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Pudding Pound Cake
A good cake recipe is predictable and turns out perfect every time. Pudding Pound Cake totally fits the mold (pun intended) and can offer a little variety that goes a long way for spring and summer treats. One of my favorite ways to have Pudding Pound Cake is the...
14 ways to keep your sanity with a toddler at Disney
A recent trip to Disney World with our extended family had me doing tons of research to help make our first Disney World trip with a toddler so much easier. While I did my research, there were a few things I still needed to learn on my own. So, here is my ULTIMATE...
40 Somethings: Soup Dumplings and the Chinese New Year
Today, I’m checking off two items on my 40 somethings list as I celebrate my 40th circle around the sun. This month is all about Chinese New Year and I’ve had my first soup dumplings and attended an official Chinese New Year celebration. It's no secret that I love...
WW Slow Cooker Gumbo
This Slow Cooker Mock Gumbo is our go-to recipe for Fat Tuesday. Just a fun way to celebrate a holiday with fun food and keep things easy in the slow cooker and Weight Watcher friendly. Celebrating food a holiday was probably the thing I looked forward to most...
Cupid’s Chill Pill Bath Salts
Needing a Galentine gift or something for teachers, neighbors, Bible Study friends, etc to use for sweet little Valentines? This bath salt blend is easy to mix up and give away. I like to let my preschool son help me and we try to come up with funny Valentine...
Garlic Herb Cheeseball
Adding something to the 40 Somethings series - I hosted my first family gathering in my new home. I’ve always gone home to my folks or my inlaws or some other family member's home for big holidays. But, this year my family all came to Northwest Arkansas and we had...
40 Somethings Series
So, 2022 is the year I turn 40 - eeekkkkk. I remember when that age seemed so old and I remembered that it seemed forever away. I remember my 30th birthday like it was yesterday. I can remember the slow easy day. I remember my friend picking me up for dinner in the...
Turkey Meatloaf Sheet pan Scoops
It's January and most of us are back on a health kick, my family included. I feel like last year I mastered a meatloaf recipe that we love so much, that we crave it! It is a Weight Watcher Friendly Meatloaf, but it has so much flavor in it, that you don’t even know...
WW Crockpot Sausage Tortellini Soup
This weight watcher friendly crockpot soup lightens up one of my favorite soup recipes and adds the ease of the slow cooker for the preparation. In my usual style, I took one of my favorite recipes and put my spin on it, threw it in the crockpot, lightened it up to...
Winter Wassail
Oh my goodness, it is time to host holiday events, and this homemade apple cider, Winter Wassail should be on the list for any time you are trying to take care of folks. I know gathering people will look a little different this year. But, whether you are setting...
Essential Oil Holiday Diffuser Blends
These essential oil Christmas holiday fragrance blends are perfect for setting the tone in your home to feel like Christmas. Are you still wrapping presents or looking for a “scent” for your home during the remaining days of the holiday season? I find as I sit in...
Preschool Advent Lessons for Christmas
This year my Little Man is a sponge, so I’m being intentional with a few Christmas Lessons for a Preschooler by using each week of December as a theme for exploring the story of the nativity with my toddler son. My mom has been a preschool teacher for more than 40...
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