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Do You Want Pie or Kale? (Check Out Dr. Orlena’s Healthy Eating Reboot!)

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The holidays have arrived. Do you want pie or kale? Let’s chat. I’ve come across something cool.

November is here. We had a blast trunk-or-treating at three different events in our town and ohmygoodness the candy pile!!!!!!! (We were able to give most of it away. I have my ways.)

But who wouldn’t give this group of cuties handfuls of sugar?

Halloween 2022 at the Coppinger house featured many Monster’s Inc. favorites: Mr. Waternoose, Roz, Sully, Mike Wazowski, Celia, Boo, Randall, and George.

Now, we are heading into Thanksgiving and Christmas, all of which will include gatherings and parties and loads and loads more sugar.

Laura’s confession:

We give our littles almost no sugar, but it’s harder for all the grown-ups. Sometimes I find myself in a rut and while we continue to faithfully guzzle down our Green Smoothies every day, I feel like we’re slipping a little bit into some other bad eating habits.

At the same time, I know I need to make compromises right now so that I can instead focus on loving people without stressing out about the free-range chicken, right?

Balance. That’s what we strive for. Sometimes we need a little bit of encouragement and inspiration. After all, taking care of ourselves IS important. If I don’t take care of myself, I can’t take care of them:

Enter: Dr. Orlena’s Healthy Eating Reboot eCourse

I have discovered this and want to encourage you to work through it with me. I found that this eCourse is not like others I’ve ever seen. (First, Dr. Orlena has a really cool British accent. Her videos are fun to watch simply because she talks so cool. I love a good British accent.)

In her very cool-talking way, Dr. Orlena’s suggestions are professional, practical, and easy. I love how she shares ways to eat healthier that actually motivate me to want to eat healthier. But they don’t put on pressure or make me feel bad about the frozen pizzas we ate yesterday when I didn’t have time to cook.

The drawback (hear me out though): The Healthy Eating Reboot eCourse normally costs $299. I had only worked 1/3 of the way through it before I recognized that all it offered made it 100% worth its cost. But right now isn’t a good time for most of us to drop $300 on something, even if it is good. The really good news is that today through Friday, November 11, this eCourse is included in this year’s Ultimate Home Management Bundle for a total of only $47.

Aha. Now we’re talking.

What I’m learning

Dr. Orlena’s course is making me think more about everything I’m putting into my body. I mean, our Green Smoothies are super packed with nourishment, but I can’t rely on only that to keep me going. So what else can I easily add to my diet each day as I put so much energy into caring for my family?

Throughout the course, Dr. Orlena offers loads of practical ideas and recipes to eat clean foods that are high in nutrients. So I started making some of her easy recipes and found that they were really good. Even our kids (the picky ones!!) ate most of what I’ve tried so far.

Her Baked Salmon with Dijon Mustard Sauce made me wonder why I typically don’t like mustard. I am so glad I made the sauce. Wow. This is delicious. (And it only took five minutes of prep work time. Twenty minutes later, dinner was served.)

And how about getting better sleep??

Dr. Orlena has an entire section in the eCourse on how to get good sleep. I learned more about how what we do during the day really affects our sleep. She recognizes that sleep can be disrupted by kids (can I get an amen?), and she addresses this, giving us ideas for routines and healthy choices so that we can get the best sleep possible, even when we have little ones (thank you very much).

Oh, and she addresses coffee, tea, and alcohol. I won’t tell you what she said but let’s just say that I like her even more because she didn’t take away my coffee. ;)

Now that is an old picture. RIP Wiggams.

Is it worth it?

I know a lot about healthy eating. But knowing and doing are different. I needed a reboot. I think most of us can use one from time to time.

So yes, I can say that while I feel that the value of Dr. Orlena’s Healthy Eating Reboot is every bit worth the $299 it normally costs, I’d have a hard time making myself fork that out. On the other hand, since we can get it in the $47 bundle along with 85 other products, I’d have no hesitation buying this and recommending this. What a great offer on such a valuable product, and beyond!

Read here to learn more about this year’s Ultimate Home Management Bundle, and know that buying this great package gives you full access to Dr. Orlena’s Healthy Eating Reboot.

