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Creamy Garlic Green Bean Casserole Recipe

We have a lot of people pop over this time of year, and we love it. I try to always have quick recipes so I can offer to my guests, and since Target is offering up to $20 in savings on Kraft products with coupons starting 12/1, it makes it a lot easier for me […]

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Create Your Holiday Your Way With Help From Bed Bath & Beyond

This post brought to you by Bed Bath & Beyond. All opinions are 100% mine. Looking for inspiration and ideas to help you create the holiday season the way you imagine? Holiday Your Way from Bed Bath & Beyond is the holiday destination for inspiring solutions and tips throughout the season, featuring delicious recipes, how-tos, […]

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  • That tree is beautiful. OUrs is on it’s last branch!!! I hadn’t thought of BBB!! Thanks!

  • I’ve been loving this site. So many great tips.

  • That tree looks great for artificial! I’m partial to my 8 foot frasier firs:) Treats: Cookies! Tips: Stay relaxed with your loved ones!

  • I haven’t been to Bed Bath & Beyond this season yet. I need to go check it out.

  • Lovely tree! No Christmas trees here this year since my toddler would have one down (along with the ornaments) on the floor within seconds. She’s at that stage now where she wants to get into everything. ~lol~

    I was going to get a cherry color KitchenAid stand mixer to match the theme of my kitchen, but it was priced wrong at Sears (they are supposed to honor those regardless). However, I settled for a silver one.

  • I won’t go any other way then a pre-lit tree and I have a cherry red mixer and totally love it, reminds me of baking with my grandma.

Secrets Of Slow Cooking: Perfecting The Braise With Molly Stevens And #Craftsy

This last year I started to take classes and workshops online. I didn’t really think it could be done (how much can you learn virtually) but others would sing the praises of this modern way of learning about practically anything, so I gave it a shot. I loved it. I discovered you really can learn […]

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  • That looks delish and I will have to check out that site. It sounds like a perfect site for me.

Keeping Your L’il Critters Happy And Healthy During The Winter

We are deep into autumn and winter starts in a few weeks, so we are all feeling the effects of the cold weather. If you have children in school like I do, you may already have dealt with those dreaded sick days. A sick child is difficult on the whole family, and frankly, I don’t […]

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  • Donna

    #4 is a biggie. I think many parents have to work, so they just send their kids to school even when they’re sick because they don’t want (or can’t) miss work themselves. But, I really wish they wouldn’t, because then they may get every child in their class (or school, eventually) sick. Sigh.

  • Hearing kids in my son’s Kindergarten class coughing away drives me nuts! I agree, just keep them home. So far my kiddos have been lucky enough to avoid any case of germs.

View The Days Of Your Life In A Matter Of Seconds

Have you ever seen those really cool videos that show the changes of someone’s life, captured one image at a time, over the course of days or months or years? A woman’s growing belly, a child getting taller, a flower opening up…you get the idea. I always thought those were awesome, and the result of […]

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