When we moved to our new home eight months ago, I was worried. You see, our new home has no dishwasher. And I had kind of made a personal vow that I would never move to another home without a dishwasher again until all my kids had left the nest.



I love dishwashers. Matter of fact, if I had to put all my appliances in order (yes, odd, but something I've done while living without electricity in the rainforest), it would be like this:

1. Stove (Burners beat out all. Plain and…

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This is my first post of 2011...everyone else seems to be writing about their New Years resolutions. I don't really like New Year resolutions. They seem silly, if your going to do something just do it already, why would it being a new year help you? If you couldn't get your crap together yesterday the ball dropping in Time's Square isn't going to help you. In light of my bad attitude about New Year resolutions I am going to share things I was going to do anyway regardless of it now being… Continue

Halloween is just around the corner. That means decorations are going up! We

always wait until the morning of October 31st to put up the outside decorations. That way, they will be a surprise for the neighbors. But the inside of my house is… Continue

Bring on the ghouls, the ghosts, the zombies, the black cats, the goblins, the monsters! In our house, the scariest thing about Halloween is my daughter's life-threatening allergy to dairy. Anaphylaxis is terrifying... you would never know to look at my daughter just how fragile life can be for her. One mistake, one slip, and her life is....

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These Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Cookies were a big hit at my house. I found the recipe on the website The Boastful Baker. It was quick, easy, and they are filled with the Phillips family's two favorite things: chocolate and peanut butter.…

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Ok, so I know you're probably wondering what the heck that vote request is that I've dropped on the top of today's page for all to see. Remember my chicken and asparagus dish that I posted a month or two back? Well I took that tasty little dish and entered it into a contest for Pacific Foods and low and behold it advanced to the final… Continue

Looking for an easy recipe to make with your kids? They will love these Chocolate Chip Cupcakes and they will learn some valuable skills while making them. Check out the recipe HERE.

Yep, it’s @$#*%! Friday again…where DOES the time go??!! And even though you know that I know that you know that I know that right about here is where I’ll throw some lame ass excuse about how crazy busy my week has been, I’ll say it anyways, even though it goes without saying by now, because you know that I know that you know that I know that I am ALWAYS crazy busy…thus the name…

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A new study has linked chocolate with depression once again. The article merely tells us what our intuition already knew, and the fact that chocolate makes us feel better at some point in our lives isn't exactly news. But how does chocolate make us feel better? Why? What's the reason we tend to crave chocolate more during PMS? The article was so unbelievably incomplete that I felt compelled to provide additional information.







The researchers hum and haw about the… Continue

Two days ago, I wrote this post about fitting into my old jeans again (woohoo!) and today, my friends, I want to talk about chocolate. Yummy, dark, delicious chocolate. Yes, I realize the juxtaposition, but I feel strongly about the idea of "everything in moderation." Life is way too short to not treat yourself to little indulgences every once in a while...



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A scrumptious chocolate cake,moist, velvety,simple chocolicious and melts in the mouth.

Click here for the recipe.

During the holidays you see it everywhere, cheap chocolate. And usually with cheap chocolate comes concern. It took a little more thought, but we were able to enjoy a melamine-free Easter at our house:



http://cabadov.wordpress.com/2009/04/12/no-melamine-this-easter/



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When you know the weather is reported as Bad:( take advantage of it. Run out and grocery shop for the items you may need for baking. Take a run through the craft stores in your area and pick up a craft that you have always desired to make but don't have the time to do. Go to your local book store and select an interesting book you have not had time to read or select a children's book and read with your family. Games...we are not game family and I wish we were. Put out an old game from your… Continue

This is my first gluten-free chocolate cake that's not from a mix. I tend to stay away from mixes, because I enjoy creating my own and also I like to add my own sweetener. I really like how it turned out but I do want to try another chocolate cake made with partly coconut flour.

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If you have never participated in the Bloggy Carnival Giveaway, you don't know what you're missing! The 5-day carnival just started this morning and there are over 650 blogs signed up already! I'll be giving away a different item each of the 5 days. Stop by my site every day to enter. My giveaways will close this Friday 10/31 at 11:59pm CA time.



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Little has been done to tackle the documented problem of forced child labor on many of the farms that supply cocoa to the major chocolate manufacturers. Consider helping to spread the word by passing out the enlightening cards you ...

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