2012

Pictionary Meets Telephone – Interference Game

December 31, 2012 Reviews & Giveaways

I have been trying out lots of new game apps in Windows 8. For those of you not using Windows 8 don’t worry you will still be able to play this game and you should know that Windows 8 has apps just like smartphones and tablets do. Cool, right? You can download the app for [...]

Tagged as: game apps, review, Surface

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Ideas for Leftover Bread & Quick Panera Giveaway

December 30, 2012 Food

Do you ever have leftover bread or rolls from a holiday meal or Sunday dinner? It does not happen often with my family, everyone loves bread, but occasionally it does. Panera (aka St. Louis Bread Company as it is known here in St. Louis) has some great ideas for leftover bread. We love getting fresh [...]

Tagged as: bread, cooking, giveaway, leftovers, restaurant

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Best Cloth for Cleaning Tablets, Screens and Phones

December 30, 2012 Tech

Our phones and tablets, and now even many monitors, need cleaned often. There are always little fingerprints on them and then dust seems to stick to those prints too. I have tried all sorts of cloths to clean my laptop, Surface tablet, smartphone, and computer monitors and what works best in my opinion is the [...]

Tagged as: cleaning, gadgets, smartphone, Surface, tablet, technology

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Year in Review from Today Show

December 28, 2012 Living

I watch the Today Show usually in the morning to see what is going on in the world. Today they had a great video recap of 2012 that I thought was worthy of sharing with you all. What moments do you think you will remember most from 2012?

Tagged as: memory lane, video

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Drinks for the Party

December 28, 2012 Food

Instead of giving you a specific drink recipe this Friday I thought I would offer some advice on how much to buy for your party if folks will be drinking alcohol. While we all want our guests to have a good time, you are not a bar and you do not have to have every [...]

Tagged as: beverages, cocktail, entertaining, food

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Throwback Thursday – Serving Tree

December 27, 2012 Food

It is Throwback Thursday time again – this item is a little more unique and I’m not sure of the age. My aunt has this lovely little tree, it used to be my grandma’s she said. There are two pieces that slide together to form the standing tree and you place in the bottom tray. [...]

Tagged as: kitchen, meme, memory lane, serving pieces, Throwback Thursday

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Be Careful with What You Put Out on the Curb

December 26, 2012 Living

If you received some really nice gifts for the holidays – great! But be careful! Thieves will troll through neighborhoods this time of year looking for tell tale signs of homes to rob. It is a shame, but it is a fact. There are some things you can do to help reduce your risk of [...]

Tagged as: household, recycle, safety

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Robyn’s Artichoke Pasta Salad with or without Bumble Bee Tuna

December 26, 2012 Food

I tweeted out a pic and mentions of the artichoke pasta salad on Christmas Eve and had several folks who asked me to share the recipe. This is one of my favorite pasta salad recipes. The original came from Cooking Light magazine and I posted one of my adaptations of it, Robyn’s Artichoke Pasta Salad, [...]

Tagged as: #BeeSquad, Bumble Bee, healthy eating, pasta, recipe, side dish, tuna

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Wordless Wednesday – Hats

December 26, 2012 Living

Hats were a theme this year it seems! Great Aunt Audrey rocked the cowboy hat she won in the white elephant game, my brother sported his new character hat and almost smiled, dad struggled with putting on his new hunting cap, and Hubby was apparently trying to convey an angry bird look combined with one [...]

Tagged as: meme, wordless wednesday

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A Visit from St. Nicholas

December 24, 2012 Living

I hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season – regardless of what holidays you do or do not celebrate. I wish you peace, love and happiness as my gift to you. I thought I would share the full poem, A Visit from St. Nicholas (aka ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas) for those of you [...]

Tagged as: christmas, holidays

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