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Parents
Words cannot express how thankful I am to have been raised by my parents. There are too many adults my age dealing with various issues because of their childhood upbringing. Now, I’m not saying that my parents were perfect, because they were far from it, but they tried so hard to give me a wonderful childhood. They had their fair share of “issues” when I was younger (mostly stuff I don’t remember) but they stayed together, and worked things out. Sadly, my father passed away in 2005, leaving my mom widowed and alone (I was living in an apartment at the time, with my ex and my son (who was…
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20 Random Facts About Me
There you have it, 20 random facts about me!
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3 Fears
Fear is a funny thing. I never understood the popular TV series, Fear Factor, although I occasionally watched out of morbid curiosity. Some of the challenges, seemed more like “let’s be as disgusting as possible to get TV ratings and cause mass vomiting” rather than “man up and face your fears to win $$$”. Drinking puree’d caterpillars or laying in a bed full of worms wouldn’t exactly scare me, but it would give me the heebie jeebies and I’d probably opt out before the first challenge had even begun. Anyway, I think we all have our own idea what constitutes as fear, and our own validations…
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Stay at Home Mom Guilt
When most of us think of mom’s suffering from feelings of guilt, we imagine the modern day working mom. The 9-5 mom who wakes up before the sun, rushing around to press her suit, make a (time-permitting) wholesome breakfast for her family, and dropping off her precious bundle of joy at daycare before sitting in bumper to bumper traffic heading to a cookie-cutter job position where she will count down the seconds until she can hear that little giggle and wipe those sticky fingers again. What we don’t usually imagine is the mom who is blessed to be home with her babies, all day, every day, rain or shine, in…
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Cheddar Bay Biscuits Recipe
We don’t make a habit of eating out too often, because it’s way cheaper (not to mention healthier in most cases) to make our own food! However, when we do eat out, one of our favorite places is Red Lobster! Cheddar Bay Biscuits are a huge part of this decision! I try to limit myself to one or two as to save room for the upcoming appetizers and main dish, but it’s so difficult! These biscuits are heavenly, especially when they’re fresh and hot! The great thing about making them at home is that they can always be fresh and hot! This recipe is super easy, and DELICIOUS! The secret…
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Learning to Live or Living to Learn | Labels & Boxes
About one year ago, everything I thought I knew started to change. Many of my beliefs and ideas about life, living, children & more started to instead become questions… I started researching everything from natural living to different parenting styles, & everything in between. After many hours of reading, watching videos, asking questions in forums, & observing those who lived these lifestyles in action, I felt fairly confident to “label” myself a Crunchy Christian mama practicing Attachment Parenting and it felt good to know who I was. However, flash forward a year, to present day, and here I am thinking how absolutely stupid and downright restrictive these (or any) labels…
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Learning to Live or Living to Learn | Education
When I had my first child, who is turning 10 years old next month (oh Mylanta, where does the time go?), I was in a very different place than I am now. Understandably so… Nevertheless, I honestly, like most young parents, didn’t know what I was doing! At 17 years old, I knew very little about the world, relationships, child-rearing, work-ethic, God, handling money, relating to others, education… the list goes on! Flash forward to present day, more specifically, around when my second child was born (nearly 1 year ago now!), and there have been lots of changes, indeed! I’ve done lots of soul searching in the past 3-4 years,…
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Let Thy Food be Thy Medicine
Confession: I used to silently giggle at coworkers who lovingly called their diets a lifestyle, and I now admire such dedication and strive to better myself and improve my family’s overall health and environmental footprint. There are still some things that I’m not completely sold on when it comes to revamping our diets and way of life, but I am willing to invest the time to research all facets and make a wise and informed decision. See, I’m a very opinionated person, and if you know me personally, you are probably violently nodding in agreement. BUT, when it comes to non life and death matters, for the most part I…
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Flavorful & Delicious Chicken and (flat) Dumplings
Now, when I say chicken and dumplings, you may envision your momma’s chicken and dumplings, with fluffy moist clouds floating alongside chopped veggies in chicken broth… but these are not your momma’s chicken and dumplin’s!!!!!!! My love affair with chicken & dumplings goes way back. Way, way back. Back to my momma! She doesn’t do much cookin’ anymore, but when she did, the most memorable meals from my childhood included chicken & dumplings, creamed chipped beef, & fried bologna sandwiches… Now you probably wouldn’t find any of those things in your standard 5-Star Restaurant, but if I ruled the world, things would be better, I promise… Anyhow, thinking about…
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“Super Bowlness” Wings
Not quite as saucy as the final product should look…. I think this was near the end of the batch! First of all, I hope you’re wearing socks while reading this, because they are about to get knocked off. And, if you’re not wearing socks, well, I don’t know what will happen… so please go get some socks… I’ll wait… Alright, are you wearing socks now? Great, we can begin! Before I divulge my deepest darkest secret recipe (it’s more coveted than Bush’s Baked Beans – atleast I like to pretend that it is, and I didn’t tell my dog how it’s done, so I’m pretty well protected there…) I…