More thoughts about the Ultimate Home Management Bundle

Today I’m only highlighting Dr. Orlena’s Healthy Eating Reboot, simply because I’m so impressed with it and so grateful that we can get it at such a discount. But don’t miss everything else included in this year’s bundle – 86 more home management resources to be exact! You can see it all here, and in true Laura fashion to determine if something is worth it, I did some math:

If the bundle costs $47, and we get 87 products within it, then technically that makes each item, including the Healthy Eating Reboot only $0.54. Fifty-four cents. Per product. My mind is kind of blown when I see that.

This offer is only good through this Friday, November 11. Take advantage now and enjoy all the goods.

Hesitant because you don’t have time right now?

We’re about to hit the holiday craze, so I hear you, and here’s what I’m doing. I downloaded all of the products (they make it easy to do that and they put them all in one folder for you). Then I plan to work my way through them a little at a time. Specifically, many of them are going to be perfect to read through or print and use after the first of the year (planners, decluttering check-lists, organizational tools…). Even the Healthy Eating Reboot course will be fantastic if we wait to start it in January.

So get it now while it’s available for so little. Then work your way through everything you need/want as the timing is right for you. And speaking of the holidays…

A Thank You Gift

I’m eager for you to enjoy this bundle with me, and as an affiliate with Ultimate Bundles, I earn a commission when you purchase through my links. So as a thank you, I created something else fun – and healthy – and practical for us to enjoy this holiday season. I’ll send the entire packet to you for free when you forward me a quick copy of your invoice.

To go along with Dr. Orlena’s Healthy Eating Reboot course, I wanted to get us started with some simple holiday guides for this season.

  • How to Stay Healthy During the Holidays Guide (doable for everyone)
  • Healthier Holidays Cookbook (amazing, brand new treat recipes)
  • Holiday Priorities Notebook (read about how I overdid us during Fall Break, what I learned, and what you can do to actually ENJOY this season) #mentalhealthamatters

This Healthier Holidays bonus package is going into my shop on November 12 for $19.99, but yours will be free when you send me your bundle receipt!

Grab your Home Management Bundle here.

Holler if you have any questions. I’m going to go try a couple more of Dr. Orlena’s recipes…

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Can Swagbucks Help Pay for Christmas?

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I fell off the Swagbuck wagon but now I’m questioning why. After all, right now I’m thinking: Can Swagbucks help pay for Christmas?

I signed up for Swagbucks years ago and have I enjoyed redeeming our Swagbucks to use for free Christmas gifts. But I’ve never spent much time or effort to increase my “earnings” so it never goes very far. Hmmm….

What is Swagbucks?

Swagbucks is a way to earn gift cards through some pretty easy methods like:

  • Taking short surveys (this is my prefered way to earn)
  • Playing games
  • Buying things you are going to buy anyway

It’s free and there’s no catch; it only takes time. Time isn’t something most of us have to spare. But as a way to earn some free Christmas cash, I’m going to make time. It takes just a few minutes each day.

—>I made my way up to 2,210 Swagbucks this week, which earns me $25 to spend on Amazon, Walmart, or Target! <— See why I’m excited?! There are many more gift cards to choose from, I tend to grab one of those three though because I can get just about anything at those stores.

This year I plan to start now and be intentional about racking up the Swagbucks so I can redeem them in early December and use them toward gifts I need to buy. (Sometimes I redeem them for a restaurant gift card to use as a special treat for our family during the holidays!)

They are offering a sign-on bonus:

If you sign up through this link, you get a bonus 300 Swagbucks after you earn 300 regular Swagbucks within your first 30 days. As in, your 300 turns into 600 Swagbucks. It isn’t hard to earn your first 300 Swagbucks. Just fill out a few surveys and you’re there!

A word about the surveys:

Some of them are annoying, but they aren’t difficult and I’m motivated to mess with them because I’m doing it for Christmas money. :) Also, after you answer the first question or two, you’ll either be let in to finish the survey or they’ll redirect you to a different one. This is because they are looking for a certain demographic and we may not fit what they’re looking for. No biggie. I just move on to the next one!

Want to try it?

I encourage you to. It’s free and easy and fun to earn free money to spend at places we like to shop.

Sign up here to try it out!

Then get to “work” right away to earn your first 300 Swagbucks so that you’ll qualify for the bonus 300.

