Day 1: Drop Your Messy Drawers!

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Whoa! I didn’t mean literally!  Today I started A Bowl Full of Lemons getting organized challenge! Today was Day 1, the dreaded junk drawer! Okay…don’t start hyperventilating, stay with me, I know we can do this.  Here is the before… Oh my gosh…don’t judge me! I know it’s bad…. I emptied all the contents of this [...]

2012 is the year I get ORGANIZED!

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So I promised myself this year I was not going to make a New Years Resolution. Why? Well I make them, I do them for a little while and then eventually give up and forget about it. So when I saw a status update from one of my favorite blogs A Bowl Full Of Lemons [...]

I love FREE stuff!

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I am so excited for my husband (and me)! His work has been holding a contest for a few months and the winner would receive a FREE iPad. He has been trying to convince me to buy an iPad for a while, and I just didn’t see the point of it. Well guess what…. HE [...]

Goodbye 2011…Hello 2012…

Happy New Year! Last night was wonderful as we partied the night away saying goodbye to 2011. We had more food than I knew what to do with, but everything was delicious. I love finger foods that you can pick at all throughout the night. I could live on that type of food forever vs. [...]

Merry Christmas 2011

There is nothing greater as a parent than waking up to a child’s happy voice screaming “SANTA CAME!!”  He sure did, and in Santa fashion always gives her MORE than what she really needs and wants.  Even the pets got some toys in their stockings… Mommy gave Daddy…what else? Tools for all the repairs and maintenance [...]

Decking the halls and all that good stuff…

Today we went to our local home improvement store to go pick out a real Christmas tree. I haven’t had a real tree in over 3 years and was looking forward to it! My husband however, not so much. In years past when he would come with me to pick out a tree he would [...]

Happy Thanksgiving!

I know I haven’t been posting much. It’s the holidays and I have been taking a break from the blogisphere to enjoy the real world. My husband works in the hospitality industry so we celebrated our Thanksgiving a few days early. It was our first one in our new home, and although we missed the [...]

Let the landscaping begin! Part II

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The past two days I have been non stop in the garden! I had to take advantage of this beautiful Florida Fall weather we have been having. A couple of months ago my husband dug out all the old hedges that were covered in weeds and basically hacked to death. We also had all the [...]

Looking for a meatless dinner? Here’s one to try…

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I love pasta! Who doesn’t right? So when dinner time rolls around, and mommy hasn’t gone grocery shopping…I look through my pantry and make do with what we have. This recipe calls for truffle oil, and you might not have this laying around in your pantry like I do. Well if you don’t have it…GO [...]

From Scratch Butternut Squash Soup

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I love soups and stews. Its one of those go to meals that’s inexpensive, and easy to do! I always make a butternut squash side dish for Thanksgiving that people rave over, so I thought about turning it into a velvety soup, and let me tell you…IT WAS DELICIOUS! So I decided to share the [...]