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How to Tactfully Decline a Gift Exchange This Holiday Season

October 7 by Christina Tiplea Filed Under: Holidays, Saving Money, Simple Living

Feeling overwhelmed by "things" and already stressed about exchanging gifts this year? Read these wonderful tips for how to tactfully decline a gift exchange this holiday season so you can enjoy the holidays as stress-free as possible!It may be only October, but it’s important to figure out how you are going to approach this upcoming holiday season before it’s actually upon us. Kristi is sharing some awesome tips with us today on how to approach the topic of declining unwanted gift exchanges with friends and family this year. Enjoy! XO Christina [Read more…]

21 Ways to Simplify Your Life Right Now

October 2 by Christina Tiplea Filed Under: Intentional Living, Simple Living

Is your life is a little hectic these days? Click to read this fabulous list of 21 easy ways to simplify your life right now so that you can slow down and savor life more today!

Is your life is a little hectic these days?

Like you wish you could just slow the heck down and savor it all a bit more, but that getting to a simplified state seems like it’s an almost impossible task?

I think all too often, we can get caught up in the idea of needing to make big changes in our lives in order to experience big results.

In my experience, I’ve found that sometimes the smallest of changes are what make the biggest impact over time. It helps that they are much easier to implement too and seem more doable to fit into our busy lives when they only take a few minutes of our time. [Read more…]

Tips for Taking A Road Trip with A Toddler

September 30 by Christina Tiplea Filed Under: Family, My Life

Road trips can be a great way to get out of the house and make memories with your family. Here are some awesome tips for taking a road trip with a toddler to make your trip more enjoyable for everyone!I’m excited to finally share some photos of our road trip with you today! As you all know, we took a week-long road trip from Chicago to The Smoky Mountains (Gatlingburg, TN to be specific) and Charlotte, NC.

We had a super smooth drive down there and Little Miss was seriously an angel for the first few days of being in the car, eating in restaurants, and being out of her element. But then things got a little hairy, as they quickly do with a toddler in tow, and we learned some very valuable lessons in traveling and taking a road trip with a toddler!

I wanted to share what tools and strategies we found helpful in traveling with our 14-month-old in hopes that this will help any of you that are planning on traveling with small children in the near future. [Read more…]

3 Things Every Parent Should Do to Prepare for The Future

September 23 by Christina Tiplea Filed Under: Family, Saving Money

Do you have young children or are you thinking about starting a family soon? Here are 3 things every parent should do to prepare for the future!

When I was pregnant and we were anticipating Little Miss coming into our lives, we did a few things to make sure that we were financially prepared for her arrival.

While we also tried to make sure we were emotionally prepared, there’s only so much you can do on that front before you just have to jump in and experience parenthood yourself πŸ˜‰

Bringing another human into the world can be terrifying for all kinds of reasons, and I think that the financial aspect of it is what is worrisome to most. I know plenty of couples who say they are hesitant to start their family at this point because they are worried about being able to afford it. While I think that you can never be 100% ready for having kids, there are several things you can do to prepare yourself before they arrive.

Today I’m sharing the top three things my Hubby and I did to prepare for bringing Little Miss into the world! [Read more…]

11 Reasons to Own Less Stuff

September 21 by Christina Tiplea Filed Under: Cleaning & Decluttering, Intentional Living, Saving Money, Simple Living

Tired of feeling like your stuff owns you instead of you owning it? Here are 11 reasons to own less stuff and take back control of your life and your home!I have been on a complete purging rampage in our house lately.

Considering I’ve been in the process of hardcore decluttering our possessions for about a year now, I have been completely shocked by how much stuff still left that we never use.

It all just keeps getting shoved into closets or my office (doesn’t everyone have a signature room where they hide crap when guests come over?).