Holler if you have questions!

P.S. Add the Swagbutton to your computer and earn an instant 25 Swagbucks.

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Best Gifts for Teachers

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It’s the end of the school year! Here’s a list of the best gifts for teachers. Leave a comment to add to the list!

After an especially difficult school year, I think all of our teachers deserve extra love and some spoiling, don’t you?!

Best Gifts for Teachers

1. Gift Cards

Teachers deserve some big treats after a long school year, wouldn’t you agree?! Write a kind and appreciative personal note, then slide in a gift card that will provide your teacher with free dinner, free ice cream, free coffee, free shopping, or free anything fun from around your community.

2. Supplies for the Classroom

When I asked for gift suggestions on my Facebook page, Stephanie said this, “I always ask the teachers if they have any classroom needs-supplies, games or activities for inside recess days, etc.” Brilliant gift idea! Restocking some fun and necessary supplies after a school year is a great idea to help them get ahead for next year!

teacher gift4

3. Simple Cookbooks

This is what we gave Brayden’s teacher for Christmas and she was thrilled with the simple, tasty ideas! Get these books here.

4. Breakfast in the Break Room

Meredith shared this fabulous suggestion, “One year I brought in breakfast for the office staff of our elementary. We were newish to the school then, and I didn’t want to bring in homemade food that might make some uneasy, so I made up my own shortened (and with prices that fit in my budget per person) list of breakfast options from Panera and handed it out early with a date on it I needed to collect them. I brought in orange juice and iced coffee from the grocery dairy section and a chopped fruit bowl from the grocer (but bananas and oranges or apples would be good too, I was just really wanting everything to clearly be commercially prepared if that makes sense) to go with each person’s selections. Panera boxed all the other stuff up and I brought it in early before the kids arrived. It was about $6-7 per person and we have a small office staff. They really loved it!”

Fruit tray

5. A Monogrammed Tote

Oh my goodness, how cute are these?! I think teachers will love this gift! Check out the options here.

 

6. Homemade Vanilla

Did you make some vanilla? What a fantastic gift this makes! If you haven’t made some yet, get some started for Christmas gifts or next year’s teacher gifts! Here’s how.

7. Handmade Earrings

I love these so much!! I also love supporting small businesses. Use the code Heavenly to get $3 off your order at Delight Accessories!

8. A Fun Tumbler

I love these! Choose from several different colors and styles. They are simple and practical and fun all at the same time! See these options here.

 

9. Car Wash Tokens

As someone who constantly has a filthy vehicle, I like this idea very much!! Lyn said, “When the boys got into middle and high school and had so many teachers, I started getting gift cards for the local car wash (one or two washes each). Our local place runs a “20 for $100? special each year. It’s inexpensive, different and they love them!”

Fill in the gaps! What are your favorite gifts to give teachers?

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Bluebird on the Prairie

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This is beyond exciting! Check out Tasha’s news!! And in case you’re wondering, I LOVE THIS BOOK. (I got to read it early, and you can bet I preordered a whole stack!)

Hey, it’s me, Tasha Hackett!

I have some of the most exciting news to share with you about Bluebird on the Prairie. Finally, I wrote a clean romance novel after years of work, years, and it’s now available for pre-order and will be released May 18, 2021 wherever books are commonly sold. 

I set out to write a romantic comedy that explores themes of grief and hope and finding love again after death. Was it possible to have a historical inspirational romance without riding double on a horse? (Which we all know would be highly uncomfortable.) Without anyone fainting? Without anyone physically being rescued? I wanted to write the book I wanted to read. Can the characters be so real that they’re relatable even if they’re from the late 1800s?

As I asked myself these questions and developed these characters I had no idea where God was leading me. When I started the book in early 2017 I hadn’t yet been through a spiritual fire. I stopped writing for over a year when I had my fourth baby. The person I was in 2019 (when finished the novel) was not the same girl who started it. It’s almost like God knew what he was doing all along. 

Bluebird on the Prairie is a witty love story. 

book cover of bluebird on the prairie

 

Bluebird on the Prairie is also story of what grief can feel like. 

back cover

Eloise Davidson is strong, enduring, wistful, angry, afraid, isolated, and determined. 

But what is her story about? Love. But also grief. 

