I have been compensated by HICKIES for today’s post; all thoughts and opinions are my own. Parenthood is a mixture of trial and error. You try to teach your children the way you learned. Sometimes it works out, and other times it blows up in your face. I learned this while I was trying to teach my oldest son how to tie his shoes. I spend weeks showing him how to loop, swoop, and pull. I googled different methods of tieing shoes. My husband even tried to show him the way he learned. It was all meet with tears,...

MEDICAL DISCLAIMER: I am not a medical professional and the advice on this page is not to be taken as such. The opinions expressed on Mandy Rena are not meant to be substituted for professional medical advice and if you have any questions you should consult a medical professional. On April 9, 2019, I had the opportunity to view the new Banner University Medicine women and infant unit. A few local women were invited to view the unveiling of the unit and the amazing health experts informed us of all the new changes within the unit. The new women...

Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a commission if you click through and make and purchase. Around a year ago I stumbled across an advertisement for a discount auto insurance company. The company is called Root, and they are a mobile-based auto insurance company. All interaction is completed in their app. At the time I discovered Root they were only in two states Ohio (their home base) and Arizona. Being the first app based insurance my husband and I wondered if this was legitimate. We were...

This post has been compensated by Silk. All opinions are mine alone.  In today’s modern world we are always on the go. Being a mother of three my life is definitely on the go. Between getting everyone ready and out the door in the morning to appointments and practices. I have days where I feel like I get home just to put the kids down and get ready to do the same thing the next day. I am always looking for simple and on the go recipes. I have found over the years that smoothies are the perfect way...

Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a commission if you click through and make and purchase. Have you ever been out shooting on a location and you change spots, and suddenly the photos look different? You adjust your shutter, aperture, and ISO and they still look different. That could be because of your white balance. There is a lot that goes into photos and shooting outside can be tricky. To save myself time, I invested in an ExpoDisc. I use an ExpoDisc to guarantee my white...

This Post is sponsored by Gypsum 3D. All opinions are my own Designing a home is an art but you do not need to be an artist to design your own home. You can spend hours on Pinterest and Tumblr and note down the designs you want to incorporate in your place. But as it is rightly said that people make mistakes, there are some common mistakes that everybody commits while decorating their houses. We have identified some of them and have come up with an entire list along with their solutions. If you have already started panicking because...

One thing we will be adding to our lives in the new year is as a married couple is The Marriage Journal (Navigator’s Council). I stumbled across The Marriage Journal’s Instagram account (beating50precent) about 6 months ago. The name alone was enough to make me ask myself what is this. The more I checked out the account and looked around I learned it was a weekly marriage journal. This Journal is designed with a weekly devotional (there is a religious aspect to the journal but you don’t have to be religious to use it), weekly calendar, and 6 questions...

this post is sponsored by PermaLeaf®. All opinions are my own. What are smart homes? They are nothing but homes which are well organized and well maintained. The things are in place, looking neat and clean. There is a glow in the house and thereby a glow on the faces of all the family members living there. These homes also please friends and relatives dropping by.   Such homes always a place for plants, both indoors and outdoors and have a timeless home decor. If you too have or want a smart home, then you must read on. Sometimes...