Planning the nursery was one of the things I enjoyed the most throughout my pregnancy. I knew that I wanted to create a positive and functional environment for our daughter. I’m not a “pink” girl and I’m not big on themes so to speak, so I went with a color scheme and added some elephants since I … Continue reading
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2016 Money Savings Challenge
Every year I have a financial challenge that I aspire to complete. This year’s challenge is a no brainer. We are not quite sure of where exactly we would like to move, but buying a new house is on the top of our list in the next couple of years. With that said it only … Continue reading
Challenges and Changes…
It’s been a long time, but life once again got really busy. How busy?… We are now a family of three busy (technically five if you count our fur babies, which I absolutely do). As a result my desire is to adjust this blog and make it more of a parenting and lifestyle blog about … Continue reading
March Challenges
There were originally two challenges for March, but I now have three and a bonus due to Lent. 1. Kind note or text to someone different each day. Rationale: Everyone needs a pick me up every now and then. Resources: Nothing needed for this except for pen and paper, a cell phone or email. 2. Use … Continue reading
January Challenge Recap
One day late on this post, but I have to say that January was a pretty successful month. I hope that I can continue to carry this momentum into the rest of 2015. 1. 52 Week Money Saving Challenge. In progress. This is one that takes the entire year to complete, but with direct deposit … Continue reading
February 2015 Challenges
The January Challenge recap will be posting on the 5th. Here are the two challenges for this month. 1. Wake Up Early And With Purpose! Rationale: In the last week or so I have been up early to get my workout in and do a few things around the house. I found that having those … Continue reading
January 2015 Challenges
Let’s try this again! My motto for this year is “Make More Moves and Less Announcements.” With that said, I will still have some challenges posted each month, but some goals for 2015 will be done more privately. For this month I have selected three challenges to complete. 1. 52 Week Money Saving Challenge Rationale: Who doesn’t need … Continue reading