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Our family loves banana bread! It’s great for breakfast, a snack, or even dessert. This recipe for Buttermilk Banana Bread is so easy, yet produces a high yield of servings with very little effort. This banana bread recipe was created by accident. One day, I was cleaning out my freezer and noticed I had quite […]
I love to walk, especially outdoors in beautiful weather. My fitness goals include getting toned and increasing my metabolism to maintain my post-baby weight loss. This is why I joined the Toyota RAV4 Adventure Club group on MapMyFitness, to challenge myself to map out a local route to walk daily, and get out there and […]
Potty training is in full force in the Guzman home, going on two weeks, and we are proud to share that there has been progress. When little man has to poop, he now lets us now, and heads over to the bathroom. We’ve reached a milestone that seemed so out of reach just weeks ago […]
That’s a great infographic! Thanks for sharing – potty training is a ways away for me, but I’m saving this!
Too cute on the video and great info graphic! I’m a little far from potty training days.
Lots of helpful information here!
Potty training is a pita but so glad you are seeing results.
Good luck with potty training, glad Little Man is doing so well.
Way to go!! Try putting underwear on under the pull ups. That way he will feel the wet when it happens! Or just switch to undies when you are at home. It really does address that issue! So cool about the phone call too!
Okay this is just to great! Your son is adorable!!
I’m happy it’s going so well.
You video is so cute! I’m going to start working with the Little on this soon so thanks for the info.
Great information, Jake was luckily house broken when I met him. Kidding! His father and I got together when he was 6 so I skipped over the potty training business.
great graphic. We really need to start the potty training process but I’m too nervous
Potty training was a fun time – we rewarded them with books and they’d sit on their potty reading. Cracks me up remembering it. Good luck!
I remember potty training like it was yesterday. My biggest fear was that he wouldn’t be trained in time for preschool.
Oh I love that idea of a phone call how cute. Good Luck in your efforts I hope things go smoothly.
Great infographic! I hope when it’s time I can do this.
Way to go! I’m glad our potty training days are over.
Not over yet, but underway.
Such a cute little guy! How fun that Mater gave him a call!
Great infographic! Our potty training days are behind us, but oh, I remember them well. lol
Great tips! Glad I’m past all of this!
Having dad take him in to pee does help – they are such copycats. So does getting on a regular schedule – my son’s daycare has everybody try at 8:30, 10:30, 12:30, 2:30, and 4:30. His body learned the time schedule and the only accidents we had were at home when I wasn’t watching the clock.
Thanks for sharing!
We’re starting that in our house soon too… thanks for the tips.
Potty training four boys was enough for me. Pull Ups definitely came in handy when I was in the thick of it.
Sounds like you all are making wonderful progress! Congratulations for being on the potty training road to success.
Days before his 26-year-old son got married, future United States President Ronald Reagan sent him a letter of advice about how to have a happy marriage. He wrote it in June of 1971, but the message is eternal (no wonder he was such a great man, and a good husband). Dear Mike: Enclosed is the […]
Love this…. I’ve heard about letters between he and his wife too. Thanks for sharing.
I like how he talks about manhood and faithfulness going hand in hand. 🙂
Wow. We need someone with character and integrity like that in politics today.
How touching!
What a great message from a great President.
Penelope, this is yet another example of why I subscribe to your blog. Not only do you bring us lovely gems like this, you remind me and others that a good marriage doesn’t just happen by itself. One must keep principles like the ones described above in mind all the time. Like a healthy body, a healthy marriage needs the occasional check-up and sometimes needs adjustments in exercise or diet (LOL). You inspire me to do my ‘marriage exercises’ and the rewards have been great. Thank you, for this and all the other good stuff you share! (Which I inevitably go on to pin…!) 🙂
I love the analogy…a marriage does need check-ups and occasional adjustments to keep it healthy! I’m glad you appreciate it, and do you know I kept this copy of TIME for almost 15 years now, because of his amazing letters? He was a special person, an example of a good father who taught his children to live with integrity…definitely the definition of a real man.
That’s a great letter. I hadn’t heard about his letters before, I’m going to have to check it out! Thanks for posting!
I like the “I love you everyday” advice.
Love it! Great advice form a great man!
Love it! Great advice from a great man!
So sweet. <3
This is heartfelt, beautiful and most importantly, TRUE!
Love this, they were a really sweet couple, very much in love..
This is wonderful!
This is very sweet!
I love this! He was such a great man, husband and father.
What a wonderful thing for a father to do for his son.
the men in charge of this country have definitely changed
To say the least! (then again, so has the general thinking :-/ )
What a great letter and I love how you saved it – I love little treasures like this.
thanks!
Very nice letter. Love his P.S. 😉
Such wisdom.
Great tips and so heartfelt.
He was one of my all time favorite presidents and funny you should save a magazine and find something some useful today
I love that letter. RR was such a wonderful man.
