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Maw Maw’s Fantastic Chocolate Pie!

Today is National Pie Day…one of my favorite days of the year!  I decided in honor of the pies, I would make my favorite….my Great Grandmother’s (Maw Maw) Fantastic Chocolate Pie! I realize the pie’s not perfect, but whoever heard … Continue reading

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The wall

Have you ever worked really hard at something only to find that you’ve been doing it wrong the entire time? Jeez… I feel like I’ve been banging my head on the wall and just realized that it was getting me … Continue reading

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Christmas Joys!

Christmas is such a wonderful time of the year…our sweet baby Jesus was born, the jolly sentimental songs, The Christmas Story on T.V. (you’ll shoot your eye out!) and Charlie Brown, snowy clydesdale commercials, cheery houses adorned with lights, nostalgic … Continue reading

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Homemade Gifts Part 1- Retro stick girls!

I started this project because I wanted to make something homemade for Nora for Christmas. It was inexpensive, easy and fun…I do believe she’ll have fun playing with these and they make for an easy on-the-go toy as they have … Continue reading

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How Thanksgiving really came to be!

Ya’ll I had a conversation with my 6 year old (Henry) last night that made me realize I’ve had this whole Pilgrim & Thanksgiving thing all wrong!  According to this 6 yr. old 1st grader the story goes something like … Continue reading

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Quit worrying so much…it wont kill em!

You know, as parents we tend to fret about a lot of things….like are we feeding our kids good enough, and if we are, can we afford to do it for very long? I mean really…organic fruits & veggies and … Continue reading

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Road Trip!!!

Ya’ll I’ve got road fat! You know the kind…..the sit on your butt for days as you drive cross country and eat nothing but fried food (it’s the rule right?) and munchies for endless miles upon miles kind!! I guess … Continue reading

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And that’s why you don’t throw matchbox cars!!

So I taught my boys another lesson the other day….it was one I wish I would’ve taught them some other way, but it is what it is…. You see.. I had been having the most horrible day.  You know, the … Continue reading

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Where’s my trashcan?

As I sit here writing this, I’m waiting for waste management to bring back my trashcan! Yep…I pulled it out to the street (it’s trash day) and the next time I looked outside it was gone! First thought that came … Continue reading

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O No She Didn’t!

She said what?  She must have been drinking..heavily…otherwise she NEVER would have said that! What did she say? Well…. She said Ann Romney, stay at home Mom to 5 boys, had NEVER worked a day in her life!!!!!     … Continue reading

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