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Our communities thrive thanks to small businesses that fit a need that the larger corporations just can't meet.  Let's celebrate those businesses and the contributions they make this Small Business Saturday, and throughout the remainder of the holiday shopping season.

Small Business Saturday is Here

Small Business Saturday is held each year on the Saturday after Thanksgiving.  The focus is to shop small business and celebrate local community.  When you shop small business, you are helping communities to thrive.  Small businesses can have anywhere from 1 to 150 employees.  Small businesses are your local pizza shops and restaurants.  They are …

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Old-Fashioned Hermit Bar Cookies #HousefulOfCookies

Each summer, my family would make the 8-hour drive up to Cape Cod to visit with step-father’s family.  From our very first summer going up there in 1986, we would have lunch at Aunt Millie’s house before going to the cottage for the week.  Her little yippie dog would be jumping at our feet, not …

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Creating memories is more important than collecting things. Here are a few ways to save & how to travel in style while making your own memories. #DriveMitsubishi

Creating Memories

Thank you to Mitsubishi for helping us travel in comfort & style while creating lasting family memories.  #DriveMitsubishi  Toys and homeschooling materials have taken over the living room!  We still have baby toys on hand even though my youngest is four!  My older children still play with toys, but are more interested in video games, …

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When I learned that you could freeze avocados it rocked my culinary world! Now I can purchase avocados on sale and freeze them for later.

How to Freeze Avocados

A few years ago, I learned something that rocked my culinary world. YOU CAN FREEZE AVOCADOS! I love guacamole and mashed avocado on sandwiches, and now I will be able to have it whenever I please because I can stock up on fresh avocados when they are on sale, wait until they ripen and pop …

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Why I “LET” My Husband Get a Motorcycle

Let’s go back a few years to the fall of 2014 …  We were a one car family.  When summer hit, Steve started taking the car because I didn’t have to run the kids to and from activities every day.  I loved just being at home, and only having the car once a week.  But …

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