Review: Follow Me Thomas!!

I am so excited to bring you my first product review. I have been saying for some time now that I would love to do a few, but not if it weren't something that were of interest to me, or you, my readers. But what could be more of interest to me than THOMAS? If you've been following long, yo…

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Review: 'The First Gardener' by Denise Hildreth Jones

From The Publisher: Jeremiah Williams has been tending the gardens of the Tennessee governor’s mansion for over twenty-five years. And like most first families who have come and gone, this one has stolen his heart. Mackenzie and her husband, Governor Gray London, have struggled for ten years to have …

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Mailbox Monday-July 25th!

Time once again to share what came free in my mailbox this week!!! The First Gardener (for review, loving it so far!) Scrubbing Bubbles One Step Toilet Cleaner Sweet Sanctuary (also for review) Organize in Style coupon book, not sure how I got a second one of these, but I'm not complaining! Glad wit…

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Birthday Countdown: Shaun's Wishlist!!

My baby boy will be 4 years old in just a few short weeks, it does not seem possible!! Where does the time go!? We are in the process of planning a fantastic Thomas birthday bash for him later in August (so his daddy can be there) and of course shopping for gifts. In this first of several birthday …

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Deep South Dish ♥

I have to share this wonderful cooking blog that I have recently rediscovered and fallen in love with. A friend sent me a link awhile back but I hadn't looked much and to be entirely honest, had completely forgotten about it, but when I was looking for new ideas recently, I started really looki…

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"Mommy, it's SNOWING!!"

This is what I've been hearing over and over again at our house lately. Hmm, snowing? In July? In California? Are you confused yet? I have shared many, many times that Shaun is obsessed with trains, it's most certainly his biggest obsession, but I may not have mentioned his lesser obsession…

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Mailbox Monday-July 18th!!

This week was a great week, lots of nice free goodies in the mailbox (or dropped off by the UPS man, to be more accurate;)) Oceanspray Cranberry Juice (mm, I love cranberry juice:)) Also included coupon. Scrubbing Bubbles package that had Fantastik All Purpose Spray, Auto Shower Cleaner and Toilet Dr…

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Random Thoughts on God's Plan/Helping Others

I have said many times that I am a firm believer that everything in life happens for a reason, good or bad, it happened for a purpose. How many times do we go through hard times only to become stronger in the end? As teenagers, how many of us prayed for that first 'love' to work out, only t…

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Mailbox Monday- July 11th!

First of all, I just want to apologize if I've been blog slacking lately. I've been having some issues with my hands (heat and sleep related I believe) that make it hard to type (and leads to lots of typos) and more migraines as well, so it's just been crazy around here and i haven'…

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Should have read, 'Autistic Kids...Chew?'

Remember this shirt? I'm sure I've shared it before. We made this for my little man for the Autism Speaks walk, and it has since been his favorite (because it says his name on the back, he loves that!) Anyway, this is what it looked like then... And this is what it looks like now... Now, you …

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Independence Day (Flashback and Mailbox Monday!)

First, I just have to say Happy 4th of July!!! It truly is a great day to be celebrating what an awesome country we live in and give thanks for those who have fought for that freedom we enjoy and continue to fight today. As a military wife, I am so proud of my husband for all that he does!! "Th…

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A Few Random Bits!

I hope everyone is having a great 4th of July weekend so far! I just have a few random little things I wanted to share! As a Marine wife blogger. I've gotten many requests to share various organizations doing fundraising to support the troops. I do not always post these as I don't feel some …

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Wow...Just Wow! (The R Word)

I'm not sure how I missed this story right after it happened, but as I was watching my DVRed episodes of 'The Talk', I was nearly in tears hearing about this. Here is a link with the full story, but basically they talked about comedian Tracy Morgan who in his act joked, not to "mes…

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