Bluebird on the Prairie is a witty, compelling, and inspirational romance about all the good things like home, family, and love, but it’s about hard things like death, and grief… but also about this one time when Eloise was playing the creek with her toddler nephew and a strange man fell down the bank headfirst. Compared to other books of this genre, just imagine if Janette Oke met Mary Conneally . . . or Laura Ingalls met Karen Witemeyer. 

So there she is, wearing nothing but a wet chemise, which is absolutely scandalous, and a dirty man—who may or may not be attractive in the least—is sprawled out at the bottom of the creek bank. 

Hmm. What would you do? Suppose you better read and find out. ;-)

Pre-Order Here

Once upon a time there was a 12-year-old girl who started writing a book about a field of daisies and best friends who wandered into another world where they fulfilled a prophecy and saved the kingdom. Or something like that. Sadly, this girl never finished the story. It was me. Obviously, I was that girl. The story is still tucked away in a shoebox in my closet, thankfully; maybe I’ll finish it someday. What I’m trying to say is that 12-year-old Tasha wouldn’t be surprised to see my name on the cover of a book. Of course she’d say, “Well, yeah. That’s what writers do. They write books. Duh.” 

Sometime soon I’ll tell you some of the tale of how Bluebird came about. But for now, I invite you to hop over to my website and find out more about me and this novel. 

If you’re just here for a recipe and homemaking tips, check these out. While I was doing more writing and editing the past couple of years these are the recipes I turned to again and again. 

And the past five months of eating Paleo, these are some recipes we’ve been eating on repeat:

Cheers, 

Tasha

P.s. I forgot to mention, all pre-orders sold directly from my website, www.TashaHackett.com, will be SIGNED copies. The eBook will become available after the release of the paperback. However, upon release both the eBook/paperback will be available through any place books are commonly sold.

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How to Get Some Cool Spring Freebies from MadeOn (For our kids and/or for ourselves!)

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Renee at MadeOn is one of the best people to work with! Basically, I told her that my little ones have chapped lips and chapped cheeks and chapped hands and that I bet after a winter like we just had – you all also probably have little ones who are all chappy-chappy. I asked if she’d give us all a fun deal to help us with our little chapped children, and here’s what she is offering (because she is AMAZING):

We can all get a FREE Lip Balm and a Pocket-Sized BeeSilk Jr!! These are the exact products we need right now as we head into spring! (We are going through these like crazy right now at our house!)

How it Works

The coupon code hhspring will take $19 off orders of $45 or more. It just so happens that the Lip Balm and a Pocket-Sized BeeSilk Jr cost $19 (thank you, Renee, for making them both free!). It also just so happens that we get free shipping when we spend $45.

So, we can head here and put $45 worth of goodies into our cart (I’m going with the Simply Shea Facial Emollient for my personal chapped cheeks and extra Lip Balms and BeeSilk Jr Pockets for backups). Then we can add a Lip Balm and a Pocket Sized BeeSilk Jr to our cart and the code hhspring will zap the cost of those off during checkout!

Or actually…

The coupon code will take $19 off of ANY $45 order, so you can get ANY products worth $19 for free that you like!! How ’bout that?! ($64 in your cart total before coupon.)

Okeedoke:

Head here to enjoy this wonderful offer!

Use the code hhspring to get $19 off plus free shipping!

Offer good through Friday, March 12.

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Amazing Lilla Rose Black Friday Deals!

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It’s the sale we’ve all been waiting for…the Lilla Rose Black Friday Sale!

Save up to 50% on everything!

Get Free shipping and a Free Essential with a $75 purchase (So many new “essentials” like Rose Water spray, dry shampoo, luxurious bamboo hair towels, a deep-conditioning hair masque and more!)

Get an additional 10% off with a $150 order

Get a chance to Win your Order for Free as well as a chance to Win $500 Cash with every $50 purchase! Wow!

Save 30% on beautiful Gift Sets! These are a super-easy way to find the perfect gift for anyone on your list! I don’t know about you, but I like “easy”! They even come packaged in a pretty organza bag.

Here are just a few of the gift sets, from daughters to teachers.

 

There are also gift sets for every hair type, from thick hair, fine hair, curly hair, to short hair! Be sure to click on “gift sets” to see them all!

So many pretty new things that I can’t show them all here!

