Thanksgiving dinner is the one holiday that all Americans can get behind each November. What’s not to love? You eat lots of food, drink wine before during and after dinner and chat with the people you are thankful for. The only tricky thing may be which wines to buy that will pair nicely with Aunt…
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Instant Pot Deals and Free Recipe Books on Kindle
The Instant Pot has taken over Facebook and for Cyber Week Amazon has deeply discounted the 7 in 1 model and offers free and very inexpensive IP Cookbooks every day. We have listed a few below for you. They don’t stay free forever, so if you see one you like just add it to your shopping cart….
Bad Mom’s Christmas and other Favorite Holiday Movies
I DO admit to having a very complex rubrics for movies I enjoy particularly around the holidays. I like the traditional one’s as well as the non-traditional ones and sometimes, they are just movies that make me laugh which is often needed around the holidays with an uber blended large family. I know my list…
Iconic Regional Foods + Recipes
I belong to a very large worldwide foodie group on Facebook called “The Cook’s Cook” with over 80,000 people participating. Every week or so there will be a debate about the best pizza or chili and people are quite passionate about why Texas Chili is the only “real ” chili because it has no beans…
Best Gifts for Science Fiction Geeks & Nerds
As a geeky nerd, and the mother of geeky nerds I can use both of those terms lovingly. If it’s sci-fi, I probably love it and those gifts are always the most loved during the holidays and birthdays. Have you ever been to Comic-Con? Neither have I, but that would be a fabulous gift. Either…
101 Halloween Recipe & Craft Explosion
Did you know that Halloween is the 2nd most decorated holiday of the year? Christmas, of course, being the MOST decorated. I personally don’t do a whole bunch of Halloween decorations now that my kids are grown and prefer to spend my money and crafting time on Fall decor but lots of people are so…
Elaine’s Apple Cranberry Pie Recipe
Just look at this beautiful pie! My cousin Elaine and I learned lots of old fashioned ways to cook from our Ukrainian Grandmother and have many shared memories of rolling out and cutting egg noodles for her chicken noodle soup with cinnamon ( I still put that in mine) and her most amazing recipe for happiness,…
Legging Wars – My attempt to purchase LulaRoe Leggings
BETTER Than LuLaRoe Leggings I’m updating this article in January of 2019 to state that most everyone who was on the LLR bandwagon has gotten off after so many complaints so right to the good stuff. My favorite two sources for adorable leggings at 1/3 or less of the price. Legging Army! The Winner! The third…
Fun and Family Friendly Movies Disney & Beyond
I feel very blessed to be included in our area’s movie sneak peeks of upcoming Disney Movies as well as their affiliates. For 2018 so far two movies are just fantastic for the whole family. Coming out today is “A Wrinkle in Time”. Accompanied by my grown daughter who had just finished reading the book…
DIY Wool Dryer Balls + the Easy Way
I fell in love with the idea of Wool Dryer Balls when my friends started talking about them. I hate putting chemicals in my family’s clothing and you know I have a very spoiled fur kid with skin issues so I always have to worry about that too. So of course, I read all the…