mud pies with the cookies crumbled on top and a couple gummy worms. My mom sent them <a href="https://www.target.com/p/albanese-world-39-s-best-12-flavor-mini-gummi-worms-9oz/-/A-53274167?ref=tgt_adv_XS000000&AFID=google_pla_df&fndsrc=tgtao&CPNG=PLA_Grocery%2BShopping_Local&adgroup=SC_Grocery&LID=700000001170770pgs&network=g&device=c&location=9027743&ds_rl=1246978&ds_rl=1248099&gclid=Cj0KCQjwgo_5BRDuARIsADDEntQB_k0gupZ1MhwbxF03SGq0SjYbHNSq9YKSyX1INFbyGGL7GNtOLisaAl0REALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds" target="_blank">Albanese gummy worms</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I found a chocolate chia pudding recipe on Pinterest. It was super easy to make. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mix it all together and chill for 4-6 hours in the fridge. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I crumbled up the cookies, sprinkled them over the top and put 2 worms in each bowl. George thought they were super cute and delicious. Cash would only eat the worms. lol</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">George ended up thinking it was a cute idea, but only ate about 3 bites. George isn't a chocolate fan. Cash loves all sweets, so I am not sure why he wouldn't even try them. Cash just kept yelling he wanted more worms. Next time I will just try to see if he will eat the pudding without worms. </span></div>
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<br />Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07912395779923615778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456320661348020044.post-37135824186033389652020-08-17T02:30:00.001-07:002020-08-17T02:30:00.530-07:00Living on a Budget!<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Happy Monday!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Do you budget or do you just coast through your finances paycheck to paycheck?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I am a budget person! I have spreadsheets broke down with monthly expenses and expense by paycheck. I have broke it down very detailed for us, so we can see where our money needs to go each month. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I was not always a person who lived on a budget. I think it was about 6 or 7 years ago when this all finally clicked for me. I started doing spreadsheets to see where all our money was going. Gooooood lord what a wake up call! I was tired of living with debt and decided enough was enough. I really got on a budget kick 4 years ago.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I started spreadsheets of what debt we had, I came up with a plan based on each paycheck and I got busy. In one year I paid off around $30K in debt. It was insane! I have made it a mission for us not to get in ourselves into debt like that either. The year I got out of a lot of debt was a strange year we were able to bring in extra money. We do not have an extra $30K in our budget whatsoever. If people saw what we actually bring and our financial status they would be in shock. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Living on a budget means you can't have every nice thing out there. If you are making a million bucks a year, you may be able to afford a lot more things than I can on a much tighter budget. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Lets talk about how I set up our budget. </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Electricity</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Insurance - car, home, life or any type of insurance that isn't deducted from your paycheck</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Cell phone</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Cable/Internet</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Gas for your vehicle</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Groceries</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Garbage</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Water</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Car payment</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Student loans</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Child care</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Eating out</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Gym membership</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Amazon purchases</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Target</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Credit card payments</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Coffee, lunches, date nights, nails, whatever else you spend money on regularly add it to your list</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I list each item out and put a dollar amount beside each one. As an example your electrical bill might be more in one season than another. For us we spend more on AC in the summer, so I take the higher amount and spread that out between both pay periods. If your electrical bill runs around $300 per month in the summer then you need to allocate $150 per pay period for electricity. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We eat out once per week. Art takes food for breakfast and lunch each day. G packs a lunch for school. I eat out maybe every few months for lunch. Our eating out budget is minimal, but our grocery budget could be a lot more than yours. When we eat out it's around $60-75 per meal. I can buy groceries to feed us for 5 days with that amount of money. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I do my grocery shopping at Aldi, Walmart pick up, and Costco. Eggs at Walmart are around $7 for 5 dozen. The same eggs are $9-10 at Costco. The nice thing with Walmart pick up is I can place my order, drive up, they load it and off I go home. I don't buy extra things I might want or things the kids want me to buy. I am able to buy mostly organic items doing this at a cheaper cost. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">That is how I start my budget. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If you get paid once a month you don't have anymore work to do. If you get paid every 2 weeks then here is where this part comes into play. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I put the paycheck amount at the top of the spreadsheet. I take the monthly categories and list them under the paycheck amount. Then I decide how to break it out. We spend around $500 a month on groceries. I break that down by $250 per pay period. I try to only shop once every 2 weeks to keep up within budget. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Our electric bill I break that out by pay period and I pay it each pay period. When we get paid I take $150 and apply it to the electric bill. This way we stay on track with paying each bill timely. Now I can't do this with our garbage bill. They will only let you pay it in full. I just know we need to set $XX aside each pay period for garbage. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Are you putting money into a 401K or IRA? This is a VERY important thing to be doing. Art is older than me and will be ready to retire in the next 10 years. When I met him he had very little set up for retirement. I had him increase his 401K contributions right away. Over the past 14 years it has really added up. We don't even consider that money. The money is taken out of his paycheck each pay period and put into his 401K. Each year we increase the amount that is put away. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As I write this blog post I am not sure if G will have a first day of school or what exactly it all entails. We have been told Cash will have preschool in the fall. I am hoping that if G has virtual school a couple days a week I can work that out with C schedule. That way I can be able to help G with his school one on one when C is at school. If they say G school will all be virtual I most likely will home school. This is my worst nightmare. I am not a home school mom, nor am I for home schooling at all. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I first found G outfit at Carter's. He loves dinosaurs, so I thought I would find something he loved to maybe help his nerves. The turquoise polo will bring out his blue eyes too. He will look so darling! Carter's showed the shorts with a coral colored polo too. I am tempted to get him that polo as an additional outfit. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I found C outfit randomly at TJ Maxx on clearance. Both boys will get to wear dinosaurs for their first day of school! This is a first day of preschool outfit only. White on a preschooler is never a good idea. I learned very quickly with G that you don't send kids to preschool in their best clothes because they come back with paint and markers all over them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is hard to believe Cash is 2 today! This boy is the best cuddlier, momma's boy, hilarious, always has a smile for us, and a snarky little thing. lol</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cash snarkiness makes me laugh. If he doesn't know you he is not going to smile or be friendly. He will give you the snark. People will say how cute he is at the store and out comes the snark. It cracks me up! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We took birthday pictures with both boys a week ago. Cash brought his snark. Man we had to work so hard just to get a little smile. He was not in the mood for pictures at all. I even offered a cookie with little to no luck. These pictures capture his personality and he is full of personality this one! </span></div>
