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Happy Easter

The girls and I had fun this afternoon making these cute little Easter bunnies! We found the idea from Family Fun; there is always a great craft on that site that is suitable for the little ones to help with.

11Apr2009 | teal | 0 comments | Continued
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Peeps

Peeps are fun and I loved them when I was younger. Now that my taste buds are grown up, I don’t like them as much, but they’re still cute. So what all can you do with those little guys?
Thrift Shop Romantic actually varnished the little suckers and made garland! Clever idea!

Paper, Scissors, […]

9Apr2009 | teal | 0 comments | Continued
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Easter Decorations

I’ve had these tucked away all year and now that Easter is almost here, I’m finally pulling out some decorations. Originally, this craft started out as an activity for my daughter’s brownie troop, but once we saw how great they turned out, Christine, Jami and I made some of our own. Our inspiration […]

8Apr2009 | teal | 1 comment | Continued
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Free Beauty Products

This appears to be easy enough. Buy a product from the list below at CVS & submit receipt to Glamour Magazine (the first 1000 - that’s the trick) and get some great beauty products….$75 worth….for free! details here

• 24.7 Skincare® Targeted Wrinkle Treatment
• Bioré® Dual Fusion™ moisturizer + SPF 30
• Essence of Beauty® Pure Amber Body […]

9Mar2009 | teal | 0 comments | Continued
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Meal Plan Monday

Monday: Christine’s best chicken ever - has become a FAVORITE in our house!
peas
salad
Tuesday: crockpot scalloped potatoes and ham - we don’t typically eat a lot of ham, but I really needed a new crockpot dish to try. I think this one will be a hit!
green beans
fruit salad
Wednesday: fish tacos
kids will have mac & cheese
Thursday: […]

9Mar2009 | teal | 1 comment | Continued
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Baked Apples

This may be a well known fact, but for me it was an a-ha moment! We had a dinner party for our brownie troop to earn the make it, eat it try it. One of the recipes is baked apples. The girls are too young to core the apples and we didn’t […]

18Feb2009 | teal | 0 comments | Continued
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How To Make A Candy Bouquet

I saw these for sale at the store and told Christine we ought to try making them instead. Our kids gave them to their teachers for Valentine’s Day. Here’s how we did it:
Christine had a bunch of flower picks from a previous candy bouquet her family received. Thankfully, she saved them and […]

14Feb2009 | teal | 5 comments | Continued
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Happy Valentine’s Day!

Christine and I made the super cute candy bouquets for our kids teachers. I can’t tell you how many compliments we received just from getting them into the school and down to the classrooms! They were a hit.

We’ll add a quick tutorial, as these would also be cute for Easter or […]

14Feb2009 | teal | 1 comment | Continued
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Self Check Out Tip

I don’t know about you, but there are many times I will avoid the self check out lane at the grocery store, as there always seems to be an issue and the person monitoring the system has to come and give me a hand. While I was at Wal-mart the other day, I was […]

11Feb2009 | teal | 1 comment | Continued
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Meal Plan Monday

I’m low on menu planning inspiration this week! I know it only takes a few minutes to do a little browsing, especially at Org Junkie’s site, but then I’ll get sucked into looking at what everyone else is having for dinner this week!
Monday - Quick and Easy Chicken & Rice, steamed broccoli, salad
Tuesday - […]

2Feb2009 | teal | 0 comments | Continued
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