Creating and staying on a budget can be very difficult especially during the Holiday Season. The demands on our wallets can leave us in danger of going not only over budget but also into debt... In this article I will talk about a system that our family has adopted that has helped to give us a better understanding of where our money is going and how we put it to use! I will be honest it's been very difficult for my husband and I who are both pretty 'go with the flow' kind of people to take …
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5 Ways to Take the Hassle Out of the Holidays
If you are busy and often take on a lot at once (and don’t we all?), then the holidays can be a really stressful time of year. Here are some reminders and ideas on how to survive the season and the fast approaching New Year ahead. 1. Plan ahead: If you are able to prepare, usually life goes a lot smother. What kind of things during the holidays might you plan for? One obvious one is gifts. Make a list of whom you need to give to and plan accordingly. I also suggest that you have a few gifts …
Adventures in Meal Prepping
When I first decided to attempt meal prepping, it was out of complete necessity...aaaand a tiny bit of desperation. Just a tiny bit! (Don't ask my husband to confirm that.) My family's schedule was getting increasingly hectic, and with growing frequency, I would find myself completely unprepared and staring into the refridgerator at dinner time asking myself, "What the heck am I going to make that takes 10 minutes?!" Eggs. Yep. More often than not, the answer was some variety of churched up …
How to Start a Non-Profit- PART 3: Legalities!
This is Part 3 of How to Start a Non-Profit and you can view Part 1 ~ where we talked about the importance of defining your mission, vision, and values & Part 2 ~ explaining in depth what vision, mission, values, and differentiators are! Now we move on to the nitty-gritty administrative legalities for starting a non-profit! The steps below are for the state of California. Many of these steps can be broken down into their own blog posts, but here’s enough info to get you headed in the …
Vintage Gypsy Jewelry GIVEAWAY!
Our Second Giveaway Winner has been Announced!! To Stay up to date on all the latest~ Giveaways, Free Resources, Specials, & all the latest sign-up here! JOIN OUR VIP NEWSLETTER! Join our very 2nd GIVEAWAY! The Better Business Babe is a Boutique Web & Brand Consulting Studio that will service predominately Women in Small Business and we are excited to announce our very first Beautifully Branded Client ~ Vintage Gypsy Jewelry! Her entirely new Brand Aesthetic; …
Cancer – A Spiritual Battle
One sunny crisp morning, I headed into one of my local Starbucks, aka, my happy place, and ordered a giant hot tea and oatmeal. As I chatted with the barista, a young man about the age of 27 (ok, when it’s a man, do you say, baristo?) and with the usual small talk, he asked me, “So, any fun plans this weekend?” My response came very naturally, without any self-pity or woe, I said with a chuckle, “uh, no. I’ll be at the children’s hospital all weekend.” He then asked, with causal curiosity, “Oh …
Young Mother’s battle with Cancer
On the afternoon of Friday March 27th; 10 days after my 27th Birthday, 6 days after my 5 year Wedding Anniversary, 4 days shy of starting the paperwork to buy our first home, a month shy of my oldest child turning 5, and less than two weeks away from undergoing our first deployment as a family… I was diagnosed with Stage 2B Hodgkin's Lymphoma. The feelings that I experienced at that time were unexplainable. I have had so many angry feelings & emotions running through me that as I sit here …
Awareness: Acknowledging the Battle Many Women Fight
The image of my sister waiting in anger, bitterness and bewilderment will always haunt me as she was wheeled into the operating room for a life altering surgery. Stage four breast cancer at age twenty-seven. Never married. No kids. A double mastectomy eleven days after being diagnosed; three weeks later a round of intense chemotherapy treatments began stripping my sister of all that identifies the female body. Radiation would also take place to attack the aggressive, BRCA 2 positive gene …
Using Company Profits to Bless Others
Recently, my husband and I had the opportunity to visit Phnon Penh, Cambodia. This was Tim's fourth trip visiting local churches and schools in the capitol city of 1.5 million people, as his company supports and sends funds to organizations on the ground. Being this was my first time in Cambodia, I found myself absorbing everything that I saw; the colors of the fresh fruit, the shades of brown from the dirt roads and bland colored cement structures, the stories told in the eyes of all the young …
Hope for Mental Health
The CDC says 50% of all American's will suffer from mental illness in their lifetime... It’s difficult to imagine that 50% of adults will develop depression, anxiety, self-harm, eating disorders, bipolar disorder, PTSD, borderline personality disorder, schizophrenia, or some other mental illness in their lifetime. This staggering reality can feel daunting, But there is HOPE... HOPE says that you are not defined by your illness. HOPE says your life has a purpose …