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Simple Ways to Make Your Biz Look Professional

Small business owners need to present themselves in a specific way to make sure they will be taken seriously. It doesn’t matter if you work out of a truck, from your kitchen table or from your garage, a level of professionalism is needed so that people will treat you like a business professional. If … [Continue Reading...]

The Significance of Organo Gold and a Cup of Joe

Coffee is a coveted commodity of modern society, with Americans consuming hundreds of millions of cups a day, which is only a fraction of the total number of cups consumed daily by habitual drinkers worldwide. According to this recent Newsversion article, the drink can be traced back to Ethiopia … [Continue Reading...]

The Top 3 Family Games Night Games!

Interaction is an important element to any loving family home, promoting trust, openness and maintaining good communication levels among you and your relatives. One of the best ways to promote communication and closeness in the home is with a good old-fashioned games night! Yet which games would … [Continue Reading...]

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...]

On Our Table

Spaghetti Torte Recipe – or make ’em think it’s cake!

April fools day spaghetti cake

Here is that Spaghetti Torte I tricked the kids with on April Fool's Day. I am going to be making this recipe again, it was very good, and very cheesy. I don't even want to know how many calories are in it though! I'm sure that if you were to use lower fat varieties of the cheeses and sauce, and use … [Read More...]

Berry Morning Breakfast Crisp Recipe! #YayOats

Berry Morning Breakfast Crisp

Since I was a little kid, oatmeal has been a common breakfast dish. I have always loved eating oatmeal in the countless ways it can be prepared. From my memory of Dad's stove-top cooked hot Quaker® oatmeal with cranberries to my favorite oatmeal raisin cookies, oatmeal has always been there to fuel … [Read More...]

Pepperoni and Cheese Balls and Bread with frozen dough

cheese and pepperoni bread

We bought the store out, so we decided to make our own! Super G. decided that since we always seem to buy up all of the pepperoni balls at the grocery store, that we should start making our own instead. Pepperoni Balls are the easiest things to make -- all they are is dough, pepperoni and cheese. … [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...]