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Menu Plan: week of 7/16/12
Wow, it's been soooo long since my last post that I don't even recognize the Blogger page to type my posts anymore! It is next to impossible to find a spare moment to come down the basement (where the...
View ArticleUsing up leftover roast beef: Homemade Burrito Bowls
I finally made an entire roast the other day in the slow cooker. I have a general to aversion to large, whole pieces of meat but I have conquered my fear in the last few months. I am even cooking...
View ArticleA hug like never before.
"An entire kindergarten class is apparently unaccounted for."This is the sentence I heard the newscaster say on the car radio as I was driving around running errands with my four-year-old and...
View ArticleTomorrow I am going to exercise. Really.
I'll put it right out there:1. I have gained five pounds since Christmas.2. I am completely lethargic. I have zero energy. I find it hard to keep my eyes open past 6 pm.3. My back hurts. I feel...
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Trying hard to love winter.
This picture shows a great day. We took this picture in our backyard after we received over a foot of snow one day in early December. It was my youngest daughter Kate's first time playing out in the...
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Friday Favorite Finds 1/25/13
I'm linking up to Finding Joy in my Kitchen this week for Friday Favorite Finds. Things have been busy and I haven't been menu planning like normal, which has created some unnecessary chaos around the...
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Menu Plan - Week of 1/28/13
Back to menu planning! I'm making sure I take some time out for myself from now on to sit down, sip a hot cup of coffee (we recently got a Keurig and loooooove it!), and make the menu plan for the...
View ArticleGratituesday: A Great Babysitter
Oh my, how life can change once you find a great babysitter. Before we moved to the suburbs, we had no one close by to watch the kids so we could sneak out for a nice date night or so I could run some...
View ArticleSo, you know it's cold outside when...
you are digging through the deep chest freezer in your garage and it actually feels warmer inside the freezer than outside.I'm just sayin'. (Update: one day later, the actual temp outside is -13...
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Friday Randomness - My "Baby" is 16 months old today!
No more babies in this house. We have a sweet and smart kindergartner, a rowdy and cute preschooler, and a very busy and active toddler. My sweet little Kate is 16 months old today. Running,...
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Menu Plan: Week of 2/4/13
We did a pretty good job of sticking to the menu plan last week. I wasn't feeling the greatest so there was one night when dear hubby picked up Chinese takeout on his way home instead of having me...
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Sour Cream Blueberry Muffins/Bread
I've made this recipe before for Strawberries & Cream Bread. It. Is. Fantastic. I've always wanted to try it with blueberries but never got around to it.So the other day I had some blueberries...
View ArticleBlech.
The flu bug has hit our house. Big time.First my kindergartner daughter. Then me, my husband and 4-year-old son all got it at the same time.Thankfully, so far, my 16-month-old has been spared. I'm...
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Feeling better...and feeling old.
Feeling BetterWe are all (finally) feeling better in our household after all of us were bitten by the nasty flu bug. My little one did end up getting it but not nearly as bad as the rest of us, thank...
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Menu Plan: Week of 2/26/13
We were all still fairly under weather the last week and I didn't get my menu plan posted, but I did actually follow it almost to a "t" all week, which nearly never happens. We enjoyed homemade backed...
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Gratituesday: My Backyard
What a pretty sight it was the other evening. Sitting in my living room and watching the sunset in our backyard. Really too snowy and cold to go outside and enjoy the backyard, but it was beautiful...
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Menu Plan - week of 3/4/13
A day late but I'm finally getting around to posting our menu plan for the week. Some carryover from last week's plan, since I forgot to get the chicken out the deep freezer to thaw in time to make...
View ArticleDown for the count...again.
Remember a couple of weeks ago how we all had the flu in our house? It felt like it lasted forever. Well, after just a few short hours of everyone feeling better at the same time, my husband got a...
View ArticleOnly in Minnesota
So I haven't been posting for a while because, believe it or not, life is busy with a 6-year-old, 4-year-old and one-year-old. Who knew?!This will be brief. I told this to my mom on the phone...
View ArticleA $75 bird's nest
Seriously, why didn't I take a picture of this?I got a bike this spring. And a new helmet. (A $75 helmet, I might add. You'll see why this is important in a bit.) I went on a couple of bike rides...
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Good-bye Kindergarten, Hello Summer and First Grade!
Where did the last nine months go??? My oldest daughter Alison finished up kindergarten last Wednesday. She is now a First Grader. Gulp. That's big time stuff. I totally remember First Grade. I...
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Summer 2013 Recap
Warning: this is an incredibly long post filled with many pictures of incredibly cute children. Readers beware.Apparently I took an unplanned vacation from blogging this summer. School started last...
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First Day of School
Both older kids had great first days of school last week. Alison started First Grade and loves her teacher, her classes and new (and old) friends. She is doing fantastic and I'm so proud of her!The...
View ArticleFrom the Mouths of Babes - Babysitters and Chopsticks
My kids (all kids) say the funniest things. I often wish I always had a notebook open on the kitchen counter to jot down the funny things my kids say so I can remember them. Here are a couple of...
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The Diarrhea Kid
Yes, it's been 11 months since my last post. A lot of stuff has happened. But updates, schmupdates. I have something really great to tell you.I was going through the Sunday paper yesterday morning...
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