Brandy’s Life's Archives

Get a personal glimpse into the life of Brandy Ellen, a NH Mom Blogger, who is raising three kids the best she can while juggling work at home among other things. Brandy thrives best when surrounded by optimistic, positive lifestyle friends. Learn more about what she’s up to today by reading a bit of Brandy’s Life.

Taking a Hike up Mt Kearsarge at Rollins State Park in Warner, NH

The family had a last minute idea to take a hike, the wind was blowing keeping the hot temperatures from totally killing us and so we thought it was ideal weather for a hike. The question was, where would we go? We didn’t want to go to Mt Ascutney in Vermont for we hiked that when Aj was a baby, we thought about the tall trees in Bradford, NH but again we’ve seen them 100 times already. Since we wanted somewhere different that wasn’t too expensive, we decided upon Mt Kearsarge. I have never gone to this mountain and there’s a state park in Warner, NH called Rollins State Park that is relatively low cost plus we get to support NH state parks by going this route up the mountain. …

Celebrate the 4th of July With a Scavenger Hunt

The kids and I love coming up with creative ways to have fun that don’t cost a lot of money and the site Scavenger Hunt Riddles and Clues has really narrowed down fun with low cost kid friendly scavenger hunts! The one that I like the most and think is the most appropriate to share with you all today is their 4th of July Scavenger Hunt. This 4th of July Scavenger Hunt is perfect for all ages, they say ages 4 would get most of the clues and ages 6+ would get all of the clues, so team up and have some family fun this upcoming holiday weekend with a scavenger hunt.  There are also other scavenger hunt options available such as a Pirate Scavenger Hunt or a Nature Hunt. …

A Child’s Life is Too Precious to Take a Chance

I am working with Swimways this Summer and it excites me because they really do work to reach out and help allow kids freedom to learn to swim safely. Using SwimWays products this year, my three year old son has already ventured to swim across the shallow end of the inground pool at my family farm. One topic that is coming up lately is the topic of parents or caregivers leaving the kids to swim alone, in small or large amounts of water this is not a good idea. No matter the level of swimming ability your child has this is not a good idea. I firmly believe there should always be one trusted adult, or more, left to swim with or watch children playing in a pool or a …

How Would I Use $750 to Grow My Blog?

The question has been asked by the National Association for the Self Employed (NASE), they want to know “How will you use $750 to grow your blog?” and my answer is this; When I started this blog it was a venture into the unknown, a friend from my direct sales days became more like a sister to me and encouraged me to get into this Mom blogging world as a means to make some extra income and meet amazing people.  Since December 2008 I have changed the name of this blog once and grew it to nearly 2,000 subscribed readers with a following of over 16,000 on Twitter with my main account @brandyellen. For little old me, living in New Hampshire all of my life, I honestly never thought that …

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