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Do you have a Family Emergency Kit? Are you ready? It’s hard to believe, but I’ve been posting monthly on this subject for over six years now. Yes, six! And, it’s been thirteen years since the loss of our home in the 2007 California wildfire, known as the Witch Fire. Thirteen years ago, we learned from a niece (who learned…
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I’m all about using leftovers in creative ways. And, although you can buy the ingredients to make Fright Night Mini Pizzas, I didn’t buy a thing! I had all these ingredients already, in one fashion or another, and in the spirit of Halloween decided to create something fun for dinner! I used leftover meat sauce from an earlier spaghetti dinner,…
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Don’t you just love a deal? These Halloween Gourmet Milk Chocolate Pops were a steal in my local grocery store. I found them in the floral section, in a vase very similar to this one in the photo, marked down 50% because it’s so close to Halloween! They are really large (about 4 inches tall by 3 to 5 inches,…
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42 Types of Baby and Toddler Toys in Your Home is the fourth and final edition of this mini-series about the stuff we acquire when we have a baby! If you missed any of the other posts, now’s your time to catch-up: 42 Things in Your Baby’s Nursery 42 Baby Supplies and Equipment in Your Home 42 Necessities in Your…
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Spooktacular Halloween Party Mix couldn’t be easier. You just dump a bunch of stuff in a bowl, mix it together with a large spoon or spatula and, voila’, you are done! A quick and easy snacking mix, perfect for a Halloween party. It’s a great way to combine extra leftover Halloween candies with a few more nutritional items (nuts and raisins) to…
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I love PicMonkey! I’ve used it for my photo editing for about 2 years now, and even though I consider myself somewhat of a PicMonkey expert, I’m always discovering new ways to use it. Zombie Apocalypse: Fun Halloween Photo Editing Themes in PicMonkey shares several of PicMonkey’s “themes” with readers and shows readers how easy it is to transform an…
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