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<br />Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07912395779923615778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456320661348020044.post-75964962950252728722020-07-27T02:30:00.000-07:002020-07-27T02:30:00.786-07:00DIY Letter Beaded Bracelets<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I was going to buy the gold beads at Michael's, but if you don't buy the real gold beads the color starts to rub off quickly. I decided to take a different route and make mine with colored beads. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I saw the Dollar Tree had some seed beads and letter beads. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Each package of the seed beads was $1 and the letter beads were $1. I spent $3 on beads total. I also have enough beads to make probably 10 more bracelets. I barely put a dent in the one package of blue beads. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I bought the <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001D1GL7Q/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1" target="_blank">elastic string</a> on Amazon for $3. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I decided to make the bracelets while Cashy was napping one day. G had a great time making his own bracelet and playing with the beads. He asked me to get his <a href="http://postsest041208.blogspot.com/2020/04/sensory-bins.html" target="_blank">sensory bin</a> down while I finished. We both sat at the table chatting away with our projects. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I tied the elastic in a knot and then put clear nail polish over the knot. I tried to pull the bracelet to put it on before I put the clear nail polish and the bracelet exploded all over the dining room. I know there are beads hiding still after G and I both searched the floor on our hands and knees. Take it from me. Seal it with nail polish before you put them on. lol</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The boys love these bracelets. They each point to their names and smile. G will tell me each letter from the bracelets. They are so proud that I wear their names on my wrist. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We eat A LOT of eggs in our home! We go through 4-5 dozen eggs every 2 weeks. I sent eggs to work with Art every day for breakfast. Some times it's just scrambled and some times I do an egg bake. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of my friends Caryl posted on IG that she bought these <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07VDB8M24/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1" target="_blank">OXO silicone air fryer mold</a>s to make over easy eggs. She said she makes an over easy egg in about 10 minutes in her air fryer. WHAT!!!! Well like any good influenced person does I ordered the <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07VDB8M24/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1" target="_blank">OXO molds</a> from Amazon for $4. I made some over easy eggs a couple times. Then I decided to try other type of eggs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have been eating the eggs over a slice of turkey and a slice of Daiya cheddar cheese with some Franks Red Hot over the top! This is my favorite breakfast right now! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cash has been eating these eggs without jalapenos. He was on an egg strike for awhile. He ate one the other day and was yelling for more. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have actually unfollowed people because some bloggers are always telling us what we need to buy. I would think oh I neeeeeed that shirt or shoes. I felt I HAD to have it. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have a closet full of stuff that and I honestly don't need anything...well I honestly could use a new navy and white striped tee because mine is worn out. lol</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is my list of things you can do besides spending it on social media.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I really try to write in a journal each morning. I write down 10 things I am grateful for and 10 things I will make happen. My grateful things can be as simple as no one woke up last night, coffee, our home, snuggling with my boys, tacos. I just write down simple things that I am grateful for in that moment. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have a ongoing list of things I write that I will make happen. I try not to put a time limit on these things. As the past year has gone on some of those things have happened and they have been removed from the list. I write down each day I am a good mom. I feel it's important to start off the day thinking I am a good mom. It helps keep my intention good to take time to be a good mom. Work on my keeping my cool when I am frustrated. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love looking back over the past year of things I have wrote down. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>2. Read a book or listen to an audio book</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I got on a roll after I finished watching all 16 seasons of Grey's Anatomy of listening to audio books. I listened to like 15 books in a few months. Our local library has an app called OverDrive where you can borrow audio books for FREE! A lot of popular books you have to go on a waiting list for, but if you have to wait a few weeks who cares again they are FREE! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have started walking again. When I worked in San Francisco I walked almost every single day on my lunch break. I would walk to AT&T Park and back to the office. It was close to a 2 mile round trip walk. I looked forward to that walk every day. I even went when it was raining. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I like to listen to an audio book or a podcast while I walk. I always find if I am enjoying to what I am listening to it helps the walk go by so much faster. Walking is so much easier on my body than doing cardio. My fatigue gets much worse when I do a very strenuous exercise. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Have you ever tried doing a brain dump in a journal or notebook? When Covid first started I was so anxious. My brain was going 100 MPH. One day I just started writing in a notebook everything that was on my mind. Getting it put on paper helped me relax and be able to sort out my thoughts. It's a great way to make lists of things you want to do, goals, get things off your chest. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5.<b> Do Yoga or stretching</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chris Freytag has some 10 minute yoga and stretching exercises on her website www.gethealthyutv.com that are FREE! I love Chris! I just find her to be a very motivation trainer. I also like that she does the workouts with you. It drives me up the wall when trainers are always working on showing you how to do moves and don't do the workout. How about you show us how to do the workouts by DOING THEM!!!