• Printable Meal Planner
    family - Food - Health - parenting

    Free Printable Weekly Menu Meal Planner

    January 30, 2015 - By 

    Are you a meal planner? Or do you see your phone flashing 5 p.m. and hit the panic button? I am a bit of both. More manic panic meals than well thought out meal plans. So why should I be concerned? Well, I know it makes more sense to plan because it is budget friendly. There are thousands of bloggers talking meal plans. Need proof? Head on over to Facebook any night at about 5 p.m., or browse some blogs on a Monday. Menu Planning Monday is a whole thing. Until recently, I have taken a pass on this whole…

  • childhood_anxiety
    adoption and tweens - Health

    Five Things I Know About Childhood Anxiety – Part 1 of a New Series

    January 26, 2015 - By 

    In 2014 we spent a huge amount of time investing in educating our family about childhood anxiety. We took part in a weekly youth group therapy session to help parents and children understand and manage anxiety. It was gruelling and exhausting and, I hope, worth it. Every single Tuesday for several months my daughter and I drove to the children’s hospital in town and we learned how to successfully manage her childhood anxiety. We split into two groups every session. There was a parents group and a youth group. Eventually we all came together to discuss things together but the…

  • best beer dip recipes
    family - Food - Health

    14 Best beer dip recipes

    January 15, 2015 - By 

    You know what’s coming up soon, right? The Super Bowl. Whether you are a super fan or the partner of a fan boy it’s time to celebrate while rooting for your team. That means snacks are necessary. These are a few perfect snacks for this occasion. We’ve found 14 of the best beer dip recipes on line and wanted to share them with you here. Because beer with cheese and something to dip equals heaven. Enjoy! Fourteen of the best beer dip recipes Spicy Beer Cheese Dip from Foxes Love Lemons Bacon Beer Cheese Dip from My Bacon Wrapped Life…

  • Health

    Five Ways to Cope with SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder)

    January 6, 2015 - By 

    As seasons shift from fall to winter, there can also be a lot of climate changes and physical changes to your environment that are often hard to deal with for many. Seasonal Affective Disorder, or SAD, is a mental health disorder that is triggered by less light during the fall and winter months and the change in seasons. Symptoms of SAD can range from mild to severe. For a lot of people, SAD, makes it difficult to concentrate, causes a mild depression and even saps energy. It is always a good idea to see a health professional to both diagnose and…

  • eliminate fast food
    Food - Health

    Eliminate Fast Food this Year #health

    January 4, 2015 - By 

    How To Eliminate Fast Food From Your Diet Many are bringing in the New Year with resolutions to eliminate fast food from their diets, and while it might seem hard, it’s definitely possible. With a few tips and a little bit of willpower, you can eliminate fast food and start the journey to a healthier life! Just follow these tips to help you eliminate fast food and you’ll find yourself having an easier time! Meal planning is key! In order to avoid the convenience of fast food and keep yourself from falling back on it, it’s important to meal plan.…

  • fitness goals
    Health

    2015 Fitness Goals Printable

    January 3, 2015 - By 

      Happy New Year! When the clock strikes 12:01 on January 1st you inevitably hear all the great promises to lose weight and get fit. It’s pretty much the standard New Year’s resolution. Get fit, and lose weight. But sometimes it’s not sustainable. Sometimes despite the best intentions life happens and fitness falls by the wayside. I know this to be true. My own fitness goals were great in 2014 but then September hit and they unravelled entirely. I am hopeful this year will be better for me that way. I have a few tools keeping me on track. The…

  • food makeover
    Food - Health

    Food Makeover Free Printable

    January 2, 2015 - By 

    I am not a fan of the word diet. I rarely use it in the context that means weight loss and this post is not about that. This blog and this post is about considering what you need to be your healthiest version of you. Sometimes the New Year provides the perfect window to ask yourself what don’t I like about what I am doing right now? What do I need to change? Sometimes the answer is I need a better fitness routine and I need a diet makeover. This past year, in the month of September I added high…

  • Giveaways - Health

    Happy New Year Coloring Page Free Printable

    December 27, 2014 - By 

      Can it really be almost 2015? I have no idea where the year went. Any ideas? Anyways, I wanted to be the first to wish you all Happy New Years. This Christmas season I started adding printables and coloring pages here on thrifty momma’s tips so that you can make a little bit of fun at home without needing to spend any money at all. This Happy New Year coloring page is free and you can print it out yourself easily right from the page. Obviously this is intended for the kids in your life. Will your kids be part…

  • DIY brown sugar cubes
    Health

    Easy DIY Brown Sugar Scrub Cubes for Giving

    December 26, 2014 - By 

    Looking for a personal, easy and cost effective gift to give someone who needs and deserves to be pampered? Then you need to see this easy to make DIY Brown Sugar Scrub Cubes recipe. These are fun to make, especially if you have kids who enjoy helping and love to give handmade gifts.   Easy to Make These brown sugar scrub cubes involve just a few simple ingredients and frankly most of them are probably already either in your pantry or in your medicine cabinet. Teens and tweens will enjoy this hands on craft.   Luxurious DIY Brown Sugar Scrub…

  • IVF funding
    family - Health

    IVF Funding: What’s Happening in 2015? #ohip4ivf #onpoli

    December 25, 2014 - By 

    Usually the holidays roll around and the season itself is cause for sadness among those who are trying to conceive, struggling with infertility. That may be the case still for some people, because infertility is emotionally, physically and financially draining, but this coming year there is good reason to hope and be optimistic and thankful too. So as we close 2014 I thought it was important to take a moment and reflect on what we have accomplished in Ontario and remind people of what’s happening with IVF funding in 2015. So here’s what we know about Ontario’s IVF funding program in…