Today Peyton and I are heading up north to do some camping. Like camping camping. No electricity, anywhere. I need a way to keep my phone charged while we are traveling. Meagoes makes a fast USB car charger that can plugged into your car adapter and charge your phone. Peyton loves how it lights up blue when the charger is plugged in. I like that it turns blue so I know it's working and charging my phone. I have a few adapters in the car that stay live when the car is turned off and a few that ...
Mini Butterfly Sandwich Bento Box
It's Friday! So today's lunch has a special treat in there, one that has never made an appearance in Peyton's lunches before. Kids love bite size food. Today I took mini butterfly cookie cutters and cut Peyton's peanut butter and jelly sandwich into several little mini butterfly sandwiches! Bite size, finger food treats.Cheese balls! I never buy cheese balls but Peyton was with me when I went grocery shopping. And in a moment of weakness, I said yes to a huge ol'barrel of cheese ball. Mind you, ...
Let There Be Light
Many of you know that I work a full-time job as well as run Peyton's Momma. So that means I'm working some long hours! Frequently, I am up working until the wee hours of the morning or I'm getting up dawn to get some writing done. Which means, often I am working in the dark. I had a little desk lamp that I thought was doing well. It seemed to give me a fair amount of light but I was constantly repositioning it depending on what I was doing so I could see. I thought I had the best solution to my ...
Save Your Clothes!
Years ago, what seems like a lifetime ago, I worked in a fine linen store. It was an eye opener. I learned more about fabrics in the time I worked there than I ever knew there was to know about fabrics. I learned why my towels lost their absorbency, why clothes lost their shape, colors faded and so much more. The one common factor was fabric softener! Can you believe it? I had grown up my whole life and thought you had to use fabric softener, only to find out you don't. There are alternatives I ...
Cooking with WaxonWare
Seeing as how I am the only adult in our home I get the pleasure of doing all the cooking! Peyton is only 6-years-old so I don't let her do any fo the actual cooking. But I do let her do prep work and dishes! Tonight we use the WaxonWare Jumbo Wok to cook up a jumbo batch of taco meat. This is my first experience with WaxonWare. And yes, I know this is called a Wok, but you can use it to cook more than stirfry. The first thing I noticed when I unboxed the WaxonWare was - there is no black ...
Brunhilda’s Backwards Day
Brunhilda was a naughty witch! Every day when she rolled out of bed she ate spider mush! Brushed her teeth with candy and gazed in the mirror at all her warts. She liked to fly into town and cause trouble for everyone. She would make ice cream fall off the cone! She would make children fall off their bikes! She took pleasure and happiness from other's misfortune. Her black cat was not liking Brunhilda's behavior. So one night he decided to mix up a little potion of his own! The next day, ...
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