It’s important to know that this is not a sponsored post. I have used Bac-Out for years to clean the bathroom, and get the odors out of mattresses — and, after so many people asking me about bathroom odors, I just wanted to share how much I love this product. However, after researching enzyme cleaners for [...]
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If you hand me a string of words, and say, “Make something out of this,” I could create a masterpiece. A Quilt of Words. If you handed me a house, and said, decorate this, make this a masterpiece. I would fail miserably. Fortunately, I have friends who can do that for me… simple things, like [...]
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Since NBC dubbed me last night officially as a “recipe tester” (I AM NOT!) (My kitchen… my moms with blogs friends ((we are not mommy bloggers!!))… my gifted friend’s mugs. Visit them here: Momofali, and Rachel (awesome for you gadeners!). Amy, you know her. And my new friend Wenderly. And of course, Mikaela, from NBC.) [...]
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Prior to our visit to Chicago, I was scrambling around trying to find a babysitter. The girl I normally use for overnights was going to be out of town… but her boyfriend wasn’t! The boys already knew him… he’s a biology major, and KNOWS WHERE TO FIND FROGS… even when we’re not at the lake!!! [...]
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On a whim, we have created a new “think inside the box” way to exchange gifts this year, and it turns out that we like this so much that it will probably end up being a family tradition that will last long after the boys have cleaved to their new wives and set up families [...]
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I’ve been enamored with the beautiful Source: countryliving.com via Kali on Pinterest advent calendars that have been showing up on Pinterest. Source: sundayinbed.tumblr.com via Jackie on Pinterest But what to do with each day’s treasure? Won’t everyone just get tired of the same, old chcolcate candy coin or candy cane by December 13? [...]
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It’s true. Surprisingly, decades of studies by National Institute’s of Health have revealed that the tiny insects, fruit flies, which, thankfully, bear little resemblance to people, share, alarmingly, much of our genetic heritage. The list of human-related topics fruit fly researchers are currently working on is surprisingly broad in scope: cancer; birth defects; development of the respiratory [...]
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We needed a place to store the dried snail shells, driftwood that comes in cool shapes, the drawings of snakes and the drawings of the occasional pet dead fish that shows up in my freezer. (I found him, by the way.) And, a lot of rocks. Some of these rocks are purported to be Geodes, and [...]
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This is part II of the reorganization. It’s a process. I wanted to stop and share this clever way I came up with to store sugar, baking soda, and all of those powder things you need to have quick access to around the kitchen. Rather than a sugar bowl, why not have a sugar “jar.” [...]
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