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Kate goes on an Adventure to an Oxygen Bar
PrintKate Goes to an Oxygen Bar. Tag along with Kate as she makes an attempt at being cool, hip and trendy. Oxygen bars are all the rage these days among the young trendy yuppie types. While I’ll be the first to admit that I am neither young or trendy, I do occasionally try to be hip. My latest attempt at “hipness” involved putting pink plastic tubes up my nose and breathing the scent of an orange … Read entire article »
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Daughters, Marines and heat exhaustion – Liz’s rant
PrintLast weekend, my daughter headed to North Carolina with her future in-laws (Lee and Cheryl) to welcome home our Marine, Adam, who has been serving in Afghanistan for more than seven months. There were months that went fairly quickly in retrospect, but some days seemed to take a year to get through. So I’m sure it comes as no surprise that Hannah was more than a little anxious to make the trip. As is typical with … Read entire article »
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Kate’s Escapades – Do you believe in the Vacation Fairy?
Print I am away on vacation this week…woohoo!yeehaw! While I’m away I’ve left a few of my favorite summertime posts for you this week. Enjoy! ~Kate Okay guys (and by guys, I don’t mean people in general, I actually mean guys, as in the gender laden with testosterone) this post is basically meant for you. But if you fit within the estrogen half of the population, I think you might just want to read along for kicks. Guys, … Read entire article »
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Breast Milk Baby – Liz’s rant
PrintIs there anything quite as fulfilling as controversy to kick off the week? I think not. So let’s just skip right over the pleasantries and get right to it, shall we? Yesterday afternoon, while browsing the weekend’s tweets, I came across a new product, brought to my attention by Cool Mom Picks. The product? Breast Milk Baby. That’s right. Forget the days of the little plastic bottle with the milk that magically … Read entire article »
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Don’t paint your nails, Mom – Liz’s rant
PrintI was really hoping to jump right into Fourth of July preparations today, seeings how the celebrating America’s independence is right up there with Christmas as far as I’m concerned. But the festivities will have to wait. Because I – or should I say, my son – apparently has issues with finger nail polish where all things “mom” are concerned. It’s the darndest thing, I tell ya. My first hint that something was wrong came a … Read entire article »
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A daughter and her car – Liz’s rant
PrintHave you ever noticed that when things are good, as a parent, you can rank right up there with the bffs of the world. But when things are bad, you’re suddenly enemy No. 1? Let’s just say I’m currently Enemy No. 1 on my daughter’s list through no fault of my own. It seems her car has a slight problem (at least that’s how the women among us would likely term it). It’s running super hot and … Read entire article »
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(Almost) spring break – Liz’s rant
PrintThe chaos began about 8:15 last night, with a call from my brother: “Is Colton still up? Why isn’t he in bed, yet?” First, I’d like to point out that even on school nights, Colton is never in bed by 8:15. But I played along. “He’s on spring break this week – burning the midnight oil.” “Uh… you may want to double check that.” What did he meeeaaaan “double check that”?!?!? It seemed my brother’s wife had been talking to a … Read entire article »
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Homemade Instant Oatmeal Packets – Kate’s Escapades
PrintA few days ago I bought a 42 oz. container of Quick-1 Minute Oatmeal on sale for $1.88. I figured it would be much cheaper than buying the instant oatmeal packets that my family is used to. The problem? My family expects things to be fast and easy. If all they have to do is empty a packet of oatmeal into a bowl, add water and pop it into the microwave for a minute or two, … Read entire article »
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Homemade Automatic Dishwasher Detergent – Kate’s Escapades
PrintWe dirty a lot of dishes at my house. I have to run the dishwasher every single day. In fact, I could probably run it twice a day, but that is something I absolutely refuse to do. No one should have to do two dishwasher loads a day, so instead, I carefully place it all into one load, kind of like puzzle pieces. Suffice it to say, my dishwasher is one of my very best … Read entire article »
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Oreo Truffles – Kate’s Recipe of the Week
Print There’s a chance you might just hate me for sharing this recipe. That’s a risk I am willing to take. These Oreo Truffles are THAT good. So good you can’t stop eating them, good. Should you become addicted, I take full responsibility. And guess what? There are only 3 ingredients and 4 steps…just how I like my recipes, short, simple and sweet. Oreo Truffles Ingredients: 1 pkg. Oreos 1 8oz. block cream cheese 1 pkg. of chocolate chips (milk chocolate, semi-sweet … Read entire article »
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Kate’s Escapades – ‘You get what you get, and you don’t make a fit’
PrintAs you regular readers know, Mondays and Wednesdays are Liz’s rant days, and here it is Wednesday and there is nary a rant in sight. That’s because Miz Liz in up to her eyeballs in boxes, packing up all of her worldly possessions in anticipation of a big move into a new house this weekend. A house with air conditioning (HOORAY!) which I might add, would have been really nice to have when I was … Read entire article »
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Kate’s Escapades – Picture Perfect
(Simple tips for taking a great family portrait)
Print It’s that time again. The annual event that often strikes fear and doubt into even the most confident and pulled-together of parents. Of course, I’m talking about family holiday portrait time. Luckily for you, through many years of trial and error with my own family, I’ve come up with some easy tips for surviving family portrait day. And as a bonus, you may even get a photo that you’ll be happy to send out to … Read entire article »
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Cookbook Giveaway! In the Kitchen with Liz & Kate: Practically Painless Recipes
PrintBelieve it or not, we actually did it! We made our first cookbook…In the Kitchen with Liz and Kate: Practically Painless Recipes. First of all, we’d like you to notice how super cute it is… Next, we’d like you to know that there are 250 of our favorite super easy and super delicious recipes…yummy stuff like: Crunchy Taco Chicken Lasagna Pie French Toast Cinnamon Rolls Easy Molten Lava Cakes Painless Homemade Pretzels Mini Corn Dog Munchies Pina Colada Salad Mexican Stew Pretty Painless Popcorn Balls …just to name … Read entire article »
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Liz’s rant: The numbers game
PrintI realize that as you read this, blood may very well shoot out of your eyes. But in the interest of getting the word out on what I’ve come to refer to as “bubble math,” I can’t help it. At this point, I can’t even muster a “sorry about the bloody eye thing.” It started innocently enough last week, during a routine homework assignment. But as I would learn, things were about to take a spiral … Read entire article »
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Kate’s Escapades – Finally, my just desserts
Print There’s something you should know about me. It’s time for me to come clean. I bought a new purse this past Saturday and as I was making the switch-over from old purse to new purse it became clear to me that I have a serious problem. I have an addiction to gum. In this old purse alone I found 5 packs. A quick rifle through my other purses revealed 6 more packs. Yep…that’s 11 packs of gum. Now … Read entire article »
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