A couple weeks ago, my friend Val (if you ever want a great cupcake recipe, please head over to her blog) got me a copy of a book she really enjoyed, “Confessions of a Shopaholic” by Sophie Kinsella . I’ve been seeing and hearing a lot about this series lately and I’ve been wanting to read it, so I finally got around it it, and this is what I thought: This isn’t exactly Bronte, but if you are looking for a light and... 

*Excuse the low res photo – my daughter was taking photos today and I couldn’t track down my digital camera, so I used my Blackberry. Lemme give a totally unpaid plug to Fuji for making an amazing, yet affordable digital camera that I can let my two year old play with – yes, it’s shock proof (drop it all you want!), water proof (seriously!) and dust proof – did I mention cute too? I am not kidding…. google it,... 

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Maybe I’m a little plugin happy right now… but I’m loving all these add ons! If you are using something that I haven’t listed yet, please let me know in the comments. Okay, here are another 10 WordPress plugins I’m using: ALL IN ONE ADSENSE AND YPN: Inserts Adsense or YPN ads into your posts in either a random position or a preset position. Easy to set up, give it a shot here. DBS BACKUP: You’ve gotta back up!... 

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Melt and Pour soap making is a fantastic instant gratification craft. I’m a busy mom, usually crafting while my daughter is napping or after she goes to bed at night, so I like to be able to completely finish a craft in an hour or less. Even if I have a few hours, I’m just the type of person that doesn’t have the patience or the attention span to work on one thing for too long! I want to see the end result fast! Melt and pour soap... 

I’ve got a lot of zucchini in my house these days, and zucchini bread is a great way to use it up! It’s my friend Val’s fault that all this lovely zucchini has found it’s way into my home, as she has become a little gardener this year. It’s not only zucchini either, she’s been bringing over onions, garlic, green beans and strawberries too! Her zucchini’s are HUMONGOUS! One yielded over the three cups I needed... 

It looking like it was going to be a dreary, rainy day on Saturday so I thought I would make some Play Dough (Playdoh) for my two year old daughter, Ysabella. I remember at least one occasion that m mom made homemade play dough for me when I was growing up and I think it’s imprinted in my brain that ‘it’s a mom thing to do’. I’ve made play dough a couple times myself: one time I was playing Cranium and we realized the... 

I recently read Anthony Bourdain’s “Medium Raw” so I thought I’d share my impressions. I feel like I should first say that I L-O-V-E  Anthony Bourdain. He’s snarky and opinionated and likes food and booze and that’s my kind of person. I absolutely love his show “No Reservations” which is where I know him best from. I haven’t read “Kitchen Confidential” (yet) which was his first non...