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9 THINGS A MOM NEEDS TO HAVE A STRESS FREE MORNING

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                 M ornings are crucial to how your whole day pans out,a disorganized mornings more often times than not results in a disorganized day(speaking from experience) my kids were always going to school late even when i woke up as early as 5.00a.m. The mistake i was making was doing everything in the morning, picking out clothes, cooking from the scratch without prior prepping e. t. c I had to  restrategise because it was stressing me out a whole lot, i couldn't get things done, chores and work were piling up, unfinished projects because I was running the race against time, it seemed the  24 hour day was  not enough , I had to make adjustments and came up with a plan to start my day on a more organized note. I came up with a 9 step plan to achieve this.          They are as follows; 1.Write out your plan for the next day. 2.Make sure your kids homework is done and place them in their bags afterwards 3.Pick out your kids clothes for the next day(ens

DIY SPA DAY AT HOME FOR MOMS(Cheap and easy)

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As a stay at home/work from home mom, you deserve some TLC, you know you do(i picture you nodding your head in agreement) but you pause and think, no time, can't waste money............. well that's not a problem here because i know you race against time constantly coupled with the fact that we spend most of our money on our kids, little is left for us to spend at will. As such we start cutting out luxuries like spa treatments and we become pros at diy like myself. however if i can't go to the spa, the spa will come to me right in my house. I'll be sharing with you how you can achieve this managing time and money. I really want you to try this because it's a good and cheap way to destress, it's soothing and you sure won't look like the stereotype stay at home mom when you incorporate this into your routine from time to time. It's budget friendly, all you have to do is raid your kitchen pantry. To get started, here's what you need to cr

HOW TO KEEP LUNCH HOT FOR YOUR KIDS(BACK TO SCHOOL TIP)

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  I struggled for years with keeping my kids lunch hot enough for them to eat so the food does not go bad or become too cold to eat. I have bought countless food flasks with promises of keeping the food hot for 8/12/24 hours but all were to a large extent false promises. Another challenge is that, practically speaking,schools can't possibly spend all day reheating the food of every child, therefore some schools let you know in advance to pack your kids' food in thermos that could keep the food hot for long periods of time. On the other hand some schools don't have microwaves to reheat cold food.  School would resume in a short while and I'm still thinking. .... how i would solve this problem? As usual, i did further research and found a tested method to achieve this. I have done this research to help you mothers out there to cross out one more thing from your multiple to do list. Read further on how to achieve this in 3 easy steps. USE A THERMOS . Ther

FUN FOOD ART IDEAS FOR YOUR KIDS

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I've been all about back to school food ideas on my instagram handle comfymamalifestyle and Facebook page comfymama blog. You may wonder why, well truth be told, I'm excited and relieved school is resuming (don't get it wrong, I love my kids a whole lot and would miss them but mama also needs some break) back to my flow of thoughts, so I also want to make going back to school fun for them through food.  For each time they open their lunch box, I want them to be excited and look forward to each day to open their lunch box and see the surprise mama gives them everyday.  For my son who is a picker eater, I want to make it easier for his teachers at mealtimes so they don't have to spend so much time persuading him to eat. With this food art idea, I guess he'll be excited to eat and I can sneak in veggies without it being so obvious.  So sit back as it were and see my picture collection of fun food art ideas(collated online to make easy for you to view in