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Homemade Granite Cleaner

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Are you like me and have beautiful granite counter tops that you struggle to keep clean?  All those specialized cleaners at the store are really expensive and don’t work as well as we would like!  I am so excited to share my Homemade Granite Cleaner with you today!  This recipe is very inexpensive to make and leaves the granite super shiny and clean!  Homemade Granite Cleaner 1/4 teaspoon … [Read more...]

Valentine’s Day Craft: Felt Valentines Fortune Cookie

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Valentine's Day is one of my favorite holidays since becoming a mom. I love to surprise them on the days up to Valentine's Day with fun crafts, little treats and things they just don't expect. This craft would be perfect for popping a little note into a lunch box or backpack. I haven't figured out how to get a small candy to stick inside of them yet, but I'm working on it! I adapted this project … [Read more...]

How To Make Classic Chicken Pot Pie

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  Chicken pot is comforting, filling and a fantastic way to use up leftover buts of chicken and bags of partially used frozen vegetables. This pot pie is completely from scratch and is an absolute snap to make. I leave potatoes out of my pot pie, opting instead to serve it over a bad of creamy mashed potatoes and a drizzling of chicken gravy. The cooked pies freeze so well that you might … [Read more...]

Return on Relationship by Ted Rubin: Are You Ready To Take Your Business To The Next Level? #RonR @TedRubin @katkrose

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As a work from home mom I know how frustrating it can be to feel like you are not getting results! Whether you own a business, sell products like Avon or weight loss products, own a blog or community or are  just considering it, you may have thought how do I get real results? How do I make an impact so that people will come and stay? You can get people to come but how to make them stay is the big … [Read more...]

Surprise Your Mate With a Breakfast Date (Featuring Starbucks Coffee!) #DeliciousPairings #cbias

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In our home mornings are crazy!  An average morning consists of my sweet husband getting up really early and getting ready and having breakfast alone. He leaves the light on for me but I sleep for about 30 more minutes. Moms need every moment we can get right? When I wake up he has long gone. I start my coffee, wake up the kids, bathe one kid (she will on bathe in the morning), dress the kids, … [Read more...]

Pinterest Power Party {#2}

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Welcome back to Pinterest Power Party!  Our first party last week was a HUGE success thanks to all of you!!  We had over 130 projects linked up and we pinned many of your posts!!  Below we have the TOP Five most viewed projects and the links!  If you haven’t stopped by these blogs, be sure to do so and see their awesome work!! Every Thursday we will be hosting a linky … [Read more...]

Indoor FREE Fun! The Five Senses Mad Lib Activity

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It's January....it's cold outside here, the weather is almost always wet and there just isn't a lot of outside play time.  We have to make our own fun during this dreary month. Being a homeschool mama, I'm always looking for fun ways to add learning to our everyday and these 5 Senses Mad Libs are a great activity for the kids. If they can talk to you, they can play! What You Will … [Read more...]

Bringing Choices To Light With A Light Bulb Science Project: Which Bulb Is Best? The Conclusion #GELighting #cbias

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Over the last few months we have been switching out our bulbs from the incandescent to energy efficient bulbs. I wrote 2 months ago that we all needed to start doing this because things were about to change! I told you about the legislative changes coming in January. January is now here! I can’t believe it! But that means that changes are now in effect.  What does that mean for you and … [Read more...]

Playing With Pudding: Game For Kids

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This week I was searching for ways to entertain my son without having to get out of the house. The weather has been very nasty. I turned to the kitchen for ideas. That is where I came up with this really fun, tasty, safe and cheap game for kids. Here is how you can do it too! Pudding and Cereal Tic Tac Toe: Supplies: Pudding (We had chocolate but any will work) Cereal for the x and o. … [Read more...]

Sour Cream Chicken Enchiladas Recipe

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  Once, way back when, I was the queen of Home Ec. I rocked it and I loved it more than anything.  I had as many periods of food related class as possible. Could this have been an indicator of my food blogging days to come? Hmm...thoughts to ponder! Anyway I loved it and a couple recipes I learned there in humble Home Economics have been family favorites of ours since we've been … [Read more...]