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Let Them Eat Peas
Growing up my mother always made a traditional pot of black eyed peas for New Year’s Day for good luck, but I’ve honestly never been a big fan of traditional beans. Here’s a delicious dip recipe for a little variation on a tried and true tradition. And I’ve got another recipe posted over at my [...]
Family Popcorn And Movie Night
Alas I am not one of those mothers who is great at traditions, but I’m slowly working on it.
When school started back in session I declared Friday nights Popcorn And Movie Night. We’ve always watched DVDs and we’ve always made popcorn, but somehow just making it official and giving it a title has made it extra special [...]
Southern Christmas Lunch Recipes
Once we had children we started the tradition of staying home Christmas day so our girls could play with their new toys from Santa and we could just relax and enjoy some family time.
My family is coming over tomorrow for a casual lunch and I thought I’d share a few recipes I’m considering. I’m definitely [...]
VistaPrint Offers Great Gift Ideas
I’ve always associated VistaPrint with great looking, and affordable, business cards and have ordered freelance and blog business cards from them in the past. If you are looking for unique, personalized gift ideas, however, VistaPrint is a great source for everything from custom photo desk calendars to personalized note cards.
I recently ordered several Christmas gifts [...]
Get Your Shutterbug On
My 3-year-old is obsessed with my pink digital camera, or really any camera. It’s just a bonus that mama’s happens to be pink. While I’m all for her honing her photography skills, I’m not that keen on her slinging around expensive “toys.” I mean it’s all fun and games until someone breaks a $200 camera.
Parents [...]
Creative Wanderings Body And Bath Goodies Giveaway
The winner of the $25 gift certificate to Creative Wanderings is Tammy who commented, The Goat’s Milk Body Glaze sounds interesting.” Thanks to everyone who entered! Don’t forget about the 15% reader discount.
Feeling stressed? Do you fantasize about locking yourself in the bathroom and taking the world’s longest bath?
Creative Wanderings is a wonderful online store [...]
Pottery Barn Kids Holiday Gift Ideas
When I was little I had a gorgeous dollhouse my mother found at an antique store in downtown Nashville. I played with it constantly and I still have the furniture sets stored in our attic. The dollhouse, unfortunately, suffered from moisture damage after being stored in a basement and we were not able to restore [...]
Sister Schubert’s: Southern Goodness Without The Fuss
I’ve always been a huge fan of Sister Schubert’s Parker House style yeast rolls, especially during the holidays. Here in the South you just can’t have a holiday meal without a basket of hot rolls on the table!
The Savvy Housewife household recently tried Sister Schubert’s delicious breakfast cinnamon rolls, or as my 3-year-old says, “Icing [...]
Turn Back Time With AminoGenesis
Next year I join the fab (but often exhausted) mamas 40 and up club. I’ve always tried to take good care of my skin but honestly there were so many summers in the 80s where I laid out on my dad’s houseboat, frying my skin to oblivion with Hawaiian Tropic suntan oil while listening to [...]
Litewear Christmas Apparel Now At WalMart
I love dressing my girls up for the holidays but let’s face it. Although I typically splurge on one special Christmas outfit for them, I can’t afford $75 boutique custom “play” monogrammed outfits and I don’t want them wearing those kind of outfits to school or to daycare where they’ll be put to the test [...]
Greased Lightning Review
I am not a huge fan of cleaning and with a white on white on white kitchen (white cabinets, countertops AND appliances), I feel like I am constantly wiping down our kitchen. I also don’t like having multiple cleaners for multiple surfaces. Give me one product that multitasks as hard as I do!
Greased Lightning sent [...]
