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Baked Rigatoni

Baked Rigatoni

This week I am labeling Thursday with a theme! I hope to keep this up the whole year because this is a theme I can get with. Every Thursday I will be sharing a recipe with you all that comes from my ever-growing cookbook collection. In the challenge of trying to eat healthier while still retaining the simple cooking methods that I love (one-dish meals rock!), I will be sharing recipes that I find family pleasing and good for you…

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Frugal Tip Friday

Frugal Tip Friday

I am going to start something new this year with this blog. I would like to give each day its own meaning and theme. I will keep the Monday Frugal Update and Whatnot, but every Friday, I am going to post a frugal tip for everyone and hopefully keep them a bit unique! This week’s tip came to me while in the shower! Great ideas can happen when I am trying to be clean. I am sure we are not…

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Sometimes I just have to suck it up and learn new things

Sometimes I just have to suck it up and learn new things

Today was one of those days at work. That day when I went to work thinking I was just going to another slightly boring safety meeting in the afternoon with half of my co-workers and found out differently after I got there. I should really know better by now. I should know to ask questions. Mainly the question about what the meeting was going to be about today. Instead, I think I lost one of my few remaining girl cards…

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Monday’s Frugal Update and Whatnot

Monday’s Frugal Update and Whatnot

I apologize for today’s post; there might be some thought loss due to the big football game! I love football! I just wish Notre Dame would start playing well! *smile* This post has been neglected since before Christmas because if I had posted, I would have ruined a lot of Christmas presents! I also tried hard to save money and use what we had, but that didn’t happen entirely. I have figured out that we also need to start Christmas…

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Life changes and so should us

Life changes and so should us

Every year, during the end of December and beginning of January, I think over the year. I think about my life, my relationships, my activities, my family, and life in general. I think about how last year went, what happened, what shouldn’t have happened, and what I could have done differently. Something happened to me over the last year that I really am not proud of. I became complacent, settling for less than what I wanted. I compromised more than…

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What to think about the upcoming gun control legislation

What to think about the upcoming gun control legislation

The upcoming gun control legislation has me as a citizen of this country more than a little worried. We have been given rights as citizens of this country to bear arms and protect ourselves against threats to ourselves, our families, our homes, and our country. We have been given the right with the provision that we will be responsible for ourselves and not abuse this right to bear arms. We have been given this right with the thought that we…

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