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How do your children help with chores?
Happy Monday friends! My weekend was a blur of activities which kept me from accomplishing two of my most important home maintenance tasks – grocery shopping and returning widgets back to their rightful place (not to be confused with cleaning). The latter being a big deal because I don’t like to start the week with…
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The Best Wine Opener
Happy weekend! If libations of the wine type are in your near future, I am wondering, how do you open you wine bottles? Do you have a favorite wine opener? We have used the same Metrokane Vertical Rabbit for at least 10-years now and love how easily it pops the cork. It came with a…
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Lemons
It used to be that as soon as I woke up in the morning, the first thing I did was brush my teeth and then drink a hot cup of freshly brewed coffee. About 2-months ago, I changed that routine by swapping the caffeine for a tall glass of water with a squeeze of half…
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Homemade Strawberry Jam
I made some strawberry jam using our home grown strawberries that my children helped me pick. Wow, that sounds so idyllic, doesn’t it? The strawberry season has been very good to us in our backyard this year. So much so that I had enough extra berries to try my hands at homemade jam. I used…
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Happy Hour
Recently, I have been unwinding at night with a glass of wine, a snack worthy of my kids’ begging, and my sketchbook. At the kitchen island I draw and paint whatever silly thing inspired me that day. It’s great fun! Sharing a few pictures with you today, and wondering how do you choose to unwind…
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A new way to slice bagels
I am a big fan of bagels. Even so, I always wonder why they have to be so huge. I know not all bagels are huge, and yes they do sell “mini bagels”, but 95% of the bagels I encounter at the grocery and warehouse stores are giants. They seem rather unnecessary for most appetites.…