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My 100 (A Food Bucket List) – Update
Should you have a food bucket list? Is that even a question? How will you keep track of all the recipes you want to test and try out? This list is crucial to culinary success, or so I think, but then again, it's a list and I love making them. When I say love, I really mean love, as in the way my baby loves his soother. As in the way my toddler loves cars or my husband loves the Knicks. It's my obsessions. My 100 is my dream list of recipes that I want to accomplish.
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How to Meal Plan
Does Meal Planning exhaust you? Do you feel defeated before you even begin? Are you one of those people who need to be completely organized before you start something? You are not alone! When I first started meal planning I thought I needed weeks worth of food, stacks of recipes and all the time in the world, the fact is, I didn't need anything more than a pen and paper. Ready to learn How to Meal Plan?
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Under the Sea First Birthday Party
Our sweet, fierce, fun little boy turned a year old a couple weeks back and to celebrate we threw him an Under the Sea First Birthday Party. I love planning events. Any kind of celebration. I do feel that birthdays deserve extra attention when it comes to details. Even for the one year olds who will only remember because of the photos.
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12 Non-Scale Weight loss Victories
I've been working my way to onederland for as long as I can remember. What is onederland you ask? It's when the scale drops below 200 pounds. Why does that number matter? It really shouldn't, but we all rely on the scale to gauge our success, me included. There's been so many times when the scale hasn't budged and I've felt completely deflated. I've done everything I was suppose to and yet nothing, not an ounce. It's frustrating, right? Have you been there?
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101 Things in 1001 Days List
I started my first 101 things in 1001 days list back in 2011 and loved it. I didn't accomplish everything on that list, but I really did enjoy the process. The list kept me accountable. When I started blogging a few months back, I told my husband, a few times about the 101 in 1001 list and how much I liked the challenge. We even read through my old list. I started questioning why I hadn't done one in over five years and decided to remedy that right away.
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2019 Resolutions and the Word of the Year
We're officially into week two of 2019. I still haven't truly set my resolutions for the year, meaning, I need to write them down. Confession, I'm a list person and of the typical version. You know, the kind that writes it down just to scratch it off. Silly, I know, but there is something satisfying about drawing a line through all those lists. This year I'm taking a different route with my resolutions. Oh, don't fear, I have the usual resolution.
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Easy Wedding Bouquet Tutorial
Photo courtesy of Edith Jenkinson Photography I made the bouquet for both of our weddings (yes, we had two ceremonies). On the day of our first wedding, I threw together a bouquet. Admittedly, it’s probably not the best idea to do this on the actual day of your wedding; however, if you have time a day or two before your ceremony and you can keep the bouquet cold, go for it. A refrigerator works great for keeping the flowers cool, as long as it doesn’t get too cold. I do have a a cousin whose flowers arrived frozen hours before the ceremony,…
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One Souvenir I Always Buy On Vacation
This tradition started with Joyce, my friend’s mom. She always had tons of magnets. I’m not talking the insurance promotion magnet or the freebies from the dentist. Joyce had good magnets. Pretty magnets. Mostly of Labrador pups, her favorite breed. I was always in awe of those magnets. Her daughter, my friend, had started the tradition of buying magnets from the places she visited and I’ve followed suit. We’ve been friends since we were three years old. I don’t think she was surprised I took on the tradition. We’re as close as sisters and what sister doesn’t borrow a good idea from…
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How To Plan A Simple Beach Wedding In 3 Weeks
As a little girl, I knew exactly what I wanted for my future wedding. I even had a back up plan just in case the first one didn’t work out. The plans: a fun filled day at Sunny Cove, an old rustic, lakeside lodge just outside my hometown in Ontario or a beach wedding with my feet buried in the sand. My husband gave me both Here’s a bit of back story. I’m a Canadian and my husband is an American meaning there was a whole mess of immigration stuff to consider. We consulted a lawyer, who urged us to get married…
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10 Wedding Details Your Guests Won’t Forget
I love weddings. The amount of thought that a couple puts into their day always amazes me. I like a rustic venue, a good meal and a fantastic speech, but what I really love is the details. My favourite part of a wedding is those thoughtful touches. They can be big or small, regardless of size though, they are always memorable.
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