Cora Rattle

As an educator myself, I can confirm that teachers are not interested in cheap junk or empty platitudes for teacher appreciation week. Instead, they are seeking heartfelt words of appreciation and thoughtfully selected gifts. These ideas will not break your bank, but encourage you to think thoughtfully and intentionally about the support a teacher has had in your or your child’s life.

Small business for gifts, home decor, and cosmetics that I love, trust, and encourage supporting for the holiday season or all year round. Trust me - these business owners do a happy dance when we order!

My goal for 2025 was to read 50 books. Here is what I have read, so far, organized by genre. Each one has a short review below. Come give me a follow over on Goodreads for my full thoughts on each book. Let me know your thoughts in the comments as well!

As a mom of two, I have noticed that Christmas of all the holidays is the most commercialized, with cheap plastic crap that often gets discarded or broken before we are back to school. So, I began to think about classic ways to make Christmas more meaningful by shopping small, shopping slow, and being more intentional. Here are my top recommendations. Share yours in the comments.

We hosted a Blueberries for Sal themed birthday party for our two year old and it was too cute not to share. Included in this list are things that we loved, things that supported with the planning, and things I might use if we did this theme again.

We are a huge home coffee family. Our Breville makes that super easy. Here are some of our favorite items and resources.

A bag of activities to bring along for car rides, restaurants or coffee shops, waiting rooms, or picnics. Each item has been tested by a family of four and makes the cut as quality screen free alternatives or are items we would like to try.

I like to think of myself as a somewhat crunchy mom. We live for a sense of balance in terms of what we eat and enjoy and use in our household. Here are some of my recommendations for cleaner swaps if you are looking for incremental changes to make.

New to Greeley, Colorado or planning a visit, here are my top recommendations as a wife and mom of two for maximizing and enjoying your time in our little town.

Are you a tent camper or do you want to be? These are our tried and true recommendations for tent camping from a family of four plus one pup who have adventured all over the US in a tent.

As a family, we have traveled plenty with our kids. Air travel, always seems to be the most challenging, though, as we are confined to a relatively small space for an extended period of time. Here are some of our favorite things to make that process smoother!

As a two time mama, here are my top recommendations of must-have items for the little years highlighting many small businesses.

As a mom of two, I have discovered throughout the years some simple but effective ways to make life easier and more manageable. Here are my top recommendations.

As a long time and now middle-age mom who runs, here are my top recommendations to make running of any distance suck less! These are my personal favorites and/or items I’d love to try.