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yoga or stretching will not only help your body, but it will help your brain too! If you want to try some of the 10 minute workouts you can find them <a href="https://www.gethealthyutv.com/videos/free-10-minute-workouts/" target="_blank">HERE</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6. <b>Go play with your kids or dog </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My kids absolutely LOVE it when I play with them. If I take 10 minutes to wrestle with them they are ecstatic. I spent some time with Cash wrestling around and he was giggling the whole time. He likes to punch people in the face while you wrestle. This was a good time to teach him to punch me in the arm not my face. lol</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">G loves to play games. Taking the time to play a game with him completely changes his mood. My boys are the ones who will remember when I have taken time to play with them not the i</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">nfluencers</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> on social media posting crap. Those people won't care that I watched their stories 5 years from now, but my boys will sure remember! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7. <b>Enjoy a cup of tea or coffee</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Enjoy a cup of tea or coffee! Even if your kids are running around, your at work, or whatever is going on take a few minutes to just enjoy the moment with a cup of tea. I have been enjoying a cup of tea at night after the boys are in bed. I will sit in bed drinking the tea and relax. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Take the 15-20 minutes to go organize that cabinet or drawer that has been driving you crazy! Organizing a space will help you feel so much better each time you see it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">9. <b>Plan our your outfits for the next week</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wear stuff you that has been hanging in your closet unworn for ages. If you put the item on and don't like it then add it to your donate pile. This is a great way to wear stuff you forgot about, get rid of stuff because you don't like the fit of it and shop your own closet! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Do you really need that new shirt you found at Target? What accessories could you add to the outfit to make it pop?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">10. <b>Put on a charcoal mask and listen to some of your favorite music</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Does music ever take you back to a place when you use to listen to that song? The other day a song came on the radio and I remembered instantly where I was driving and how I was feeling when I heard it for the first time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have been listening to the old The Chick's music. Man that first Chick's cd brings back so many memories. I loved it and I still do. I have so many great memories listening to their music. I went to their concert so many times with friends too. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What are some things you enjoy doing to avoid getting sucked into social media?</span>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07912395779923615778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456320661348020044.post-11020158787617189192020-07-06T02:30:00.000-07:002020-07-06T02:30:14.686-07:00Twix Bars - Dairy, gluten and refined sugar FREE! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A new follow for me on Instagram is Stacy_simmons made these gluten free, dairy free, refined sugar twix bars. I had to try them! They looked really good. One thing about being home so much is I have been baking more. Baking is not my thing. I would rather cook a full meal over baking. Maybe I will become a baker now. lol</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The boys love to bake with me. It's usually easier to let them bake then to have them help cook a meal. As soon as I pull the mixer out Cash comes running and pushing a chair over to the counter. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I pulled it out of the oven I was afraid I forgot an egg or something because it seemed crumbly. Once it cooled it wasn't crumbly at all. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I put these back in the freezer for about 10 minutes before I cut them into squares. After I cut them into squares I put them into a zip lock bag and keep them in the freezer. If you take them out for a couple minutes you are able to eat them. These bars melt quickly, so you don't want to leave them out. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My final verdict is they don't really taste like a twix, but they are sure yummy! Let me know if you make these and what you think!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My boys love to match clothing. I realize my time is short to do this because it won't be long where they will be against it! They love to wear matching pajamas even. Cash insisted on getting his army pjs the other night because G had his on. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Usually if I see things I like for them in both their sizes I grab them. G is about to outgrow the toddler sizing. We are actually pushing it with 5T clothing. When I saw these polka dot shorts at Target I thought they would be adorable for the 4th of July. Thankfully they had them in both sizes, so I grabbed them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cash has some 4th of July shirts and an outfit that G wore, but let's have them match! I also like to have them match when we go places. It is less taxi on my brain to think what is G wearing and what is C wearing? So I put them in the same colors, so I just need to look for 2 boys wearing blue or red. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">G wasn't a fan of fireworks until he turned about 4. He liked to watch them, but he didn't want to touch them. I started buying glow sticks for him to have something to hold while I did sparklers. I LOVE sparklers! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I found these adorable glow sticks in the bulleyes section at Target. I also found the sunglasses there. The boys love to wear sunglasses....although G can't wear them anymore since he wears regular glasses. Ooopps! If he decides he wants to wear them he can take his glasses off for a little bit to wear them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shirts: <a href="https://www.carters.com/carters-kid-boy-graphic-tees/V_3I501310.html" target="_blank">Carters</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I learned about gut health around 4 years ago. My natural doctor and Dr. Wahl's talk about a leaky gut and gut health a lot. I was rather confused what in the world a leaky gut was until it was explained to me. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What is a leaky gut? L</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">eaky gut</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">, also known as increased intestinal permeability, is a digestive condition in which bacteria and toxins are able to "leak" through the intestinal wall. The sad thing is mainstream medical doctors do not recognize </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">leaky gut</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> as a real condition. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Symptoms of a leaky gut are:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Breakfast I try to have a smoothie with spinach, berries, coconut or almond milk, collagen peptides and chia seeds. We do eat a lot of eggs. I will either fry an egg in coconut oil until they are crispy which is my favorite way to eat them or I like to scramble them with some onions, jalapenos, and spinach. My boys love to eat scrambled eggs with salt. They need salt on their eggs or they won't eat them. I use pink Himalayan salt. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lunch I make a large salad. I use all different kinds of lettuce - romaine, arugula, spring mix. Whatever type of lettuce I feel like that week. I try to mix it up, so I don't get sick of the same thing. Then I add in the toppings - shredded carrots, cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, grilled chicken, sauerkraut, some nuts if I have them, and Whole 30 ranch. I think it was the Doctors on tv who were talking about how a really good salad has to be mixed really well. It's so true! Once you get everything into your salad it needs to be mixed well! It just makes the salad that much better! