Five Things Your College Bound Kid Definitely Needs Disclosure: Compensation was provided by Chevrolet via Glam Media. The opinions expressed herein are those of the author and are not indicative of the opinions or positions of Chevrolet. Although my daughter has been in college for a few years now, this is her first year away from home at a University about 90 miles from home. Our back to school shopping list has changed dramatically over the … [Read more...]

Disclosure: Compensation was provided by Pledge via Glam Media. The opinions expressed herein are those of the author and are not indicative of the opinions or positions of Pledge   If you’re like me, you have (or have had) an overflowing under cabinet full of various cleaning items. You know... a bottle for cleaning glass, one for wood, one for allergens and the list goes on. For the longest time I accepted the notion that I needed a separate … [Read more...]

  Last week I shared about our Family Movie Night routine. All six of us adore watching movies... but prefer not to waste our time on dud movies. There have been several instances my husband has brought a movie home from the local library (love checking out DVDs for free!) without knowing anything about it only to find after only watching 5 minutes of it that it’s a stinker. My husband found the website Rotten Tomatoes a couple of … [Read more...]

One of the things our family agreed on when purchasing the house we are in now is that we would need to create more of our own entertainment at home as a means to try to save a little money. Taking a large family (of four then, now six) to the theater runs upwards of a quarter of our monthly grocery budget! With our house payment increasing, our entertainment budget had to decrease. So when we were offered a chance to try Pop Secret popcorn’s … [Read more...]