Things I Love – The Middle

Things I Love… This is my feature where I get to share something that I just love. Since you are my friends, I like sharing things I love with others. It could be anything from a new product, food, recipe, song, image, to a person and everything in between. This will be something I am…
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A Cold Getaway

Today I made a decision to take a weekend getaway.  No, I am not taking a flight to somewhere warm.  No, I’m not going to lay in a hotel room and order room service all weekend.  No, I am not going to a spa and getting pampered for a weekend.  Instead, I am driving 7+ hours…
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Recipe: Slow Cooker So-Easy Sloppy Joes

Last week I opened up one of my Betty Crocker newsletters and found this recipe in it.  I printed it off and thought it would be perfect for our Super Bowl gathering.  The sloppy joes were a hit except they were a little spicy for me.  Although, today, I had some leftover for my lunch,…
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Energizer Battery Winner

Today’s winner of the Energizer Max batteries…. Random Integer Generator Here are your random numbers: 3 Timestamp: 2011-02-07 Congrats to Megan! Megan said… Yea! Sign me up! 😉 Megan, I will be contacting you shortly and you should be receiving your batteries very soon!
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Things I Love – Sending Cards

Things I Love… This is my feature where I get to share something that I just love. Since you are my friends, I like sharing things I love with others. It could be anything from a new product, food, recipe, song, image, to a person and everything in between. This will be something I am…
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Is Your Child A Huggable Hero?

I wanted to let you know about a program the Build-A-Bear company is offering. Each year for the past eight years, Build-A-Bear Workshop, through its Huggable Heroes program, has searched for and recognized young leaders who make positive contributions in their communities or around the world. This year, ten Huggable Heroes, between the ages of eight…
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The Day After the Blizzard

At 5:00 AM my husband and I both woke up at the same time.  I was cold, but thought it was because I hadn’t turned on my side of the heated mattress pad (yes I know I am spoiled…thanks Mom!) Then I realized my head was cold.  Pat had already leaped out of bed, knowing before…
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Our 1st Snow Day of the Season

Last night our area, along with many other states in the midwest, were hit with our biggest snowstorm of the season – and maybe a record snowstorm for some areas.  I think we were hit with about 10 inches of snow, but it is hard to tell with all the blowing and drifting going on. …
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Today…

Thanks to Susan at THE CONFIDENT MOM posting this.  It was just what I needed to hear!  I thought maybe you could use this today too! TODAY could be one of the best days of our entire lives. TODAY could be the day our patience overtakes our impatience – for good. TODAY could be a day we…
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Helpless

Yesterday our son had a basketball tournament, so my sister decided to come and watch a game.  She drove an hour to come watch him which we really appreciated.  During the game it had really started snowing and we were starting to hear that the roads were getting slick.  So, my sister decided she better…
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