Classy Classic's By Kandis

Another year, another round of giving! Do you give out gifts for the kids extra people? This year is all about simple and thoughtful! Hi good morning and welcome to Classy Classic's By Kandis! Can you believe it's almost time for the jolly man to come? This year for the teachers we thought we would keep it clean, simple and cute. With the year coming to an end.... a very long emotional, stress testing year, I decided it's all about the giving, in a smaller way! My kids have 4 teacher gifts to give out this year. I am the mom that will put so much thought and extra into gifts that it almost become more then it should! So this year I went to the dollar tree and had it set out for about $5 a teacher. This may seem little but I really like how they are coming together! If the gifts seem "not done" that's because, well they are not! Hahaha. I wanted to get the blog set up tho to help with so e cute ideas for this holiday season when it com...

Bills, mortgage, insurance, grocery, coffee, kids it all adds up! What do you think you spend the most money on? I bet you have more money then you think! Good morning and welcome to Classy Classic's By Kandis! I am super excited to write this blog! It's an outline for....... budgeting! Do you have debt, live paycheck to paycheck? Trying to save for a vacation or a big purchase? There is so many ways to "budget", which way have you tried? I have designed a way that I found to work lovely! I say this as I did it and now we are out of debt! I find just as a morning routine or a cleaning routine, there are so many different ways out there how do you know what will work? Everyone has different jobs, different income, different bills, different dreams and goals! With this outline you pick how to roll with it. Just as habits it comes down to how bad do you want it? You are not going to get out of debt, if you keep doing what you want. Want to save put that $5.00...

It's funny how every year it can be the same! You know it's coming, you prep and prep, give yourself a self calm talk. Mark it down in the planner, but still get stressed thinking about doing it all. Hi I'm Kandis and welcome to Classy Classic's By Kandis! Every year in our town we get a "case lot sale". I stock pile what I can for the winter, this is also where and when I get my peaches! ❤ When I do peaches, the smallest batch that I purchase is 80lbs!😮 Yes, the lowest is 80lbs! Why so much, and what do I do with it all! Let's talk about stocking up on peaches! Well let's start at the beginning. The cases are 20lbs each, so get them loaded into the house, I then sort them, softener and still hard. These get sorted for time frames and what is being used for what. I do/ make with these: canned half peach jars, jam, peach leather, and of coarse some sliced for in the freezer for easy asses for mostly pies! Oh I love stocking up on pea...

When growing up the garden was always there. My mom always had a garden, if you had the room you grew a garden! That was how it was. We learnt never to say we were board, especially when mom was in the garden! You were not going to be board long, she made us help with the gross potato beatles! To this day I remember how gross they were and I am oh so thankful that I do not have them! I think it was the kind of potatoes that she grew. I remember getting into trouble for my best friend and me eating all her peas, or chewing up the green onions cause it made out spit green! Haha oh the memories in the garden. Those memories have changed a little as I am the one planning, planting, weeding and pulling, prepping and so on. With this said I could not imagine not having a garden. It's a lot of work, but the outcome can be so great. The years have changed and out weather is not the same.... by know means. It has almost been freezing here already and it's August. With t...

Mom I'm hungry! Mom I'm thirsty! Mom they won't share! Mom they drank it all! Mom Mom Mom! It doesn't seem to matter where you are or what they are doing the name mom gets thrown around like a frisbee at a dog park always going in circles! Then to make everyone happy, but keep everything even and fair is almost as easy as trying to go to the bathroom by your self! Hahaha. Kids are always needing something, and trying to get fast food when your out and about gets pricey! We can drop $60.00 no problem to feed everyone doing fast food! That is crazy, you know what I could purchase and make from a grocery store more than a burger and fries that's for sure! Hi I'm  Kandis I am a stay at home mom for the last 10 years, with 4 children now and I am no stranger in snack attacks! With summer break here and we are on the road oh so much I thought I would share some tips and tricks I have picked up along the way to pack some food for in the car to sav...

