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Mini Chocolate Bundt Cake Recipe

This mini bundt cake recipe makes the most delicious chocolate bundt cakes you have tasted. It's so easy to make these mini bundt cakes at home - and they taste just as good as Nothing Bundt cakes!  Have you ever been to Nothing Bundt Cakes? They make these delicious and cute mini bundt cakes - in a variety of flavors. They are all delicious, but the chocolate is my favorite. Chocolate anything is always my favorite. One of their trademarks? Each little cake has lots of delicious cream cheese frosting on it. Yum! Did you know you can get a free Nothing Bundt Cake bundlet for your birthday? … Read More...

4 Quick Ways to Earn Gift Cards in Minutes a Day

I love getting free gift cards! Great list of ideas that really work, and really do earn gift cards. Number 4 is my new favorite.

I love earning something for nothing. Who doesn't? As a stay-at-home mom, I appreciate how the Internet allows me to contribute to our family income by earning free gift cards. I like to earn gift cards throughout the year that I set aside for our Christmas shopping. It is easy to do so and takes me only a minute or two every day. Earning free gift cards is something simple that everyone can do to free up money in your budget! I've been doing this for years but thought it was time for an update on what I do in 2021. I go through seasons of doing it all - and seasons where I only do a … Read More...

Copycat Texas Roadhouse Cinnamon Honey Butter

This copycat recipe for Texas Roadhouse Cinnamon Honey Butter is so delicious - and you can easily make it at home anytime you want cinnamon butter! Who hasn't been to Texas Roadhouse and filled up on their delicious rolls and butter? I usually don't eat butter on my rolls but cinnamon honey butter? It is too delicious not to use! There is nothing quite like slicing open a warm roll and slathering it in cinnamon butter.  If you have never been to Texas Roadhouse (and we don't go all that often), don't worry! This copycat recipe for cinnamon honey butter will allow you to enjoy it at home. I … Read More...

Setting Goals for 2021 & Looking Back at 2020

I don't know about you but I love the fresh start of a new year. I love setting goals and usually tend to dream too big. I have tried to narrow down my goals in the past couple of years but still don't always reach them. I'm not usually disappointed because I know I can just roll them over if I want. I can't believe we're on the second week of January already. Our Christmas was wonderful, as we were able to see all of Andy's siblings, plus my parents drove up from Texas after Christmas. It was SO good to be with family around Christmas. I grew up many miles away from most of my extended … Read More...

2020 Grocery Budget Totals

If you want an honest look at a grocery budget for an entire year for a family of 6, take a look at our frugal grocery budget.  2020 was a year for the books. Am I right? As much as I am a frugal shopper, 2020 threw my grocery budget through the ringer. First, there was the month early arrival of Caleb before I had finished stocking my pantry and freezer. Little did I know that would be the least of my worries! Ha. By the time I came home from the hospital and we brought Caleb home from the NICU, everything was shutting down. We did a big stock up trip or two - not worrying about prices. … Read More...

Most Popular Posts of 2020

One of my favorite parts of the end of the year is to look back and reflect over the previous one. I enjoy doing that with my own life - and this humble little blog of mine! One of the things I do is spend time looking at my analytics to see what people were reading at Joyfully Thriving this year. I always start with looking back to see what the most popular posts of the year were. It's interesting to me that with all our time spent at home this year, there were several new posts that made it to my top 10 list this year. Here are the 10 posts that were viewed the most in 2020 on Joyfully … Read More...

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