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A Sick Little SJ & Dinner With Friends

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I swear the weather was so nice for a few weeks and now it feels like winter again! I was really hoping we were going to be able to swim soon, but I'm pretty sure the pool water is below 60 degrees right now. Frost bite. Yikes! Our sweet little SJ has been on and off sick this weekend. Poor

Lunchables, Thomas Undies, & Wrestling Matches

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Do you ever walk in to your kitchen and find your toddler standing in your refrigerator? In his underwear. Thomas underwear of course. No? Apparently, little big man likes to eat. And he likes to eat ALL the time. Even when you say "no more snacks", he takes matters in to his own

How to Land Guest Posts Like it’s Your Job

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I think we can all agree that we would like more readers. No? Maybe it's just me, but I know when I look at my google analytics, I get really excited when I see the number of unique visitors coming to my site each month rising. I want to share with you one strategy that I used when I began blogging

{Vlog} Stop and Smell the Roses {Week 8}

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It's time for week 8 of.... This week I have one of my favorite people joining me for Stop and Smell the Roses, Tonya from Love of Family and Home! Tonya has gotten A LOT of questions on her hair (because seriously her hair is awesome, huh?) and I have had a few questions on my eye makeup

Welcome To My Dining Room

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I have been adding and changing and adding and changing things in this dining room since the day we moved in. Literally. I just didn't have a clear vision of what I wanted it to be. I kept trying different ideas and then changing them a few weeks later. I think I can finally say that I am getting

{Easter Recap 2012} Easter Egg Hunt Aftermath

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I must say that it was a very relaxing (as relaxing as having 3 kids can be) Easter for us this year. We stayed home and Gigi and Poppy came over for steaks! Gigi is really in to the Easter egg dyeing...THANK GOODNESS because mommy is not a huge fan. I like to take pictures while she mans the

{Vlog} Stop and Smell the Roses {7}

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It's week 7 of Stop and Smell the Roses! This week I'm sharing two of my favorite beauty products that I have been using since college! I wish I could say college was yesterday. Pssst. More like yesterday times 2,920 days. Do the math. It's a good 8 years. More like 10 if I start from freshman

What Do You Use Your Trash Mail For?

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One of my favorite personal finance blogs (besides my husband's), Get Rich Slowly, has an annual video contest. In years past I have really enjoyed watching all the entries! I've also gotten some really great personal finance tips too! This year, since I have been doing more videos, I thought it

Basketball Goal – 1, Husband – 0

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Remember how I told you about our new basketball goal? Well, what I didn't tell you? It may have taken my husband an entire Saturday to put it together. I always love when he decides that he wants to start a project like this because it's VERY rare folks. VERY VERY rare. I've told you once and

Happy Easter 2012

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It's been a constant egg hunt here at our house. Between the 59 eggs that the bunny hid here and the 80+ he hid at Gigi and Poppy's...the kids are on a major chocolate high. Hope your Easter is as hyper as mine.

Can Somebody Tell The Easter Bunny I Need 20 Bags of These?

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I'm not ashamed to admit that I fully expect the Easter bunny to bring me about 20 bags of these. You hear that Easter bunny? Ask my college roommate and she will tell you that during the month of March and April I lived off Cadbury Mini Eggs. Literally, breakfast, lunch, and dinner all consisted

I’m Drooling Over the Crown Molding

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I can't tell you how long I have wanted crown molding, but it's been a LONG long long time. There is just something about crown molding that makes everything look nice and crisp and clean and complete. Nice - Crisp - Clean - Complete - are all music to a type A girl's ears. Me likey. Here's the