Adventures in Mindful Living

How to watch your favorite shows and get fit! I have shared before How to get with fit with Netflix but what about how to lose that jiggle in your wiggle while watching your favorite TV show?  Well you can use almost any of the great ideas found in this post or you can have a little fun and tailor your...

3 Easy Dinners for a Stay at Home Date Night Getting out on a date with my husband is not the easiest thing. We have two little kids, work schedules, and we seem to be in a super crazy season of life. So sometimes it is just so much easier to just have a stay at home date night. With...

Bomb-Diggity “Bolognese”, A Hearty and Healthy Meal!  Whenever I have a bottle of red wine in my house I make this hearty and healthy meal. It is so easy and so good it is ridiculous.  I love that it can be tweaked so easily to what you have in the fridge. For example it calls for diced eggplant, and I...

Cute Valentine for Teachers Written by: Julia Richardson Valentine’s day is just around the corner! I wanted to come up with a cute gift for my son’s teacher that hasn’t been too over done yet. I wanted to make it something to help remember him by and hopefully it touches their hearts too. I was so excited about what we came...

How to earn cash back every time you shop! A good friend of mine posted on Facebook awhile back that she was earning cash back every time she shopped. I thought she was earning cash back on a credit card or something. Out of curiosity I messaged her and she shared this super cool app with me. I signed up...

Healthier Versions of your favorite Super Bowl Dips! Are you ready for Super Bowl Sunday? If you are like most people then the Super Bowl is not just about the football. Its about the parties, the commercials, the excitement of it all and of course about the food. I wanted to share some healthier versions of your favorite Super Bowl dips so...

Do you Want to Build A Snowman? Sensory Bin First I guess I should say sorry becasue I'm sure as soon as you read that title you might have gotten this song stuck in your head. https://youtu.be/V-zXT5bIBM0 Ok so now that we have that out of the way, lets get on to the sensory bin! My daughter loves sensory bins so I try...

2 FREE Fitness Apps Its Fitness Friday again and today I want to share with you 2 FREE Fitness Apps I use to help me tone up and lose weight. If you have read any of the other Fitness Friday posts (like this one on how to get fit watching Netflix, or this one on how to use YouTube to get...

10 Ways to Keep Your Kids Busy (While You Have to Wait) Do you ever end up in places like the ER, in a car line, in stand still traffic, at the doctors office, or some other place where the wait seems to take forever some days, especially when you have little ones in tow? If you answered yes to any...

Healthy Snack Ideas Snacking can help your blog sugar stay stable and can help you not overeat at meals. It is good to snack at least every 2-3 hours.The key is snacking on the right foods! To help you I wanted to make a list of some healthy snack ideas! Healthy Snack Ideas Almonds and other nuts- I love to have a...

How to get fit watching Netflix! Orange is the New Black, House of Cards, and other great shows are all coming back with new seasons on Netflix. Along with their release comes the binge watching that so many of us love to (or find ourselves) doing. The temptation is to grab all those snacks you love and zone out. Instead of...

Mason Jar Salad Resources I love Mason Jar Salads! Mason Jar Salads help keep me on track by making sure I always have an easy and convenient meal waiting on me in the fridge. I have posted about my Mason Jar Salads a couple of times on our Facebook page and after a couple of you messaged me I thought...

Peppermint Patty Super Shake Peppermint Patty's are one of my favorite candies. I am a sucker for them! The first time I made this one I knew it would be my favorite because it reminded me of a peppermint patty! I had to share it with all of you because it was just to good to keep to myself! Two things...

How I got my family to drink more water! I always like to share ideas that have worked really well with my family. My goal was to get my family to drink more water. We had already come off of juice and soft drinks (except for special occasions)  but we still were not drinking  as much water as I knew...

Healthier Alfredo Sauce (Loaded with Veggies)   (There are affiliate links on this page, any amount made from these links help with the upkeep of this website!) This Healthier Alfredo sauce has quickly became one of my favorite meals! It is sooo much healthier than the typical Alfredo sauce not only becasue it is drastically less calories but it has no cholesterol...