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A Halloween Hack
Who needs to hack Halloween, you ask? When in prior years you've been known as the Grinch of Halloween (me), you (I) need a few tricks up...
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Self Care: Lunch for Mom
I've written before about what self care does and doesn't look like for me right now, and a huge part of what it does look like is...
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A Summer Plan: Food
Food is a big part of our summer plan. Here is my reference list for what to feed all these people who seem to need to be fed all the...
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Our Favorite Trail Mix
A couple weeks ago we were swimming with friends and when we took the requisite snack break and were sharing our snacks, we went crazy...
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Monday Things
Monday! Oh, I love a Monday. (Not much has changed.) 1. To keep myself accountable for my only New Year's resolution, I've been keeping a...
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Spring Fever + Costco Staples
How's that for a combination of topics? I spent a few minutes this week researching spring fever. Is this a real phenomenon? My children...
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Feeding the Family with a Traveling Spouse
Spring has sprung! The little kids and I spent about five hours outside in the (windy) sunshine yesterday, and it was glorious. It may...
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A Salad + A Smoothie
Not something you see too often around here—a food post! This salad has been blessing me in the lunch department for about two years now,...
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10 Winter Things
Forgive the rambling brain dump but I have been without much free time lately--see culprit above. 1. Seasonal uniforms. Do you have one?...
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A Dinner Hack: Feed them Fruit
I've written before about the fruit hierarchy that exists in our house (most of which still holds true--just add in pears which are...