Mornings around our house are usually mass chaos. No matter what I do to try to be organized the night before, mornings don’t seem to change. In fact, we have a little celebration in the car on the way to school on those rare days where I didn’t have to turn into “raging maniac mom” [...]
Dine & Dish Menu Plan for January 20th – 26th
First of all, it bothers the absolute heck out of me that I can’t take a straight picture to save my life. I swear my house must be crooked. Anyway… This week I’m sharing our menu plan for this coming week as well as the recipe for Bush’s Black Bean Tortilla Chili that was a [...]
Parenting is Hard {Recipe: Creamy Chicken & Corn Chowder}
I leaned over her bed, late at night, placing a gentle kiss on her cheek. As I did, one of my tears fell onto her face, falling down into her wild and curly hair. I love this girl so, so much I feel my heart physically swelling at the sight of her, but I don’t [...]
Dine & Dish Menu Plan for January 13th – 19th
I’ve decided to do a quick post on Sundays to share what’s planned for our menu during the week. I hope it gives you some inspiration of things to add to your own menu. At the very least, if I have it on my blog, I know I won’t lose it like I would the [...]
Simplify Mealtime {Recipe: Oven Roast Turkey Breast}
This week started right on track, and I love it. I was able to sit down on Sunday afternoon and create a simple menu plan for our family meals. I made a list and went shopping and have truly appreciated how much time and money has been saved simply because I planned. I know that [...]
Cinnamon Spiced Cafe Latte {Eagle Brand Holiday Gift Basket Giveaway $250ARV}
The clock is ticking and my kids are counting down the hours until Santa hopefully shows up at our house. Christmas music is blaring and goodies are being baked. It is finally, beginning to look a lot like Christmas! I hope that even with the rush of the holidays, you take a moment or two [...]
Gingerbread Coffee Cake with Ginger Cream {K-Cup Countertop Organizer Giveaway!}
Holiday baking done? Check. Wait, no check? You too? What are we doing, with less than a week until Christmas and the baking frenzy hasn’t even begun? Yeah, I don’t really know either, but I just haven’t felt that Christmas spirit push to spend all day in the kitchen baking up lovely treats for everyone. [...]
The Gift of Time {Recipe: Girl Scout Cookie Fudge}
This post is for all the moms across the country who have drawers, cabinets and freezers full of Girl Scout Cookies. Yes, you love Girl Scout Cookies, but that isn’t why you have a zillion and one boxes of them filling up your house. It is possibly because you received reminder email after reminder email [...]
Christmas Confetti Cookies Recipe | Food Bloggers Cookie Swap
So, I have a little story to tell you. It’s all about the time when I made cookies and sent them to other bloggers. Sounds fun, right? It was all part of The Great Food Bloggers Cookie Swap of 2012. When you are baking for other people, other bloggers especially, there is a slight bit [...]
Friday Night Pizza {Recipe: Loaded Bacon Bits Pizza}
I love pizza. If I could alternate Chipotle Chicken Burritos and Pizza, every other day, I’d be an extremely fat and happy camper. Happy being the keyword there… because happy is what matters most, right? You know what I love even better than pizza? Putting my kids to work making dinner. Nothing better than sitting [...]
