This is the 3rd post of my Grocery Budget Tracking in 2018! Can you feed your family a Clean Eating diet and still come in under your grocery budget? I’m about to find out! This is the real grocery budget of our family, who eats 15 pounds a week of pastured meat…and sometimes Poptarts. In […]
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Lost Pilot Rock Sign – Quartzsite, AZ – Cool things to see between AZ and CA 1
Our family travels from Phoenix to California as often as possible. It seems like the only thing to see on the I-10 is 300 miles of desert, but there are so many cool roadside attractions to check out if you know where to look! We’re usually in a hurry to get to Disneyland when we travel from Phoenix to California so […]
Better Than Guacamole Recipe: The Amazing Avocado Sauce Recipe
[Skip the obligatory personal story and scroll down to get the printable recipe for Amazing Avocado Sauce right now!] With five kids in the family, we basically lived at the Little League ballpark every spring once my brothers hit t-ball age. My brain has repressed the one gawky year I played baseball, but I do […]
How to Heal Cavities Naturally and Free Printable Tooth Care Log for Kids
My 9-year-old daughter has two cavities we’re trying to heal naturally. If you’ve read up on healing tooth decay, you know there are loads of changes you need to make to your diet and lifestyle to promote healing and remineralizing your teeth. I created a printable Tooth Care Log that my daughter and I can […]
How to Budget for a 3 Paycheck Month Part 1: How We Stopped Depending on 26 Paychecks
I’ve been waiting for January and I’m already looking forward to July! Budgeting nerds know why: in 2020, January and July are 3 paycheck months for many of us who get paid every other week. This is how I budget for a 3 paycheck month in 2 parts: How we stopped depending on 26 paychecks. (This […]
100 Day Homeschool Year for Jr. High and High School Days 6-9
All happy families are alike; each homeschooling family is nerdy in its own way. This is our 10th year homeschooling and I have loads of free time (haha) so I’m going to share a day in the life of our homeschool—hopefully all 100 days, but this blog is full of one-off “series” so we’ll see […]
What I bought Monday: the best cheap vacuum, a supplement that prevents sunburn, and comfy shoes for Disneyland
What I bought Monday: the best cheap vacuum on Amazon, a supplement that prevents sunburn (seriously), and comfy shoes for Disneyland! I save a lot of money buying almost everything our family needs on Amazon. Since Amazon’s review system is pretty crappy lately thanks to millions of fake reviews, I like to share what I […]
How I Cure My Kid’s Cold in 3 Days – With Natural Remedies, No Weird Ingredients!
How to cure a kid’s cold in 3 days—naturally (nothing weird—you probably have all this stuff in your kitchen cabinets!) I avoid giving my kids antibiotics like the plague, so it’s important to me to nip cold symptoms in the bud before they blossom into bronchitis or a sinus infection. My 14-year-old son has not […]
Mom’s Travel Bag: Natural Remedies I Pack for Every Disney Vacation!
Our family spends more than a month each year at Disneyland, and about the same amount of time on roadtrips all over California and Arizona. Thanks to (mostly) clean eating and (almost) perfect handwashing at home, our bodies can withstand a few days of nonstop churros, nachos, and Cokes. But, when you visit The Germiest […]
Disneyland Guest Posts, Podcasts, and Books by Carissa Houston
When I’m not writing for All Day Mom, I’m still writing—and talking! This page has links to the Disneyland guest posts, Disneyland podcasts, and family travel Kindle books by Carissa Houston. Please contact me here if you have a podcast interview or guest post opportunity! Disneyland Blogs Disney Darlings guest post: 5 Myths About Disney […]
