I’m gonna be honest here and tell you that for all the cooking that I do from scratch I have a tendency sometimes to be lazy. As in seriously lazy. As in I don’t want to spend a lot of time making dinner because, honestly, I’d rather be playing with my girls in [...]

Why is Senator Biden running for reelection…for the Senate.
Could it be that he wants something to do in January? I mean there wouldn’t be any other reason to run for both offices unless he thought that the lower office was the only one he would be sitting in after January 20th. Here’s hoping the voters [...]

I just finished the list of giveaways. 1392 of them. Of course I skipped all the ones that were baby items. Or for cats. And, after a while, I quit clicking on anything that said “Spa Indulgence” as I didn’t really want to see any more Chex Bars… [...]

Well, my giveaways are all finally listed! If you want to find them over at Bloggy Giveaways Carnival they are numbers: 28129830230835872373677210811087128012811284
Those numbers may change as posts are disqualified for not linking correctly or not mentioning the Bloggy Giveaways Carnival.
Right now there are 1328 giveaways listed. There are 2 days left of carnival [...]

Don’t expect to see this published much of anywhere.
A former speech writer for Senator Obama has officially declared herself for McCain/Palin. Her reasons are the obvious; overt sexism, socialism and elitism from the Obama machine. Of course, all of that was aided, abetted and encouraged by a willing media. However, the people are noticing and [...]

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Christmas isn’t far away, and what better way to spend quality time with your family than making Christmas cookies?
This adorable little book (and it is little, measuring about 6×3 inches) has 151 pages of favorite cookies! With categories titled Old fashioned Favorites, Fancy & Fun, Chocolaty Favorites, Christmas Around the World, Healthy & [...]

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I belong to a wonderful organization called MomSelect. If you haven’t heard of them go visit their website now. I’ll wait… (cue Jeopardy music… But take your time. I’ll be here when you get back.)
The great thing about MomSelect is that you don’t have to be a [...]

Is Christmas sneaking up on you every year? Somehow it always manages to do that when you are mired down in debt. It jumps out at you around December 1 and you feel so guilty about not spending the time shopping for meaningful gifts that you pull out your credit cards and spend [...]

The girls are playing with Tinker Toys for half an hour before quiet time and I am plugging away at the Bloggy Giveaways Carnival. I’ve made it through #284… There are now 1064 contests. Will I get to them all???
During quiet time I plan to get the rest of my giveaways posted. [...]

I spent much of the day working on entries for Bloggy Giveaways Carnival. Have you been yet? There were 872 entries the last time I looked. So far I’ve made it through #72.
I still have 4 entries to add. I’ll do it tomorrow as I am practically comatose.
But I’ve got [...]

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I absolutely love bags by Janine King! I own a few and have given away more as gifts.
I’ve even offered this exact bag before- on my Iowa Geek blog!
I honestly adore this market tote in the Tres Chic fabric. I can just picture a baguette peeking out of it while I sit [...]

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You all should know by now just how much I love Janine King’s bags… Since the purchase of the wonderful laptop bag and matching gadget keeper I’ve given away some of her stuff as gifts…Much to the delight of the recipients.
And delighted is just what you’ll be if you win this big, beautiful [...]

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Last week the girls and I got to hang out with “Auntie Gina”. Brenna absolutely adores her… And Caelan, who rarely warms to anyone quickly, was quite cuddly with her as well.
As a gift for each of the girls, Gina painted a shirt… Here is Brenna’s:
And Caelan’s- but she wouldn’t pose:Gina [...]

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This is an idea so cool I wish I would have thought of it! Temporary tattoos with personal information on them. How brilliant is that?
I let Safety Tat know just how cool I thought their idea was by reviewing these over on Have Kid Will Travel.
These temporary tattoos are completely customizable, are [...]

Somehow four years have passed- seemingly in the blink of an eye… Oh, I know that I may say that some weeks feel like years but, honestly, how did my baby get so grown up?

Some days it seems impossible that she is 4 because she has a way of acting so mature. So [...]