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Home Security Tips You Don’t Want to Overlook

Your home is supposed to be a place of safety. It is where you and your family should be able to turn for protection from the outside world. Most homeowners are aware of the basic home security measures including locking windows and doors, installing smoke detectors, and investing in a home security … [Continue Reading...]

Nine Plants for Your Best Garden to Date

pink shrub rose

For some folks, they garden what they like and stick to a routine. Others are a bit more daring, striving to outdo their garden from the previous year. Whether you want to cautiously adjust your routine with a new plant or completely redesign your personal green space, these nine plants are the ones … [Continue Reading...]

5 Advantages of Utilizing Fast Mobile Lock and Keys Services

Most people call a locksmith only when they need one. The situation becomes urgent when you lock yourself out of the house at 3 am in a downpour. Other than that, you probably don’t really need locksmith services. This doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t have the contact information for your favorite … [Continue Reading...]

Choosing Between Skin Tightening Solutions

When you suffer from wrinkles or loose skin you may hate looking in the mirror every morning. Facing the world each day may be embarrassing. But it doesn't have to be that way. Thanks to the vastness of the skincare industry, there are many skin tightening solutions available to you. You just have … [Continue Reading...]

5 Popular Flooring Choices Pros And Cons

Some aspects of home décor are easily changed. If you no longer like your curtains, you can take them down and put up new ones. With flooring, it’s a bit different. The type that you choose will last for a long time. Due to its durability, lifespan, and expense, you need to be sure that kind you … [Continue Reading...]

On Our Table

Potluck Apple Pie Bars #Recipe {make pie in a sheet pan}

apple pie bars

Our annual family reunion was this past Saturday and we always have a ton of delicious treats to share while we visit and catchup. I've been so hungry for Apple Pie lately that I went searching for the perfect recipe to take with me. I combined two favorite pie recipes into this one big delicious … [Read More...]

One Bowl Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake #recipe

chocolate mayo cake

Cake is often on the list of good luck foods to eat on New Year's day, yes most specify that it should be round cake but to me; cake is cake is cake. The other day on Facebook, my cousin mentioned that she had just made mayo cake from our Gramma's Amish cookbook. Oh yum! I remember that cookbook … [Read More...]

Chicken Noodle Soup with Fresh Homemade Egg Noodles

I wasn't planning on posting this chicken noodle soup recipe, hence the horrible quality cell phone photos!  Once the family tried it, though-- we decided it was probably one of the best soups I have ever made!  Which means I had to share it so I would remember just how I threw it together!  The … [Read More...]

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Home & Garden

diy rustic wheel herb container garden project

DIY Rustic Wheel Herb Garden How-To #MiracleGroProject

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Miracle-Gro for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. Gardening should be fun!  I love to … [Read More...]

my weekly menu board

DIY Photo Frame Menu Board with Fellowes Saturn2 95 Laminator

I know I have been saying it a LOT, but it is almost time for our kids to go back to school! Nine more days until the big day! We have been getting … [Read More...]

Family Moments

Dinosaur Park 1988 - Rapid City, South Dakota

Dad and The Giant Dinosaur :: Throw Back Thursday #tbt

I have wanted to participate in Throwback Thursday for a while now, but I always forget! Not today! I dug out some old photos and hope to remember to … [Read More...]

recipe book from a mini photo album

Preserve Memories with a DIY Photo Album Recipe Book #CanonPIXMA

This is a sponsored conversation inspired by the Canon PIXMA MG7120. All thoughts and opinions are genuine and 100% my own. For more information on … [Read More...]