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5 Safe Skin Tips for Summer

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Uncle Bud's Hemp Sunburn Cream after sun soothing lotion

What you put on your skin is as important as not getting too much sun. But we’re all human and sometimes we lose track of time which means our skin gets overexposed from time to time. That’s why it’s important to have a product on hand that can help soothe your skin as an after-sun…

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Filed Under: Beauty, Family, Florida, Health, Helpful Hints, Safe Sunning, Summer Fun, Women

Helping your Teen Learn Time Management & a Printable Planner for High Schoolers

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There’s so much on the web about time management for moms with small children, so many calendars for young kids to learn time management, but none out there for teenagers. Time management is especially important in young adulthood, so we’re talking about it, and we’ve created a time management planner supplement for you to print out and give to your teen. Works best laminated and used with wet erase markers.

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Filed Under: Family, Helpful Hints, Parenting, Technology

Spring Renewal & the Best Teacher Gift for Spring

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best gift for teachers, DIY flower pots

I love spring, especially in Florida. It’s one of the few times you don’t feel like you’re suffocating in the stiff, humid air. The grass and trees are green because it’s not so hot that everything is scorched – not that that’s what happens here, I think that come June I just begin seeing things through burnt lenses. I’m not a fan of the Florida heat and humidity, and if I could be somewhere in the mountains every day for the rest of my life, I’d be far more content, or at least I feel like I would.

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Filed Under: Happiness, Helpful Hints, Marriage, Relationships

Travel Tushies – DIY Wipes for Travel & Public Restrooms

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I really don’t want to be the weirdo walking around rest areas carrying a full bottle of Zep Quick Clean Disinfectant, so I’ve come up with a simple way to have the protection I need right inside my purse.

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Keep Your Bottoms Clean

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how to get the bottom of your pans clean

Need help keeping your bottoms clean? If by bottoms you realized we meant the bottom of your pans, this one’s for you.

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You Eat Low Carb? What do you Eat Besides Bacon? A Simple One-Week Low Carb Meal Plan

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This free, printable Low carb meal plan for beginners is a great jumping-off point for people just joining the Low Carb way of eating.

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Filed Under: Health, Helpful Hints, LCHF Meal Planning

The Perfect Ballet Bun {Tutorial} & What to do With all That Hair

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Because I know I’m not the only ballet mom in the world with a daughter who has a headful of shedding hair that must find its way into the perfect ballet bun, I’m sharing my tips on how to get the perfect bun, and how to clean up afterwards with this shop that has been compensated by…

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Filed Under: Helpful Hints, Parenting, Parenting Girls

How to Get Your Deposit Back When You Leave a Rental

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Zep Commercial how to get your deposit back on a rental

Thanks to my boundless experience moving in and out of rental homes, I am sharing my tried-and-true tips for getting your whole deposit back as part of a sponsored post for Socialstars. #ZepSocialstars Once all of your furniture and personal effects are gone from a house, it seems as though every speck of dirt, dust,…

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Redefine “Housewife” & Turn the Pressure Up

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“I’m sharing how to be a badass housewife by doing typically-man-things on the outside of your home, as part of a sponsored post for Socialstars #ZepSocialstars” By now it’s no big secret that I’m not your typical housewife. Doing chores does not bring me great joy, (and if it brings you great joy, you need to…

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How to Survive Cold & Flu Season

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I’m sharing how to prevent the flu this cold and flu season featuring Zep as part of a sponsored post for Socialstars #ZepSocialstars Just when I thought we had escaped the winter ills, the whole family fell sick. Looking back on the winter I realized I had gone from anal Annie to relaxed Regina in…

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Filed Under: Health, Helpful Hints Tagged With: Cleaning, house cleaning tips, Household News, Housewife

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