Beverages
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Coke vs Dr Pepper: What We Actually Drink in This House (and Why It Never Matches)
I don’t know you or your home but, in this house, soda isn’t just soda. It’s preference, personality, and sometimes a little bit of stubbornness poured over ice. More times than not it shows up in my home. Come have a drink with us. Coke shows up like the reliable one and Coke is the default in a lot of homes, and in ours it still has its place. My daughter, Suzanne, was a full-time Coca-Cola fan. No debate, no switching, no experimenting. If there’s Coke, that’s what she’s drinking, end of story. My sister is the same way—always Coke, always has been, no detours. Then there was my mom…
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Cocktail Party Kit Review: The Recipe for a Fun Night In
The other day I was in the Dollar Tree and I found three kits including the Cocktail Party Kit Review: The Recipe for a Fun Night In, the Book Club Kit and Date Night Kit Activities for Flirty Fun for David and I but also Mikalyia and Charlie. For me there is something fun about finding unexpected entertainment ideas at the dollar store, and this little cocktail party kit from Dollar Tree turned out to be one of those surprisingly creative finds. For only $1.50, the “Recipe for a Great Night” cocktail party kit comes packed with enough games, recipe ideas, and party extras to turn an ordinary evening into…
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Coffee, Chaos, and Getting Through the Day
I don’t know about in your home, but in mine, coffee has always been part of my story. How about your story? Was coffee part of it? When Charlie was #Homeschooling, I wish I had thought to build a lesson plan around coffee itself. Since learning shouldn’t stop when children, teens, or adults “graduate,” I’ve started calling this a Homeschool Field Trip: Coffee, Routines, and Real-Life Moments. It’s something Charlie, David, and I can still do—whether he’s home or even virtually. Would you want to join us? Growing up, life was a steady rhythm between my mom’s house and my grandma’s. Somewhere in all that movement, there was always a…
