Life At The Circus

I have really enjoyed having people stop by to check out my recipes. I hope you’ll stick around awhile and learn more about the circus life here. It has also been a ton of fun for me to find new recipes to throw into the mix by visiting the other postings on [...]

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I weeded our flower beds this week with my 4y, 2y and 9m old. This is not an equation for efficiency, but we had fun….
We found an earthworm and I was really proud of myself for not going “eek” when I uncovered it in the dirt. Not only did I not shriek, but I [...]

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This Wordless Wednesday highlights our very patient dog.

Note the ear pulling and stroller bashing.

“What Mom? I AM being gentle!”

For more of my Wordless Wednesdays, click here.

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If you read my blog post from Sunday you know that getting my laundry washed, dryed, folded, and put away is a big challenge for me. Today I found a way to help speed along that process. Even though my kids have an entire toy room which they can play [...]

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Last night I got a chocolate craving. I didn’t feel like doing a ton of work to feed this craving so I thought I’d bake some No Bake Cookies. Growing up this was often the cure for a chocolate craving with minimal effort. When I opened my cabinet to get out the [...]

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Thanks to all of you who stopped by and read my site and my meal plan last week. It was fun to have some new visitors on my site! Here is this week’s menu plan at our house.

Monday:Pancakes and Scrambled Eggs: Tonight is Mommy’s Night out as I have a MOPS meeting so Daddy will [...]

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bane (bn) n. A source of persistent annoyance or exasperation
When talking about laundry to my husband, I typically describe it as the “bane of my existence.” No matter how hard I try to get it washed, folded, and put away, I typically fall short of accomplishing all 3 of those steps. [...]

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I have found that I save a ton of grocery money as well trips to the grocery store, by making a monthly meal plan. I write on my calendar my meals for the month. Then, I make my grocery lists based on that and theoretically, I have all I need for us to [...]

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This morning when my kids were eating breakfast my son asked, “Mom, what happened to your flower?” I looked on the deck and it was gone. I asked my hubby if he moved it and he said,” No, but last night when I was sitting out at the dining room table, I did [...]

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If my geographic area is hit with a EMP, nuclear bomb, or a Katrina like natural disaster, I hope that it does not come at the end of the month. If we are left to fend for ourselves at the end of the month than my family’s future would be bleak, as you can [...]

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