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Read This Book: A Discovery of Witches
While flipping through an old EW magazine that my grandmother passed to me, I came upon a book review for A Discovery of Witches. This review stated that this book was like Harry Potter, but written...
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Back To School Helpful Hints
So, the lazy hazy crazy days of summer… are over. School is rapidly approaching and, for us experienced parents, we know that means lots of check-writing and a new stressful schedule to adjust to....
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Daddy’s Gone for the Weekend
There is no I in teamwork, right? Well, when your team (ie spouse) trots off for a weekend of fun and leaves you as the solo parent in charge, suddenly “team work” is spelled with only an “I”. My...
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Read This Book: Shadow of Night
Hopefully you realize by now that I kinda have a *thing* for sci-fi and fantasy books. I actually do try to read other genres, truly I do. However- for me- reading is essentially about escape; I want...
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Vegan Recipe of the Week: Thai Tofu on Rice
A friend of mine recently organized a group called ‘Sharing Supper.’ Each person takes one week, plans all the meals, types up a grocery list, and posts it all on a shared website. Those of us in the...
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A Geeky Girl’s Christmas List
Folks, gift-giving season is fast approaching. You know what this means- various family members calling and asking for ideas for you, your spouse, your kids, your dog. This is when I excitedly hop on...
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A Simple Advent Calendar
A simple advent calendar made of paper, clothes pins, and twine. A few years ago, our amazingly talented and beautiful friend Leah sent us a simple-but-brilliant Advent calendar. Her idea was, don’t...
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Rainy Day Fun with the Kids
Ug, rainy days at home with energetic kids? No thank you! I remember back in the days before we had kids, rainy days were just lovely. My husband and I used to watch movies, play board games, read for...
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A Week of Vegetarian Recipes
The Advent Fast has begun! As our family prepares for Christmas, I thought I’d try out some new vegetarian recipes. *Note* These recipes are new to me as well, so we will adventure in to the unknown...
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Time In The Garden With Kids
image courtesy kidsgardening.org Spring is finally here and in our house that means gardening. Now, gardening with kids is a bit of an adventure. There is less quiet solitude and more flying dirt....
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The Guilt Post
Wow… I haven’t posted since March? Bad, bad blogger! I have tons of excuses. Want to hear some? 1. Children. I swear, those little buggers (darling, cherubic buggers) take up So. Much. Time. 2. Sewing....
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Our Summer Bucket List
As soon as May hits the wall calendar, my boys and I sit down and make our Summer Bucket List. A shark ate my kids! I can’t remember where I got this idea from; rest assured, it was not some original...
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The Perfect Summer Kick-Off
I might have done just a wee bit too much today. Boogie Board boys! It was all fun so I’m not actually complaining. I’m just pooped. I don’t want to do much of anything tonight. I want to be like my...
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Keepin’ It Real
Recently, I’ve heard much commentary on how social media is used, especially by moms, as a way of showing other people how ‘perfect’ our lives are. A lot of us don’t post about the real stuff- like...
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Time With My Middle Child
This week is the mad, mad week that is Cub Scout Day Camp. My previous experiences with this camp have been: 1. One day volunteering as a game host (I could only do one day due to having an 18 …...
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Crock Pot Yumminess
As my regular readers know, this week I am putting in my time as a volunteer at Cub Scout Day Camp. Sorry, I didn’t mean for that to come across as snarky; I’m actually enjoying myself. After all, I...
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Crazy Kid Science
We are only halfway through the week at Cub Scout Day Camp and boy, have the kids been having a blast. I thought I’d tell you about a few of the science experiments that the kids are doing, so you can...
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World War Z; Movie Review
*ALERT- SPOILERS* I’ll admit it- I love a good zombie flick. Shaun of the Dead, Night of the Living Dead, The Walking Dead- if I see “Dead” in the title, I know I am in for some good,...
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Every Day
They say you should write every day, if you are serious about being a writer. I don’t really know who ‘they’ are, but I agree with the idea. It’s like a muscle, right? If I want bitchin’ abs, I’ve got...
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Livin’ Off The Grid
Clarification: I don’t actually live off the grid. But today, I sorta-kinda did. Lovely Edison, the magical wielder of electrical power, decided to give us a twelve-hour break from electricity today....
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