And I am sick of it. [Read more…]

5 Reasons to Downsize Before Having Kids

September 16 by Christina Tiplea Filed Under: Cleaning & Decluttering, Family, Saving Money, Simple Living

There are so many benefits to living in a smaller home once you have a family. Here are 5 reasons to downsize before having kids!Hi All! One of my best friends (both online and in real life) Alexandra from My Urban Family has an awesome guest post for us today that I know you will all find fascinating. As someone who has moments where I want to downsize from our current home to live more simply with kids, this post really struck home for me. Enjoy! XO Christina [Read more…]

How to Save Money on Kids Clothing Without Thrift Shopping

September 9 by Christina Tiplea Filed Under: Family, Saving Money

Looking for ways to dress your kids in cute outfits without spending a fortune to do so? Don't miss this awesome post to learn how to save money on kids clothing without thrift shopping!

A big thanks to PatPat for sponsoring this post!

I absolutely love having a toddler to dress in cute outfits and accessories (when she isn’t ripping headbands and bows off her head, of course).

And while I have a blast dressing Little Miss, I am also realistic in knowing that she will only be wearing an outfit for a few months before she quickly outgrows it. I appreciate the look of designer clothing on kids, but I’m too practical of a person to spend our money on expensive clothes for her. I would rather use that extra money to do fun things as a family, like going on our recent road trip or excursions around town! [Read more…]

Easy Ways to Take Professional Looking Photos

September 7 by Christina Tiplea Filed Under: Family, Saving Money

Learn how to take your own professional quality photos at home so you can save money while still having beautiful photos to display in your home. Read this great guide for easy ways to take professional looking photos on your own!Hi Friends!

I’m really excited about today’s post. I am joining some awesome fellow bloggers for the Make It Happen Blog Hop. Every month these ladies challenge themselves to try out something new and “Make It Happen”. This month was a photography challenge and I was thrilled when they invited me to participate!

Ever since Little Miss was born last summer, I’ve been trying to get better with my photography skills so that I can take some quality pictures of her myself.

Like any other parent, I want cute photos of my baby girl to proudly display in our home. But I just don’t find it very affordable to pay the average of $500 or so that most photographers near us typically charge for a single session. I completely admire their work and think they desire to be paid that amount, but I can’t stomach paying that amount for the several times every year that I’d want to get some nice pictures taken. [Read more…]

Simple Ways to Enjoy Fall

September 2 by Christina Tiplea Filed Under: Family, Holidays, Saving Money

Looking for inexpensive ways to have fun this fall? Check out this great list of simple ways to enjoy fall. This will inspire you to create fall traditions of your own that you'll look forward to year after year!It’s officially September and I’ve definitely got fall on my mind!

Our road trip has been an absolute blast so far. And I know what you’re thinking…Christina, why are you writing this post while on vacation? Well, I wasn’t planning on it…but I felt really inspired and couldn’t wait to share some of these ideas with you all. Plus Little Miss is sleeping and this is a very fun way to keep myself entertained while being stuck in our hotel room for the moment.

I plan on sharing some pictures and more details of our trip either later this week or sometime next week πŸ™‚ .

After spending the past few days in the Smoky Mountains where I spotted a few trees that are already changing colors, I have been so excited thinking about the same happening at home in Chicago in a few weeks. Fall is upon us! [Read more…]

5 Steps to Establish a New Habit

August 26 by Christina Tiplea Filed Under: Health

Do you want to incorporate a healthy habit into your lifestyle but are having a difficult time achieving your goal? It's not always easy to adopt a major change in your life, especially when it comes to establishing habits. Here are 5 steps to help you establish a new habit and actually stick with it!Establishing healthy new habits can be a very difficult task.

Even with all the motivation in the world, it can be easy to flounder and fail in being able to adopt a change in your life.

Whether it’s implementing a workout routine, eating healthy, allocating time to starting a new business, or even just keeping up with daily chores around the house, everyone has a habit in mind that they would like to add into their own life.

I think all too often we try to jump head first into adopting a new habit, without a plan of attack in place. This can be a big mistake, because failing to plan is planning to fail. [Read more…]

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