Fix It Up Friday: Crinkle Baby Blankie Tutorial

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Good morning! It is time for Fix It Up Friday again. I am so glad to have you join me. Thank you to those of you who linked up last week. If you are a blogger and have a creative post to link up, please do so. I always love to see what other people create. The guidelines [...]

The Third

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Just when it seemed Julia might be an only child, I found out I was pregnant. Five months of hives, lower back/tailbone pain, a surprise, natural, breech birth, hospitalization at 1 year old for breathing issues, tantrums, challenges, his tears and worries (and mine). Our first son who bears the name of his father and [...]

Cooking with Dry Beans

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On Monday I shared a recipe for baked beans. In that recipe I explained how to cook dry beans. However, I thought they deserved their own post. Beans are high in protein, iron, fiber, and antioxidants. They definitely deserve a place in our diet. I for one want to make a more concerted effort to [...]

Baked Beans Recipe

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A few weeks ago I made baked beans from scratch. They were my variation of a couple of recipes. I thought they were good, but I might try eliminating the last step where they are baked without the foil. Two of the kids like a runnier baked bean. Here is the recipe. Baked Beans #ratingval# [...]

Fix It Up Friday: Real-Time Crafting

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Good morning! It is time for Fix It Up Friday again. I am so glad to have you join me. Thank you to those of you who linked up last week. If you are a blogger and have a creative post to link up, please do so. I always love to see what other people create. The guidelines [...]

Home Management Binder (& Bindertek Review)

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When the good folks at Bindertek.com contacted me about reviewing one of their binders I was thrilled. Being someone who loves label makers, binders, rubbermaid containers and organizing items of all sorts, I was excited to try out one of their binders. I am always on a quest for organization and have been wanting to put [...]

Baby Basics: Crying

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Joshua February 2005 Babies cry. It’s a fact of life. Crying is a natural way for babies to communicate. As they grow, they generally cry less each day as they learn other methods of communication such as smiling, laughing, sign language, etc. When our babies cry our natural response should be to soothe and comfort [...]

Fix It Up Friday: Nursing Clothing Hacks

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Good morning! It is time for Fix It Up Friday again. I am so glad to have you join me. Thank you to those of you who linked up last week. If you are a blogger and have a creative post to link up, please do so. I always love to see what other people create. The guidelines [...]

Vanilla Extract Available in the Shop

Just a friendly little FYI: I have just listed 5 bottles of vanilla extract in my Etsy shop.

Flower Bulb Planting Help from “Bulbs. Dig, Drop, Done.”

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Bulbs. Dig, Drop, Done. for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. My favorite flowers are daffodils.  When I was a little girl we had a patch of daffodils on our hillside.  Every year in late winter I would check our little hill to see [...]