I have no picture of the “before” for today’s tackle. It was sort of an impromptu thing. A few months ago, we bought a big potted plant with 6 different herbs and a tomato plant. In my kitchen window a basil plant has been sitting and so has Zach’s pea plant that he planted at [...]

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I am a member of an onine twins community. We are parents or grandparents of twins. They are such a great resource. Our twins range in age from babies to adults, so somewhere, someone has either been though what you have or will go through it. Most of us have children in addition to our [...]

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So, the twins will be 7 a week from tomorrow. It’s so hard to believe that they’re that old! I remember the day they were born. Well, in all fairness, I’ll never forget the first 6 weeks of their lives. You just don’t shake your NICU experience. I look at them today and see just [...]

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I may have missed Tackle it Tuesday, but I’m doing my own version of Workin’ it Wednesday. Lots to do today, and only time for a short blog post. I’ve done 4 loads of laundry already today, with roughly 2 or 3 left to go, probably NOT including a couple of comforters that need washed. [...]

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Today is Alex’s snack day. It also happens to be picture day for him, so I wanted to make him a fun halloween themed snack that wouldn’t get everyone’s dress clothes all messy (even though snack is after pictures). I always try for a themed snack, either based on a holiday that is approaching, a [...]

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Date night found us at Pufferbelly’s. It was a very nice restaurant and the food was sssooooooooooooooooooooo good! We opted for ambiance over romance but also chose it because of their menu. That’s not to say our date night wasn’t romantic. I just meant in terms of the restaurant, you know, as opposed to going [...]

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A few months ago, I asked for restaurant recommendations. Here I am asking one last time. Tomorrow night is date night for us. Here is what was recommended by readers in the previous post:
Calao’s
Papermoon
Matthew’s Trattoria
Stonehouse Inn
Safari Grille
Marketplace Grille (we have eaten there before and it’s nice :))
So, which of those would you recommend, or is [...]

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I’ve often thought about growing my own herbs. I do a lot of cooking and many of our recipes call for fresh herbs. I typically buy them fresh, as I need them, but the problem with that is that I always have a bunch of whatever is it I have bought left over. I have [...]

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