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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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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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Out From Hiding

I haven’t exactly been hiding out over the past couple of weeks…I’d rather look at it as being consumed with my goals.
I have been waking up before the crack of dawn on most mornings to go to Lady of America’s version of boot camp. I call it torture. However, […]

31Jan2009 | teal | 0 comments | Continued
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Back To School Ramblings

Yesterday was the kids last day of their holiday break. It was freezing cold outside and raining….all day long. Just two days prior, it was feeling like spring, sunny and 85 degrees out there! That’s Texas weather for you.

Christine and I took our kids roller skating yesterday. It was such fun, […]

6Jan2009 | teal | 1 comment | Continued
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What Resolutions?

I wish that were the case! But the truth is, we can all use some improvement in our lives and what better time than NOW to come up with some resolutions?
Mine are like many others….to be more healthy, to spend quality time with my kids and husband, to find joy in our […]

3Jan2009 | teal | 1 comment | Continued
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Yummy Santa Craft for Kids

I found this adorable craft and wanted to make it as a little treat for the girls in both the brownie and daisy troops.  I wasn’t as impressed with my work, so opted to let the girls do this as an activity.  They loved it!
First, we put icing on a graham cracker.  I mixed white […]

10Dec2008 | teal | 3 comments | Continued
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Christmas Cards

There have been a few years when I’ve managed to have my Christmas cards written, stamped and ready to mail the first week in December.  There was a year when I even hand made some of those Christmas cards.  This year proves to be a bit different.  The cards are not ready to be mailed […]

10Dec2008 | teal | 0 comments | Continued
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Love Those Give Aways!

I absolutely love handmade beaded earrings and Laurie at Tip Junkie is having a Give Away!
Not only does she have earrings for today’s give away, but she’s got the 12 Days of Junkie shop-a-thon going on!  Laurie promotes Mom-preneur’s from all over the web.  Go check it out for yourself!

18Nov2008 | teal | 0 comments | Continued
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School Live Auction

Holding a live auction at our carnival has been an awesome fundraiser for our school for the past four years. Of course, there are the typical items to bid on that were donated, hotel nights, zoo tickets, Six Flags tickets, etc., but here are some out-of-the-ordinary things we had up for auction….and they were […]

7Nov2008 | teal | 0 comments | Continued
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More Carnival Details

When planning our carnival, we discovered how much our bilingual parents and classes were willing to contribute. Previously, there was always a language barrier. This time, we had a great person translating and their participation was impressive. Not only did they coordinate their own games, which included traditional games of tug-of-war, musical […]

6Nov2008 | teal | 0 comments | Continued
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