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Banana Sticker Moments
When my sister, Kathy, and I were little, we used to take the stickers off of Dole bananas, tear them into tiny pieces and put them all over our cheeks. The one of us who wore the “sticker” freckles...
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Tell Them – Thanks for Pulling Me Through
As many of you know, my brother passed away this past August from a brief battle with cancer. I’ve said a few times on my blog how surprised I was that his passing hit me so hard. What I didn’t tell...
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5 Tips for Making Chores a Special Occasion
Pin It Spring has sprung, which to my kids means more outside play and fun time. To me, it means that, but also spring cleaning. As much as I’d love for our life to be all fun and games, when you have...
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Handwritten With Love – Making Room for Sentimental
There was a time in my life where I kept each and every card, letter and note I received. Cards for birthdays, notes from classmates, letters from loved ones who lived far away. I have books and books...
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3 Dollars, 5 Minutes and the Best Birthday Ever
I used to stress about my kids birthdays. I put such high expectations on myself to make their birthdays perfect… “good moms pull out all the stops to make their kids feel special on their birthdays”...
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It’s A Good Thing She’s Cute!
I have four kids and you’d think by the time Leah came along I’d have this whole parenting thing down. What no one seems to tell you is that whether you have 1 or 10 kids, God sends you a different one...
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It Takes a Village… Not to Mention Wine and Coffee
I’ve always known and hoped that I would be a mom. When I was in Kindergarten, we had a “Star of the Week” program where the star would be interviewed. One of the questions in the interview was “What...
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Best Friends Forever
Let’s talk friendship, shall we? I don’t have a best friend. I’ve always been one of those girls to have a lot of good friends but as an adult, not a best girl friend. You know, that one friend you can...
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Pepper Pancakes?
When we visit my parents in Mission, Texas each year (near South Padre) there is always plenty of memory making fun happening. We get to go to the beach… We swim in their retirement community pool and...
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Family Meetings and Encouraging Words
We sit down and have a family meeting on Sunday evenings. It’s a way for our family of 6 to make sure we are all on the same page for the upcoming week, celebrate accomplishments from the prior week,...
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Holiday Moments and Gift Ideas
It’s kind of crazy how memories can overwhelm you sometimes. I was sitting here thinking about Jingle, the dog that goes along with the Hallmark Jingle All the Way Interactive storybook. My daughter,...
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Hallmark Tell Them – Thank a Teacher
I had a blog post for Hallmark scheduled to run yesterday. It was in queue, all ready to go, when the tragedy in Newtown, CT took place. My Hallmark post was to be about their very special North Pole...
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Friends, Let’s Get Carded with Hallmark
Today, I want to tell you about a few of my friends. You see, I have some pretty incredible people in my life… people I probably don’t express my appreciation for nearly enough. Friends who, when I...
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Online Friendships
This tribute to my “online friendships” is brought to you by Hallmark. Working from home can be isolating if you let it. Lucky for me, I have a whole crew of colleagues I can reach at the click of a...
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Giving Thanks for the Everyday Things
Thanks to Hallmark for sponsoring this post. As many of you know, I completed my first half marathon a few weeks ago. I had so much anxiety leading up to it, but after crossing the finish line I had...
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Being Purposefully Thoughtful with HMK
Do you know those people who are some how naturally thoughtful? Those friends who drop by a coffee exactly when the timing is right, or send you something unexpected, completely out of the blue in the...
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5 Perfect Hostess Gift Ideas from HMK
I’ve partnered with HMK to share a selection of my favorite hostess gift ideas! Finding the perfect, and let’s face it… unique, hostess gift can be hard. I don’t know about you, but I tend to always...
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Gift Ideas for Kids from HMK
I’ve partnered with HMK to share some of my favorite gift ideas for kids! So far on Dine & Dish I’ve shared with you some great hostess gift ideas from HMK as well as some great gift ideas for...
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Superheroes of the Non-Cape Variety
Superheroes come in many different forms… and they don’t all wear capes! I’m partnering with Hallmark to chat about everyday superheroes. Superheroes… in Hollywood (or Gotham City) superheroes are...
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Hallmark: When The Neighborhood Grows Up
Watching our neighborhood grow up… a Hallmark Life is a Special Occasion Post. Maybe it’s because the oldest “kid” on our block left us for college this year… Or that my son no longer wants to dress up...
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