25 Things You Might Not Know About Me

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TweetI spent the weekend away (here) reuniting with some friends and making new ones.  It was a dream come true and worth every lousy bounce in paper-airplane-like ride to and from the middle of the country.   More on that later…. but the trip got me thinking about things people might not know about me [...]

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Gift Wrapping Idea: Make a Polka Dot Package!

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TweetHave you noticed I have a thing with gift wrapping lately?  I’ve shared a few different ideas lately and just can’t get enough. For this fun package, I mainly used supplies I already had on hand.  I hope you can find some unused craft supplies and go for it too! My mother in law had [...]

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This Week’s Linky Party- Reader’s Choice

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TweetHappy Friday!  It’s been a busy week around here.  We had Spring Break- woohoo! My sister had her baby on Weds- cute nephew #3 joined our family.  And now I’m headed to a weekend away and can hardly believe it!  To keep things simple around here I decided to do a reader’s choice linky again.  [...]

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Easy Weeknight Dinner…Tater Tot Casserole

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Tweet I  used to eat this casserole at a friend’s house growing up and I loved it! So now that I’m all grown up and have a family of my own, it’s something I wanted to make for my family. However, I wanted to clean it up a bit so I substituted the condensed soup [...]

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Overnight Breakfast Casserole & a Taste Test!

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TweetI wanted a stress free Easter morning. We had church at 9am. 5 people ready and out the door by 8:45am on Easter was feat. To make it run a little smoother, I made this Overnight Breakfast Casserole on Saturday night. Success! Another simple one but it was a crowd pleaser too! I loved that [...]

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Autism Awareness Day

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TweetThirteen years ago I became a mom. My beautiful blue eyed baby boy was born to two young, naive parents (22-me and 24-my husband, respectively). Two years later our J became a big brother. Right around that time it became pretty clear that something was different with our J. And quickly we realized what the [...]

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One Direction Printable Lunch Bags!

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TweetI thought that I had dodged a bullet with my daughter.  All of her friends and girls her age seemed to have been bitten by the One Direction bug.  Not my girl.  And then a few months ago it happened.  She started blasting their songs (at 5:30am sometimes!), talking about them and begging for Tiger [...]

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This Week’s Link Up: Reader’s Choice

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TweetHappy Friday! You guys are the best. Last week in the linky party I got lots of ideas for my kids. Did you see yesterday’s post? I have 25 fun kid ideas, many are from last week’s link up.  Visit my link up page with a whole list of other parties to link up to [...]

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25 Easy & Fun Kids Ideas

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TweetMy kids spring break is coming up and summer is fast approaching! I try to plan activities in advance to beat the boredom blues each year.  Otherwise we could end up vegging in front of the tv and all the electronic gadgets for weeks on end.  Thank heavens for the internet and all the millions [...]

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Easter Treat: Jelly Bean Poem + Printable

Easter Jelly Bean Poem with Printable from www.thirtyhandmadedays.com

TweetIt’s hard to believe that Easter is this week!! This year is flying by.  I wanted to make some treats for friends and found the Jelly Bean poem.  Have you heard of it before? As much as I love bunnies and carrots (hello carrot cake!) this time of year, I wanted to create something that [...]

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