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Why Online Urgent Care is a Mom’s BFF

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This post is sponsored by Amwell. All opinions are my own. There's only so much you can do when you are trapped in a cramped 100 square foot room with four or five little kids for 20 minutes or more. Only so much to contain the youthful energy and exuberance that is a baby, preschooler, and three grade-schoolers before they go ...

Don’t Freak Out! Here’s How to Get Even Dried Slime Out of Carpet

We have made slime a lot and many of our followers have asked us: How to Get Slime Out of Carpet. If your kids love to play with slime, you may find that some slime may be forgotten or accidentally dropped on carpet, clothes or get in hair. Don’t worry you won’t have to rip your carpet out! You can get slime out of carpet with a few easy ...

How to Do a Long Family Road Trip with Kids and Not Go Insane

If you are planning a cross-country road trip with kids, you will love these tips for long road trips with kids! I polled others who have done it and asked for their best advice for even month-long road trips with toddlers and children. Every three years or so, my family packed up and headed West to visit family in the summertime for a big ...

6 Tips for Taking Long Road Trips with Toddlers in Tow

If you are planning a long car ride with toddlers, these tips are sure to help you figure out how to navigate it! This is my best long road trips with toddlers advice as a mom of twin toddlers! *This post was originally published July 2, 2014 but has been updated August, 29, 2019 after many, many long road trips with now five kids. One of ...

6+ Legit Ways to Score Free Samples in the Mail (Some Monthly!)

Looking for free samples by mail? Then read on to discover legit free samples that will be delivered to your door. I tried to find ones with no shipping costs! Free Samples. They are part of the reason you love having a membership to places like Sam's Club. You can sample some free food while shopping and score another free sample from ...

How to Organize Your Spice Cabinet with Dollar General

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Dollar General for IZEA Worldwide. All opinions are 100% mine. Here's a fast, easy way of organizing spice cupboards and spice cabinets in your kitchen thanks to products from Dollar General! We've lived in several apartments in our 10 years of marriage, and there is always something the ...

5 Things You Should Never Put Down a Garbage Disposal (But Probably Are)

Ever wondered what not to put down a garbage disposal? Like what food not to put in a garbage disposal? Yeah, me too! I've unfortunately put many of the things on this list down the drain. Whether you’re trying to live a frugal lifestyle or just want to make sure that all your appliances and kitchen facilities keep working at their best for as ...

20 Toddler Road Trip Activities and Games that Will Keep Everyone Happy

Great list of toddler road trip activities and toddler road trip games! These are the perfect road trip ideas with toddlers in order to keep them entertained and happy on a long road trip. As a family, we have taken many 4-hour road trips to Dallas to go and visit my husband's family. We have also driven to South Padre Island a time or two ...

How to Survive Potty Training While Traveling Long Distances in a Car

If you are wondering how to manage potty training and travel, this post is for you. Here are tips and hacks for making potty training travel easier and less messy thanks to handy things like potty training mats, travel potty seats, and more! It may have been a mistake, but we decided to start potty training our 2-year-old ...

How to Organize a Small Homeschool Room (Especially If You Rent)

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Duck Brand® for IZEA Worldwide. All opinions are 100% mine. Take a homeschool room tour and check out our homeschool room setup! It is full of homeschool organization for small spaces ideas! A few months ago we moved into a bigger place and left the world of apartments behind! We now rent ...

How to Care for and Clean a Copper Sink So It’ll Last Forever

Because they aren't very common, knowing how to clean a copper sink is not common knowledge. Explore all the details of the benefits of copper sinks, proper copper sink care, various copper sink cleaners, and how cleaning copper sinks is easier than you'd think. When we visited my friend's house for the first time a few years ago, I remember ...

The Stress-Free Way to Help Toddlers Adjust to a New Baby

This post is sponsored by Luvs at Walmart. All opinions are my own. I always thought that my kids adjusted really well to life with a new baby until I had my fifth baby. My 2-year-old toddler adjusted to a new baby by taking the phrase "loving her to death" to a more literal place. My daughter Emily has in the last six months of being a big ...