Before having children, I used to scoff at meal planning. Making dinner shouldn’t be that much work, right?
WRONG!
Not meal planning, especially if you have a family, is a waste of time and money!
It happens to moms everyday, the kids get home from school, hubby gets home from work, everyone is starving and you are supposed to whip up dinner out of thin air.
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Ready for the big day, mama?!
Enduring weight gain, swollen feet, constant fatigue, and nausea is a lot to bear during a pregnancy.
Just knowing there’s an end keeps us hopeful as we approach the day we finally get to meet our little baby.
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Christmas traditions bring together generations of family members.
It doesn’t matter how much you like each other the rest of the year or how often you talk to or see your other family members.
Christmas is a time to bridge the gap and enjoy spending time with ALL of your family members.
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Have money matters been keeping you up at night, mama? It’s happened to most of us. It can feel extremely difficult to get ahead (or even stay afloat!) when the dollars in your bank seem sparse.
Creating a family budget is a smart idea! If you want to get your family on the fast-track to success (which you do!), you need to stick to a budget.
It’ll launch you into financial success and independence faster than loose spending will. It’ll also save you from the misery of debt. Or, if you already have debt, disciplined sending will help get you out of it.
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Let’s face it, after giving birth your body is never going to be the same.
Your boobs are going to be saggier, your hormones are out of whack for quite some time, and your tummy muscles are probably non existent.
While it can take a lot longer than nine months to get your six pack back (if you were lucky enough to have one in the first place), things like diastasis recti can really make it difficult to get your tummy back to its pre-pregnancy state.
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Elna is a mom to twins who blogs and writes for a living. She loves all things mom. While she’s not blogging, you can find Elna meal planning, organizing and helping other moms in her Facebook group, Ready Set Blog for Traffic (From Mom to Mompreneur). →