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I started added sauerkraut or kimchi to my salads in the past year. Fermented foods are really great for gut health. Please read the ingredients on the fermented foods you are eating. Make sure there aren't colors, sugars etc added to it. If you are eating fermented foods with additives it pretty much defeats the whole purpose of adding them to your diet. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By having a smoothie and eating a large salad for lunch this pretty much will get 6-9 cups of veggies into my diet for the day. At dinner I might have some paleo tortillas for tacos, baked potato, paleo chicken pot pie or some other type of paleo starch to my dinner. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bone broth, sauerkraut, kombucha, are my go to items for helping my gut health besides eating a paleo diet and lots of veggies! I can't say enough of how great bone broth is for you! Not just for your gut health, but also your joints. Getting the collagen for your joints is so important! If you struggle with an autoimmune disease or inflammation add some bone broth into your diet. If you are buying bone broth please pay attention to the ingredients. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chris Freytag one of my favorite trainers always says fruit will not make you fat. This is such a good reminder for me. There are times when I want something sweet. Grabbing watermelon, berries, a banana with almond butter is so much better for you than grabbing a Reese's peanut butter cup. Here is what is in a Reese's peanut butter cup <b>-</b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> milk chocolate (sugar, cocoa </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">butter</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">, chocolate, nonfat milk, milk fat, lactose, soy lecithin, pgpr, emulsifier), peanuts, sugar, dextrose, salt, tbhq (preservative), citric acid (to maintain freshness). </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">When you are grabbing a banana with simple almond butter you are eating 2 natural items. You are not worrying about dextrose, citric acid and who knows what else being added to it. I feel fruit has been given a bad rap over the years. It has too much sugar, too many carbs, it's not good to eat it all the time - all lies! It's a natural thing that your body can easily process! If you have a leaky gut you may need to consider limiting the amount of fruit you eat until you get your gut health in a good place. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have been having a lot of fun outside! My boys don't like to stay outside for long unless there is water involved. We have a water table, but G is at the age it isn't very fun anymore. Cash just loves to dump water all over himself, stand in buckets of water and haul water around the yard. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I went on a hunt in the play room the other day to find little toys to put in an ice cube tray to freeze. When I brought them outside the boys were so excited. First G wanted to know where I found all these toys. They had a great time melting the ice off the toys and then playing with the toys. It doesn't take long to melt the ice in 95-100 degree temps! Gotta love Texas heat! </span></div>
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<br />Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07912395779923615778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456320661348020044.post-91353350263657115872020-06-15T07:00:00.000-07:002020-06-15T07:00:02.334-07:00Bedtime Routine for multiple kids sharing a room!<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It has been important to me to get my boys on a bedtime routine that works for us while sharing a bedroom. They currently have the largest room in the house. It's a HUGE room! We would have used it as a master bedroom, but the closet was small and no master bathroom. By them sharing a bedroom this frees up a room to use as a playroom. I was determined I needed a playroom in our new house because I didn't like all the toys in the living room. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I wrote a post <a href="https://postsest041208.blogspot.com/2020/06/i-broke-down-and-hired-sleep-coach.html" target="_blank">here</a> about hiring a <a href="https://www.sleephappyconsulting.com/" target="_blank">sleep coach</a>. One of the best things I did! This helped get us on a good bedtime routine. When I was first working with Cash to go to sleep we had a quick routine. I would hold him for a minute, lay him in his bed and leave the room. After 6 weeks of him putting himself to sleep I decided it was time for both boys to go to sleep at the same time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This is the bedtime routine that works for us. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">6:30-6:45 pm Bath time and pajamas</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">7:30-8:00 pm We read a story, I rock Cash for a few minutes, G lays in his bed, then I rock G for a few minutes after Cash is laying in his bed. G recently told me he likes it when I rock him too. Hey I am going to do this for as long as possible. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">8:00-8:15 pm I sit in G's bed while they fall asleep. Sometimes this only takes 5 min and others 15 min. I enjoy this time sitting in there with them!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The boys each sleeps about 11 hours a night. Cash then naps for 2-3 hours each afternoon. This schedule works great for us. Both boys put themselves to sleep quietly. Cash doesn't even cry at this point. After I rock him, I lay him in his bed with his blanket and pillow. Once in awhile he was jabber, but for the most part he lays and is asleep within a couple minutes. I have sat with G as he goes to sleep since he started climbing out of his crib at 19 months old. I've thought maybe I should stop, but you know what he will be 10 before I know it and won't want me sitting with him. I am just going to soak up this time and enjoy it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Kids thrive on routines! This routine has helped us set the expectation for our kids and makes night time much smoother. What is your bedtime routine?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have slowly been working on one room at time in our home. The living room is pretty much done. I need a new rug for the living room. I will look for one during sales this year to complete that room. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The dining room has taken the longest to get to this point. When we left California we got rid of our dining room table. My cousin so graciously said he would build us a table. I sent him the legs that I wanted and a picture from Pinterest. He made the table exactly like the picture I sent! The table turned out AMAZING! I love it! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We picked up the table in February. I had plans to buy chairs, but Covid happened. Overstock was having a sale over Memorial Day on chairs I have been watching. I finally pulled the trigger on them. It took about 2.5 weeks to get them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The entire room looks so much better!!! I absolutely love these chairs. I am so happy with the look and quality of the chairs! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Chairs: <a href="https://www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/Simple-Living-Venice-Dining-Chairs-Set-of-2/8757307/product.html?option=12392200" target="_blank">Overstock</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Cash sit at the right end of the table, so I keep that chair to the side under the light switches. There is plenty of room to keep the chair there until he is done with his high chair. We eat breakfast and lunch by the island in the kitchen. We just move the high chair to the table for dinner and put it back by the kitchen for the rest of the meals. Cash can move it himself and puts it in his spot for dinner. All I have to say is time to eat, off he runs to get the high chair and he stands there yelling for us to put him in. That boy doesn't mess around when it's time for a meal. </span></div>
Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07912395779923615778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456320661348020044.post-52090316917605784692020-06-08T06:00:00.000-07:002020-06-08T06:00:01.601-07:00Refined sugars and your body! <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When I started my weight loss journey almost 10 years ago sugar was one thing that really was eye opening. When I was doing the HCG diet I really had to pay attention to ingredients in things. Then when I started eating paleo again back to the sugar watching. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Have you ever looked at the grams of sugar in that Starbucks drink? What about in the ketchup, crackers, lunch meat, or the processed foods you are eating? Start looking at ingredients on the things you are eating and see how many of them have sugar added to them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Refined sugars may increase your risk of obesity, type 2 diabetes, and heart disease. They're also linked to a higher likelihood of depression, dementia, liver disease, and certain types of cancer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222;">In the brain, excess sugar impairs both our cognitive skills and our self-control. For many people, having a little sugar stimulates a craving for more. Sugar has drug-like effects in the reward center of the brain. Scientists have proposed that sweet foods—along with salty and fatty foods—can produce addiction-like effects in the human brain, driving the loss of self-control, </span>overeating<span style="color: #222222;">, and subsequent weight gain.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The NIH did a study in mice modeling autoimmune issues gave them sugary water and saw the diseases worsen by activating inflammatory immune cells. The findings suggest that a low-sugar diet may help prevent or treat autoimmune diseases such as Crohn's disease and multiple sclerosis.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It blows my mind how people do not pay attention to the amount of sugar they are putting in their bodies every single day. I keep seeing all these people making coffees on social media adding tablespoons upon tablespoons of sugar to their coffee. People do you know what this is doing to your body? You are poisoning your body on a daily basis adding all that sugar. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If I am going to use sugar or give my kids sugar I like to use maple syrup or honey. They are a natural sugar that your body can process. I would like to challenge you to pay attention to the amount of refined sugars you are consuming on a daily basis. Try cutting them out and see how you feel. Also think about what your kids are eating and how much refined sugars they are eating. Mamas we need to consider what our kids tiny bodies are consuming and setting them up for a healthy adults. Our world is consumed with autoimmune diseases, cancers, heart disease, high cholesterol and so much more. Refined sugars are related to so many of these diseases!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I really feel I need to share more about living healthy, multiple sclerosis and easy ways to help people live a healthier lifestyle. I feel this is part of my calling as a person and mother. I can only control what my children eat, but I can help other mothers make better choices for their kids if they want the help. </span></div>
Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07912395779923615778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456320661348020044.post-67857889292440984912020-06-01T07:00:00.000-07:002020-06-01T07:00:05.375-07:00I broke down and hired a sleep coach! <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I broke down and hired a sleep coach! My boys as babies were never good sleepers. Cash was the worst! G got to the point he would wake up 1 time a night, take a bottle and go back to sleep. Cash has required to eat around the clock every 2-3 hours since he was born. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When Cash was 18 months old I stopped breast feeding. He would still wake up 1-2 times a night and wanted a bottle. Then he went through a HORRIBLE period where he wouldn't go back to sleep until we rocked him back to sleep. We spent about 3 weeks dealing with this. We tried laying with him, he wouldn't sleep in our bed, so he would just play. We broke every "rule" out there just trying to get this kid to sleep. I tried to let him cry it out and he would scream for 2-3 hours. He wouldn't let up. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was a freaking nightmare!</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I asked some friends for their advice. One of them suggested hiring a sleep coach </span><a href="https://www.sleephappyconsulting.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Sleep Happy Consulting</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. I had thought about it, but seriously what could this person do that I couldn't? I just didn't think they really could help me. I was desperate though, so I started looking for one. I checked out Sleep Happy and one other company. Sleep Happy offered a FREE 15 minute consultation. I checked her calendar to see what appointments she had available and thankfully she had one for that day during nap time. I signed up! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I also started following Sleep Happy on Instagram just to see what this chick was all about. I read some of her posts, watched her stories and tried to get whatever tips I could get. I was hoping I could get all the tips for free without paying for a consultant. lol I'm just keeping it real folks! I am frugal and I try to save a buck anywhere I can! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My 15 minute call with Jessica was great! I hired her on the spot. She sent me a questionnaire and we scheduled a time in the next couple days to do our 1 hour call. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sleep Happy offers <a href="https://www.sleephappyconsulting.com/store" target="_blank">packages</a> from $135 for a one hour call all the way up to $1650 in home coaching. I decided to go with the one hour call to start and add on if I needed further help. During our one hour call I took over 4 pages of notes!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jessica gave us a schedule, jobs for the boys at night, signs to hang in their room with their jobs, and gave me confidence to make this all work. I was nervous! I figured the first few nights would be rough, but so had the past 18 months. lol </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first night I sat both boys down, told them their jobs and then told Cash he would have to start going to sleep on his own in his own bed. Mommy and Daddy would NOT be coming into his room until morning. I told him he was safe, it was important everyone got sleep to grow, be healthy and to be happy. He kept shaking his head no when I said he had to stay in his bed. lol </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first night was rough, the next night was better and after that he cried himself to sleep and stayed asleep. For me by spending the money on getting some help made me stick to the schedule and stay strong. It has totally changed our lives! I wish I had hired her back when he was 6 months old and we had moved. I can't change the past, but I can sure recommend Sleep Happy for all my friends with babies!!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is one of Cashy's favorite meals. He will gobble this up! I love that I only have to get one pot dirty for a filling meal. It also makes enough that we have plenty of leftovers for 2-3 lunches. Art or the kids will eat it the next day. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2 tablespoons coconut oil</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 onion, chopped finely</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 pound ground beef or turkey - I use whatever I have on hand</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2 garlic cloves</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1/2 teaspoon paprika</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 tablespoon tomato paste </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1-2 cups of spinach</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1/2 cup of shredded carrots</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 package of gluten free pasta (usually around 8 oz)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2 cups bone broth </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I like adding spinach and shredded carrots to get some veggies in the meal. If I don't have spinach or carrots to add I will serve a side salad on the side or some cut up raw veggies. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I started adding organ meat to our diet about 4 years ago. Growing up my mom use to make liver and onions. I loved it as a kid with some ketchup.