Our family enjoys watching survival shows. One of our favorite shows that we got hooked on last year was Alone on the History Channel. This past weekend when we were at the NRA Convention, we had the unique opportunity to score an impromptu interview with season 1 winner, Alan Kay! Since I always have my…
Do your kids have the emergency skills to handle unplanned situations? Maybe you can remember the days when we had rotary phones and our parents taught us how to pick up the receiver on the clunky black phone so we could call 911? We were instructed on the basics of what to say and reminded…
Email is something that we all use but sometimes it becomes our master instead of being a tool. We’ve all seen (or experienced) the inbox that gets clogged with hundreds or thousands of messages. Many of us have even lost or missed opportunities because we didn’t see a message come in to our inbox. So…
You’ve heard the expression, “have your cake and eat it too!”. Unfortunately, in life, it’s not really feasible to have it all – At least not all at the same time. In real life, schedules get busy, work gets messy and life gets stressful. So how do successful people get it all done? There are…
Back in 2011, I started this blog. I was hearing so many of my friends talk about how busy their lives are and how they just don’t have time to do anything they enjoy. Everyone just seems too busy shuffling the kids from one activity to the next, doing laundry, cleaning house and working full…
When I first went off to college, I didn’t really have a career plan. I figured I would major in “piano”, get married eventually and hopefully live happily ever after. I did end up majoring in piano performance, got married my senior year of college and am definitely having the time of my life with…
Children need the opportunity to create and share those creations with the world. When they are small, they are always bringing home their coloring sheets, paintings and popsicle stick houses. But as they grow a little older their skills improve and their creations get a little better. Whatever they are working on, maybe it’s time…
Hobbies on a Budget received samples or products for the purpose of this post. No monetary compensation was received. If you have ever planted a garden, you know that there are always a few seeds left over. Every year we plant our corn, squash, cucumbers and zinnias but we always end up with a pile…