Author: Amy

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Cut raw chicken with ease

I say we need a tip me Tuesday. I will share a tip and you all share one back 😉 Today’s tip is: Cut chicken partially frozen (or even frozen). I don’t like messing with raw meat. The frozen meat cuts easier. It doesn’t wiggle as much. If that makes sense. Give it a try […]

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Books! Do you Love Reading?

Books! Do you Love Reading? Reading, I believe, is the most vital part of schooling.  We need to be able to read to do most things in life.  I teach my girls the importance of it. I also try to show them that reading can also be fun! The hard part is picking the genre. […]

The Library

Book Tour: Ripple!

Ripple   When high-powered attorney Helen Thompson discovers that her fifteen-year old daughter has been sexually assaulted, she takes drastic measures. Finding herself in trouble, Helen must relinquish control and put her faith in a process she knows to be flawed. As a team of lawyers, therapists and women from a safe house help Helen […]

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Neater Feeder Giveaway!

Neater Feeder Giveaway Hosted by Pea of Sweetness Sponsored by Neater Feeder The Neater Feeder is designed with protective walls to contain splashes and spills from an inadvertent kick or an excited pet. This revolutionary system holds spilled food in an upper reservoir while spilled water flows down a gentle slope through a patent-pending filtering […]

This and That, Tips on Parenting

My Parrots and Morals

My Parrots and Morals One of my girls is getting ready to get her permit. We have been covering road rules as we drive on all our errands now. It’s amazing how many people disobey the simplest driving laws.  Today while running Z to the doctor we witnessed a police officer doing just that. He […]

My Crafty Side

Easy!!! Pendant necklace made from Washer

Easy!!! Pendant necklace made from a Washer Our last official Girl Scout meeting was this week. We decided to make necklaces. I stopped at the home improvement store and picked up some washers and green twine (My troop is Juniors). We used a decoupage technique to make the plain old washers into amazing pendants. You […]

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Newman’s Own Organics

Here is another giveaway!!!! I love getting to giveaway these great products! These look so YUMMY!   This giveaway is for a few products from Newman’s Own Organics. You can check out Kathy’s Freebies & Savings review on the products. The giveaway is for the US only. Good luck to everyone. Entry-Form Kathy’s Freebies & […]

My Crafty Side

Homemade Lei’s

My girls love to do crafts. With summer about here we are going to a bunch of Luau parties. We recently went to one and we were given an awesome little gift.  It was a little  baggie with cut out flowers a string and cut up straws.  My 9 year old absolutely loved the idea […]