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5 of the Best Stroller Fitness Workouts

Sarah · February 27, 2021 · Leave a Comment

5 of the Stroller Fitness Workouts

Try out 5 of the Best Stroller Fitness Workouts to get you and your family moving. I am a busy stay-at-home mom to two little children. I love to workout but had a challenging fitting in time to workout. So I decided to load up children in the stroller and do a stroller … [Read more...] about 5 of the Best Stroller Fitness Workouts

Filed Under: Fitness, Simple Living Tagged With: walk into fitness

How to be motivated to workout as a mom?

Sarah · February 20, 2021 · 8 Comments

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How to be motivated to workout as a mom; seven simple, easy, and practical tips. Working out is not something I used to love to do as an adult. I would start and stop workout programs often; always feeling defeated by my lack of progress. Has anyone else felt that way? … [Read more...] about How to be motivated to workout as a mom?

Filed Under: Fitness, Simple Living Tagged With: walk into fitness

How to workout when you have a toddler?

Sarah · February 13, 2021 · 7 Comments

how to get fit when you have toddlers

My favorite tips for how to workout when you have a toddler at home. I enjoy working out most days of the week. I love showing our children that workout out is important. However, I too know how frustrating it can be, to be interrupted by your toddler, when trying to get an … [Read more...] about How to workout when you have a toddler?

Filed Under: Fitness, Simple Living Tagged With: walk into fitness

Simple Cleaning Routine before Relaxing

Sarah · February 9, 2021 · Leave a Comment

15 minute cleaning routine before relaxing

Do this simple cleaning routine before relaxing on the couch for the night. It's the end of the night. Both of our playful, high energy children are asleep and the house is quiet. This time of day is one of my favorite times. I bet most parents understand this quiet that I … [Read more...] about Simple Cleaning Routine before Relaxing

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Easy 10 minute Cleaning Routine

Sarah · February 6, 2021 · Leave a Comment

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Try out my easy 10 minute cleaning routine after every meal. My easy cleaning routine helps keep the kitchen clean-ish. I say clean-ish because kitchens can get messy fast. So I think a quick 10 minute clean for a clean-ish kitchen is better than not cleaning up at all. … [Read more...] about Easy 10 minute Cleaning Routine

Filed Under: Cleaning, Routines for Families, Simple Living

Easy Ideas to become a Zero Food Waste Family

Sarah · February 2, 2021 · 11 Comments

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I share ten easy ideas to become a zero food waste family. We are a family of four and live off of a single income. My goal every week is to stretch our food budget. I try and use up everything that we had purchased from the store. I hate to throw away food because that … [Read more...] about Easy Ideas to become a Zero Food Waste Family

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7 Free Ways to Reduce Impulse Buying

Sarah · January 30, 2021 · 5 Comments

7 FREE ways to reduce impulse buying

Want to reduce impulse buying? I have 7 FREE ways to help you reduce impulse buying. What is impulse buying? An impulse buy is an unplanned decision to make a purchase. Why did I want to reduce impulse buying? In 2018, my family and I started on a journey to … [Read more...] about 7 Free Ways to Reduce Impulse Buying

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Meal planning for people who hate to meal plan.

Sarah · January 26, 2021 · Leave a Comment

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My three steps to weekly meal planning for people who hate to meal plan are laid out below. Hopefully they will help convert meal planning strong dislikes into meal planning lovers. I love cooking homemade meals for my family. What I don’t love? Meal planning. Why … [Read more...] about Meal planning for people who hate to meal plan.

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How to meal plan for the week for beginners?

Sarah · January 23, 2021 · Leave a Comment

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I share how to meal plan for the week for beginners. These meal planning tips work for all budgets, life stages, and unique schedules.  If you are new to meal planning it might seem overwhelming and super time consuming to meal plan. However with my six tips you can see … [Read more...] about How to meal plan for the week for beginners?

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Simple Toddler Routines to Leave the House on time

Sarah · January 19, 2021 · Leave a Comment

toddler routines

These are the toddler routines that help our two toddlers, husband and I, leave the house on time. It used to take us, my husband, two toddlers, and I, at least 45 minutes or more to get out the door. It became a mission of mine to get that time down to around 15 minutes. … [Read more...] about Simple Toddler Routines to Leave the House on time

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An easy to create Coat Closet Organization

Sarah · January 16, 2021 · 7 Comments

easy to create coat closet organization

This is a step by step guide for how to make an easy to create coat closet organization. This organizational systems should work for all types of coat closets from small closets, to large closets, to awkward shaped closets. The best part? It’s renter friendly, easy and cheap to … [Read more...] about An easy to create Coat Closet Organization

Filed Under: Routines for Families, Simple Routines Tagged With: home organization

How to clean up Kid Toys in only 5 minutes.

Sarah · January 8, 2021 · Leave a Comment

how to clean up kids toys in 5 minutes

These are my best tips to help parents and kid's learn how to clean up kid toys in only 5 minutes (or less). I'm hoping this gives you encouragement that you can have kids and also strive to have a clean-ish house. My husband and I have two little kids, aged one and three. … [Read more...] about How to clean up Kid Toys in only 5 minutes.

Filed Under: Cleaning, Routines for Children, Simple Routines Tagged With: decluttering motivation

Advice for dealing with too many toys.

Sarah · January 5, 2021 · Leave a Comment

too many toys

Here is my best advice for dealing with too many toys. If you are a working parent, work from home parent, stay at home parent and any other type of parent (including grandparents) this advice applies to you too. "When I had kids I didn't realize they came with so many … [Read more...] about Advice for dealing with too many toys.

Filed Under: Decluttering, Simple Living Tagged With: decluttering motivation

FREE Stroller Fitness Workouts

Sarah · February 21, 2021 · Leave a Comment

Snag your set of three mix and match FREE stroller fitness workouts. As well as instructions, images, and tips to explain some of the workout moves. Plus you will also receive a sheet to help you create your very own S.M.A.R.T. fitness goals. For more about this go … [Read more...] about FREE Stroller Fitness Workouts

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FREE Meal Planning Printable

Sarah · February 21, 2021 · Leave a Comment

Enjoy your FREE Meal Planning Printable to help make weekly Meal Planning a simple, easy, and dare I say, enjoyable routine. For more go to: Meal Planning for people who hate to meal plan How to meal plan for the week for beginners … [Read more...] about FREE Meal Planning Printable

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