Healthy Chicken Soup Recipe That is Perfect for Cold and Flu Season

September 24, 2018 by Marissa Leave a Comment

Healthy Chicken Soup Recipe: Learn about how healthy chicken soup can actually be and why it’s perfect for cold and flu season!

Healthy Chicken Soup Recipe: The best chicken soup recipe to help you get through cold and flu season.

Learn why this chicken soup recipe is so healthy!

Whenever I felt ill as a child, my mother would make me some of her homemade chicken soup. I can still smell the hearty aroma of the healthy soup wafting through the house. Topped with a dash of grated cheese, it was the perfect thing to help lift my spirits and soothe any aches and pains that came during cold and flu season.

There’s nothing like a bowl of homemade chicken soup during the fall and winter to make you feel better, am I right?

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What to Have in Your Winter Emergency Survival Kit for Home

January 26, 2018 by Marissa 4 Comments

Winter Emergency Survival Kit for Home

Winter Emergency Survival Kit for Home Checklist (This post contains affiliate links)

Winter Emergency Survival Kit

Snow storms can leave you stranded for days, and if something like a power outage would happen, would you be ready with the necessary supplies to keep your family safe and warm?

If you live in an area where winter storms are common, it would be wise for you to have a winter emergency survival kit ready to go for your family.

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How to Easily Kick Start Healthy Habits Starting Today

January 10, 2018 by Marissa 25 Comments

Want to kick start healthy habits this year?

How to Kick Start Healthy Habits (This is a sponsored post thanks to Ibotta. This post contains affiliate links.)

How to Kick Start Healthy Habits

Many people who strive to have a healthy lifestyle or lose weight find it hard to know where to begin. They set lofty goals or try to follow complicated programs which may lead to failure and disappointment in the future.

The key is to kick start healthy habits using simple tips and tricks. Once you can follow these simple tips, you’ll lay the foundation for a healthy lifestyle or the weight loss system you desire. [Read more…]

When Did I Get Pregnant? How to Figure Out When You Conceived

May 24, 2017 by Marissa 6 Comments

When Did I Get Pregnant?

Figure out when you became pregnant following these steps. (This post may contain affiliate links)

Are you wondering, “When did I get pregnant?”? For some women, figuring out when they got pregnant is a must. They either want to know just for the sake of knowing, they want a different way to estimate a due date, or they want to determine who the father of their baby might be.

No matter what the reason, figuring out the possible date you may have gotten pregnant isn’t too difficult, but it is very important to note that it is just an estimation based on dates on a calendar. Unless you had a very tiny camera inside of you that could capture the exact moment the egg and sperm met, or you had medical help conceiving, there’s no real way (that I know of) to know your exact conception date.

For a very in-depth reading on finding out when you became pregnant, read this very informative article (written by me!). If you just want the very basics, continue below. [Read more…]

How to Take a Baby’s Temperature Using the Kinsa Sesame Street Smart Ear Thermometer

December 12, 2016 by Marissa Leave a Comment

Learn how to take a baby’s temperature using the Kinsa Smart Ear Thermometer. (This post contains affiliate links.)

How to Take a Baby’s Temperature

Your baby isn’t herself today. She seems tired and a tad cranky, and when you picked her up, she felt warm. You know you should take her temperature to see if she is running a fever, but you dread having to use a thermometer to get an accurate reading.

For babies older than 6 months, an ear thermometer like the Kinsa Smart Ear Thermometer is an easy solution with its one second read time, gentle probe, and easy to use, convenient app. Thanks to Kinsa, I have been able to try out the Kinsa Sesame Street Smart Ear Thermometer with my baby.

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