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Liver is high in vitamin A, folic acid, iron and zinc. Liver is one of the most nutrient dense organ meat with a powerful source of vitamin A. Vitamin A is extremely beneficial for reducing diseases that cause inflammation like multiple sclerosis, arthritis and Alzheimer's along with great benefits for eye health. I am always looking for ways to reduce inflammation, since I struggle with it so bad from my multiple sclerosis. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have fried it with bacon grease and onions, but I struggle with the texture of it. I got an idea one day to buy some liver from a local organic natural market </span><a href="https://victoriasnaturalmarket.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Victoria's Natural Market</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> in Tomball, TX. I love going to Victoria's to get my chicken bones to make bone broth, liver, local honey and various other organic local items. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I bought some liver and took it home to grind it up. I decided to add it to meatballs the first time. No one even knew it was in there and you couldn't taste it at all! I took the remaining ground up liver and put it in little baggies to freeze. When I make anything with ground meat I will add beef or chicken liver to it. I have found beef liver really gives ground turkey a lot of flavor! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My family has no clue they are eating liver, but they are getting all the amazing benefits from the liver! I most likely wouldn't sit down to eat a plate of fried liver these days, so I can't expect my kids to eat it. I normally do not hide foods to get my family to eat them. I serve them the item and they decide if they want to eat it or not. To me adding the liver to ground meat is like adding in some extra vitamins. We all need to take vitamins, so let's add a little to what we are going to be eating.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Do you like liver? Have you ever ground it up to eat it? </span>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07912395779923615778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456320661348020044.post-61870412310455236192020-05-18T05:00:00.000-07:002020-05-18T05:00:10.536-07:00What do you do when a product breaks or stops working?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My friend Jen was telling me one day how she contacts companies anytime a product stops working, breaks or might need to be fixed. She does this even on older items over a year old. A lot of times they will send a replacement for free, charge for shipping or have a small fee to replace the item. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I found this so fascinating and mind boggling as to why I hadn't thought to do it in the past lol I am the queen of bargains as Siri calls me. Usually when things break I just toss them and I am done with it. Some times if the product was great, I had it a long time I will replace it with a new one or I move on to a completely different brand if it was terrible.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I decided I was going to start trying this. Good thing she told me this within 2-3 months of our conversation I had some stuff break. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I bought the <a href="https://www.amazon.com/ideas/amzn1.account.AEJOD2STG5BUERVOSVPACP22JEWQ/3Y3ST2NK2NDR?type=explore&ref=idea_cp_vl_ov_d" target="_blank">Shark Robot Vacuum</a> during the black Friday sales in 2018. This thing gets it's use around our house. I have it going at least once a day. It has helped tremendously keep the dog hair under control and all the crumbs from 2 kids picked up. If you have kids or an animal a robot vacuum is a MUST! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My robot vacuum stopped working in October. I called up Shark, talked with technical support and we tried a bunch of things. The tech said something was wrong with the electronic part of the vacuum. They would send me an entire new one if I covered shipping. I said sure depending how much you charge for shipping....get this....they charged $25 to send me an entire new vacuum. The old one I just had to toss in the trash. I was completely shocked. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had the new one within 10 days! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I bought the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/ideas/amzn1.account.AEJOD2STG5BUERVOSVPACP22JEWQ/3UXNUL0OBGSFP?ref=idea_lv_lole_&type=explore" target="_blank">Revlon 1875W Smooth Brilliance AC Motor Hair Dryer</a> during the Amazon Prime Days in July 2019. I needed a new hair dryer. I had the same one for 10ish years. I barely ever used a hair dryer before moving to Texas. See my hair post <a href="https://postsest041208.blogspot.com/2020/05/hair-issues-from-well-water.html" target="_blank">HERE</a> for more info on that. Well I bought the hair dryer in July, but didn't pull it out of the box until around October. I used it two times. The second time I used it there were sparks, burnt smell and it stopped working. GOOOOOOOD LORD!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I contacted Amazon, but they said since it was over 90 days I had to contact Revlon. I was expecting to fight with them. I called up Revlon, told them what happened and they send me out a brand new one at no cost. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have been using the hair dryer since I received my replacement every 7-10 days. I haven't had any issues with it. I honestly think that was a fluke with that one dryer. This one is amazing and I would happily buy it again. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I will be contacting companies in the future any time products stop working before I replace them. Have you ever contacted companies to replace something that stopped working? I am curious if others have done this and what your experience has been! </span>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07912395779923615778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456320661348020044.post-22685182296167317262020-05-11T05:00:00.000-07:002020-05-11T05:00:01.818-07:00Daily Essentials at the Dollar Tree<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Do you shop at the Dollar Tree? I go about once every other month to stock up on our daily essential things we need around the house. I realized about 15 years ago that the Dollar Tree carries a lot of stuff that is used on a daily basis at a much cheaper price. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I buy all the ziplock type baggies at the Dollar Tree. There have been times I have purchased them at Target or Costco. When I compare the prices it is so much cheaper to just go to the Dollar Tree. I normally buy the off brands of baggies, but they were out this last time. Pandemic hoarders shelves must be overflowing lol</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On my trip to the Dollar Tree here are some of the items I get:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Snack baggies - 1</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. Quart baggies - 1 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4. Gallon baggies - 3</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5. Rubber gloves - 2</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6. Sponges - 3 </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I usually have to go to the Dollar Tree because we need more baggies. We haven't been going through as many now that G isn't in school. For the most part I try not to send a lot of baggies in lunches. It is usually cheaper to buy things in bulk and put them in a baggy. I also freeze a lot of food, so I use baggies to freeze stuff. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The only time we use paper towels is when the cleaning lady comes, so 2 rolls last us 2 months or more. We use cloth towels instead of paper towels. I have probably 20 towels that last me a week. We use them to dry our hands, clean up messes and wipe up any water. I didn't grow up with paper towels, so it feels wasteful to me to use paper towels. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I wash dishes in rubber gloves otherwise my hands get so dry. I like the pink ones! One pair will last me awhile! I just like to have a second pair in case I get a hole in them. I don't always buy these. If I have a second pair under the sink I don't buy anymore. