I am a lifestyle blogger. My topics include homelife, organizing, self-care, time management, entertainment, beauty, and all the task and chores, including working from home. I discuss how to organized and manage your time to create an intentional lifestyle that promotes being Productive, not Busy so that we have time to enjoy who and what we love.

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    Recipes

    Simple Pulled Barbeque Chicken

    This is a simple and tasty meal for those busy days when you want something quick to serve for dinner. The fastest way to make the chicken is in a pressure cooker or the Instant Pot, but you can also make the chicken in a slow cooker in which case it will take about 2 hours. You can also make this recipe with Pork just substitute the chicken with a pork loin and cut it into 4 pieces so that it will cook faster and be easier to shred.

  • Thanksgiving dinner place setting
    Entertaining

    Hosting Thanksgiving Dinner

    Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. It’s a day for the family to enjoy time together cooking a great meal, watching the parade, watching football, or just sharing time. I love the cooking and the baking the best, but as a host, it can get a bit overwhelming. I am very much aware of this fact because some years, I have had up to 20 guests for dinner, and half of those guests even spent the weekend with us.  So, in addition to hosting the main event, I’ve also had to come up with a few meals to feed the guests for the length of their stay. Thank god for takeout! Through the…

  • Organizing

    Kitchen Paper Clutter

    This morning I was texting with my best girlfriend, and she wrote I have to do a “Judy” (which amongst my friends and family this means something needs to be de-cluttered and organized), I am guessing she must have been looking for something in her kitchen and came across a drawer full of take-out menus and magazine clippings of recipes. My response was the “Tip of the Day” find a 3 ring binder and after you toss out anything that you don’t care for. Use a 3 hole punch and place them into the binder. That gives you back a kitchen drawer and you can store the binder with your cookbooks.…