DIY Mirrored Necklace Display

I found these beautiful DIY jewelry displays on the Share It Thursday Linky Party linked by Home Oh My a few months ago and I just fell in love with them: I thought it was such a simple and classic look and while I have a place where I am *supposed* to keep all my jewelry, a …

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What I Made This Week

I love chicken legs.  There, I said it.  We usually marinate them in soy sauce and Italian dressing, which is so delicious.  It’s a recipe from my mother-in-law.  Tonight, I had no Italian dressing.  So, I had to improvise.  I had some Greek yogurt leftover from a failed attempt at making yogurt popsicles.  (Don’t ask, …

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The End of the Shopping Hiatus

I had a fit of spending on clothes in the spring and promised I would take it easy for a while.  And I did.  Until this week.  I DID  need some summer staples and I did get some great deals again, so I’m happy with my purchases.  And I’m done for now.  Except Banana Republic …

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Remember the Mirror Fail?

You know sometimes when you make something and you’re so happy with how it came out and you think, I might be good at this after all?  I’m having one of those moments.  I love it so much that I’m leading with the after pic:   Remember this Mod Podge fail:   I promised you …

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What I Made This Week

I found another gluten free recipe for Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip cookies last week that I had to try: I found the recipe from this pin: But the link to the recipe is here from Whole Foods.  It is a very easy recipe and I like that it doesn’t have any ingredients that I don’t usually …

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Last Day Of School

Today is the last day of school for my kids.  I’m not going to get all sappy about it.  I love the summer.  I can get up later in the morning, the days are longer and there’s no homework so I have more fun time to spend with them and I just have fewer responsibilities …

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What I Saw on My Walk

I’ve found, for the moment, a way to motivate myself to exercise.  I’ve been taking walks in one of the neighborhoods in town with beautiful homes.  It’s a 2 mile walk from my house and back, so it’s not my neighborhood.  I don’t want you thinking I’m rolling in the mommy blogger dough.  I love …

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My Decade Obsession

I have a confession to make. Ever since I saw Anchor Man 2, I am obsessed with the 70’s.  I loved the costumes:   And the sets were so cool:   If you haven’t seen the movie, the picture of the interior of Ron’s lighthouse doesn’t make sense, but I scoured the interwebs for when …

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If It’s Free It’s for Me

This is an ode to my father my in law. I was walking my non-sick child (I don’t even remember which one it was that day.  We are passing a stomach bug around the house and it’s been a bit miserable.  My poor son got it twice!) and my neighbors had a stainless steel grill …

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