This has to be one of my favorite pictures of my little girl. She is always so hard to snap pictures of and this one just happened on a run by moment. I love that her eyes came out so bright, she has a real smile on her face, and the cheap plastic glasses from…
Peppermint Hot Chocolate Recipe
My husband came to me the other day letting me know our hot chocolate mix was out. It doesn’t take long. We love hot chocolate in this house, especially when it starts getting cold out. Our preference is to experiment with ingredients on hand and come up with our own flavors and mixes to warm our hearts…
Chicken, Sausage and Peppers
I love it when peppers are on sale! It means I get to create some fantastic pepper recipes and share them with you! This recipe is great because it’s easy to customize based on what you have on hand or what’s on sale. Around here peppers can get quite pricy so it’s nice to know if…
Tips on Shopping for Someone Who is Hard to Buy For
It never fails. Every year I have at least one person on my gift list who is hard to buy for. This year (and every year) it’s my husband. I’ve known this man for over fourteen years and I still never know what to get him! His reaction to every gift given to him is…
5 Simple Ideas it Improve Your Hotel Stay
I survived my very first long distance trip alone! This wasn’t the furthest I’ve ever traveled, or the longest time I’ve spent away, but it is the only time I’ve done it all on my own. This was a six hour drive one way to Minneapolis, I stayed in a hotel close to the Mall…
Positively Thankful
“I am thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out of my nose.” ~Woody Allen Another Thanksgiving has come and gone. During this past weekend I had a most blessed time with both my family and my husbands family. Due to circumstances we visited with each family separately, but it was wonderful seeing everyone, smiling,…
How to Make a Care Bear Costume
Last night we had a blast trick or treating and I was surprised at how many people who were impressed with the costumes I made for the girls. Charlie was Cheer Bear and Lena was Grumpy Bear. The girls have been obsessed with the Care Bears for the past year so it was no surprise…
National Novel Writing Month
Just got home from trick or treating. Washed the kids faces, let them pick out once piece of candy each as a treat for tonight, then let them veg out in front of the TV for a show or two before bed. Took a look at my email and realized NATIONAL NOVEL WRITING MONTH STARTS…
A Glimpse of Our Military Life
Two years ago, the weekend after Thanksgiving, my husband boarded a bus for his second deployment. A year later, the day before Thanksgiving, he got off a bus, and was back home with us. I could lie and say it wasn’t a big, crazy ordeal, but it was. That day I was hooked up to…
What to Do When You Don’t Know What To Do With Yourself
Tonight the kids went to bed and shortly after my husband went to bed, too. After a 3 hour nap this afternoon, I’m sitting here wide awake. Amazingly, I got a few hours all to myself, something that rarely happens. I sat down, eager to do something I enjoy doing…and stopped. What do I like…