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Gluten Free Salted Caramel Brownies

Hi friends! This week I am on vacation, visiting my friend Renee, in Washington. I have some awesome guest posts scheduled for you this week and I know you will enjoy them! We are starting the week off with a de-li-cious recipe from my friend Sarah. Hello there! My name is Sarah and I LOVE to bake delicious gluten free treats! I have a new gluten free blog and it is truly a dream come true to share my most favorite recipes. Come on over to Sarah Bakes Gluten Free Treats and bake with me sometime! Here is a… Read More

How to clean Nail Polish out of Carpet

How to clean nail polish out of carpet is probably the question I dread the most from my readers, which is why I’m just now getting to it. I’m totally confident in my ability to get most things out of carpet but nail polish is the one thing I’ve never had experience with. However after figuring out how to get nail polish off hardwood floors, I was feeling a little more confident and I thought I’d give it a try! I decided painting nail polish on the carpet in the house wasn’t a great idea so I cut a piece… Read More

Teaching Kids about Money (Follow up Post)

I wanted to do a follow up post to my post “Creating a Chore List for Malea” because I’ve had quite a few people asking me how it’s working and how she’s doing with all her new jobs. I can honestly say that she’s doing great! She has totally taken ownership of her jobs and I can tell that she is proud of herself at the end of the day when she gets to check off the jobs she completed that day. I knew turning some of her regular “chores” into jobs would make it easier to get her to… Read More

How to Clean Nail Polish off Wood Flooring

I get asked questions about how to clean nail polish off of things all the time! I have gathered the questions and I thought I’d try to tackle the a few of the most commonly asked questions, starting with hardwood & laminate floors. Question: I am wondering if you know of any way to get nail polish off laminate flooring? My twins decided one day to dump a bottle on the floor and smear it around. I found it pretty quickly, but it dries so quickly that it is just a big mess. I have to cover it with a… Read More

Blueberry Infused Vodka Lemonade

I found this delicious recipe for blueberry infused vodka lemonade via Pinterest and I knew I had to make it! A few weeks ago we had a girl’s night and I thought this was the perfect cocktail for our summer girl’s night! Here’s the recipe if you want to make a lot of blueberry infused vodka {if you only want to make 2 servings see the original post). Ingredients Large bottle of Vodka {I got mine at Costco}1 1/2 cup fresh blueberries1 cup frozen blueberries1 1/2 teaspoons sugar1 can frozen lemonadeSliced lemons {garnish} Directions * Poor the fresh blueberries into… Read More

Delicious and Easy Berry Crumble

Delicious and simple berry crumble that’s easy to make and guaranteed to please every crowd. Today I’m sharing the my recipe for famous quick and easy berry crumble, it’s one of our family’s favorite summer desserts! Having grown up with a diabetic in the family, my husband isn’t much for sweets but he loves anything with berries in it! Start by heating the oven to 375 degrees. For the Topping 1 1/4 cup flour 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup packed brown sugar 1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon 1/2 cup soft butter Combine all ingredients in a bowl and mix well. … Read More

How to Kill Poison Ivy with Everyday Household Items

This is a simple recipe for how to kill poison ivy with everyday household items. It’s quick, easy and effective. Every once in awhile one of my readers will email me a great tip. I love it because it’s so fun learning new tips and trick for taking care of my home! I’m not sure if you’re aware of my hatred of ivy, I think it’s pretty, but not when it has taken over an entire backyard! You may have seen my post from last year of my backyard progress, if you did then you understand why I dislike ivy… Read More

Office & Craft Room Reveal with lots of Craft Room Organization Ideas!

I am beyond excited to reveal my craft room/office to you today! In order for you to understand my excitement you must first understand how much I hated this room when I started out. It was sooo boring, drab and a catch-all room for Malea’s toys and our random stuff. Let me refresh your memory. Wasn’t it terrible!? Now you probably have an understanding of my hatred for this room. Well, let me show you what it looks like now. Are you ready? Using these chipcards that I got from Sherwin-Williams’ Chip It! tool, this is how it turned out!… Read More