Frozen Giveaway!
Yesterday, my kids and I took a day trip to Boston with one of my oldest and dearest friends and her family. Near the end of our day, the four…
Crock Pot Bacon Cheeseburgers
You guys should have seen my husband’s face when I told him this week’s Crock Pot Thursday pick was Crock Pot Bacon Cheeseburgers. He was like, “You can’t make cheeseburgers in the…
My Writing Process
I have a blog crush. Okay, I have like fifteen of them, but one of them is Stephanie Jankowski from When Crazy Meets Exhaustion. If you read blogs at work,…
Summer of Giving
I participated in this program on behalf of Champions for Kids and The Motherhood. As always, all opinions are my own. SUMMER HUNGER “I’m hungry!” It’s summer, and school has…
Crock Pot Minestrone
I love soup. I also love squash, tomatoes, and pesto. There is another list of foods I love, and it’s called the ingredients list of this Crock Pot Minestrone. So.…
Camping With Kids
My kids love camping. I mean, find me a five and seven-year-old who don’t live for playing outside, getting dirty, and staying up late to roast marshmallows over a fire…
The Line
Fifty four. If I would have counted the number of people in line, I may not have readily become its caboose. It was long, but we were hungry, and it…
Crock Pot Chicken and Noodles
Last year, I asked for crockpot recipe suggestions, and my friend Sarah from The Sadder But Wiser Girl recommended this Crock Pot Chicken and Noodle recipe. I pinned it, with…
Under Where?
I exhaled a breathy sigh of relief, and flung myself into my chair, pulling my shoulder length, puffy brown hair into a ponytail with the scrunchie that perfectly matched my…
What I’m Doing When I’m Cleaning
My mom is visiting for a week. Overnight house guests are rare for us, what with all of our family living across the country, and since I like to save…
Crock Pot Beef Curry
I was a week behind my family in preparing this Crock Pot Thursday recipe because last week I was in Baltimore having the time of my life at BlogU. If you are a…
Butterfly Birthday Party
A few weeks ago, my youngest child turned five. She had requested a butterfly birthday cake, and with the help of our local library’s cake pan program, I was able…
BlogU14: Coming Down Off the Mountain
For a woman in her mid-thirties, I think about college far too frequently. One of my most popular posts is about my collegiate days, I’ve reminisced about my roommates and…
Crock Pot Shrimp Boil
When my sister-in-law, Sarah, chose this recipe, she begged, “Don’t hate me!” This plea was valid, as we are a lazy bunch, and dislike Crock Pot Thursday recipes that include…
Why is the bathroom so clean? Who’s coming over?
I’m working with Tilex® on a paid basis, but my opinions are my own. Six years ago, when we bought our current house, I was worried. It only has one…
Crock Pot Chicken Osso Buco
Before last week, I’d never had Osso Buco. This version was modified from Food.com, and is described as “a less expensive but equally as rich-tasting slow-cooker version of the traditional…
10 Ways I Know my Kid is Ready for Kindergarten
My daughter will be entering kindergarten in the fall, a fact that boggles my mind every other minute. I don’t know what it is about watching my offspring grow. I…
Crock Pot Pork Chops with Dijon Herb Sauce
Sometimes, recipes are chosen for Crock Pot Thursday because the family member who is tasked with selecting for the week thinks, “Hey, I have pork chops, so let’s make something…
Colored Rice Candleholders
The older my kids get, the more I enjoy doing crafts and projects with them. I no longer have to do the lion’s share of the work, they appreciate the…
Target is for all the things. Seriously. All of them.
Content and/or other value provided by our partner, Target. All opinions are my own. Last month, everyone in my family contracted strep throat. Everyone but me and my incredible immune…
The Time I Almost Died of Stupidity
In 1991, my happy place was my grandparents’ swimming pool. That summer, when I was no longer a middle schooler, but not yet a high schooler, I spent most of…
Crock Pot Chicken with Peanut Sauce
I love peanut butter. When I was a girl, my grandma and I both loved eating peanut butter straight off of the spoon. We also both loved chocolate covered raisins,…
Best Mom
“Why don’t you ever give me things like this?” I ask my seven-year-old son as I hold up a drawing from his sister. It is a flower, colorless except for…
Crock Pot Cheesesteak Sandwiches
Two weeks in a row of sandwiches? I know, but we’re crazy like that. When my in-laws were visiting last month, we toyed with the idea of making a day…
What Five-Year-Olds Do At Soccer
My kids are playing soccer this year, and while my seven-year-old is playing actual games, with passing, and plays, and scores and stuff, my almost five-year-old is learning skills in…
For My Son, on His Seventh Birthday
My boy is seven, a fact that seems as crazy as when they let us bring him home from the hospital a mere six years and 363 days ago. I…
Crock Pot Reuben Sandwiches
This Crock Pot Thursday recipe pick was mine, and at first I kind of felt like a jerk because my husband hates sauerkraut, and therefore had never tried a Reuben…
Pops of Color and a $100 Giveaway!
