Food, Crafts and Fun
A co-worker of mine introduced me to this salad a couple of years ago. I think it’s one of my favorite salads of all time. I make a big batch of it and eat it, seriously, for breakfast, lunch and dinner! It’s crunchy and full of flavor! Ingredients: * 1 cup Miracle Whip * 1/4 […]
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This has got to be one of my absolute, most favorite desserts of all time. It’s amazing! Not too sweet and completely satisfying! This is also one of my Dad’s favorites! I made this for him a couple of years ago for Christmas and it quickly went on his wish list for Christmas, his birthday […]
[Continue reading...]Tag! I’m it! Yeah! I love to play games. I’m a kid at heart. I’ll admit it. So when Tiffanee over at One Crazy Cookie tagged me, I was thrilled and honored. Thrilled because, like I said, I like to play =o) And honored because I love her blog. She posts the best recipes! What […]
[Continue reading...]Happy Mother’s Day to all the Moms and Grandmothers out there! A day to celebrate you (uh, us, I guess.) How will your day be spent? Will your family make you breakfast in bed? Take you out to dinner? Send you a card in the mail or call you and say thank you? We’ll be […]
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This just looks “Spring-y” doesn’t it? Kind of Easter-y (but it’s now past Easter so we’re going with Spring-y) =o) When I saw this recipe I thought my kids would love it. They love marshmallows. Especially my daughter. She could eat a bowl full of marshmallows for dessert. Yuck. I mean, I love chocolate and […]
[Continue reading...]Have you heard of Swagbucks? I’ve heard of it off and on for awhile now but never really looked into it until a couple of months ago. What the heck was I thinking?!?! I should have signed up months (or years) ago and started earning free stuff way back when. I love free stuff! Serious! […]
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I am loving all the Teacher Appreciation Week gift ideas I am seeing out there. I want to make them all! I’m sure my kid’s teachers wouldn’t mind but unfortunately I can’t. But I’m saving them all for inspiration. I thought I’d share some of them with you. Aren’t they great?!?! Here are some […]
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Here’s another great Teacher Appreciation gift idea. We can’t just do one thing. It’s Teacher Appreciation Week for heaven’s sake =o) And I thought this one was perfect! (Did you check out our candy gram idea too?) We also did this one for the secretaries at my kid’s school for Secretaries Day (yesterday). We can’t […]
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I laugh when I hear myself say “back when I (fill in the blank)” because it makes me feel so old. But seriously, a lot has changed in my short 44 years on this planet. But really… back when I started working in the school system, things were different. The parents were different and the […]
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Some days I just want something delicious and “comforting” that’s not sweet. I know! Who is this talking? But believe it or not, I would take a big bowl of mashed potatoes or mac and cheese over most desserts. So I stood in the kitchen and was looking through my cupboards and then the freezer […]
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Happy 4th of July everyone! What are you doing tonight? I’m going to hope I don’t fry my eyebrows while I watch the amazed looks on my kids face as the fireworks go off. They love fireworks. Well, not the loud ones. =o) When I saw these adorable Corn Dog Cookies over on Sue’s blog, […]
I’m totally having fun with this whole fun food for dinner Saturday night. I love seeing my kid’s faces when I put their plate on the table. I love hearing “no way. Great job, Mom.” It makes my entire day! And how could I not make this for Halloween?!?! I’m not sure where I saw […]
My daughter saw these wonderful looking treats in her Fancy Nancy Tea Parties book. (Did I mention we LOVE Fancy Nancy?!) Her books are stupendous (that’s fancy for great!) I did an earlier post from this book as well. Click here to see it. So Ellie saw these and said to me “oh, let’s make […]
My kids and I watch a craft show every Saturday morning called Donna’s Day. Have you heard of it? It’s fantastic. She does crafts and recips and all sorts of great things for you to do with your kids. Some of them are awesome. Some of them are for the more Martha Stewart Mom’s out […]
Meatloaf and mashed potatoes are comfort food to me. I love them! My kids love them! And I love that my kids love them! But I wanted to kid it up a little. (We eat meatloaf a lot.) So I made my regular meatloaf. It’s nothing uber fancy. I buy the spice packet at the […]
Angry birds seem to be the thing right now. When we were trick or treating there were so many houses that had Angry Bird pumpkins. They were super cool. So when I saw this cute sandwich over on Jill’s blog, Kitchen Fun with My Three Sons, this just seemed like the perfect fun meal. And […]
One of the best things I’ve done with my kids is taking them camping. I was a little afraid the first time we went. It was just me and my two, very young, children. We had so much fun. Now, 5 years later, it’s the highlight of our summer when we go camping. We load […]
This might be the last of our Easter treats for this year. But seriously, don’t hold me to that. Sometimes we just bake on a whim so there might be more =o) So guess where I saw this cute idea. Give up? It’s another Family Fun magazine idea. I am totally in love with that […]