My Top 10 Foods to Stock Up on Now to Prepare for Food Shortage
I mentioned in the last two posts on grocery budget during inflation that I have been appalled at how much my bulk foods have increased…
COVID-19
This pandemic is changing our world, but it doesn’t have to be all negative and scary.
Since the beginning, I’ve looked for silver linings, and there are many to be found!
When more people started cooking at home, I rejoiced.
When people started thinking about their immune system, I jumped in to help with advice.
We have a powerful role in our families and society, and I believe that skills that are helpful during a pandemic (natural immune boosters, home doctoring, cooking from scratch, trimming our budgets) can help us thrive now AND beyond. A true silver lining!
I hope these articles, strategies, and tips make your life easier, healthier, and skillful than ever.
3 Habit Changes That Will Help Your Grocery Budget During Inflation
As I mentioned in the first post in this series on inflation, we can’t rely on our former paradigms of coupons and sales and how…
I’m unvaccinated. Here’s what a PhD said to try to convince me to get the shot.
Science has been thrown into the national spotlight since 2020, as has National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci, a man…
What Is a Virus? Is There Anything You Can do To Prevent Cytokine Storms?
With information coming at us from all channels and changing practically daily, it’s been hard to separate fact from conjecture when it comes to the…
Yes, Pandemic Stress is Real! How to Know If You Have It
Parents, especially moms, have a way of getting right to the heart of the issue. I still remember back in seventh grade when my father…
Could Masks Be Helpful AND Harmful to Our Kids?
I’m still sad every single time I see a child wearing a mask. My kids are wearing masks daily for school in person, but this…
5 Face Mask Risks You Can Control and the Solutions
Knowledge is everything. The way I wear a mask and what it causes me to do with my nose, my mouth, and my fingers is…
Easy Homeschool Lunch Ideas for Virtual School, Distance Learning or Homeschooling
Homeschooling. Virtual school. Online learning. Whatever you call the way your kids are learning this year, if they are home all day for breakfast, lunch,…
Use Your Leftovers: 30+ Dinner Recipes to Use for Easy School Lunches
When I think about easy school lunches to pack, I know the world would tell me to buy a Lunchable. Not my style. I’d rather…
How to Keep Your Masks Clean (Including No-Wash Hacks that Take Less Than 5 Minutes!)
In a world where it’s hard to get kids to change their underwear or brush their hair regularly, dealing with a new piece of clothing…
Teach Your Kids: How to Take a “Mask Break” at School Without Inviting More Germs to Visit Your Face
“What’s your favorite part of school so far?” It’s the quintessential adult-to-kid question after a week or two of school, so when the orthotropics hygienist…
Could Your Mask Put YOU at Risk? 8 Doctors Agree on How to Wear a Mask Correctly
Way back in early February, before people in America really knew about the novel coronavirus now called COVID-19, Influenza A and B both went through…
Natural Hand Sanitizers: Best Choices and Dangers of Conventional Sanitizer
In America, the land of excess, it’s been a surprising feeling to have anything in short supply, nonetheless completely out. When toilet paper was impossible…
30-Second Homemade All-Purpose Kitchen Cleaner Recipe (Clean Hardwood Floors Naturally!)
I’m really not a big DIY person. Yes, I make all my food homemade and from scratch. Well, almost. But I’ve never gotten into greasing…
Is Hydrogen Peroxide a Disinfectant?
Hydrogen peroxide is cost-effective, widely available, and promoted by many as an effective disinfectant. Along with baking soda and vinegar, it’s one of my three…
Quarantine No Waste, No Cheat Meal Plan
What are you cooking during quarantine? I’ve been more consistent now about meal planning than I’ve been in a few years! I’m really motivated not…
Stress Baking in a Pandemic: What to Bake If You Can’t Buy Enough Flour
At the start of the coronavirus pandemic, there was a bit of a baking epidemic in addition to all the pandemic stress. Flour, sugar and…