The Best Tissues for School

My husband and I are first time (working) Kindergarten parents so we are complete amateurs at navigating the supply lists. Tissues are on the list. There are SO many tissues on the market! Which are the best tissues to bring to school? Which are the best tissues to buy for the school? Well guess what we found out...

Organic House Salute - Vegan Food in Kyoto

Organic House Salute is an all vegan restaurant in Kyoto which is a little bit hidden but it is worth trying to find. They have beautiful Japanese style set meals as well as sandwiches, salad, quiche, and even vegan cheese. It is just 5 minutes away from Kyoto Station and right around the corner from Kyoto Tower on a residential street. If you follow my photos below, you can find it.

Simple Savings Ideas For Your Household

Everyone wants to be able to save money but not everyone knows how. In the current day and age, money problems seem to be more and more common. This means that it is a good idea for you to start thinking now about how you can save for your family’s future. Without forethought, you might not be able to accomplish all that you had hoped to do for the members of your household. Luckily, there are some simple ways to get started on this. By exploring basic savings tips, you will get a feel for how to move forward.

Easy Fresh Basil Hummus

Last year I got into the habit of making a big pot of garbanzo beans (or chickpeas) from dry soaked beans. We were living in Japan and hummus was not available locally so I would whip a big batch up. I found a store that sold bulk bags of legumes and would make 2 to 3 cups of dry beans at once to make a few different recipes. I also grew a huge basil plant on the patio and would add those big fresh green leaves into my  mixture and it was delicious not to mention all the great vitamins and nutrients we gain from this herb. Here is my easy vegan basil hummus recipe.

Travel and Adventure Theme Baby Room Ideas

Lambs & Ivy Silver Cloud 3 Piece Bedding Set

If you've been following our blog, you'll know we are big on travel and love decorating. We have given birth to some "adventure babies". If you think your little one is going to share your love for travel and adventure, then why not decorate a baby nursery with that in mind?

Check out some of our travel and adventure baby room ideas!

MommyOnTheMoney.com becomes The Right-On Mom Blog Re-launch Giveaway

Some of you might still be around from when I started this blog in 2011. I was MommyOnTheMoney and I had started the blog immediately after my first child was born to post about how my family would survive on only 1 income. I had been laid off from my job at 7 months pregnant. We had a brand new house, hefty mortgage and now we had another person to care for. I was a little scared but I had been blogging for 6-7 years on Brick-Star.com and it had become a passion of mine while I was working at a huge theme park company back when blogging had just gone mainstream. I hoped blogging would turn into a full time income. It didn't but at least it turned into something...

Veggie Cafe - Vegan Food in Kyoto

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Some of the best vegan food we found in Japan this past year was in Kyoto. We lived in a city that wasn't too far to take several trips for sightseeing and eating all the vegan food several times so in the next few weeks we will detail all of them. First up, on our first trip, we booked a very reasonably priced hotel near Veggie Cafe.

One Tribe Apparel Boho Harem Pants from Thailand Fair Trade Plus Elephant Charity

One place I've always wanted to go was Thailand. We spent last year in Japan and had talked about going to Thailand or perhaps Indonesia. We made it to Singapore and Malaysia but the year came to a close without my bucket list nice-to-have trip to somewhere with crystal clear blue waters, exotic foods, elephants... This doesn't mean that we can't enjoy the traditional wares like these Bohemian style harem pants we are featuring this week courtesy of One Tribe Apparel.

Vegan Princess Dinner at Epcot Akershus Royal Banquet Hall

For what seems to have become our annual hot weather trek to Florida, we also went back to Epcot and fulfilled another tradition. Ever since my niece was 3 years old when I met her for the first time (she  will be 13 this summer) we have been going every couple of years to the Akershus Royal Banquet Hall in the Norway Pavillion. They have a salad bar/buffet that has plenty of vegan options and they have a vegan main course. Last year it was somewhat of a black bean patty which was nice but this year it was much better...