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I use sponges to wash dishes, clean the stove, and wipe off counters. I know some people hate sponges. I like them. You might like paper towels and I don't. So let's just agree to disagree on the sponge situation ok. lol</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I keep flossers all over the place. I got into the habit of flossing my teeth and now I need to do it a few times a day. I keep them in my car, purse, kitchen drawer and bathroom. I don't want to be running all over the place to take care of my teeth lol</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The dentist told me on my last visit they haven't seen teeth this clean. I said well it's because of the preschool pick up line! They were puzzled. I said I floss my teeth every day while I am picking up G from school. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I also like to buy all our party supplies - plates, napkins, utensils, decorations, gift bags, cards. These things are just as good as buying them from Target, but the price is so much less. There are times I will order specific themed decor for the boys birthdays from Amazon, but for regular colored decor I buy it from the Dollar Tree. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I try to stock up, so I only go every 2-3 months. It saves me time and money. I tell the kids they can pick out 1 item while we are there. They can pick ANYTHING in the store they want. This of course makes G VERY happy! lol One day Cash was insistent on 2 balls...not 1 he picked 2 favorite balls. At first I was like no, you need to pick just one. Then I thought come on Becky it's $1 LOL</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When we moved into our house in Texas we went from city water in California to a well in Texas. I grew up on well water, so I never thought I would have issues with my hair. I was in for a surprise between the humidity of South Texas and the well water. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In California I used conditioner once or twice a month after I washed my hair. I have been using BeautyCounter Daily Shampoo to wash my hair twice and then I use Maple Holistic Sage Shampoo. I started using the Maple Holistic Sage Shampoo when I was pregnant with Cash and experienced ridiculous dandruff. The dandruff was definitely a pregnancy thing because once Cash was born it all went away. Danielle Walker from <a href="https://againstallgrain.com/" target="_blank">Against All Grain</a> had mentioned she used this shampoo when she was pregnant with her daughter. It was a game changer for me. It helped my dry scalp and took the dandruff away. I have continued to use it ever since to help with my dry scalp. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When we moved to our Texas home I was struggling so bad with an itchy scalp. I felt within 2 days my head had build up even though I wasn't using any hair products. A blogger Lauren McBride mentioned she had started using Living Proof Triple Detox Shampoo to help the build up she was experiencing from her well water. I bought some to try because I was desperate. This helped my hair for a little while. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I was still having issues with build up on my scalp. I did some research and found out it was most likely from the minerals in our water. I bought a water system to filter our drinking water and a shower filter. My scalp and hair GREATLY improved by adding the detox shampoo and the filter. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I mentioned early I rarely used conditioner in California. My hair was very healthy. Between the well water and climate changes my hair over the past year has become dry. I had started to notice it was more difficult to comb my hair our after I washed it. I had my hair trimmed and the lady told I would need to use a hydrating conditioner every time I washed my hair. I went back to using the Macadamia Natural Oil Deep Repair Mask. I use this each time I wash my hair now. I only wash my hair about every 6-10 days. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have started using the Honest Company Detangler Spray before I brush my hair out with a Wet brush. The detangler spray really helps condition my hair as it is a lightweight leave in conditioner too. I love the smell of the wild orange vanilla scent the detangler spray has too! My hair spells amazing for a few days from it! My hair has greatly improved by making all these changes. It took me over a year to figure all this out. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When I was trying to figure out what shower filter to buy I did a search on Amazon. I found the one with a lot of reviews for hard water. The title of the shower filter I went with was </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hopefully this post will help someone who is struggling with water changes to find some products that will work for them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">George has been asking me what color and kind of flowers I want. He said we are going to need to buy you some flowers soon. I am guessing him and Art have been having some conversations about mother's day. I told him I would like pink tulips. He asked you don't want pink roses? lol</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I am not really a flower type person. They are just going to die, so how about getting me something off my Amazon wish list, another pair of the Birkenstock plastic knock off sandals from Target, or a day of no cooking. I told Art not to get me anything this year. I have everything I want or need. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I absolutely love Color Street. I can put a set of nail stripes on and they will last me 10-14 days. However I did learn they will not last if you decide to play Lego's and start pulling them apart. I have a couple chips on 2 nails from my Lego building! It was worth it! My favorite color is Swiss & Tell a white color! It's my go to that I wear almost every day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I bought these sandals to be my "slippers" around the house. I am going to buy a second pair to wear outside of the house. They are soooo comfy! I wanted to buy the Birkenstock plastic sandals, but they are $45 for plastic. I happen to find these at Target for $15. My cousin then told me she bought hers when sandals were 20% plus her 5% Target Card discount, which made them around $9. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I buy my mother's necklaces from either <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/miaandmac?ref=search_shop_redirect" target="_blank">Mac & Mia</a> or <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheSilverWren?ref=shop_sugg" target="_blank">The Silver Wren</a>. Both of these small shops are on Etsy. I have numerous necklaces from each of them and they are amazing quality. I do not take my necklaces off for showers and they have not tarnished. You could not go wrong with either small shop for yourself or a gift. I have sent these necklaces for gifts too! </span></div>
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My mom bought me these pajamas for Christmas. They are so soft, comfy and perfect for hot Texan weather. I have been wearing these a lot of mornings during this pandemic. They are just perfect to lounge in! </div>
