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My new skincare favorites for February

February 28, 2021

“This post may be sponsored or contain affiliate links, which means I may receive a small commission, at no cost to you, if you make a purchase through a link. See my full disclosure here.” These products are definitely winter skin must-haves and since trying them out, they've become favorites and will be in my skincare routine from now on. To give you an idea of what I deal with during the winter months and pretty much year-round with my skin, I suffer with extremly dry skin and lots of redness. I also have dark circles and puffy eyes. What's the worst though, is the redness and the hives I get from super sensitive skin and allergies. It doesn't take much to aggrevate my skin and ... read more

What it’s like for me to live with Ehlers Danlos

February 23, 2021

This week is Rare Disease Week and I've often talked about how this disease affects one of my daughters, but today I'm going to talk about how this disease affects me. When my daughter was diagnosed, I was basically diagnosed. In other words, after years of trying to figure out what was going on with our daughter, a doctor at Duke Children's Hospital figured it out. You can read more about her story here. To make a long story short, the doctor told us that this disease is genetic and inherited, so she proceeded to ask me and Todd a series of "Who can do this? Who has these symptoms?" questions and my hand was the only one popping up. The doctor looked at me and said, "Well we know who ... read more

What I’m Reading: The Weekly Gratitude Project

February 10, 2021

“This post may be sponsored or contain affiliate links, which means I may receive a small commission, at no cost to you, if you make a purchase through a link. See my full disclosure here.” After the past year, I really felt like I needed a new type of devotional, something that was different. I think we're all looking for something different in just about every aspect of our lives after the events of 2020. It was a crazy hard year and this year has started off with a bang for our family personally. This is really going to be a difficult year for us. So it's really no surprise that I was really craving a different type of devotional. I wanted something that was very focused and ... read more

DIY Farmhouse Valentine’s Wreath

February 1, 2021

The Christmas decorations finally went up in mid-January and I've realized that it's time to decorate for Valentine's Day. I usually don't do a whole lot of decorating for Valentine's, but this year, I feel like I just want to make each holiday as special as possible. Probably because here in NC, we are still in a modified stay-at-home order so that means more time at home. Plus we were just quarantined because my hubby tested positive, but he was great. No symptoms except a little cough and he's back at work. Can't keep a good man down! I decided to run to Hobby Lobby while waiting for his test results so I'd have some projects to keep myself busy and this is one of those projects. ... read more

Going crazy homeschooling? Here’s my advice to help you keep going when you’re at wit’s end

December 8, 2020

So, you've been stuck at home for eons (ok, months) with your kids and you feel like jumping off the bridge right about now. Step away from the bridge! I'm here to talk you down. Whether you are a homeschooler and you chose to stay at home with your kids, or you are now schooling at home due to the pandemic, or some other situation, you may reach critical mass at some point. That point where everything seems loud, overwhelming and you just want to curl up in a ball on the floor and cry. And not just cry, ugly cry. It's either that or you're ready to run out the door screaming and jump off that bridge! It's ok. We've all been there. Sometimes we have this perfect image in our head ... read more

My Tips for Planning Thanksgiving Dinner in a Hurry

November 25, 2020

This year, trying to plan Thanksgiving has been a little nuts to say the least. Besides planning around Covid, my hubby and kids have insane work schedules. I honestly thought we'd be doing our Thanksgiving over the weekend after Thanksgiving day, so I even put our 11 pound turkey in the freezer. Then my son called on Sunday night wanting to know when we were doing our Thanksgiving dinner. After polling everyone, the only time we could do it was Monday night. In other words, I had 24 hours to pull off a Thanksgiving Feast and the turkey was in the freezer! The first thing I did was have a slight panic attack, trying to figure out how in the world I was going to be able to do this? I ... read more