When I first quit my job to stay home with my little miss, I was determined to do everything I could to maintain our quality of life for my family. And since dining out is basically our favorite pastime, I was desperate to find a way to make it happen on a drastically reduced budget. Enter the Mystery Shopping experience, in which you visit restaurants (among other places), get reimbursed for your ... Read More about MicroHustle Monday presents Mystery Shopping
Divide and Conquer
Ahh. It’s the weekend. Everybody’s home, there are activities galore, and it’s time for a well-deserved respite from the day-to-day. The kids feel the difference in the air, and they start putting in requests. After all, there are no limits today- you want a popsicle? Sure. 76 hours of Peppa Pig? No problem. You want to ride your bike allll the way to park? Do. Your. Thing. But… first you’re ... Read More about Divide and Conquer
A Relaxing Trip to the Cabin
Laughing already? I am too. Once upon a time, Chad and I used to spend lazy summer weekends at his family cabin in the Sierra's. We would pack up the car, drive a pleasant few hours, and plant ourselves in hammocks. I'd bring a stack of library books, eagerly anticipating lounging in the late morning quiet by the small river, devouring each book one by one. We'd live off chips, beer and ... Read More about A Relaxing Trip to the Cabin
Mom-Style Super Powers
Fun fact: The Salty Mamas are legit besties that talk basically all day long over chat. Because sometimes you just need to have a witness to the crazy that is #momlife. Someone to listen, laugh and commiserate over all the mundane - and insane - stuff that happens on the daily. Or someone to get into a heated debate with over what your Mom Superpower would be. Here is one of those ... Read More about Mom-Style Super Powers
The DaddyQ
This summer, we will all gather for birthday parties, holidays, beach days, pool parties, cookouts and campouts. And at every single one of them, a version of this will occur: A cluster of women will be standing in a circle near a cluster of men. One of the women will bemoan the fact that her husband NEVER cooks. Said husband, from his conveniently adjacent location will hear these words like a ... Read More about The DaddyQ