When we shopped for a house in Tucson we were only looking at old houses. We wanted a mid century modern house if possible, and this 1970 house was as close as we could get in our budget. The most unappealing room of the whole house was the master bedroom. It was dark and reminded…
Homeschool Book List, Make Learning Fun
I hope you find this book list (below) useful, either for summer reading or if you want to homeschool, then for homeschooling. I’ve homeschooled my kids for nearly 15 years, so this list comes from a LOT of research and experience. 🙂 School isn’t the bad guy. TV isn’t the bad guy. Computer games aren’t…
Tucson Exterior Before & After Photos
My kids like to play the game, Two Truths and a Lie. I’m about to tell you two truths and a lie. Here goes: When Andrew and I bought our first house, back when we lived in Annapolis, MD, it was a real fixer-upper, and we painted the exterior yellow. When I was 7 years…
Salted Caramel Pecan Pie without Corn Syrup
Happy December my friends! I’m moving this recipe up to the top of my blog in celebration of the holiday. 🙂 It’s one of my most popular recipes of all time, and if it isn’t already a holiday staple in your house too, then I can’t wait for you to make it and be blown…
Spunky Tucson Bedroom Redo
There are few things that I enjoy as much as eating Chocolate Cake, and one of them is looking at before and after house photos. Delicious. Looking at house photos must trigger the same part of my brain as eating chocolate cake. I love it. And I hope you will enjoy my bedroom before and after…
The most important fat
What’s most personal to me is the health of my family. And my family’s health is dependent on fat. I know, I know, here I go again with fat. Since I started blogging over a decade ago, and have written multiple cookbooks,the one thing that I’ve always said is THE most important tool for improving…
Pumpkin Paleo Chili
I wanted to share the pumpkin Paleo chili with you because it came out so yummy. I based it on my chili in Paleo Chocolate Lovers. I hope you love it too! Happy fall eating! Pumpkin Paleo Chili paleo, gluten-free, grain-free Makes about 5 servings. 3 cups chopped yellow onion 8 cloves garlic, chopped 1 pound…
CBD article in Forbes
Our hemp CBD company, Prime My Body was just featured in Forbes, and you’re going to want to read all about it, and share this with your loved ones, it’s really powerful!!! You can read another news article about us HERE. Why our oil is the best (RECEPT is now called FOCUS) and how to…
Heart Health & Circulation
1 in 4 deaths are heart related. I have personally lost family and friends due to heart problems. I’m sure you have too. I remember on my senior class trip we broke into groups of about 10 and sat in circles. We went around and said what was most important to us, one by one….
Spunky Tucson Home Tour
Hi my friends! Thank you so much for thinking of me and sending messages, about how we’re doing with our move from SoCal to Tucson! I feel the love! I won’t be shy about it, we moved because we needed to pay our credit card debt, and reduce our mortgage significantly to stay out of…