As always, if you have any questions at all, please contact my Lilla Rose stylist Paula Ramm, and she will be more than happy to help you out!

Sale starts at 6am PT/9am ET on Friday, Nov. 27 and ends at midnight PT on November 30.

I will leave you with this gingerbread man Flexi and bobbies…what a super-cute gift these would make! Have fun shopping! ?

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Awesome Freebie to Save Your Skin this Winter!

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Renee at MadeOn has come through for us once again! I love this so much and am so thankful for her generosity. She’s here to save our skin this winter – and save us money too!

I’ve used MadeOn products for years and years. Every winter, I stock up because our skin needs extra care during the dry months. My favorite of all her products used to be her hard lotion bars. They have truly saved my hands from dryness, cracking, bleeding, and pain.

But then she came out with a brand new product, the Simply Shea Facial Emollient. Technically it’s a product for our faces. But shucks if I don’t use it on my face, my hands, my legs, and my arms too. It’s so soft and easy to use. Just like her hard lotion bars, Simply Shea makes a huge difference for my skin. I guess the only reason this product moved up into my “favorite” spot is that it’s a little bit easier to use compared to the hard lotion bars. I keep them both on hand (pun intended) at all times!

Besides the fact that MadeOn products work incredibly well, I love that they are completely non-toxic and use only the finest of pure ingredients. I honestly think that this is WHY they work so well. They only include ingredients that nourish and benefit our skin. So perfect.

How to get a free tub of Simply Shea Emollient (worth $14.75) plus free shipping:

Renee has offered to give all of us a free tub of Simply Shea! This is no small gift because it’s normally priced at $14.75! Here’s how it works:

1.) Shop the store and add $45 worth of products to your cart.
2.) Add the Simply Shea Facial Emollient to your cart.
3.) Apply code HHSHEA at checkout and your Simply Shea is free! (So is shipping!)
Order before midnight PST on October 30th

When I took advantage of this offer, I grabbed several pocket-sized lotion bars and a few lip balms to give as gifts this Christmas (for my older boys’ girlfriends, btw – I’m a big fan of these godly beauties). I got my freebie and free shipping! I’ll tuck the free Simply Shea into my cabinet to use when my other one runs out.

Ready to go enjoy this offer? Head here to get started!

Have fun shopping, enjoy the huge money savings, and thoroughly enjoy how great your skin feels!

Take advantage of this offer before midnight PST on October 30th. Let’s take care of our skin before winter dryness takes over!

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It’s Treasure Hunt time! Join us for some fun!

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I am here to let you know about the second annual “5-Day Email Treasure Hunt” that I am hosting where you can learn more about the Flexi clip. Allow me to tell you why it is so awesome!

Most of you know that for years I’ve raved about Lilla Rose products, particularly the Flexi-Clip, which is my very favorite! I have several now, along with their Hairbands and Bobby Pins. They are all incredible quality and they are extremely pretty!

And now, a word from our sponsor, Paula Ramm. :)

Ready for a 5-Day Email Treasure Hunt?

Ahoy, Mateys!

Join us as we hunt for clues in our 5-Day Email Treasure Hunt!

Ye will receive one email a day for 5 days.

Each email will contain a clue.

Each clue ye find will earn ye an entry to win the Grand Prize of $71.00 worth of Lilla Rose hair accessories!

Blimey!

And, better yet, ALL Treasure Hunters on this voyage who find ALL 5 clues will win a prize of $17 “Lilla Bucks” to spend on anything on Cap’n Paula’s website!

Shiver me timbers!… Ye would be a lily-livered scallywag not to get in on this plunder!

Included in this incredible bounty:

  • Shelly XS Flexi clip $14
  • Compass small Flexi clip $15
  • Verity small Braided 8 Flexi with walnut stick $18
  • Mixed Metals Hair band $24

Grand Prize Total value: $71.00 for one lucky swashbuckler.

Unlimited $17 prizes to all hearties who find all 5 days’ clues!

The Treasure Hunt will run Monday, July 27 – Friday, July 31.

If ye’d like to embark on this voyage, just click this link and enter ye name and email address before we set sail on Monday!

Yo ho ho! Welcome aboard!

(Any questions, just email Paula, ye friendly Lilla Rose Cap’n!)

