One of my favorite things about this time of year, besides buying gifts for everyone, is the peppermint everything! I love peppermint. In fact, I have been known to buy candy canes for dirt cheap after Christmas just so I can hang on to the peppermint a little while longer! I even made a peppermint lip scrub…that’s how much I…
Read More
Quaker Oats has been around a long time. Right now they are happily celebrating 100 years of their iconic oats canister. It was 100 years ago that Quaker managed to prove that it’s hip NOT to be square and they introduced their cylinder shaped canister. Henry Crowell, who purchased the Quaker Mill in Ravenna, Ohio, and with it the Quaker…
Read More
*As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases* Every year, on Christmas Eve, my husband and I give the kids a new pair of pajamas to wear that night. For the last couple of years, we have decided to stay home on Christmas Eve and do stuff as a family. In past years we’ve ordered Chinese food and watched…
Read More
*As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases* As a child, one of the things I enjoyed doing, especially on rainy days, was coloring. I remember my mom having this really cool table in our basement that had a bunch of different matchbook covers on it with a clear coating over top of it and that was our table…
Read More
The other day I was driving home from the store and it hit me…next week was Thanksgiving. I almost slammed on the brakes, I was that shocked. Normally it wouldn’t have been that big of a deal that it was next week. However, I am hosting Thanksgiving this year. While I have the majority of my menu set, I still…
Read More