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False labor stinks.  It gets your hopes all up only to result in nothing....well, except being miserable from not sleeping all night due to contractions.   My past week has been large daily doses...

4 weeks.  That's it.  28 days until my fairly organized and scheduled life comes crashing down all around me.  I like to think that since I have done this five other times already, I am...

German Strudel Recipe that makes the best holiday bread for Christmas morning! If you love a good nut roll recipe then this one is just for you! This was my German grandmother's recipe and she made...

Healthy Zucchini Carrot Muffins are my favorite way to use all that extra garden zucchini!  I love that it uses carrots, pineapple and applesauce to make a super tender and moist muffin. Easy...

We pay our older two kids $8 to mow the lawn.  Unless of course, you're my twelve year old son who prefers to mow the grass for free because he is being disrespectful and sassy.  While my wallet...

One week left.  Quiet.  Peace.  Productivity.  All gone in a week.... One week until: "Mom, I'm bored!" "Mom, tell her to leave me alone!" "Mom, I need to go to practice!" "Mom,...

Happy Blogiversary to me! I am celebrating with these killer Raspberry Peach Scones. I can't believe I've been doing this for a year already and I can honestly say it has been worth my time and effort....

"Mom!  Hurry!  Hurry!  Hurry!"  That was the response of my five year old when I sent her upstairs just a few moments ago to check on my one year old.   My stomach instantly...

Here is the latest addition to our family.  My husband says this new purchase truly makes us a redneck family but I beg to differ.  We live in the land of 10,000+ lakes and I'm so excited to...

Apple Cinnamon Scones make for a great weekend breakfast idea. This recipe makes a scone that is so moist and delicious! I've used the same basic scone recipe I've used before but made a different flavor...

When you are the mom of a newborn and are in the midst of diapers, sleepless nights and baby puke, it is so hard to imagine anything quite as miserable as your current experience.  I think today though...

Hang onto your hats and your little children because it's coming!!  The first Minnesota blizzard of the year arrives tomorrow and boy oh boy there's nothing quite like it.  Loads of snow, winds...

Twilight.  Need I say anymore?  If you don't have a clue what I am talking about, you must not have any form of a teenage girl in your life.  All my oldest daughter has talked about for...

Overnight Cinnamon Rolls that will become your family favorite recipe immediately! Make the homemade cinnamon rolls the night before, let them rise in the fridge during the night, then bake them to...

I must be feeling nostalgic lately because I am making so many recipes from my childhood recently.  Corn fritters were always a huge favorite for all seven of us kids growing up.  We often had...

Just because my life is always so wonderful when it comes to timing, this past week when I was knee deep in sandpaper, dust and polyurethane, my gardens decided to bury me with green beans, zucchini, cucumbers,...