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Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07912395779923615778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456320661348020044.post-83979387207072000292020-04-27T05:00:00.000-07:002020-04-27T05:00:04.105-07:00Toys my Boys are Loving Right Now! <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I am so thankful for our big back yard and the fact this pandemic hit during the best weather in Southern Texas! I can’t imagine this hitting in July. We would be stuck in the house all day!</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #888888; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I thought I would share some of the toys my boys are playing the most with right now. My oldest is 5 1/2 and the youngest is 20 months. These toys are great for both ages.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">G got this <a href="https://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Creative-One-Box-Imaginative-preschoolers/dp/B00IANUGI0/ref=mp_s_a_1_15?dchild=1&keywords=duplos&qid=1587432715&sr=8-15" target="_blank">Duplo Set</a> when he was around a year old for Christmas. This is the exact set we have, but doesn’t seem to be available on Amazon. There are lots of other sets to choose from - </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Classic-Storage-Educational-Toddlers/dp/B07WJJF8PB/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=duplos&qid=1587432808&sr=8-2" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;" target="_blank">1</a><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-align: center;"> / </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Building-Learning-Preschoolers-Developmental/dp/B07WD5X5GX/ref=sxin_2_ac_m_pm?ac_md=2-0-VW5kZXIgJDI1-ac_d_pm&cv_ct_cx=duplos&dchild=1&keywords=duplos&pd_rd_i=B07WD5X5GX&pd_rd_r=9d629fd4-2a0f-4759-bc4e-58e19cd56547&pd_rd_w=36THZ&pd_rd_wg=HSCiA&pf_rd_p=54b335b1-e04b-4c94-be2c-1068e70f3489&pf_rd_r=C4VWBHT6P2DPANCY9R7M&psc=1&qid=1587432808&sr=1-1-3f74d940-526b-436f-a83d-f486577edf4d" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;" target="_blank">2</a><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-align: center;"> / </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/LEGO-DUPLO-First-Number-Preschool/dp/B01KMUUQVK/ref=pd_vtp_21_7?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B01KMUUQVK&pd_rd_r=73ff8b7a-3309-4841-a793-bb15f0f474e1&pd_rd_w=BZEzt&pd_rd_wg=bMMNa&pf_rd_p=cbf7992b-356b-4c7c-b269-51e599af593a&pf_rd_r=3ED5T9JDX511NK5VYDAM&psc=1&refRID=3ED5T9JDX511NK5VYDAM" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;" target="_blank">3</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">G still plays with these all the time! Cash loves them too. They like to build towers, stacking them on top of each other, build a sky scraper and they ask me to build the exact items on the box! </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">One evening I took this entire box and dumped them in the bathtub with the boys. They LOVED it!!! The legos got a good wash and the boys had a blast!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My boys LOVE these! They are a magnetic tile that stick together. I should buy 1 more set because there is a lot of fighting over them. G loves to make buildings for his star war characters and dinosaurs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Cash loves when someone builds something to smash it down. A lot of times this causes problems because Cash doesn’t understand G just spent 10 min making his creation perfect. I try to make a few little buildings for Cash to crash, so he leaves brother alone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A friend bought these for the boys for Christmas. They are played with every single day! I have added to their wish lists the <a href="https://www.amazon.com/s?k=picasso+wheels&i=toys-and-games&ref=nb_sb_noss_1" target="_blank">wheels</a> to be able to make cars with the tiles. I should probably add another set of these to the wish list too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Apparently building items are the best Christmas gifts because all of our sets were gifts. lol These are so magnetic and work with the Picasso tiles. Often times we have both sets out to build large creations as G likes to call them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I heard about the Nugget from a friend who ordered one last year. I wanted to get one for the boys for Christmas. Well everyone else had that same idea. I was able to get ours around February. Another great item I am so happy we have during this time! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I bought the koala gray color. We keep it in the boys room against the wall when it's not being used. The boys are able to drag it out on their own. They practice their ninja and gym moves on it. We build houses, use it to climb, jump, flips, relax and sleep on. It's actually REALLY comfortable to sleep on. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If you want a Nugget it's going to be very difficult to get one. They are closed during the pandemic, but you can get on their back order list. I was able to get one by ordering one in December on their back order and we received it about 6 weeks later. They did say it would take up to 14 weeks for delivery, but we got it much faster. They run about $250. I can see us using this for years! This is one of my favorite purchases we have made for the boys in the past year. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When the grandkids on Art’s side of the family turn 2 Art’s parents buy them all a big wheel car. G picked out a fire truck. We moved this car across the country and man am I glad we did. We had nooooo yard for this thing in California. He could go in a circle in our back yard or down the sidewalk. It wasn’t used that much.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Well now we have a huge yard! G drives it and Cash rides in it. G has been trying to give Cash driving lessons. It’s rather entertaining to watch.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I feel I’ve been able to teach them a lot of vehicle safety with the fire truck. Why we need to look all around before we back up. Why it’s important to sit down when someone else is driving. How doors are always kept shut when driving. All of these things sound like something a mom is yelling at teenagers. Lord help me!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Veronika from <a href="https://www.veronikasblushing.com/" target="_blank">Veronika’s Blushing</a> posted on Instagram her kids playing with solo cups and building towers. I ordered a big bag from Amazon for around $7. The kids love to stack them up and crash them down with super hero’s or drive their cars into them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Paleo Non Dairy Whipped Coffee!!! Testing out new coffee recipes seems to be my quarantine past time. I keep hearing about whipped coffee all over social media. The regular whipped coffee has a lot of refined sugar. I try to avoid refined sugar, so I decided to try to make a paleo non dairy version. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I warmed 1/2 cup almond milk & 1/2 cup coconut milk. I poured the milk into my mug and put the whipped coffee on top. Then I slowly stirred it all together. Sooooo yummy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You could also make this iced by not warming up your milk and pouring it all over ice. I like it both hot and cold. Whipped coffee is amazing! It changes up the daily cup of black coffee into a fancier latte! Have you tried whipped coffee? Let me know if you try this paleo non dairy version! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Last summer I created a sensory bin for G with some items I found at the <a href="https://www.dollartree.com/" target="_blank">Dollar Tree</a>. Summer in Texas is soooo hot, so we spend a lot of our days indoors. Nap time can get tricky. I don't like G to watch tv while Cash is napping. I am fine with him watching a short show, but I do not want him to spend 2-3 hours in front of the tv. I also like to be able to rest some during this time, so I needed something that would keep him busy. A sensory bin was a perfect thing for G. He can use his imagination and it's also a quiet toy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I spent around $10 to create this sensory bin. There are sensory bins on Amazon, Etsy and other various sites going for $30+. By creating your own you can do it budget friendly and create it based on what your child loves. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">G loved helping create this box. I also bought a bag of letter beads to mix in. This way you can also make it educational, by asking them to spell their name, find certain letters etc. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We made this sensory bin over 9 months ago. G still loves to play with it! Cash has now started to play with it with supervision. This is not my favorite toy for toddlers because they like to dump beans all over the house. It becomes a huge mess and it's not a relaxing toy for a mom. lol It is a great sensory toy for toddlers, but you just need some patience when you pull this out!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You can be so creative with sensory bin themes you would like to create for your kids! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If you make a sensory bin let me know what kind of ideas of you come up with! </span></div>
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