Shhh… Rumor is circulating on the high seas that there just might be a Christmas in July sale going on Thursday, July 23 at 10 am ET through midnight Sunday, July 26, with 30-50% off everything on the Cap’n’s site. It just might be a great time to stock up on ye hair supplies for ye upcoming treasure-hunting voyage, as it can get mighty windy on the ship!

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Homemaking Tips to Make Life Easier

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Need some homemaking tips to make life easier? Yes. Me too…

Funny story (ok, it’s not actually that funny). I had a different post ready for today, then Tasha, who writes for me sometimes, texted me something like, “Hey I have something I really want to write today. Does that work for you?”

She pitched her idea, I quickly rescheduled my original post for a later date, and Tasha kicked out this post for us.

Hmm. So that story really wasn’t funny. It was pretty much just a story, and also, Tasha and I worked out a plan to take our little kids swimming tomorrow. Good talk.

One more thing (another funny story perhaps?) and then I’ll turn it over to Tasha: It is worth noting that I’m an older mom and she’s a younger mom, and now that I’m back to raising littles again, I found it weird at first to be an older mom hanging out with younger moms. Like, hello, I have a 23-year-old and other adulty children. But then God showed me how cool it is to hang out with younger moms like Tasha. We parent together, learn together, and who really cares how old we all are because we all just need each other for lots of different reasons.

God’s awesome, huh?

So hey, Tasha? Thanks for letting God use you to teach me stuff. And thanks for making it not-even-hard to hang out with friends who are different seasons than I am, except that oh yeah, here I am also in this “raising little kids” season again.

Truly, God is amazing.

Ok, now I’ll let Tasha have at it. I loved how she put all of this together. (And yes, I did read it. You’ll know why I said this when you keep reading her post…) :)

Homemaking Tips to Make Life Easier
By Tasha Hackett

I told my family I was working…

Homemaking is hard sometimes, but homemaking doesn’t have to be hard all the time. Just now I shut the bedroom door, settled into the corner of my bed (with no sheets because the 3 year old had an accident on my bed last night. Rude.) and I’m letting everyone else complete the morning chores. “I have to get another article written right away!” I said. Haha, and then I opened my homemaking bundle and went shopping. I’m sneaky like that.

Raise your hand if you would like to buy special and unique gifts but you never get to go anywhere because you have little people who do things like pee on your bed and you are so over it, but you still can’t go out because the baby takes two naps and then there’s this virus going around and who even knows if the stores are open?

So I bought some stuff online

Tasha here! (I’m Laura’s younger mom friend who likes to write stuff about money.) Currently my 8-year-old is walking around the house whistling while Dad is handing out laundry to put away. Can’t complain about the chores being done, trying not to complain about the whistling: “Which is not annoying at all,” said no-one-ever. Because I am good at life and can do hard things, I soldier on and despite the whistling I’m putting sentences together for you AND just bought my sister her Christmas present from Hope Ink and my brother his birthday present from Strawesome.

Ultimate Homemaking Bundle 2020

Here’s my secret to neat gifts: Ultimate Bundle Bonuses

Every year your favorite bloggers bombard you with all the great reasons you should buy the Ultimate Something-Or-Other Bundle. “Your life won’t be complete unless you buy it! Buy stuff! More stuff!” (No, really, if you haven’t bought all the things you can’t possibly be happy or organized or motherly or love homemaking enough, therefore… buy it!!!)

What’s up with that? Are they really trying just to make a buck? How can we even believe these products are worth any of that money? Don’t they know I’m trying to get out of debt and save up all my money to build a house? I’m not a blogger, I’m just a friend of a blogger. Laura lets me write stuff for her, and I don’t even know if she reads it. I could be posting about hippopotamuses and how they like to swim in pink jello in the arctic…

But, I’ll get to the point: Because I’m awesome, I buy other people stuff when I see great sales for great stuff. It’s great to start planning Christmas stuff way before Christmas… And I use the word “stuff” entirely too often because sometimes words are hard because of sleep and not having enough and because of kids and having enough.

hackett family

Tasha, the budget girl, bought the Homemaking Bundle

I wasn’t going to. Money is weird like that; not having much money for too many years created a habit of feeling bad anytime I do spend it. When I make a poor purchase, an impulse buy, an overpriced something-or-other that I end up not using, I do not allow myself to feel guilty anymore. Marie Kondo helped me over that hump–instead I accept it, and move forward. I say to that item, “Thank you for teaching me a lesson.”