I save all things happy marriage related 🙂
That is so heartfelt.
This is wonderful. It is just overflowing with truth and good information. Ronald Reagan was an intelligent man who knew what he was talking about. His second marriage to Nancy Davis was idyllic, and she absolutely adored him until the day he died. Any husband would be wise to follow his counsel. So many guys are so tied up in themselves that they fail to understand just what they should be contributing to their marriages and the well-being of their wives. While most wives have inborn qualities of nurturing, showing love, and the desire to do little things to make their husbands happy, these qualities seem to be missing in a lot of men, probably because of their desire to seem macho and the fact that kindness has been bred out of them for the sake of masculinity. Men who have the sense to put these things back into their marriages are the ones destined for long, happy relationships.
What a sweet and truthful letter! Why don’t we have men like this running the country any more?
Ice cream the way you want it, when you want it, starting with the flavor of your choice and mixed with any nuts, fruits, candy, and toppings you like. Sound good? That’s the type of ice cream you get at Cold Stone Creamery, and it’s created right before you on a frozen granite stone by […]
Coldstone is one of my favorites!
This looks like a great place for ice cream!
I’m addicted to Cold Stone, they’re delicious and they have great cakes too!!! 🙂
I need one close to me.
yum!!! I haven’t been to ColdStone is so long
I love going there from time to time. 🙂
Yumm! I haven’t been there in a while!
I have only been to Cold Stone once, but I know it is GOOD!
Oh yum…we love Cold Stone.
Oh Cold Stone and I are old friends. It has been awhile since we’ve hung out though, lol.
Now I really want ice cream! We will have to settle for Dairy Queen because there isn’t a Coldstone in Cherokee!
The boys and I love Coldstone!
Cold Stone has the BEST ice cream. I get the one with brownie in it.
I love Cold Stone! Sweet cream is my favorite base to add everything else to!
How sweet!! Both the picture and the deal!
I love there ice cream so tasty it’s been over a yr since weve been there . There’s always a line out the door
Such a cute picture! I haven’t been to Coldstone in ages.
mmmmmm, I love Cold Stone Creamery!
You’d think we’d have an abundance of ice creams shops here in the South, but I guess everyone is content to drive through and get soft serve. Grrrr…
I love their ice cream treats, but I’ve never been able to finish one!
I love Coldstone creamery! What a fun day!
I could go for some Cold Stone ice cream right now!!
I haven’t had Cold Stone in ages but it’s seriously to die for!
Mmmmmm….. anything cold and sweet is a good thing on these hot summer days! =)
Oh man I love CSC, we don’t have one close here in Florida but when I lived in AR we went quite often :). I always got the chocolate godiva ice cream, with mini chips, brownies and chocolate syrup, it was life by chocolate LOL
I’ve never been but looks good. I’ll have to check it out.
I love banana bread but rarely make it because my kids never let bananas get to the over-ripe stage.
I hear that this is an awesome recipe 🙂 I love banana bread!
This sounds so yummy, I love banana bread.
Mmmm… Banana bread… LOVE it! Another recipe for the collection.
Great recipe!
you had me at banana. Banana bread is my absolute favorite!
This sounds extremely good!
yum…love banana bread!
Thanks for sharing, I love banana bread.
This seems easy enough to make an a hurry and sounds so good!
What a great recipe!
This looks yummy and I love banana bread muffins for breakfast.
Thanks for allowing me to guest post! I love this recipe and it does great in the freezer or made with frozen bananas too!
That looks great. Banana bread is a favorite here!
I’ve had banana bread made with cream cheese, but I bet this is even more moist!
I love banana bread! Never thought of using buttermilk!
I love Banana baked goods!! Yum.
This looks so good! We love banana bread here!
I love banana bread and I make it fairly often (only because I always buy too many bananas and have leftovers that go black). I’ve never tried it using buttermilk. I bet it gives the bread a nicer flavor.
Banana bread is one of my favorite things in the whole world. This looks delicious!
OH YES PLEASE!!!
looks so tasty and I could use a snack right about now
Banana bread is one of my favorites. I like the addition of buttermilk!
MM, that sounds and looks so great, what a great recipe.
I haven’t had banana bread in like forever!
YUMMY. I love banana anything so I will have to try this recipe. Thanks for sharing.
Oh yum, that looks absolutely delicious.
This sounds heavenly. I love banana nut bread and have never tried it with buttermilk before. But will now!
Num this is one of my favorite breads to make. Looks really good!
I love banana bread. This looks really yummy!
Mmmm! Banana bread is one of our favorites and buttermilk makes almost everything better!
That looks so good.
Recipe sounds delicious. Glad to know your husband enjoyed it; hope mine will as well. But I had no idea you could freeze bananas! Are they still edible by themselves or just for use in recipes? When is the optimal stage for freezing?
That looks amazing! I’m totally making that this weekend.
I need to try this!
This looks delicious!