I’ve been slowly trying to work on Analiese’s room and make it more functional and pulled together. In the process, I ended up pulling out all the items from her bookshelves (she has two that flank a window) and the stuff just laid there on the ground, for a couple weeks, and not in a very neat and tidy way….
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Packing For Long Flights With Kids and Teens
Have I mentioned yet that we are going to India for two weeks this summer?!? I haven’t been since I was 20 years old and of course, my kids have never been. It’s one of those trips that I have been planning with my family for probably 15 years now. Between my sister and I, it always seemed like the…
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Blueberry Oat Bars
Hi everyone! We are talking about blueberries, again. Aaaand Starbucks, again. A couple weeks ago I showed you how to make a really yummy Blueberry & Lemon hand pie . And last week I made my recipe for a copycat Starbucks Cold Brew Coffee with Sweet Cream. Well, I was at the grocery store the other day and the blueberries…
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Starbucks Copycat Cold Brew Coffee with Vanilla Sweet Cream
When I was in college I worked at a few different coffeehouses, way before Starbucks was really in the picture in Southern California. One of our most popular drinks was the cold brew coffee we served. And now, with the onset of early summer and the hot weather that will soon follow switching over to iced coffee as my drink…
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Fun Pool Floats for 2017!
Usually by this time of year in Southern California it’s blazing hot. Lucky for us, it hasn’t gotten to extreme temperatures yet (except for the few 90 degrees we have had) but that hasn’t stopped me from dreaming about the summer. We don’t have a pool, which makes me so sad sometimes, BUT, why can’t I still buy some pool…
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