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When I think of the foods that defined my childhood in the summertime they include copious amounts of Pasta Salad, sliced tomatoes with lots of salt, drippy Bomb Pops, scoops of Dirt Cake, juicy watermelon wedges, and fat slices of Zucchini Bread slathered with butter. Plus seemingly unlimited packets of Purplesaurus Rex Koolaid fished out of a big tupperware container with a cream colored lid #IYKYK — but that’s a different post. ;) Anticipating the kickoff to summer, I asked my Mom to send me the Zucchini Bread recipe she used to make us kids then swapped the all purpose...

   My sister and I popped into the local farm market the other day and I picked up some beautiful fresh rhubarb. It was so bright pink/red that I could not wait to use it!  I had in mind to make a cake of some sort.I was going to make a Rhubarb Upside Down Cake, which would have showcased the red color of the rhubarb perfectly, and then I remembered this delightful cake!   The recipe for this cake comes from the pages of my Big Blue Binder and it is quite simply a fabulous recipe.   Its a pretty basic no...

The kids are officially out of school for the summer so I mostly just picked up snacks and drinks today, plus I couldn’t pass up the gas card deal to get $10 off my groceries. We have to buy gas anyway and it’s easy to hand over a gas card (instead of my credit card) when the kiddos start griping about an empty tank. Today at Publix I bought $95.17 worth of groceries for $41.67, or 56% off after coupons. Here are the deals: Palermo’s Primo Thin Pizza, Ultra Thin Crust, 13.35 to 16.55 oz, BOGO $7.19–$1/1 Palermo’s Frozen Pizzas...

How to Live Below Your Means to Achieve Your Financial Goals The concept of living below your means sounds easy enough. In reality, it can actually be quite difficult! Especially with the rising cost of living. A quick definition: To live below your means, you must not spend more money than you earn. But maybe you are struggling to make ends meet. Never mind saving money each month. That doesn’t stop you from having financial goals though. They’re still at the forefront of your mind. You just don’t know how to achieve them. That can feel pretty discouraging. Today, I’m here to...

With all that today’s smart phones can do for us, you might wonder why you would need to implement any phone hacks? Our smart phones connect us with friends and family all around the world. They give us directions to anywhere we want to go. We can take pictures any time we want. There are apps for just about anything you’d want to know or do. But sometimes, there are one or two things we wish we had help with. From running errands to tangled cords to children fighting over earbuds. We’ll show you some creative ways to make the...