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5 More Ways to Save on Summer Travel Accommodations

In a previous article, 5 Ways to Save on Summer Travel Accommodations, I shared some ideas on saving money specifically on your overnight stays when on vacation. Now here are five more ideas that you can use to be frugal. Pick the right option or combination of options that work for you, and you’ll have more cash for a longer vacation, nice dinners out, or at least a few vacation presents for friends and family back home. Consider a home exchange. You get to stay in a fully equipped home, while another family stays in your home. You can exchange … Continue reading →

Relief Society: 5 Ways to Build Unity on Enrichment Nights

One of the purposes of Enrichment night is to build unity between the sisters. It is important to plan activities that allow this to happen. You can still have classes and special guest speakers and still have time set aside for the women to spend time socializing. Here are five easy ways to do this. 1) Service projects are generally a wonderful activity that allows the sisters a chance to talk to each other. You can tie quilts for babies, make pillows for breast cancer patients, put together hygiene kits for the church or your local shelter. These ideas allow … Continue reading →

5 Tips for Surviving the Magic Kingdom in One Day with Little Ones

Good morning to all! I don’t often write in the Disney blog but many of you may know me from my other blogs on this site, or from the forums. You may also know that I have just returned from a vacation to Disney World! This is no small feat as many of you already know: I have five children. Read that to mean, 5 children who love, love, love all things Disney. Some of you may be thinking, “What’s the big deal? So she has five kids!” The big deal is that they are all under the age of … Continue reading →

Throw Together Dinners: Black Bean Quesadillas

To fully appreciate this new feature of the food blog that I’m introducing you have to envision where I’m coming from. When the twins were born, my husband and I agreed to stretch our budget and give up some other things so that we could order take out once a week. I hated to do it. I like to cook, I even like to cook with my kids. But the reality is that with twins–cooking quickly became a thing of the past. Until recently, there needed to be another adult in the house so that I could cook. Even the … Continue reading →

The Pregnancy Blog Week in Review for Feb 3- Feb 9

If you are too busy to check the blog every day, the week in review is a great way to catch up on your reading. Relax, make a cup of tea or fill your water glass and read the recap of our week in the pregnancy blog. Saturday, February 3 Let’s Talk About Birthing Big: Super Tonio! relates the story of a 14.5 pound baby born in Cancun, Mexico. Let’s Talk About Pregnant Celebrities – Who’s Got Bump? is a great way to catch up on the celebrity baby news. Why I Chose to Breastfeed explores the factors that influenced … Continue reading →

Two Delicious Bratwurst Dinners

Still in an Oktoberfest mood, here’s two great Bratwurst dinner recipes. Grilled Bratwurst Supper For this recipe, you will need 1 1/2 pounds of uncooked bratwursts, six to eight small red potatoes, baby carrots, one red onion, fresh sliced mushrooms, garlic cloves, butter, onion soup mix, soy sauce, and ground pepper. To prep for this recipe, wash and cut your potatoes into wedges. Slice 1/2 pound of the baby carrots in half. Slice enough of the red onion to make 1/2 cup. Cut the bratwurst links into thirds. Peel and chop one garlic clove. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. … Continue reading →

5 Fabulous Frugal Tips for the Kitchen

1. Get organized in the kitchen. Take an inventory of what you have, what you use most often, and where you keep it. If you haven’t already done so, create a master shopping list with items you most frequently buy. For me, I have two master shopping lists – one for the grocery store, and one for the discount chain. The reason for this, is toilet paper, paper towels, baggies, and wraps are all cheaper at the discount chain – as well as detergents, fabric softeners, cleaners and a load of other products. Don’t waste your hard-earned money picking these … Continue reading →

Kid Friendly Meatless Dinners

My children don’t like meat, unless it’s frozen chicken nuggets. So I’ve had to develop a variety of meatless, protein rich meals, although my husband and I usually add meat to ours. So here are a few recipes that you can use to feed the meat hater in your family. Rice and Bean Tortillas 1 cup cooked brown rice (brown has more protein and is healthier than white and your children will never notice the difference) 1 can black beans, drained ½ can enchilada sauce (freeze the other half for another meal) 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese Mix all the … Continue reading →

The Family Dinner Project Promotes Family Unity

Does your family sit down together every night for dinner? Many families are in the habit of parking themselves in front of the TV as they eat dinner. Those families are missing out on a great opportunity to connect with each other. The Family Dinner Project has some excellent advice about why eating dinner together as a family is so important. The About Page at The Family Dinner Project has an summary of why families really need to have dinner together. It says: Over the past 15 years, research has shown what parents have known for a long time: Sharing … Continue reading →

Is Giving Meal Choices a Good Idea?

Plenty of parents I know make up separate meals for the kids and the adults or older children in the family. One mom and dad actually make an average of three different dinners each night, just to make sure that everyone in the family eats. Now I understand that certain childhood disabilities, from diabetes to autism, may require special diets, and in those cases parents have to do what they have to do. That isn’t what I am talking about.  More so, I am referring to families with healthy, average children who have fallen into the pattern of becoming short … Continue reading →