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DIY Oil Change Date Night + Printable Notecards!

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #DIYOilChange #CollectiveBias Looking for a really fun date night that will have your man smiling the whole time? What would any guy like more on date night than to do something they enjoy? Last week that’s exactly what we […]

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Hot Artichoke Dip

 This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #MustHaveMayo & #CollectiveBias     Are you looking for a last little something to serve this week? I found this 4 ingredient Hot Artichoke Dip using KRAFT Real Mayo Mayonnaise this week, and was so excited! I love artichoke dip, […]

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Lessons learned from a roll of old film

Do you know the beauty of taking pictures with a film camera? The surprise. You never know if the shot turned out like you hoped, or not. I found some film that I’d forgotten to develop a few years ago, and have wrapped myself up in remembering this time with my kids. 4 years ago, […]

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Party Party Party

We had 3…count them…3 themed parties last week!  That’s about 3 more than I normally have in a year. I think I need Mother of the Year Award now. It all started with Valentines Day. I put together a fun Alice In Wonderland Fondue party for the family.   On Saturday, our second child, Princess […]

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Trapping Fruit Flies An Accidental Discovery

Fruit Flies – noun small annoying bugs, that infiltrate your kitchen when fresh fruit abounds. source    About a month ago we had a pretty severe fruit fly problem. It was most likely because I was in the throes of canning.  Peaches, peach honey, tomatoes, applesauce and most recently apple pie filling. I came across a tip for trapping […]

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Simple Wedding

Mark’s sister got married last night, and I had the wonderful privilege to help her get it all ready, and take some of the stress off her. They wanted to keep it very simple, with just close family and friends. We still had close to 100 people come to celebrate the joining of two wonderful […]

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Home Repairs Anyone Can Do

I realized the other day that there are a lot of simple repairs I can do .  I usually wait for Mark to do them, but I don’t have to. I can actually be quite handy myself! When we first moved in, we had a picture continuously fall off the wall in the Princess’ bedroom. […]

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Simplify in the Kitchen with a Bread Maker

What tools make cooking simpler for you?  Do you have a favorite kitchen gadget you can’t live without?  How about the most useless tool in your kitchen?  Maybe something you like to use, but takes up way too much space?   I love the kitchen, it’s probably my favorite room in any given house.  I […]

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