I let life defeat me 4 years ago. I woke up cranky about my day and was short tempered about everything and was not happy. I was not happy because I lost myself. I lost who MELISSA was. It took me these last 4 years to change that and I continue to learn about ME…
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FREE Summer Fun Calendar
Schools are starting to get out for summer, so I wanted to share a fun calendar that I put together last year for my “We have HOPE” parents. It has lots of FREE and inexpensive ideas to do during the summer with your kids. I put it into a calendar form, so you can print…
Mother’s Day Fun
Happy Mother’s Day to all the amazing mommy’s out there!! Being a mother is a full time job that never ends, even when the kids grow up and move out, we will still be worrying and thinking about them. Moms do not get holidays or weekends off. It is a job that has many hats…
7 Busting Temptation Tips
Temptation is EVERYWHERE! It will always be around us but it is up to us to have that control to push past it!! These 7 tips have helped myself and many other challengers in my Facebook Accountability groups. I hope you find a few that will help you be stronger than those temptations! TIP 1…
Why keep a Food Journal…
Keeping a food journal was not a task I did daily. It was not until September of 2014, that I joined my first Challenge Group on Facebook. I was asked to write down what I ate each day from my coach. We would share our Food Journal each evening as a way of accountability. It…
Family Favorite Card Games
Who has game nights at least once a week with their family? We do!! We have board games we love as well, but when you have a large group of people you want some great card games so everyone can be involved. Over the years, we have collected some fun twists on card games and…
Let’s refuse to let distractions be our excuse for 2018!
Let me say it again, “Let’s refuse to let distractions be our excuse.”. That is a pretty powerful sentence. I use the distraction of being a mom of three as why I am late the majority of the time, why I deserve to rest, why I am so unorganized and can’t keep the house clean…
Melissa’s Favorite Things!
This list will grow over time but I thought I would share a few things I use weekly in my kitchen and a few extra things that bring joy to my life. Before I share my favorite things though, I wanted to let you know that Bair Necessity is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC…
What ingredients should we be avoiding?
I am big on learning and reading more about what I put into my body. Today I wanted to share an article that will make us more wise on our decisions we are making in life with our nutrition. Here is an article talking about the top 5 Ingredients we should be avoiding in our food….