Category: <span>Entertainment on a Budget</span>

Large Eggless Skillet Cookie (10 or 12 in pan)

As some of my readers may know, I am allergic to most store-bought chicken eggs.  Over the years I have learned this is less to do with the egg itself, and more to do what the chickens are fed, as I am unable to eat …

Taming the Cupboard During the Holidays: It CAN Be Done! Examples Inside

As I aim to get back on track with the content weeks I share with everyone, I look back over October and November’s content calendars and realize I had never actually fleshed out week 4 of November! There’s nothing written there! November was to be …

Becoming the Entertainment Rebel

#Thrive Thursday is here again, and this week’s subject is all about being a rebel around the idea of entertainment! For most people I talk to, the idea that entertainment is a testbed and breeding ground for agenda-driven ways of thinking and perceiving the world …

Summer Fun on a Happy Budget!

#Thrive Thursday: This week as we Tame the Coin over the summer, we will talk a bit about a sizable wedge in the family budget known as the Grocery Bill! Particularly in summertime, this particular bill can grow almost as high if not higher than …

Focus, Fun, and Fidget Busting

It’s #Thrive Thursday today! At least as of 7:38pm PST it’s still #Thrive Thursday. If you are homeschooling your kids, tomorrow could be a very “interesting” day trying to get them to finish their homework ahead of the long weekend. This assumes you are keeping …

Forced Staycation? Spring Break? Here’s some ideas for you

Scheduling among working mothers has become a sudden issue with the COVID-19 situation causing governments and health authorities to declare gatherings below various thresholds to no longer take place. This has churches moving online, schools shutting down, and parents scrambling to figure out what to …

The One-Hour Walk Adventure

“What are we going to do today?” “I’m bored!” “But I read that book yesterday!” Uh oh, sounds like it’s time for another Mom-style adventure.  The fact that Spring Break is just around the corner here in Canada, brings back memories when my kids were …