Most people have a sweet tooth or a savory tooth. I have a savory tooth. If you ask what my favorite donut flavor is I’ll be truly hard-pressed to answer. But I can quickly tell you I love an everything bagel with cream cheese. I try to keep sweets out of our home, but that […]
Sugar is Addicting How to Stop the Cravings
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Christmas Baking Traditions for Every Year
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Final preparations are in place. Baking is done. These are my Christmas baking traditions. I have a few foods I make every year and it’s so fun to make these foods and enjoy them each year. Today I’m sharing what a few of those foods are along with photos. The foods can change each year […]
How to Make Homemade All Purpose Cleaner
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Prior to making this cleaner I was using up some “green” cleaner made by Clorox, but I knew it wasn’t as green as something I would make myself. I’ve been moving toward using homemade products for cleaning and beauty as much as I can. This homemade all purpose cleaner is part of that movement. This […]
Top Tips for Writing Pet Sitter Instructions
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Usually when we go on a short trip we take our rescue dog Lulu to the kennel. This works well for anywhere from one to three nights away from home. While we believe she is under responsible care at the kennel (which is under our veterinarian service), we know she doesn’t receive much one-on-one attention, […]
Homemade Strawberry Jam is Easy to Make
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A few years ago I read about “pick your own” fields. I knew I wanted to try going. I first went in 2013 and now it has become an annual tradition to pick your own in a patch of strawberries. Each year, usually in early to mid-June we head over to Fitch’s Farm Market in Avon, […]
Why I Stopped Taking My Multivitamin
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As a child I took a once daily multivitamin (anyone remember the Flintstones Chewables?). Then as an adult a took a once daily multivitamin for roughly 10 years. Then, one day I stopped. Today I’m sharing why I stopped taking my multivitamin, and what I’m doing today. The reason I stopped taking my multivitamin was […]
Sourdough Starter Day by Day How it Looks
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I had been making my own pizza dough for several years already. It was about time I stepped up my game and make a sourdough starter day by day and learn how to make sourdough starter from scratch. My dad had told a story a few times about my grandma’s sourdough starter. Apparently this thing […]