My Favorite Paleo Products at Trader Joe’s

I recently began following a 90%ish Paleo eating plan again, and I thought it would be fun to share my favorite Paleo products at Trader Joe’s. Since Paleo is pretty strict (no wheat, no dairy, no added sugar, no preservatives) it as actually pretty hard to find products (besides the produce aisle) that are a […]

Coming soon- more book reviews!

As you can probably tell by the name of my blog, reading is an integral part of my life. My intention when choosing the name of the blog was to do book reviews on a regular basis. While I still read quite a bit, it’s been quite some time since I actually wrote a book […]

the encouragement project: how can I help parents of a seriously ill child?

Hi friends, and welcome to the fourth (!) week already of the Encouragement Project. (If you’re new, go here to read what this series is all about.) Ten years ago yesterday, I left my 6 week old baby on a table as he slowly drifted into sleep in order for a doctor to perform a liver biopsy on […]

Chocolate-Walnut LaraBar recipe

from the archives- originally posted 4.3.2014 A few weeks ago I shared one of my new favorite recipes- 2-Ingredient Peanut Butter Lara Bar bites. I did some experimenting that day with another flavor combination of a LaraBar recipe. While the peanut butter version was my favorite (I love peanut butter if you can’t tell- check […]

The Encouragement Project: Week 3

I recently started doing a series called “the encouragement project” where I give everyone {including myself} ideas on how to encourage a particular group of people in our lives. Of course, encouraging anyone at anytime is great, this just gives us a specific time each week to evaluate if we are encouraging anybody! This week, […]

How I’ve Quadrupled My Blog Revenue in 2-3 hours a week

Hi there! Just wanted to take a few seconds and thank YOU, my readers. Without you, this blog would not have turned into the income stream that it is for our family. It’s seriously hard for me to believe that I started my own business from home- I never saw myself as an entrepreneur! And […]

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