Brandi Eatman
Learn to Swim at Home with InstaSwim’s Private Swim Lessons
Childhood drowning deaths are up 70% this year, thanks to quarantine and Covid. Florida leads the country in drowning deaths of children aged 1-4. Sadly, children this age are most at risk of drowning...
Pandemic Cooking: 3 Simple Sheet Pan Dinners
Since March 13th, 2020 when the world came to a close I have cooked 4545798964578 meals. Approximately. Maybe more. I am so over cooking I could just as easily pull my hair out...
5 Days In We Were Quarantined From School
Five days into the ‘new normal school year’ my daughter was quarantined from school.
I had my heart set on keeping my kids home and doing e-learning for the first semester of the school year....
5 Subscription Boxes to Supplement E-learning
Like many of you, I am not returning my children to school on August 24th. Although, as I write this, none of us may be if the board agrees to do the first nine...
To School or Not to School, That is the Question
On March 13th, children of Hillsborough County left schools for what would be the last time. They filed out of the doors preparing for spring break and then the world stopped. No more field...
Sorry, Not Sorry, Not Even a Little
I love supporting my friends who run side hustles or MLMs. I will go out of my way to share your work, your posts and tell the world about you and your passion. And...
A Diagnosis and An Uncertain Future for My Son
When you’re pregnant you spend a lot of time thinking about your baby. What will he be like? Who will he look like? Is he going to have my lack of direction and clumsiness...
Why Are We Still Using Banned Words to Describe Children?
Banned words
A recent exchange between a Facebook friend has been weighing on my mind. He was talking about something political and he used a word on the banned words list. For those uncertain, those...
Helpful Back to School Savings Tips from an Expert Thrifty Mom
Back to school savings tips
Anyone else remembers that Staples commercial with a dad pushing a shopping cart and the song, “It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” playing as he danced along and...
Our Journey to the Keto Diet: Becoming a Reluctant Hippie
I tend to shy away from fads and trends. If a movie comes out that is all the rage-I will willingly and purposely not see it. Same thing with books. I can say I...