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Perfect Apple Crisp INGREDIENTS 10 medium sized Granny Smith Apples, peeled, cored and sliced medium thin 1 cup white sugar 1 Tablespoons flour 1 teaspoons cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon cloves 1/4 cup water Topping: 2 cups quick oats 2 cups flour 2 cups packed brown sugar 1/2 teaspoon...

Apple Cinnamon Cream Cheese Turnovers INGREDIENTS 1 package (2 sheets) frozen puff pastry, thawed 1 can (21 oz) apple pie filling Cinnamon Cream Cheese Filling: 8 oz block cream cheese, softened 3 TBS butter, softened 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar 1/2 teaspoon vanilla 1 teaspoon...

  You know how I’m always making rules of life?   Well.   I have a new one.   It’s called “If you try calling someone and they don’t answer the phone, don’t hang up and immediately call them back unless you’re on fire or...

  Here at home, my sweet baby Jon David has been going through what I call “a phase”.   It’s called the “Even though I’ve only been on this earth for 7  years, four of which I was still having accidents in my pants, I now know everything...

  I know that you guys probably think I’m super strong and totally fearless, so it may surprise you to know that I hate haunted houses.   And haunted trail rides, haunted corn mazes, or whatever else people manage to turn into  bloody clown-filled houses of...

  So guess what?   It’s almost Halloween time!!   And since Halloween is right around the corner, I thought we’d recap some of the mad delicious  treats I’ve whipped up so you can get your bake on this weekend.   Unless you’re like me,...

  I spent the weekend in New Orleans with my husband.   Which sounds like tons of fun, except for the fact that since Jon David wasn’t coming, I had to leave him with his Gram.   And in case you didn’t know, I am the worst kid leaver EVER.   I keep...

  My seven year old son has trouble wrapping his mind around the fact that I am not going to grow anymore.   “Mom, when you get taller you won’t have to scootch the seat in the car up so close, won’t that be good?”   “Jon David, I...

I have recently become addicted to Grey’s Anatomy.   For a long time I figured that I had missed the boat on the whole Grey’s thing, because when I finally tried to watch it (a few seasons in), I didn’t understand the storylines and what was going on with...

Dear Science Teacher at My Kid’s School: First off, I’d like to take a moment to commend you for the fabulous job you do, teaching mere Kindergartners stuff that I, as a 30 year old woman, have yet to understand. Science is hard. Plus, you have a college degree, which...

Rule of Life #368: Just dropping by someone’s house completely unannounced is one of the worst things you can do as a human being. I mean, doing something like that is just opening the door for people to be judged, humiliated, and majorly inconvenienced. Because we all know...

I really struggled with the title for this post. Because Pumpkin Cake in a Jar implies that the cake is flavored with pumpkin. Pumpkin that came from a can, but was mixed into a cake batter and poured into a jar. But this cake is not pumpkin flavored. It just looks like a...

Donuts and I have a little problem. It’s called, ‘I like to eat them’. A lot. Such is my love of donuts, that I once ate a donut that fell on the floor.  Which may not have been a big deal except for that a) it happened back in my waitressing days, when I was at...