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RAKUTEN PROGRAM ~ how to get paid for shopping online

Do you like saving money? I sure do. Having a large family, having had children in college for the last eleven years, sometimes two at the same time, we have read more articles about saving money than we can count! We’ve applied for credit cards with no interest, cut coupons, used Ibotta, Walmart Savings Catcher, […]

new years 2020
Desserts, Dining Room, Family, Keto, Main Dishes, Recipes, Uncategorized, Winter

HAPPY NEW YEAR!! ~ and welcome to 2020

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! I know I’m a few days late but the year 2020 is hopping in our house!! We were blessed to have all the kids plus one fianceé, one girlfriend, and one friend here to celebrate the first of the year with us. Sadly, I didn’t get to take a picture of everyone […]

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Family, Winter

IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE ~ How time flies!

As the LOML (Love of My Life) and I were thinking of the upcoming Christmas holiday, we were talking to Son #1 about our first Christmas as just our little family of four here in NC. We realized that this month is the twenty fifth anniversary of the day we packed up our little family […]

Thanksgiving 2019
Desserts, Fall, Family, Home Decor, Keto, Main Dishes, Recipes, Sides

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!! 2019

HAPPY THANKSGIVING (two days late)!!!!! How was everybody’s feast? Our family had a great day!! We had eleven hungry family and friends and no one went home hungry! Here’s a little snippet of our day. Dad taught Daughter #1 & #2 how to stir fry the best shrimp fried rice EVER!!! Son #4 prepared his […]

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Family

KEN’S KORNY CORN MAZE ~ an annual competition

Hello All!!! Hope your weekend was a good one! Ours was very productive and a lot of fun! Here in NC it is nice and cool. It really feels like fall and I’m lovin’ it! (Did anyone else just sing the McDonald’s song?) Saturday the LOML and I ran to Lowe’s Home Improvement to pick […]

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Family, Travel, Universal Studios

OUR SUMMER VACATION ~ Universal Studios Florida

Hey Everybody!! Thanks for following along on our summer vacation to Disney World/Universal Studios. We have had so much fun!! If you’d like to catch up and see what we’ve been up to all week: Universal Studio’s Islands of Adventure Disney’s Magic Kingdom Disney’s Hollywood Studios Our Day Off Disney’s Animal Kingdom For the last […]