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Joan Jett, well-known for songs like “I Love Rock and Roll” and the band Joan Jett and the Blackhearts has a special place in my heart. I was fascinated by her and all that she stood for when I as a young Oklahoma teen in the 80′s discovered the Runaways, an American all-girl rock band. [...]
Until this year my daughter was a straight A’d student, and her experience with Oklahoma schools was great. I always attributed her success in school to her smarts and her self-discipline. She’s one of those kids that comes home, does her homework, and asks you to check it all without any prompting what so ever [...]
The prompt today on BlogHer for NaBloPoMo is the following: Making family time is important to me. How do you balance your children, relationship, and work life? (Guest Post by Ricki Lake, who can be found onFacebook or Twitter @RickiLakeShow) And for me the answer as touched on by a commenter on my previous post, Good [...]
Thanksgiving Day it seems as if I spend all day cooking. By the time everything is cooked I haven’t had lunch or breakfast or any snacks of any kind, and I am crazy hungry. I found this recipe on my new favorite search engine for finding stuff, Pinterest. I tried it out for a Halloween [...]
Organization Plans? Who Has Time? People all over the web seem to create great lists concerning how to get organized for various projects, or how to organize your home, or how to organize your schedule. These organization gurus have great ideas, but if you are like me, the idea of taking the time they are [...]
For those of you not in the know, today, Friday, August 5th is International Beer Day 2011. So what is International Beer Day 2011? Well per the official website it’s not what many of you might think it is, yet another day for the beer drinking couch potatoes of the world to partake in another [...]
According to my sister-in-law my nieces right now are obsessed with strawberries. I don’t blame them. What’s not to love? They’re pretty, and sweet, and yummy, and easy to prepare, and…wait a minute. This may be a genetic thing that’s urging them on to shove them as quickly in to their faces as possible. To [...]
Freshly Baked Cookie Addiction I have a serious problem when it comes to freshly baked cookies. I love them. I have been known to make an entire batch of cookies and eat them all by myself before dinner. OK. Who am I kidding? I usually finish them off before lunch. My husband, having suffered many [...]
For those of you only partially motivated about And only partially excited by Celebrating the 4th of July holiday don’t worry. You can always find refuge in the car. Wishing you a safe, fun, happy, and Partially Motivated 4th of July! ~Kelly and Carrisa~
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