WorkOut Wednesday: Popsugar Fitness

Being in the fitness industry for so long, I am always looking for a new and refreshing take on the same ole exercises. I came across PopSugar Fitness on Pinterest and really like what I have seen.

One of the goals of PopSugar Finess it to provide its viewers with free 10-minute workouts. Click the picture below for one such workout that incorporates the entire body.

Momma's Homemade Cookies

So my husband had a mean sweet tooth attack and asked me to make some of my beloved chocolate chip cookies. I'm sad to say they're not my own recipe. Who knows who really came up with it first because its a very classic recipe, but I got it from my mom.

Ingredients:

2 cups - All Purpose Flour (can be substituted w/ whole wheat flour)

2 sticks unsalted butter, softened
2 eggs
3/4 cup white sugar

3/4 cup brown sugar
1 tsp. vanilla extract

 1/2 tsp. baking soda

1/2 tsp. salt

2 cup of chocolate chips

I use 16 oz. (or 1 regular size bag) Nestle chocolate chip chunks (can substitute as preferred)

Let's get bakin'!

Step 1: Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Step 2: Mix together the following in electric mixer: butter and sugars; add eggs one at a time and beat until well mixed.

Step 3: Mix together dry ingredients: flour, backing soda, and salt in a bowl. Add to batter by hand (1/3, mix til blended, 1/3 mix til blended, rest and mix til blended). Do not dump all the dry ingredients into the wet. It won't mix correctly and turned into a nightmare.

Step 4: Stir in vanilla and chocolate chips. Use two spoons (teaspoon or tablespoon) onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake until lightly browned, about 10 minutes.

Allow to cool and enjoy!

 

How-to: Keep Your Nursery Smelling Good

For any mother of child in the diapers, that can be a challenge...especially when you run out of diaper pail bags. This is where I have currently found myself, but I've come up with a great solution and wanted to pass it forward.

As many of you know, it doesn't just take running out of diaper pail bags to make your nursery smell. I'm not aware of any single diaper pail model and prevents smell 100% of the time. 

I have friends with Diaper Genie Elite. I have the Munchkin Arm & Hammer version. We have all made the claim that they don't work sometimes. 

The Solution:

Go to your local dollar store and purchase small scented trash bags. Here are the ones I use from Dollar 

Tree. You get 50 bags for $1! Now that's a deal!

Just put the poopy diaper in the scented bag, twist the bag like your closing up bread, and tie it shut. Wala! 

No more stinky diaper smell and no need for numberless trips to the trash can in the garage.