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Our family watched the newest movie put out by Big Idea Productions in their VeggieTales line titled, SWEETPEA BEAUTY.  SWEETPEA BEAUTY involves many of our favorite fairy tales including Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, and the Princess and the Pea all wrapped up into one story.  Once upon a time, there…

I’m sure by now most of you have heard of the very popular Zhu Zhu pets.  Little toy hamsters that run around on a track and squeak and squeal at you.  Well now there are Zhu Zhu pets for boys called KUNG ZHU! These warrior hamsters are far from being the cute and cuddly Zhu…

The kids and my folks and I traveled north about 9 hours to my cousin’s cabin.  I desperately needed to get away and the kids were very excited to play with their cousins.  So, at 6:20AM last Thursday we hopped in the van and we arrived at our destination about 4:00.  The weekend included the…

Have you ever felt like you were walking upstream?  Have you ever walked in a river or tried to swim in a river going against the current?  It is tough and the river is constantly trying to push you backwards.  That is how I have been feeling this summer.  Summer should be a fun and…

RANDOM.ORG – Integer Widget Jenna is my winner! I will be contacting you by email.

Several weeks ago I scheduled an appointment to donate blood.  The blood drive was coming to our small town and the last time there were here I found out I was able to donate.  (I received several blood transfusions about 6 1/2 years ago and I wasn’t sure how long you had to wait to…

Would you like to take a FREE TRIP to Greece? The 3rd Annual Energizer Ultimate Photo Contest is happening now! Send in your best photos-in categories like Animals/Wildlife, Travel, and Weather-for a chance to win a National Geographic Expeditions trip for two to Greece and a feature in an upcoming issue of National Geographic magazine. …

The average woman in 17th Century America gave birth to 13 children! OH MY!  Thank goodness I was born centuries later!  I could barely handle delivering, let alone, raising the 3 I have!

Yesterday I met my BFF, Tammy and we went to the movie SEX AND THE CITY 2.  We went to the first movie on opening day and LOVED it.  Unfortunately, it took us a couple of weeks to get our schedules arranged to get to this one.  Since it had been out, I had seen…

After having a bonfire over the weekend with some friends, I had some left-over smore ingredients.  When I saw this recipe on Picky Palate, I just HAD to try them.  Picky Palate is one of my favorite food blogs so rather than reposting the recipe or retaking the photos, I am just going to send…