Year: 2021

stay-at-home parent
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Family
Lifestyle

What It Is Being A Stay-at-home Parent

With society’s impressions and unrealistic expectations of getting all the things done, homemade meals, a pristine

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First Day of School
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Family
Lifestyle

First Day of School Parent

Growing up it never occurred to me that the first day of school is such a huge milestone in our lives. Sure we cannot always treat everything as a “big” thing, but this one is. It’s part of a major journey, just like the first word or first footstep. It’s sending them out to the […]

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Food Budget
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Budgeting

How To Start Budgeting on Food

Budgeting on food can be as daunting as any other task. This gets extra tricky when you have to consider the specific needs of your

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American Standards we don't have back home
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American Standards: Things I dread but now appreciate

…there are certain things I dread to encounter and deal with before that I appreciate now.

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How to Try New Recipes Without Wrecking the Budget
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Budgeting

How To Try New Recipes Without Wrecking Your Budget

It is always exciting to try new recipes, especially after a good year and a half of limited outside dining. Add it up to the stress of keeping the meals fresh and less redundant, and having to think of what’s for dinner for basically, forever. You get the idea. Last night I was watching one […]

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How to Make Chicken Adobo
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Family
Food

How to Make Inang Luning’s Chicken Adobo

Adobo is a Filipino dish . A simple combination of chicken marinated in garlic, vinegar, and soy sauce.

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Mother's Day_card
Budgeting
Family
Lifestyle

7 Ways to Simple Gift Hunting this Mother’s Day

Mother’s Day is fast approaching, and much as we want to make things special for the first woman in our lives, over the years it has gotten

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Howtodealwithhomesickness
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Lifestyle

How to Deal with Homesickness

Homesickness is real. I realized it fast when I arrived at the airport in the U.S. in the dead of winter.

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