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When my fellow Pinterest junkies and I think of weekly meal prepping, we think of cute, glass rectangular containers with snap-on lids and neat rows of fitness-friendly clean eating food, like rice, diced sweet potatoes, perfectly sliced chicken breast, and steamed vegetables. While this is a super fun way to eat, and I will never hate those of us organized enough to pull off cute meal prepping, for most of us, this isn’t practical. First, we’re feeding a lot of people, and at least some of them are picky eaters (or selective eaters, as Katie likes to say!) who make...

My husband, a father of three, doesn't like to have a lot of stuff. He is a practical guy who doesn't need or want for much, and let me tell you, finding a gift for uber-practical people can be tough!As a former preschool teacher, I saw similar character traits in the dads of the students I taught. They weren't ones to hold on to every piece of artwork their child created, if you catch my drift. But when it came to Father's Day, they were honored to receive the thoughtful gifts their child made for them. Over the years, I...

A sample budget is nothing more than offering ideas to the reader and a motivational mindset. How many of you want out of debt forever and are ready to take the leap into the budgeting world? When I began blogging at Canadian Budget Binder we decided to post our monthly budget update. We didn’t have to do that but budgeting was a massive part of the structure of CBB. As we began our budgeting journey with debt I went full-force creating budgets that we could use as well as our readers. How Discovering A Budget Sample Helped Us Like you...

Note: the review below contains spoilers.  If you want a quick, spoiler-free buy/pass recommendation on the comics in question, check out the bottom of the article for our final verdicts. The Joker #2 Writer: James Tynion IV, with Sam Johns Artist: Guillem March, with Mirka Andolfo Colorist: Arif Piranto, with Romulo Fajardo Jr. Letterer: Tom Napolitano, with Ariana Maher When an ongoing The Joker comic was announced, I was a naysayer. I was burned out on the character, as well as just broadly on the idea of a gritty murdering clown who subverts all that Batman stands for. We’d seen him done artfully...

One of my all-time favorites is this blanket chest I built for our October 2018 issue. Here are several reasons why it tops the charts. First, it challenged me to tackle a technique I had never tried: hand-cut dovetails. Honestly, I was intimidated by the prospects of getting those right, but with patience and plenty of practice beforehand, they turned out great. It was a real confidence builder. So much so that I built a second chest for a family friend, and those dovetails also came out well. Don’t be afraid to “push the envelope” of your skills! Second, this...