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We Bought Over 60 Pounds of Produce

That’s right, we bought over 60 pounds of produce in one shopping trip. 30 pounds of yellow onions (Early bird special) 12 pounds of tomatoes Plus 1 bunch of bananas (Thursday Produce Day), 4 pounds of oranges, 12 avocados (Thursday Produce Day), 2 pounds of jalapenos, 3 pounds of carrots, and 2 bunches of cilantro. […]

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Entertainment Family Life

WWE Supershow

Sunday night, we went to see a local WWE event. It was originally scheduled as a RAW house show but changed to a Supershow when the Smackdown event was cancelled due to weather issues. As usual, we purchase our WWE attire from the WWEShop prior to the event and we make our posters a few […]

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Kitchen Conversions Using Google

My secret weapon in the kitchen is conversions. I have a little cheat sheet magnet on the side of my microwave that tells them the common conversions. But what happens when I need to slash a recipe in half or maybe double it for leftovers? That’s not too bad in most cases but what happens […]

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Everything Else Family Life

Cream Soup Base Recipe & Our Weekly Menu

The other night, I realized that I was out of cream of mushroom soup when I needed a can to prepare our steak stroganoff. I searched and searched and compiled a few recipes to come up with a substitute version that could be modified to make any type of cream soup. It took only a […]

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2012 Word Of The Year

Last year we picked health for our word of the year. We ate out less. We made food from scratch. We used local ingredients with some coming directly from our own landlords farm. We attempted to grow our own food. We have become accustom to the slow moving country life. And while health is still […]

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Product Review: Toy Bungee

About Toy Bungee A modern approach to keeping kids germ-free, the Toy Bungee is a non-toxic baby/toddler resistant strap designed to keep toys, bottles and sippy cups from falling to the floor. The unique button design prevents your little one from releasing objects from the strap, keeping the objects near, even when thrown or dropped! […]