Do you know what that stands for? Four days ago I saw this acronym posted all over the place. SSZOYNP day was here.  But what the heck did it mean? Well SSZOYNP means it was the popular yearly event known as Sneak Some Zucchini On Your Neighbor’s Porch Day of […]

SSZOYNP

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Our family has visited Disney World many times. Today I want to share with you a few of our favorite tricks to help make your trip more enjoyable! 1. Make sure your children know your cell phone numbers.  Even older children can easily get separated and scared at a big […]

15 Tips and Tricks for visiting Disney World

We recently visited Disney’s Animal Kingdom Kidani Village in Orlando Florida. I was so skeptical about staying at this hotel. I am not an animal person.  I love our bird Daisy, but I never had a dog or cat growing up and animals are not usually very exciting to me. […]

Disney’s Animal Kingdom Kidani Village

Do you have the cutest dog in the world? Would you like to see your dog made into a stuffed animal so other’s can buy it? If you answer yes to either of these questions, you should enter the GUND top dog contest! This contest was inspired by the World’s Cutest […]

Gund’s Top Dog Contest

This past school year was a rough one.  Illnesses, stressful teachers, tons and tons of homework, the year was really tough on all of us.  It was so nice to have two trips to look forward to as soon as the year ended.  The proverbial light at the end of […]

Summer should be Fun!

I am a 40 something Mom and one thing I have in common with most other Moms my age is that we all had braces.  Braces hurt. Braces were ugly. Braces for me lasted 8 years.  Braces were AWFUL!  And even after wearing braces for 1/5 of my life, my […]

Show Me Your Smile

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you need to make a smoothie!! On hot days there is nothing more refreshing or healthy than a yummy smoothie. This is a preview of When it’s hot hot hot. Read the full post

When it’s hot hot hot

Wow, today is a big milestone for my little blog. Today I hit 10,000 views. When I started this blog long ago I never thought many people would read it. Sure, my friends and family might occasionally read a post here and there. Never in my wildest dreams did I […]

10,000

Whenever a friend has a baby my favorite thing to tell her is, enjoy every minute.  Time goes by so fast.  You have to stop to enjoy each stage of your child’s life.  I wish someone had told me this 16 years ago.  I feel like the past 16 years, […]

Joey.

Quinoa is one of my favorite foods.  It is my favorite because it is very good for you. You often find quinoa on a list of superfoods.  I also love quinoa because it tastes great in every recipe I have ever made.  I make my quinoa in my rice cooker. […]

Quinoa Loaf