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Hi Friends! How are those New Year Goals coming along :-) Maybe this year will be my year of organization.....OR at least my attempt at organization! This makes me smile :-) I guess my Tried and True posts are becoming a series!  Out of the million home decor solutions that have been pinned, there are always a few that are AWESOME and then there are "THE OTHERS" that leave us scratching our heads thinking - HUH??!!??   The latest one I tried (and LOVED) was the silverware organizer turned JUNK drawer organizer.  VOILA - all organized - yea! This is the one I saw off Pinterest......she used it for their bathroom.  You can't really see, but each toothbrush spot is labeled with the child's name.   I need to do this!  little penelope lane Here are my favorite practical DECOR solution s  I have TRIED OUT and written from reading other's tutorials. FREE (or nearly free) plate hanger.   (This was suc...

Hey Friends! I can't let this month pass us up without a new, super healthy YUMMY cookie recipe! This one is REALLY good my friends :-)  AND...... I do not feel in the least bit guilty having two (3, 4 maybe 5) of these for breakfast. Ha!  You can easily make these gluten and sugar free if you want.   The SECRET to making these (and lots of other) healthy cookies is make sure and use REALLY ripe bananas.  Regular yellow bananas just won't do the trick.....they have to be over ripe and soft ! I always keep a zip lock bag of peeled, over ripe bananas in my freezer. What I enjoy most about these cookies is they have this great dense texture - an almost hearty feel. The chocolate isn't so bad either - hee,hee.  I will also tell you, these are even BETTER the next day (another fact with a LOT of healthy cooking recipes) I put them in a zip lock bag and refrigerate them. Selina's Double Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies 18 cookies 2 RIPE...

Hi Friends! Every once in a while, there is a home decor accessory that seems to be TIMELESS and always looks great no matter where you put it.  Yes, decorating with clocks is definitely timeless (hee,hee) but lately I've noticed so many GREAT decor ideas using old iron/wood lanterns as that timeless, classic accessory. Let's take a look and be INSPIRED!  I love how they filled the lantern cage with ambient candles.  When I went to New Hampshire my friend had some electric candles that I inserted into a lantern she had hanging around her home.   The BEFORE and AFTER pictures! And for us COLD weather folks (the snow is non stop here!) look how COZY the lanterns make this front porch dusted with snow.  I am not sure there is a better accessory for creating a rustic and homey ambiance.  How about inserting a plant into a lantern base - it could look like a mini terrarium!  Laura from The Given Life said she ...

Hey Friends! Pinterest is awesome but it cracks me up!  I'll see recipe boards with THOUSANDS of "delicious" recipes pinned and you just know those people (including me) after an hour of pinning,  pull out the Mac and Cheese because all the time spend that they were supposed to cook just went to pinning the amazing recipes.  ;-) So, with this post I just wanted to write MY favorite Pinterest Recipes that I have actually tried and agree with the little sayings beneath it when people write " this was the absolute best, nothing beats this recipe!"  (please tell me you have tried some of those "best" recipes and it tasted nasty, you know they just WROTE that, and it never was the best - hee,hee) Here are my favorite's  that I have tried and either put on my blog or just pinned them to my Recipe Pinterest board. Blueberry Banana Oatmeal Muffins I make these ALL the time!  They are so stinkin easy and healthy.  The pe...

Honestly friends - can you believe it's already a New Year? 2015 .   All to say, HAPPY NEW YEAR friends! (and I hope your Christmas was wonderful!) I thought I would compile what my Blogger Stats said was my top 10 posts of 2014.  There were a few I was a bit surprised about and others that I had really hoped to BE one of the top 10 were lost in a sea of internet knowledge. (hee,hee) #1   Pinterest From the View of a Teenager This one took me by surprise!  OH MY - I had the image below pinned over 5K times!  My daughter did have a ton of fun making one like it for her friend's Golden Birthday .  (That is when a person turns the AGE their birthday falls on - so her friend turned 13 on the 13th) :-) #2   How to Make Your Home Have Character I'm not surprised this one was popular.  I wanted to help you guys figure out your own home decor style and aid in creating a spectacular entry way :-) #3 ...