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I want my body back after having four babies. Letʼs just be honest. I used to have a four pack of abs and now I have four kids and maybe some flabʼs. But they are going away let me tell you. I am sitting here on my neon yellow exercise ball drinking an iced coffee protein shake after doing a 20 minute diastases recti healing workout still trying to catch my breath. It is so hard to find time to exercise when you have four kids who are at home with you all the time. (I had to pause the workout video several times because I got distracted. Some of that was me being squirrelly, not the kids but still!) Keep trying to squeeze those workouts in though! I think staying in somewhat good shape is important for overall health and wellness. It can also help stress and boost your mood. Yep. Get that blood pumpinʼ Before I got married I exercised at a minimum of three days a week if not 5 to 7 days a week. I also had time to lay out and get a great tan every summer. (You are probably think...

We all come into marriage with different expectations whether we realize it or not. I remember when I was learning all I could about godly dating and courting I heard someone say that you should have no expectations . I thought to myself, “That sounds easy.” Then I got married . I thought I had no expectations but I found myself frustrated that my new husband expected me to keep the cars clean (and the house clean). I grew up with a Dad who kept the cars clean. My expectation was that if I kept our home clean on the inside then my hubby would keep the cars and the outside of the house clean. But he grew up with a Mom who kept the cars clean, cut the grass and kept the house clean. Our expectations clashed and we had to either fight about it or communicate about it. What do you do when your expectations go unmet? You know, really itʼs not the other persons fault. Itʼs our own fault that we assumed something without discussing it and planning or compromising. The first step is to c...

Hey yʼall! I shared in a previous post about an envelope budgeting system where you write down an amount you are going to spend on groceries and an amount you are going to spend on Other/Fun/Spending. I knew the amount for groceries was going to be hard to stay under because with a new baby Iʼm not cooking from scratch to save money. I do make his baby food when Iʼm home but not while Iʼm out of town. The first week on the budget I was excited and I stayed under budget and proudly showed my husband. The second week I went over budget on groceries and spending and I was so stressed and discouraged about it. My hubby said he liked me better without a budget because having this budget envelope was all I thought about. I was writing down every time I spent money from buying stamps to dry cleaning to fast food etc. It became hard to keep up with because I would get behind and save receipts and then sit down to write all the receipts down only to find we overspent. So I would think I had...