Category: Family

  • Aunt Nicknames: The Unofficial Guide to Calling Your Aunts

    Aunt Nicknames: The Unofficial Guide to Calling Your Aunts

    Calling aunt to be can be a difficult task. How do you address them? Do they all get the same nickname? If you’re looking for some guidance on how to refer to your aunts, look no further! This blog post will provide you with an unofficial guide to aunt nicknames. The word “aunt” in the…

  • Notes to My Mama: A Letter of Love and Appreciation

    Notes to My Mama: A Letter of Love and Appreciation

    Dear Mama, I don’t know where to start. This seems like such an impossible task, trying to put into words everything I want to say to you. I could talk about all the amazing things you’ve done for me throughout my life, or how much I love and appreciate you. But none of that feels…

  • Fighting with husband over baby names?

    Fighting with husband over baby names?

    There’s nothing like pregnancy to bring you and your partner or husband closer together…. But that closeness can be more than damaged if the two of you can’t agree on your baby’s name.

  • Thinning Seedlings: Peppers & Tomatoes

    If you want to grow strong and healthy plants, you need to thin your seedlings! If you skip this important gardening step and let nature take it’s course… that is fine… but you will most likely end up with weaker plants that produce smaller harvests. Since you are here reading this, I assume you want to reap…

  • Apparently I’m A Crunchy/Granola Mama

    Apparently I’m A Crunchy/Granola Mama

    Crunchy, Granola, Neo-Hippie, Green, Earth Mama… All words that represent a similar lifestyle choice to be more natural and health conscious. I had never heard of the term crunchy mama until someone thanked me on Instagram for posting pro-vaccination news reports despite being a “crunchy” mama. I was thanked because crunchy mamas have the reputation of being against…

  • How to Get Your Children to Eat More Vegetables

    How to Get Your Children to Eat More Vegetables

    Let’s Start with the Basics Importance of Vegetables It’s a well known fact that vegetables are vital for maintaining a healthy body and lifestyle. According to the USDA MyPlate research, people who eat more vegetables and fruit as part of an overall healthy diet are likely to have a reduced risk of some chronic diseases. Vegetables provide…

  • How to Heat Your Home with a Wood Furnace

    How to Heat Your Home with a Wood Furnace

    We tend to take the simplest things in life for granted. In this case, I’m talking about the simplicity of heating our homes. In the past, I always turned up the thermostat if I felt cold. I never considered what and where the source of heat was coming from until we bought our first house. It was then…