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The holidays are upon us and with a kid in preschool that means…PARTIES! Basically I have a laundry list of things I am supposed to buy, bake or bring and I struggle to keep it all organized. I don’t want to be the mom that shows up with cream cheese when it was my turn [...]

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Last weekend was Ansley’s turn to bring home Marshmallow the gerbil. She had a great time with him and I’m just glad he is still breathing!    

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This is the time of year, that everyone has gifts on the brain. What to get so and so? Will they like it? Do they have one of those? How much am I going to have to pay to get it there?! This just adds to the stress of the holidays and leaves little time [...]

Days Like This

Dec
2011
10

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It’s days like today that will always bring a smile to my face. My little man turned 3. It was a wonderful day. There was no stress, no arguing and no tears. Only wonderful family time. On these days, I can’t help but wonder how I got to this happy place. Not that I have [...]

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Christmas confession #57: I have never ever had eggnog…ever. When I was thinking about making a holiday themed cupcake, I wanted something different and exciting. I heard someone mention eggnog and I knew that was it. I tweaked a couple of recipes and I finally came up with this one. It’s a soft, fluffy cupcake [...]

Stay Away Germs

Dec
2011
05

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I have been fighting off a nasty cold for about 2 weeks now. My kids, who go around other kids, are like little incubators. They bring home these nasty germs and lately those germs have been trying to take up residence in my throat. Sure I fight back. I load up on vitamin C and [...]

Unpacking

Dec
2011
01

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Guest post written by my buddy Bernardo Graham One fall day not too long after we moved into our new house, I was upstairs unpacking boxes in our bonus room. It seemed like we had a never ending stack still to unpack, and somehow we had gotten all the ones that still needed unpacking into [...]