This Big Happy – Page 2 – Mindful & Frugal Living in the Modern World

fighting food stamp stigma who really uses food stamps — I’ve written before about the disgusting memes regarding food stamp recipients, comparing them to wild animals or worse. Well, it’s rearing it’s ugly head again (and I do mean ugly, what is uglier than denying children food??) because of proposed legislation in Missouri that would ban food stamp recipients from […]

Fighting Food Stamp Stigma

No Yell New Year ThisBigHappy — Something has been weighing heavily on me lately. I do something regularly of which I am ashamed. You see, I’m a yeller, and I don’t like that. Sure, there are times when yelling is acceptable, such as when my child pulls away from my handhold and darts into a […]

How to Stop Yelling and Start Living

Spend money to save money! — We’ve all heard the saying, “You need to spend money to make money!” but what about spending money to SAVE money? It goes against everything my brain knows about saving money, you can’t save money by spending money…or can you? Well, it’s true. There are some things that I’d normally […]

Spend Money to Save Money

Organize your life and be happy by doing what you love — So I’ve been reading up on this method of home organization where you only keep things that delight you. Having recently gone through a cross-country move, I am here to tell you that this stuff works. Getting rid of the stuff that you don’t love is pretty amazing. It’s kind […]

The Art of Doing What You Love

The power of saying no — No. That one simple word can wield so much power is amazing. It’s often the first word children learn to speak. It’s a word my dog is terrified of, literally cowering when she hears it (she was a rescue, the poor thing). It’s a word that many of us have […]

The Power of Saying No

Sharpen Your Kitchen IQ with KitchenIQ — I participated in an Influencer Activation on behalf of Influence Central for KitchenIQ. I received promotional items to thank me for my participation. Do you know what I love most about fall and winter? The weather is finally cool enough for me to go full steam with cooking and baking! […]

Sharpen Your Kitchen IQ with KitchenIQ

Oatmeal Waffle Recipe for a Fall Morning — To me, nothing says fall like the smell of cinnamon. I love the smell of cinnamon so much I put two of those cinnamon brooms in my cart at the grocery store. And then my son said “Those smell really bad, and I don’t think dad would want these in […]

Fall Oatmeal Waffle Recipe

BGCA #TriplePLay10 — I participated in an Influencer Activation on behalf of Influence Central for Boys & Girls Club of America. I received a promotional item to thank me for my participation. Proper nutrition, emotional intelligence, and leading an active lifestyle are key for our physical and emotional health, unfortunately we live in […]

Raise Healthy Leaders with #TriplePlay10

Family Friendly Halloween Movies — Every year I say “This year we’re going to watch 1 holiday movie a day, starting with Halloween!” I love holidays and I love movies…but see, every time I proclaim this plan my schedule audibly laughs at me and says “HAAAA! When? When are you going to find time to […]

Family Friendly Halloween Movies!

pumpkin dump cake recipe — I don’t know if you noticed this, but it’s fall. That means it’s time to PUMPKIN SPICE ALL THE THINGS!!! Pumpkin is a powerhouse of nutrition and is really reasonably prices for the next few weeks. It’s really easy to process and freeze too, so you can pumpkin spice all […]

Pumpkin Dump Cake Recipe

TB Blood Test — I participated in an Influencer Activation on behalf of Influence Central for the TB Blood Test. I received a promotional item to thank me for my participation. My family loves to visit the local theme parks, if we could make Disney World our home we totally would. As much as […]

Meet the new TB Blood Test #TBBloodTest

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