This is a sponsored post, but the words and opinions are my own. You should read to the bottom, because we’re giving away a fatty prize! When Wayfair.com challenged me to…
Banana Bread Scones with Brown Sugar Glaze
The life cycle of a bunch of bananas in our house is very predictable. Once the bananas cross the threshold of the kitchen, my children each snatch one off the…
Crock Pot Chinese Pork Shoulder
I really enjoyed this Crock Pot Chinese Pork Shoulder recipe, and not only because I’m steering clear of carbs right now. The flavor of the meat and the sauce was…
10 Tips For Maximizing Grandparent Time
My in-laws are in town. When people hear this, I am immediately asked, “Is that a good thing?” It is. You already know how much I love my mother-in-law,…
Easy Deviled Egg Boats
Deviled eggs are a fan favorite at our house. When my oldest child was two, I was making a gigantic batch of them for my husband’s work picnic, and between…
Dog Park or Kid Park?
Recently, a friend asked me if I ever took our eight-year-old black lab, Edgar, to the dog park. “I used to,” I told her. “The dog park isn’t a great…
Crock Pot Chicken Broccoli Alfredo
Listen, sometimes you just want to dump some chicken in a pot and throw some sauce on top of it. That’s great, and those meals are usually ones the kids…
The Cracks On My Face
“I don’t like my skates,” my four-year-old mentioned quietly, as we sat on the bleachers outside of our local ice skating rink. It was our family’s first time ice skating together,…
Crock Pot Black Bean and Spinach Chicken
Things I love: black beans, spinach, chicken, tomatoes, and cream cheese. And looky here! This Crock Pot Black Bean and Spinach Chicken has all of those things. It has other…
Suburban Haiku: A Review and Giveaway
My favorite kind of humor is the brand that effortlessly points out the silly absurdities of everyday life. I love it even more if those observations are poking fun at…
Crock Pot Vegetable Curry
Last week my husband was out of town, and it was my turn to choose our Crock Pot Thursday recipe. If you look at our recipe index, you’ll see that…
I Prayed for my Husband Before We Met
When I was a zitty, hormonal 14-year-old, I began praying for my future husband. Someone, either my mother or a church youth leader, gave me this idea, and I thought…
Relationship Advice from the Funniest Women on the Internet
When I make new friends, I like to freak them out by either sharing an embarrassing story about myself, or asking them so many questions they think I work for the government. Since…
According to Lily
Last week I had my four-year-old’s preschool conference, and it went well. Pretty much Lily is her teacher’s absolute favorite, and she’s the cutest girl to ever hop like a…
Fire Safety Rocks!
Before last week, I was feeling good about my family’s fire safety preparedness. Every year, both in preschool and elementary school, firefighters have come to my kids’ schools and discussed…
Crock Pot Roasted Turkey Breast
Who says turkey is just for Thanksgiving? Sure, roasting a gigantic bird takes some planning and isn’t a meal that can be whipped up in the small space of time…
I Need Facts Up Front Because I’m Not an Octopus
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of the Facts Up Front program. This morning I zipped up my too tight jeans, yelled at the kids to get their…
The Little Blue House
When I was 14, my parents bought a house across the street from our town’s high school. Ours had always been a home that had a few extra kids hanging…
Crock Pot Lasagna Soup
I have a confession to make. I didn’t make this soup on Thursday. I have another confession to make. I didn’t do last week’s recipe on Thursday, either. Two weeks…
Grilled Carne Asada
I know you guys think my family only eats food from the Crock Pot, and you are mostly right, but we eat a few other things, too. For example, my husband…
Connecticut Science Center
It’s still winter. Have you noticed? We certainly have, and are pining for spring days that bring trips to the park and the ability to go outside without the task…
Perfection in Parenting? Good One.
Last night, after a lovely dinner that included all of the food groups (and side dishes!), my four and six-year-old children helped clear the table without complaint. My daughter pushed…
Crock Pot Southwest Chicken Soup
It’s still winter. Had you noticed? While the rest of the country complains about the cold and the snow and the polar vortex, I’ve been annoyingly zen about the weather.…