Jamie has often called me names….Yes it’s true. She calls me names that I giggle at, and love! Names like; crazy couponing lady, thrift shopper, deal finder, and my personal favorite, extreme couponer. Why do I like it? Wouldn’t you want to be called names that are positive things? I love that I am known for my thrifty shopping, my deal finding, my bargain hunting ways. I am going to share with you, our lovely readers, how I can save 50-75% off of my shopping lists! It will sound tricky but bear with me because it’s actually really easy! Step 1: Purchase four Sunday papers, but make sure they are purchased late on Saturday. Sunday morning papers cost $1.50 but if you buy the early edition it’s half that! Savings! $$ Why buy 4? Because most manufactures coupons will only allow you four of the same coupon. Step 2: Pick out what you want to save out of the coupons, snip them out, then grab your Cub Foods weekly ad! Savings alone are what you find when you shop at Cub. I have … [Read more...]
Game Day With Tide® #Spon
Game day is not a day in our house. We have four kids. Four kids in soccer, two in baseball, one in football, one in dance, and two in gymnastics. So game day is more like game week in our house! We have uniforms coming out of our ears as well. No kidding, I can do an entire load of laundry with just uniforms! My oldest son is the one that seems to put my laundry detergent to the test more often than not. In the spring he plays soccer and if you can even begin to imagine the mud and grass stains we accumulate in one soccer season you can also imagine the test that our laundry detergent is put to. He's not a kid that sits on the sidelines and refuses to play, not that there is anything wrong with that. He just prefers to get right into the thick of it. His favorite games are the ones when there has been a big rain and the fields are super messy and sloppy. I think mud, dirt, and boys must go hand in hand....I think it's in their DNA somewhere. To prepare for each game "week" … [Read more...]
11 Tips For Keeping Your Family Healthy This School Year #Spon
This sponsored post from iVillage could not be more perfect for us as we are both nurses who have kids in school. As nurses and mom's with experience, we know what it takes to keep your family healthy during the school year. Here are 11 tips to help keep your family from getting sick: 1) Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands! We know you've heard it before, but we're going to say it again and again...wash your hands! Good hand hygiene is the number one defense against getting sick. 2) Cover your cough and sneeze with your elbow. If one of your children has a cough, encourage them to cough into their elbow or upper sleeve instead of their hand. This will help prevent the spread of germs to the other family members. 3) Change your tooth brush after you've been sick. Don't forget that germs live on tooth brushes. If you or your child has been sick (especially with something like strep throat) make sure to change your toothbrush after you've started … [Read more...]
Crystal Farms Cheese Nibblers #Spon
We were excited when we were given the opportunity to try Crystal Farms Cheese Nibblers. Both our families are into cheese snacks and we're always looking for snacks we can take on the go. Nibblers come in 1.5-ounce stand-up bags and they are available in four flavors: Smoky BBQ Cheddar, Habanero Pepper Jack, Chipotle Pepper Cheddar, and Sour Cream & Onion Monterey Jack. Each of the conveniently-packaged single-serve bags contain 9-10 grams of protein, so they’re an excellent option for giving you the energy you need while snacking on the go. Unfortunately we realized that we have no photos of our families eating these snacks because both of us literally ate them on the go. Trust us though, we ate them! Here's our individual flavor reviews: Smokey BBQ: Lindsi's Family--Not a huge fan. Why? We're not BBQ flavored people. I bet there are tons of people out there who would love these though! Jamie's Family--By far the family favorite. We love BBQ. We fought … [Read more...]
Imaginative Play With Play From Scratch #Spon
In an age filled with electronics and step-by-step instructions for every toy out there, it's hard to encourage your children to use their creativity and imagination. Children are constantly looking to adults (or electronics) to entertain them with what to do and how to do it. They get frustrated when parents tell them just to make something up. When we were contacted by Play From Scratch to try out their products we were both excited and a little skeptical. After all, it's just a bunch of cardboard boxes, tubes, and tape. Why would someone pay for that?? Well, this is why... Jamie's thoughts: Nutty's birthday party was the perfect time to bring out the Play From Scratch Creative Party Pack! I opened up the world famous box of boxes and the enormous tube of tubes, laid everything out, and gave the girls two rules: 1) Use your imagination, 2) Have fun... The girls promptly got to work choosing their boxes, picking their tape, and forming teams to work on things. I … [Read more...]
How To Avoid Back To School Blunders #Spon #BacktoSchoolwithBSK
We've gotten pretty lucky when it comes to back to school time. I honestly can't think of any major blunders that have happened in the past years. Of course, we've only had to deal with two back to school days as Nutty is entering 2nd grade. This year, however, might be a little different. Hubby and I are going on a cruise the week before school starts. I just KNOW I'm going to forget something for Nutty. Here's what I'm doing, and what you can do, to help prevent blunders this year: Make sure you have all the back to school supplies packed and ready to go in the backpacks the night before. Double check it! Pack your lunches the night before and store them in the front of the fridge. If you are packing something that you don't want to make the night before, leave yourself a note of exactly what you want to pack. Make sure your camera has enough batteries, your memory card is in your camera, and that you have enough room on your card. I can't tell you how many times … [Read more...]
