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Hi y'all!    WOW!  I definitely didn't mean to be gone this long.  Ack!  I've thought about this (once) awesome blog many times the past few months, but could never seem to make it over.   Is that crickets I hear??  Sigh.  I'm sorry!   If anyone is still around,  then I will tell you what's been keeping me so busy....therefore keeping

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Hi everyone! It's been a few weeks since I've been around,  and I have some awesome news that I can't wait to share for what's been keeping me busy.   But not yet.  It's really exciting,  and you guys will be some of the first to know when it's time.  Promise. Until then, I'll show you my new wall art. I srarted with a canvas.  I traced out my chevron,

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The Divergent series by Veronica Roth is what started my full out reading obsession.  I found this series last year, and I flew through the first two books, Divergent and Insurgent.  Divergent The series is based off of a World that lives in "Factions".  There are 5 factions, and each faction represents a certain character and job in the people.  Abnegation -

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Fall is here!  I love fall.  I love pumpkin.  I also love food.  So what's better than good Paleo pumpkin food for the fall?  Here are 15 pumpkin recipes to make this year.  Enjoy!  Pumpkin Spice Glazed Almonds from Delicious by Dre. Pumpkin Pie Granola Parfaits from PaleOMG.  Candied Coconut Flakes from Our Paleo Life.  Paleo

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The other day I went to Wal-Mart and seen a frame, it was only 99cents, so I picked it up and knew I could figure something out to do with it.  I love painting frames, so when I got home I  went straight to my stockpile of paints.     When I was growing up I'm pretty sure I had a room that the walls were white with different colored paint splattered on it.  I

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Hi! With Sonic's summer of shakes and three kids, we have been taking many trips this summer.  Since I have been cutting out sugar and processed foods, it has been difficult to figure out ways to conquer my sweet tooth.  After a trip for the kids a sweet one day, I decided to try and figure something out for me. Healthy Peanut Butter and Banana Shake Ingredients Dark

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Hi everyone! I want to start out by saying that I am no expert on Disney World, as we have only went one time. However, I have some "real life" friends and family that have asked me to blog about how we booked our trip and the choices we made.  So, here ya go! We are a family of five, and a one income family.  I stay home, while the husband is in the Army.  So keeping a budget

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Good Morning! This past week our family took our first trip to Disney World!  Squeal!  We have been planning this for a year, the kids did awesome saving their money.  There is so much that I want to tell you, so I'm going to be splitting it up into a few posts. Today I wanted to tell you about Disney's new "MagicBand".  The MagicBand is taking the place of the "Key to the

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As I said in this post, I am now a book nerd!  I love reading, and it is overtaking my life.  I say overtaking my life, because I have now officially joined the book nerds who carry bags with their favorite book stuff on it. Yep.  That's me!  I am in love with the Divergent series by Veronica Roth.  If you haven't read them, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR??  If you have,

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My husband loves football.  Loves it so much that for the past two years he has also been the "commissioner" of a Fantasy Football League.  Yep.  He even won the league last year.  This means that I have had the pleasure of looking at a horrible fat man trophy setting in our house.  HA.  Anyway, since we have began our healthy eating lifestyle change, I needed some

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Have you entered the current giveaway? It's for an awesome Diamond Candle. After months of not having a "crafting thought", I have finally made something!  It's small, but it has gotten my mind going again.  Months ago I got some things from Craft Project Ideas, so I decided to create something with them.  And Riley joined in on the fun, too.  Want to see what we created? &

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Happy Monday! I have another awesome giveaway for you all today!  I love for my house to smell good.  I keep some kind of candle or plug ins going at all times.  I was recently contacted by Diamond Candles, and was SO excited to try out their product!  Diamond Candles is an Earth friendly candle.  Each candle is made out of soy bean wax, and their wicks are made of

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Hi! Have you entered my current giveaway?  It ends August 19th, 2013! I have been eating a ton of almond butter lately.  It's delicious!  I eat it with my apples, celery, and I even used it in my Chocolate Almond Butter Cups.  It's also pretty expensive.  So I decided to start making my own!  I buy a one pound bag of almonds at Sam's for the same price that I pay

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I have an awesome company to tell you about!  And a great giveaway as well! The following is taken from the Trades of Hope Website   "We work with the artisans themselves and organizations that are helping women in difficult circumstances. Some women have been rescued from sex slavery. Others are raising handicapped children alone. Some are in war torn countries and

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A few months ago we thought it would be our time to move.  My husband has been stationed at this one post his whole career, which has now been 13 years.  That is practically unheard of for the Army.  We are so blessed to not have to have worried about moving our kids around often, but also because we are still so close to our families.  So when we figured it was our time to

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I have never been a reader.  That changed this year.  I had watched The Hunger Games, and I was curious to what all the movie had changed from the story in the book.  So I got the book and read it....in one day.  My kids probably felt ignored, and they may or may have had pizza for every meal that day.  OOPS.  Since then, I have ready about 70 books.  WOW! &nbsp

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Hi Everyone! With summer wrapping up, and schedules getting a little back to normal, I'm back!  I have missed connecting with all of my friends and readers this summer. I have recently begun getting serious about my eating  If you follow me on Instagram, then you have seen my recent changes.  I'm not getting any younger.  And after three kiddos, my body has seen better days

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Hi everyone! I am so glad to be back, and to be sharing my new favorite salad recipe with you all today!  I love spring time.  It's perfect weather for cookouts and fun salads.  I recently went to a dinner at my parent's church, and I had this salad.  It is my new favorite, so I thought I would share it with you (With permission from the creator, of course!).

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This time every year my husband is "re-evaluated" in his Unit.  There are only so many positions for his rank to fill, and if there is not a spot for him then we will be told it's time for us to move.  We have been stationed at our current station for 11 years now, so if it's time to go you can only imagine how much "stuff" we have.  Oh my!!  So, I am gearing up and

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I have found a new love!  Reading!  I have never been a reader.  But last year after watching The Hunger Games I couldn't wait for another movie to see what would happen.  So, I started reading that series.  Fast forward a few months, and I have so many book series read that I have surprised myself. Since I have never been a reader, I wasn't sure where to go after

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Today has been a horrible day.  This week has been very trying.  My eyes have been opened yet again at how much friends can suck.  Not all friends, of course.  But there are only very few people in life that you will be able to really call true friends.  I have to say, at this point in my life, I'm scared that all of my true friends have already been made.  And I'm

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Hi friends!! The past few months I have been thinking about emergency preparedness for my family.  I have never really thought about it, and here lately with the news coverage, and everything going on with our world I decided it was time to get something going.  In today's uncertainty I believe it is best to be prepared. Since this is all so new to me, I decided to start with our

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Hi All! Along with the new year, always comes changes.  After the Elementary school shooting recently, I really began to look at my life and where my time was being spent.  I started this blog as a new stay at home mom.  I went from working 60+ hours a week to being home full time.  I never realized how lonely I would get by going from one extreme to the other.&

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  hello lovelies!!  Welcome to tip-toe thru tuesday co-hosted by myself, Andie from Crayon Freckles, and Kim from Tiaras and Bowties!         I have some news for all of you.  Tip-toe has been happening for almost 2 years now.  It's been a wonderful journey and I appreciate all of you who've linked up

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