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How to Make Buffalo Plaid Decor for Crazy Cheap

Use these simple supplies to make buffalo plaid decor for just a few dollars!

Buffalo Plaid decor makes your home look festive all fall! I’ll show you how to DIY door decor for crazy cheap. Your neighbors will be jealous…

Family and Kids, Home

One Quick Craft For the Best Fall Care Package

Your student will be delighted to open this fall care package with one quick craft from you inside.

Looking for ideas for the best fall care package? This one quick craft will delight your student, and you’ll have fun making it! (Free mailing cheat sheet)

Home, Organizing

This is What Happens When You Seize Your Empty Nest Routine

Your daily routines and schedules change in Empty Nest. Make the most of it with these ideas.

Struggling to get things done in Empty Nest? Create daily routines and schedules that will motivate and challenge you-and stick to them!

Family and Kids, Health

Teens and Tattoos: What You Need to Know Now

Our kids are more open to tattoos than generations before.

If your teen is asking for a tattoo, here’s what you need to know now to have a positive conversation, complete with a printable contract. The SNL skit had us rolling with laughter. Maybe you remember it: a young mom sports a trendy tat on her lower back. Fast-forward 30 years, and the adorable graphic […]

DIY Home Decor, Home, Money Saving Style Tips

Five Dollars and a Thrift Store: Hidden Treasure, Cheap Fun

Watch this $5 Friday: Thrift Store edition for fun finds you may not expect!

Been too long since you had cheap fun? See the hidden treasures I found with just five dollars at my local thrift store. Another five dollar Friday! If you’re a newbie to thrift shopping, check out this post: Pro Tips for Thrifting Designer Labels. Can’t get enough? Watch more videos on my Facebook page and […]

Family and Kids, Home, Organizing

The Best Cheap Ideas for Care Package Success

Print this Cheat Sheet and make the care package your kids want.

Missing your student? Buy, pack, and send the box they want with the best cheap ideas for care package success. Download the bonus cheat sheet!

Emotional Health, Family and Kids, Health, Home

5 Ways to Boost Your Empty Nest Purpose: It’s Not So Hard

Just because the kids are gone doesn't mean you have no purpose. 5 ways to discover a new you!

Looking for a way to boost your Empty Nest purpose? Read these 5 ways to cope and find happiness. You’ve earned it!

Emotional Health, Family and Kids, Health, Home

5 Silly Secrets That Will Help You Find Your Tribe

Find your Empty Nest Tribe to help ease the Empty Nest transition.

Feeling alone in the Empty Nest? Follow these 5 silly secrets that will help you find your tribe and start connecting and enjoying your Empty Nest freedom.

Emotional Health, Family and Kids, Health, Home

Find a Mentor You’ll Love for the First Time in Years

The best mentors have an interesting story.

She looks down on me, even as I write this: my patron saint of awkward situations. It took me years to find her, but once I did, I started noticing a payoff immediately.

Emotional Health, Family and Kids, Health, Home

The Ultimate Solution to Empty Nest Panic

Panicked at the thought of launching your young adult? These 30 affirmations will help.

Because we’ve been doing this parenting gig for a while, panic sets in as the time draws near for our kids leave to leave home.