A little babble here and a little babble there.....

I feel like I haven't done an actual post on what's going on here, in a while. So here we go, get ready to hear all about my interesting days, days filled with runny noses, kids bickering, amazing new fall tv lineups, my adventures with birth control and husbands drenched in jet fuel. Doe…

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Tips on Tuesday!

Do you have a tip on cooking, cleaning, homemaking, kids, marriage, travel or anything that you would love to share? Feel free to join in! ♥♥ Here's a handy tip to keep casseroles from bubbling over...just slide a toothpick between the casserole dish and the lid. The steam escapes and the oven …

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Little Prayer please!

I'm having some issues with the birth control pill I was put on, I've been on it for a little over two weeks and I'm feeling cramps in my right leg and arm and hot flashes and just downright not feeling well. I'm getting in contact with the doctor tomorrow to switch pills but until t…

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The Simple Woman's Daybook!

Hi everyone, come on in and see what's in my daybook! If you want to join in, just got visit Pegg y over at The Simple Woman , read the guidelines here and then add your name to Mr Linky. There are so many other participants sharing their day, I'm sure you'll enjoy looking through them :) F…

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It's time to refill the cookie jar.........

It's that time of the week again, time to pull out the flour, sugar and eggs and make another batch of cookies for the cookie jar. This weekend I used an old portuguese recipe for Biscoitos (cookies), they are good on their own but I prefer to turn them into little sandwiches using strawberry ja…

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Creative Love!

The goal of the game - List 10 things you love that begin with the letter you are assigned. The sweet Annie assigned me the letter C, so let's see what I come up with. If you want to play along just leave me a comment and I'll assign you a letter. 1. Curt (my husband) 2. Coffee 3. Cinnamon 4…

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Weird and Wonderful Travels!

I love traveling and exploring new areas, whether they are beautiful or frightening, just around the corner or across the globe. But let's face it, unless you're a millionaire there's no way you have enough cash to go everywhere you want to, so I travel from home, it doesn't stop …

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Fave Five for Friday!

It's my first time playing along with the sweet Susanne . You can check out the guidelines and details of this feature here . So here's my favorite five things for this past week: 1. Homemade shortbread that I somehow botched and in order to try and save, I ended up adding a spoon of strawber…

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Content!

Image credit: photobucket.com It's one of those quiet days, the morning started out pretty hectic, if you have school aged children then I need to say no further, you know exactly what I'm talking about. It's harder to get them out the door on time than it is to give birth, for me at l…

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Slow Cooking Thursday!

All my slow cooking recipes are now online and starting today, I will add all the recipes shared weekly to my online del.icio.us site too. So if you're wanting to find ALL the slow cooked recipes that have been shared since the first SLOW COOKING THURSDAY, here is the link for you . Don't for…

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How well do your children know you?

I've always been under the impression that my kids had a general idea of what I enjoyed but didn't really pay much attention. Not because they didn't care, but because they're kids, they're busy playing and enjoying their childhood, too busy to notice certain things. I was wrong…

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Playing catch up.....

Boy it's been a weird couple of days. The cold knocked me off my feet, literally, I found myself in bed or walking around the house hunched over because my body hurt so much. Thankfully the brunt of it came during the weekend where I had a wonderful husband confine me to bed and take over. For…

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Tips on Tuesday!

Do you have a tip on cooking, cleaning, homemaking, kids, marriage, travel or anything that you would love to share? Feel free to join in! I LOVE squash but I used to hate buying it just because it's kind of hard to cut into for cooking. Well, that was until I ran across this tip in one of my …

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The Simple Woman's Daybook!

Hi everyone, come on in and see what's in my daybook! If you want to join in, just got visit Pegg y over at The Simple Woman , read the guidelines here and then add your name to Mr Linky. There are so many other participants sharing their day, I'm sure you'll enjoy looking through them :) F…

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Do you have 5 minutes???

Because if you do and you have some basic ingredients and coffee mug laying around, you can make yourself some chocolate cake. Don't believe me? Go check out my food blog. 5 minute Chocolate Mug Cake

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A day spent in bed....

It's early here and I've just managed to pull myself out of bed. This cold has completely taken me by surprise, not to say that I don't get my share of summer colds or winter or pretty much anytime during the year actually, but this is one that really really got to me. Yesterday I spe…

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Five Senses Saturday!

::Hear:: - the birds outside on the feeder - cartoons Nicholas is watching on tv - my own sniffling as I deal with yet another cold - the new episode of Most Haunted on my computer - the dogs moving around in the bedroom ::See:: - the little puddle of antifreeze that my car is leaking again - construction …

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