What Mom Really Wants for Mother’s Day

***This post contains affiliate links.  If you click one and make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no expense to you!***  May is a big month for me, Mother’s Day, Birthday and Wedding Anniversary.  I like to somewhat selfishly pull together a little gift guide for myself and of course for anyone else …

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Simple Shrimp with Butter and Garlic

I’ve been trying to branch out from my normal chicken or steak dinners.  Mostly because I’ve had more than a few “Steak again??” comments from my lovely children.  I’ve tried some new pork recipes, but after serving shrimp cocktail at Easter and realizing my son LOVED it, I decided to try an easy shrimp dish. …

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Graphic Paper Flowers from Paper Plates

**This post contains affiliate links. If you click one and make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no cost to you.**  When I make something crafty, I want it to be aesthetically pleasing, useful in some way and also inexpensive.  As much as I love crafting, I’m not going to make something that …

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Smothered Pork Chops

You know how I know I like to cook? I had a near disaster Easter dinner yesterday, and I still cooked a full meal tonight for dinner.  For Easter, I made steak, you know the steak I’ve blogged about that is so delicious and easy… Well, something went awry yesterday when I made it because …

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All The Changes Are Happening

If you read regularly (some of you do, right?  I know you do…), you have probably noticed a few changes.  Not a few changes, a frenetic changing of everything everyday.  Ok, maybe somewhere in between those two. Nevertheless, changes are happening, fast and furious. I recently started the holy grail of blogging courses, Elite Blog …

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DIY Hand Painted Wind Chimes – 7th Grade Class Auction Project

Ever volunteer for something and then realize, with terror, that you have no idea what exactly you are doing? Recently, an email came from my daughter’s school asking for a volunteer to coordinate the Class Auction project.  “Calling all crafty parents!”, I believe is what it said.  Impulsively, I said, YES!  That’s me, all the way. …

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