20 Perfect Easter Treat and Dessert Recipes - From Other Blogs

This year, Easter is April 20th, which means it's not too early to begin planning your Easter dinner. However, my focus in the kitchen has usually been dessert. I really enjoy baking. I have a collection of Easter desserts that I have been hoarding and I would like to share them with you, in hopes you'll make one of these delicious dishes for your family. These are my Easter faves from other blogs! Lemon Pull Apart Bread from Barbara Bakes Rainbow...

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Week 3: The Master Cleanse

Every day last week I was slipping. Not alot, just here and there. I was beating myself up about it. I was craving Frappuccinos. I was tired of water. I was SOO hungry in the evening. I just wanted to GIVE UP. At least for the week. But low and behold God or the Universe or the PICK YOUR SELF UP AND QUIT WALLOWING FAIRY sent me a gift curse gift.  The Master Cleanse.  Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo folks, not the lemonade...

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Crochet Nesting Bowls - (Link to Free Pattern Included)

Last year, I discovered my love for yarn. I had initially tried knitting, and while soothing, my patience runs a little thin especially since I am not yet adept to knowing how to fix a dropped stitch. When I was six years old, my grandmother taught me how to crochet, a skill that was lost on me as I got older. Now, twenty five years later, I've taught myself how to crochet using books and YouTube videos. For the last six months or so I've...

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The Best TV Series to Watch on Netflix

Hubs and I had a brilliant idea last year to give up cable and move to a Roku. We were hoping to save $100+ a month. And you know what? We did. A year later I am preaching the Gospel of Roku. Our cable bill was about $200/mo (which included internet, DVR, HD channels, Showtime and HBO). We are a one income family and we just couldn't bring ourselves to give the almighty cable company more money than we needed to. Since ditching the cable...

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Week 2: The Snot Monster

Mr Sunshine, full of sickies and ready to share Last Saturday I felt the tickle in the back of my throat. Oh no. This can't be happening. I should have seen it coming though since E-Man and Bear were just getting over a cold. But I was so careful, I washed my hands, I washed THEIR hands... E-Man and Hubs at the hockey game Alas, it was unavoidable. The sickies were coming. I tried to ignore them. We took the boys to their first hockey...

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Review: February Kiwi Crate "Around the World," Part One

Remember those box subscriptions I told you about? Well Bear's box for the month of February was Kiwi Crate (affiliate link).  I had heard wonderful things about Kiwi Crate from my blogger friend, Daisy and June. The recommended ages are three to seven and since Bear is five, I thought it would be a perfect match. I was hesitant about all the different kinds of paper crafts because Bear's eyes sort of glaze over if there's not enough...

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Boys' Bedroom: Redesign and Reorganize, Phase 1

E-Man and Bear share a room. That is what happens when you live in a smaller space. I love that they have this time together while they're young because they will definitely be wanting their own private space when they're older. One of the disadvantages of their shared room is that they accumulate ALOT of "things" and storage is pretty non existent in here at the moment. Hubs and I have the larger bedroom with our queen size bed. Mr Sunshine...

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