Enchilada Casserole Recipe

One of the benefits of having College Boy, Irish Girl and Love Bug live with us is that they make supper about once a week. We think it’s important for them to contribute to the household while they’re living here, and we enjoy trying their favorite recipes. Many of their…

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A Few Jay & Dee Wedding Photos

I’ll admit right off the bat that I don’t have many photos from Uncle Jay and Aunt Dee’s wedding. I snagged this one from Facebook – don’t tell! Since I was just the future sister-in-law I didn’t feel comfortable playing paparazzi like I usually do, and I wasn’t sure what…

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Rice Krispie Treats Recipe

When I was a kid I loved fresh Rice Krispie treats, all warm and marshmallow gooey. Now that I’m a grown-up at least on the outside I still love them, and love to make them with my kids.   Rice Krispie treats are really quick, really easy, and don’t use…

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Ready for Summer – Review and Giveaway

For years Walgreens has been our go-to store for greeting cards, seasonal and holiday items, medicines and other “drug store” type products, photo developing, cosmetics… pretty much everything except groceries and clothing, so I was really excited to be offered an opportunity to purchase some Walgreens Brand products for review.…

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Planting my Square Foot Garden

Planting is my favorite part of gardening – I like it even more than harvesting the produce! Every time I dig into the warm earth I’m taken back to my childhood when my grandma would give me a tray of annuals, trowel and half-full watering can, then point me to…

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Square Foot Gardening – Preparing the Garden

Last year Teacher built me a raised garden and I’d made a fumbling attempt at square foot gardening, but didn’t really know what I was doing. When gardening season was over I vowed to spend time over the winter researching square foot gardening aka “SFG” and planning my garden for…

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Egg-Free Egg Substitute

When my friend Nicole’s son was younger he was allergic to fish, eggs, and almost every fruits and veggie you can think of, so when Princess didn’t have enough eggs to make the pumpkin bread she had her heart set on I called Nicole. I knew Nicole would have an…

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Yogurt Parfait Popsicle Recipe

The other day Irish Girl decided to make a healthy dessert for the kids. She graciously allowed me to peek over her shoulder to take photos, but they were so quick to make that I almost missed it! Yogurt Popsicle Recipe – in Short These yogurt popsicles are so easy-peasy…

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Dedicated Servers and Chocolate Cake

When I think of dedicated servers I think of chocolate cake. I know it sounds weird so let me explain…   Most internet users, including online business owners, don’t know what a “dedicated server” is, or why they might want to consider one for their online business. I didn’t either…

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It’s Always Something

Gilda Radner had it right – it’s always something.   © www.americandryerventcleaning.com One Monday night I was getting ready to run out the door to our Valley AEYC annual dinner, but had to stop on the way to pick up Jo-Bear’s geranium order – a summer soccer fundraiser. For once…

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