{MM} 5.6.13 Mother’s Day Edition

marvelous mondays

For Mother’s Day
♥ this free Mother’s Day printable
♥ this simple, DIY Mother’s Day wreath
♥ this DIY snack box gift for new moms

EFP (Especially for Parents)
♥ 4 ways to teach your children to live with wonder
♥ Why all the sleep advice for new parents is just…FUNNY!

For bloggers
♥ 5 tips for finding your blog’s voice

To read
♥ Missing tea + moving boxes


♥ Avocado toast is my fave, too! 

to pin
(all recipes vegan + gluten-free)

simple strawberry ice cream (my recipe)

date sweetened horchata
grilled tofu tacos

cheesy cauliflower sauce

roasted spring vegetable quinoa salad  &
nori rolls w/ edamame spread 

veggie quinoa quesadillas
mediterranean bean burgers
creamy tortilla soup

mizuna salad w/ tempeh


Sending lots of love your way.

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Why blogging is bad for business, but good for people

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{Updated 4/2014: I’ve stuck with blogging! And I’ve learned how to actually make money from it. .}

Something has been weighing on my mind.

If you are a blogger, I apologize in advance.

Many words may be used to describe me. Curmudgeon is not one of them.

But I fear this post may make me out to be one. And I’m sorry if I shatter your dreams. But the truth is, if you are a blogger of any type, chances are, you’re never going to “make it.”

You know, get that million dollar book deal, have someone make your blog into a movie, have sponsors storming your inbox. Or even turn a profit.

But you know what?

That’s okay.

Here’s why.

 

Blogging, as a business model via a form of self-expression & community building, is still working through kinks, uncharted territories.

Though blogging is...

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Out of debt: 5 steps

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I recently revamped our debt-snowball to include: our car, & a few student loans that we are responsible for paying off.

So, it looks a bit different from what I shared with you last fall.

One reason (there are many others) that Joseph chose the Air Force is that paying off our student loans, in this lifetime (or a least before our oldest graduates from high school), is actually feasible.

Between the $65K student loan repayment (specific to belonging to the JAG core) & PSLF*(Public Service Loan Forgiveness), we are able to pay off our student loans on a public servant’s salary without living in poverty for the next 20 years.

As I’ve said before, our debt isn’t because of frivolous spending, it’s because we chose to have four children, put Joseph through law school, & had nearly a year...

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