Several months back we managed to have some professional photos of Everly taken by a Julia of Livingstone Photography. After trying for months to hook up with our previously selected photographer we were just about to throw in the towel and have photos done at a department store or something. I tweeted my photographer frustrations and...

One of the things I spend time doing each week is strategizing our grocery shopping trips. While we were saving up to pay for our homebirth costs we did a number of things to save on our grocery budget. One of them was couponing. I am kind of addicted to couponing now. The thrill of saving so...

I have quite the hospitality background, I worked at various hotels/ resorts in different capacities for many years. I have a slew of horror stories as a result. I’ve been flashed penis through a window, broken up hot tub skinny dipping, called the police on people, fetched old underwear from under the bed, removed a...

This new mom is trying to reduce her custom gift business inventory. It is time for us to purge and organize! Now that baby Everly is here I just don’t have the time or energy to sell my stuff at craft shows anymore and I’ve got so much inventory taking up valuable space in the garage. The...

Going back to work has been great for my sanity and emotional well being, it’s proving to be hard on my diet and nutrition though. While I was pregnant I gained weight easily because my appetite really increased and also my activity level decreased as it was harder and harder for me to move around. Now...

These days when all the bills and birth cost savings are out of the way we are making out with an average of $100 left for groceries and possible discretionary spending. We are normally pretty money conscious people but now that we are chunking away $700 a check for the home birth it has squeezed...

Normally we don’t complain or share the financial situation with others but I am pretty sick of hearing about how “lucky we are” from people who THINK we are living the high life. I am not going to rant on and on about this though… We’ve got less than 3 months to save up the $4000...

Don’t worry, I am not dead. Just crazy busy. I survived the tornado warning and am still doing well with Tater. We are still moving stuff in to our new place and I did actually do the video tour of the new house today. The video is kind of a speed demon tour though, lol....

I got some DOLE canned fruit and notification of a contest DOLE is running right now, the DOLE Make me a Chef Essay Contest. It runs from March 16 through May 8 and all you have to do is write a 200 word or less essay on “How DOLE Canned Fruit is part of your...

We had a blast this weekend and even took some photos to share with you. Hopefully you enjoyed the belly shot photos I shared with you over the weekend. If you haven’t seen those yet you can by following this link. For those of you who didn’t already know we planned to spend my birthday weekend...