Summer time!  We tend to what seems like eat way more in the summer months!  Maybe it seems like it, maybe because I don't want to cook, when it's so nice out.  Who want to do the same thing everyday like cook supper when you can be out playing in the sun.  This is a reason why I love freezer meals, but if freezer meals is not your jive, or you don't have any on hand.   Have no fear mama Kandis is here lol.  Hi I'm Kandis a stay at home mom and wife. I have 4 children ages from 10 down to 6 months! I tell you food can go fast here, I'm always thinking on what's the next thing to make! What to do for supper again tonight Lol!🤣  So let's talk burgers, easy, fast and will save you money!  Sounds magical to me lol, so let's start! There is always those go to summer meals. Those foods that seem ok to constantly eat over and over in the summer.  In this house one of our staple go to foods is good old burger...

        Have you ever wondered where all the food goes! How do the kids eat so much? Why do prices go up in the summer for snacks and drinks? Do they really need to eat every 10 minutes, and how did $100 of snacks disappear?  Hi there and welcome to Classy Classic's By Kandis, we are going to talk about feeding those kids through the summer break! As a mom of 4 kids we go through a lot of food here, like a lot of food. I have a couple tricks up my sleeve to make those snacks and back yard picnics go smooth as you juggle everyday life along with summer fun. I have make a schedule at my house to make sure the kids are fed and watered but, still eat healthy and not just eats the expensive snacks that don't fill them up for more then 5 minutes. I have a rule that if its in a wrapper say gold fish packs, fruit by the foot, granola bars etc.. they are car treats and not to be eaten at home! Summer is so fast paste the last thing you want to worry about...

Can you believe the school year is done! It seems like they were getting their stuff ready and mama is following them around taking pictures of them in their new class room and at their desk. Outfits were being picked and lunches where being prepped! Now we are counting down the last hand full of school days, and getting end of year gifts done! Hi I'm Kandis and welcome to Classy Classic's By Kandis, this week's blog is for those gifts that get sent, that we tend to forget about till the last minute! I always think there is so much time to do end of year thank you gifts. 10 months, the kid's are in school! That's a long time to be with a teacher! I will show you what I have set up this year for the teachers! This is a fun way to personalize a gift on a budget at that. There is so many things that you can do, from gift cards to hand picked fun baskets. What do you do for  teahers? Do you give gifts? What is the price range you deal with? I have 3 teachers t...

Good morning and welcome back to this weeks blog at Classy Classic's By Kandis! How has your week been? Sun is shining and birds are chirping, and don't forget the mosquitoes are biting! This week has been so busy, I realize I say this every week however this week has been more the busy. I have been pushing extra hard to get my May tasks completed! I am proud to say that I have completed them! What were these tasks, that has been following me all month? I got all my garden planted and tomatoe and pepper plant which are located out side my garden! I also have completely cleaned out our camper. I had moved everything and wiped top to bottom out. I also pulled all the dishes and washed them. Then I got everything put back in place. Let's start with the camper talk. I had used a vinegar and water solution for the outside of the cupboards and bleach water in the cupboards. I broke this up into stages throughout the month. The dishes were pulled out and put into a sled to ...

Have you ever noticed how there is not a holiday where chocolate is not acceptable? Why is it that chocolate goes up in cost at the holidays? Hi good morning welcome to Its A Mom Life, I'm Kandis and I love chocolate. Well sweets for that matter, when it comes to will power I have none, when it comes to sweets! I love baking which does not always help. The only good thing is I can say it's healthier as I'm stuffing my mouth lol! I thought I would share how I made very easy, basic chocolates for Easter this year. This is how I melt all chocolate for baking also. I use a double boiling pot method! I do this way as chocolate burns easier then one thinks. This just makes it a little more fool proof as you melt the chocolate. For this method simply take 2 pots, one that will fit in the other. Add water to the bottom pot, place smaller pot in water. Heat on low to medium heat. Add your chocolate to the empty pot, stir while it melts. For these chocolates I used white ...