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Is it just me, or are Lit­tle Deb­bie snacks sim­ply bliss­ful? And at just $1.59 per box, you really can’t beat the price. I know—they are ter­ri­ble for you, but I can’t help it. I love them—well, a lot of them, any­way. I can’t say I’m a huge fan of every Lit­tle Deb­bie treat (like the Brown­ies with the candy-coated chocolate […]

A few nights ago, I was brows­ing through my new Rival Slow-Cooker cook­book (yes—I bought a cook­book solely devoted to Crock-pot recipes—I have that much faith in them). As I was skim­ming the pages, decid­ing what recipes I wanted to pick up ingre­di­ents for at the store, I came across a recipe for stuffed chicken. It looked good and sounded delicious, […]

As we were brows­ing the fic­tion sec­tion, we let Cora get down to explore a lit­tle. (Just in case you are wondering-no we are not the kind of par­ents who let our kid get into any and every­thing. I payed close atten­tion so she didn’t grab and/or knock over a sin­gle book.) She was actu­ally really good-she walked […]

Think about it: have you ever had a home-cooked Crock-Pot meal that wasn’t absolutely deli­cious? Okay, maybe that ques­tion is a lit­tle extreme. I mean, it’s not like I’ve kept a run­ning record or any­thing, but to my rec­ol­lec­tion, I’ve never had a bad Crock-Pot meal. And the great­est thing about Crock-Pot meals is that they are so easy! How […]

In a Nut­shell: Use them! The Thought Process: To be hon­est, I don’t think a thought process behind return­ing a shop­ping cart to a shop­ping cart return is really nec­es­sary. Seems kind of sim­ple to me. I mean, when you are done using some­thing at home—a cup, a blan­ket, the iron—do you leave it the last place you used it… or do […]

I love the fall sea­son. I love fall dec­o­ra­tions, and fall scents, and how the weather starts to change (at least a little—in San Diego, any­way). I’ve been out fall shop­ping the past few days and got a few cute, new things for our apart­ment to get into the sea­son. I also took out my fall place­mats and […]

In a Nut­shell: Spend a lit­tle extra on one that will last. The Thought Process: There aren’t too many things I feel the need to go name brand on—very few things, if fact. But purses are def­i­nitely on that short list, and I’m not even a “purse” kind of girl. My closet isn’t full of hand­bags in multiple […]

Hello read­ers. I hope this post finds you all doing well and hav­ing won­der­ful days. My week has been crazy-busy with work, and time for hob­bies has (sadly) been lim­ited. I do have a lit­tle treat wait­ing for you all over at Sher­bet Blos­som, where Han­nah, a very cre­ative, busy lady blogs about daily activ­i­ties and inspi­ra­tions, recipes, and […]

So I know my plan for this blog was, and still is: write about what­ever… start with the day’s hap­pen­ings and see where it takes you. But there is a fine line some­where in there… I want to write about “what­ever”, but I also want to write about things peo­ple will actu­ally want to read. Feel­ing less than inspired […]

I left my house today at about 10:45 a.m. to run a few errands. It was hot! Really hot. The tem­per­a­ture in my car said ninety-two degrees, but it seemed hot­ter. Although to be hon­est, any­thing over eighty-five degrees, to me, is the same: too hot. (Except maybe if I’m at or in a pool, and am […]