So when the Ultimate Homemaking Bundle became available again, I said, “Nope! You’re not fooling me. I didn’t even use you last year!” But then Laura’s promotions won me over and here’s why I bought it: Neat gifts available through the bonus coupons, Motivated Moms Planner, and Green Means Go. I looked through and found a couple things that I was absolutely going to use, so I know for sure that I’ll get my money’s worth.

Bonuses!

I spent $30 on the bundle and then I immediately went to my Hope Ink Bonus and got my freebies. This “freebie” cost me another $20. But without the discount, my total would have been well over $100. The artwork is beautiful, creative, and inspiring and who doesn’t enjoy supporting another woman’s creative business? I’m keeping two prints, gifting two and I’ve received a free file to print my own cards.

Then I went to my Strawesome Bonus and bought three discounted re-usable glass straws and the straw cleaner. My total was $6.38 (Don’t tell my brother what he’s getting for his birthday. Happy 24th!) I’m saving the world, one plastic straw at a time. I will be a repeat customer with Strawesome, even without my bonus coupon, their prices are immensely affordable.

I’ve registered for my Free Around the World Stories, a completely free resource worth $38. It includes 10 different 3o minute audio stories from 10 different countries. Each story includes bonus material for added learning: Recipes, activities, some language and facts about the country. This will be great to use for our homeschool next year, and just for listening to a good story when I need the kids to go away and be quiet for half an hour if you know what I mean and I think you do.

Feeling motivated yet?

Next, I printed out two pages from my Motivated Moms Planner. MY FAVORITE! I’ve used many different house cleaning checklists in the past, so far, this is my favorite (And I’ve used it before and know that I will use it). She has every chore I could ever need spread out over the year. If I am able to complete just a few a day, it keeps my house company-ready without the mad dash, if you know what I mean and I think you do.

For example, today I need to wipe down the deep freeze among other things. I am assigning that job to the whistling 8 year old. Otherwise I will wipe down the deep freeze NEVER and years from now it will be absolutely disgusting and I’ll wonder how I became such a slob. Homemaking doesn’t have to be as hard when we let someone else do the planning.

The Green Means Go ebook is a lovely activity I am going to “play” with my 3 and 5 year old this week. This helps young people to deal with big emotions. First we identify “How Do I Feel?” and an exhaustive list of emotions are provided with pictures. Then we assess, “What Can I Do?” and there is another list of positive responses to those emotions and then we talk about “My Calm Self.” For example: When I feel embarrassed, I can hug my teddy bear, and then I reassess and I feel peaceful. My plan is to go through the cards and options with my little guys when they are in a good mood, so that we have strategies to handle life when we’re not in a good mood.

Ultimate Homemaking Bundle 2020

So there you have it

I found a few things that I absolutely know I’m going to use and love. And if I happen to not open anything else, but I’m sure I will, it is a worthwhile purchase. I’m interested in reading: Celebrate Nature: Memory and Copywork (poetry copywork for my homeschool), Cleaning with Essential Oils and How to Design a Room from Start to Finish, (because I am not naturally good at interior design stuff).

Lastly, I’m going to email Laura a screenshot of my receipt ([email protected]) because she promised to give everyone who purchased the bundle through her link a prayer journal and a handwritten note. Now excuse me while I go ask my whistler to please take his whistling self outside.

Get your bundle here! And be sure to let me know what item makes your homemaking life easier.

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Note from Laura: I have loved receiving your emails telling me which of these Prayer Journals you want me to send you and why. While freebies are nice, you guys aren’t in this for the freebie. You’re in it so that your relationship with God to grow while you work hard for your home and family. I praise God for this!!!

Ultimate Homemaking Bundle 2020

Then send me your receipt and tell me which of these journals you want!

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Final Day: FREE Family Size Bug Block Bar!

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BONUS! When we spend $45, we also get free shipping! So when I took advantage of this offer, I put $45 worth of my favorite products into my cart, then the Family Size Bug Block, then the coupon code. So I got the free Bug Block and free shipping too!

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