Cooking
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Cook Once, Eat Twice: Our Sunday Steak Dinner + Apartment‑Friendly Grill Review + $5 Monday Lunch
I know I’ve said this is a thousand times but Sundays in our home doesn’t look like the picture-perfect reels or the “slow living” posts. They look like real life — boys wandering in and out, David working, Gerald waiting on my sister, dogs pacing, and me upstairs trying to work while life happens around me. But one thing we DO try to hold onto is Sunday dinner — not lunch, because we do Church at home over the computer with Mikalya, and not everyone is awake, home, or in the same mood at the same time. Dinner is our anchor. Dinner is where we reset. Dinner is where we…
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“Aldi $5 Lunch Review: Crispy Chicken Plate for Busy Moms”
Some days, lunch is a whole production — pots, pans, timers, chopping boards, and a kitchen that looks like a cooking show gone wrong. Which are the days more times than not that David is home to make lunch or Charlie is cooking. And then there are days like today. The kind where my shoulder hurts. The kind where the teens are hungry. The kind where the budget is tight. The kind where you need something fast, filling, and chaos‑proof. The one where you put work on hold to go with hubby because he didn’t want to go by himself. That’s where today’s $5 Lunch comes in — the Crispy…
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Lunch Break: Faith, Grace & Chaos Style
I don’t know about you if you work from home but working from my house can become overwhelming. When Charlie was little, I would set breaks so I could check on Charlie. Which is why this is my circus and my Monkes, and the circle remains unbroken as I’ve kept this time for myself, Charlie and I. Or when during the time I date myself or did I date my husband. This is the time we would go for walks to the park or play outside as I made lunch and everyone knew this was MOM RESET ZONE. Even though Charlie is grown now, I still work from home and…
