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    15 Activities for Kids AND Dogs to Enjoy Together

    If you’re anything like us, you treat your dog like another one of your children.  During these times of...
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    How to Turn Panic into Positivity

    Over the past few days, we’ve all done a lot of thinking about our priorities.  We’ve dealt with circumstances...
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    Easter Basket Ideas Your Toddler Will Love (that Aren’t Candy!)

    Easter is just around the corner. The pastels have been unpacked, and the floral decorations are up.  Now it’s...
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    Work-Life Balance: How You Can Actually Achieve It

    Work-life balance is something we definitely struggle with in our house.  We run ourselves ragged trying to achieve all...
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    Self-Care Sunday

    The truth is it’s difficult to take care of yourself every single day of the week.  There’s work, events,...
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activities for kids and dogs
activities for kids and dogs

15 Activities for Kids AND Dogs to Enjoy Together

Home Life•Mom Life
If you’re anything like us, you treat your dog like another one of your children.  During these times of social distancing, and really any time you’re cooped up in the house, you’ll want a list of activities for kids and dogs to do together. I actually refer to my Penny girl as my “furst” baby.  We’ll always have that special bond, as she will always remember those solo days of endless walks, treats, and attention.  Although, she still finds...
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panic into positivity
panic into positivity

How to Turn Panic into Positivity

Home Life•Self-Love
Over the past few days, we’ve all done a lot of thinking about our priorities.  We’ve dealt with circumstances that we’ve never even had to think about before.  We’ve rattled off questions in panic, whether out loud or to ourselves. When will life return to normal?  What am I going to do with my time?  What if I get sick and pass it on to my loved ones?  What will we do if we have to travel?  Which plans...
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easter basket ideas for toddlers
easter basket ideas for toddlers

Easter Basket Ideas Your Toddler Will Love (that Aren’t Candy!)

Celebrate•Mom Life
Easter is just around the corner. The pastels have been unpacked, and the floral decorations are up.  Now it’s time to fill your toddler’s Easter basket with goodies. As you think about what your toddler needs, you keep coming up empty.  You have no ideas, except for the obvious… candy.  Oh, the dreaded candy.  It’s hard to avoid when Easter candy teases us from every single shelf in the store.  But with the right alternatives, it’s possible. So that...
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work-life balance
work-life balance

Work-Life Balance: How You Can Actually Achieve It

Self-Love
Work-life balance is something we definitely struggle with in our house.  We run ourselves ragged trying to achieve all our goals, meet all our deadlines, and cross off the entire to-do list.  All while trying to be good parents to our sweet girls. We do a lot of this work thing, and not enough of this life thing.  Sometimes I actually think work-life balance is just a myth someone made up just so people could drive themselves even crazier...
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self-care routine
self-care routine

Self-Care Sunday

Self-Love
The truth is it’s difficult to take care of yourself every single day of the week.  There’s work, events, family, responsibilities, house chores, appointments, and everything else that’s just simply life.  Often times, self-care takes a backseat to all of this. There are many nights when even washing my face before bed seems impossible.  And that’s the most basic self-care out there.  Aside from brushing your teeth, which if you forget to do that, well, let’s not even go...
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10 House Chores I Try to Do Every Day

Home Life•Mom Life
I am one of those moms in denial about the house being taken over by my kids.  It’s actually laughable that I used to make comments about how “I’ll never let my kids toys be all over the house” and “I’m not going to let my kids have that much stuff.” Who did I think I was??!  Now, I laugh at the naivety of that girl. And now, I can’t imagine life without the stuff and the messes (well,...
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shower gift baskets

24 Great Gift Basket Ideas for Your Next Shower

Celebrate
Are you a bridesmaid?  Mother of the bride? Soon-to-be Auntie?  Best friend of an expecting mama?  If so, you may be in the middle of planning a shower to honor the bride or soon-to-be-mom.  This can involve many lengthy to-do lists, but one thing you shouldn’t forget about are those extremely popular gift baskets to raffle off to your shower guests – or even to give your guest-of-honor. After you order your amazing shower invitations from Minted, of course....
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postpartum recovery

Postpartum Recovery Products You Absolutely Need

Mom Life
When I had my first little girl, I had NO idea what to expect during my postpartum recovery.  I vowed to myself that I would inform other pregnant women so they could prepare themselves for what I didn’t.  So here I am. After your baby is born, your body will feel something like a big, squishy, uncomfortable, painful marshmallow. Honestly though, it’s not funny.  It’s real, ladies. There is nothing glamorous about postpartum life. This is not to be...
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Baby Registry Must-Haves (That You’ll Actually Use!)

Mom Life
If you have a baby on the way, you are probably overwhelmed at all the things you need to do to prepare.  There’s the nursery, the hospital bag, the baby classes, the doctors’ appointments, the baby shower, and of course, the baby registry.  The lists are endless. Creating the list of necessary baby materials can be a daunting task for any soon-to-be momma. Here are a few things that worked well for my family when we had Lily. These...
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Why Thirty Years Young?

Self-Love
You may be wondering why I chose the name Thirty Years Young for my blog.  Well, the name actually popped in my head before I had the idea to create a blog.  That phrase came to me after many conversations I’ve had with friends about aging, youthfulness, and the expectations of women in today’s world. Last fall, I had my second baby, Jana.  This also came with the decision to become a stay-at-home mom.  Actually, I still work as...
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