Insta-pot Broccoli Cheddar Soup

Fall is in the air and broccoli cheddar soup is on the menu. I don’t know about you guys but when it starts to get a little chilly I start picking out a soup for the week and my go-to is always broccoli cheddar. Now, do I have time to pour over a soup all […]

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Florida Hidden Treasures: Cedar Lakes

Every once in a while you find something unexpected, and that’s what we did this weekend as we journeyed to Williston, Fl to check out Cedar Lakes. If you are looking for an adventure outside this place is perfect for taking a little hike along a trail with multiple elevations from high to low in […]

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Tips to Setting New Year’s Resolutions

2021 is coming to an end. It’s crazy to think 2019 was two years ago and here we are getting ready to step into 2022! Over the last few years of working from home, school, and the pandemic, I’ve realized my New Year’s resolutions were just ideas and hopes, but I never set realistic goals […]

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Delayed not denied: Bachelor’s degree in your 30’s

It’s ok to get your degree later in life. The day is finally here, the day I graduate with my bachelor’s degree! I know it seems sort of silly to some that I am just now accomplishing this but to others it will make perfect sense. This is a moment to be proud and celebrate […]

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Things I wish I Knew Before Starting College

Once you entered your senior year of high school everyone expects you to know what you want to do once you graduate and honestly most people don’t! I had this idea that I wanted to be a pastry chef and if you see my college transcripts you can see I survived a semester of culinary […]

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5 Easy Tips for a successful school year

As we head back to school and many head back in person parents and kids need some help getting back in the hang of things. Here are 5 easy tips to get you started.   Create a bedtime routine. Summer is official over and the best way to start the school year and the day […]

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VP3 at home: Tools and tips

Back to School School has started back in our county and Covid is still a major concern. I finally sent my son back to daycare when school started again but wanted to share some of the tips and materials we used over the last year to help him learn from home. At the end of […]

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Skills and tools to pick back up in 2021

At the end of 2019 there was no way I would have imaged this is how 2020 would turn out but here we are rounding out the year for me personally still working from home.  It has been a bit of a challenge trying to find a healthy balance and I’m still not all the […]

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5 Things To Do In 2021

This year has been a wild one. I know that everyone is thinking the same thing. I don’t even want to get into it because instead of focusing on the negatives that 2020 has brought so many of us, I think that we should instead be focusing on the positives. There are so many! First, […]

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Learning Self-Love and Breaking harmful family norms

Love yourself: Recently, I was the recipient of an advanced reader copy of The Self-Love Revolution Radical Body Positivity for Girls of Color By: Virgie Tovar and it opened my eyes to a lot of negative self-talk and body images I had for myself and my family including some I thought I’d conquered. It’s a […]

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