My kids bring home loads of Halloween candy every year. We live in a “vinyl siding” neighborhood with hundreds of houses crammed together, so there isn’t much walking distance between each candy giving doorway. That makes for a LOT of houses giving out candy, and my kids can hit the entire neighborhood in a 2 [...]
Yesterday I wrote a post including pictures of delicious recipes that could use leftover Halloween candy. I spent hours searching for recipes that used a variety of candies AND that had good reviews. Then, I downloaded photos of the recipes to be included, because we all know that photos are more appealing to look at [...]
“If you don’t start standing up for yourself people will continue to walk all over you” Sugar Daddy said that to me several years ago. Back when I smiled more, when I didn’t speak my mind so much or so loudly, when I didn’t have such a strong opinion about everything and everyone. That same [...]
If your child has a hobby, a healthy passion in life, he will have something to focus on. Something to look forward to; an outlet when times are tough. Tween is a soccer fanatic. He wasn’t always this way, in fact when he first started soccer we couldn’t get him to kick the ball. He [...]
As my kids get older it gets more and more difficult to come up with costumes for the entire family. I’m not a big fan of store bought costumes, so when we decided to do the Scooby Doo Gang I knew that our local Goodwill would be the place to go. I did end up [...]
I need your help…. please. This blog has become a happy haven for me. She’s my creative outlet on SO many levels. So to show my appreciation I need to purdy her up. A lot. I need to get her organized and streamlined. I need to turn her appearance into something more work appropriate vs [...]
Window shopping is a specialty of mine. Rarely do I purchase anything, but I keep a running list of my favorites for gift giving (or for myself). Throughout the year I have come across some unique gift ideas that I’d like to share with you all. If you have any other suggestions, please share! I’m [...]
