Make your own latte!

Who needs Starbucks...yummy hazelnut iced coffee coming right up!
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Someone please invent this

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Traci's Solution to Meal Planning Annoyances:

I'm working on meal planning for this coming week and realized how much easier my life would be right now if someone would invent a hand held barcode scanner with USB cable. Then I could scan everything I have in my pantry, download it into my computer. If this hypothetical device came with a menu planning program it would analyze all my potential ingredients and tell me what I could make with what I had available. How nice would that be!!! Well if there are any inventing geniuses out there who are interested I'd be happy to provide a layman perspective on what it would need! LOL

Great Gluten Free Maize Free Site

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In my never ending search for more information on cooking for someone with allergies, I came across this Gluten and Corn-Free Getting Started Guide.

I found the information very helpful and if you cook for or live with someone with food allergies, or have food allergies yourself, it's a great place to start.

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Goodbye 2009

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2009 was a FANTASTIC year for us. Alex is growing by leaps and bounds and never fails to amaze me with his questions, insights and imagination. He loves Phineas and Ferb, a cartoon funny enough to entertain Eric and I too, and of course Cars, the movie. He's constantly quoting his favorite characters and starting to make up his own songs. All in all a joy to be around...now if only we could FINALLY teach him to sleep!

Eric and I are still plugging away. We've installed new doors, upgraded a few appliances and generally just kept pace this year. I hope 2010 will be the year for us to get some gorgeous landscaping done, finally paint the guest room and get some finishing touches done on our decor.

Our Hoppin Johns are in the crockpot and we look forward to the luck they'll bring in 2010. Eric's a stick in the mud and refuses to "have" a new year's resolution, but I'm determined that we'll do more as a couple.

From our family to yours we hope 2010 brings health, wealth and happiness and sees you surrounded by family and friends.

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Southern Folks take on the Snow!

A few of my favorite pictures from our weekend playing in the snow!

We spent a few amazing days in a gorgeous winter wonderland surrounded by our wonderful family!!!!

The most wonderful time of the year!

I love the holidays! From hanging with family over Turkey, to shopping for gifts and decorating the house, this whole season just fills me with joy. Alex has declared himself in charge of turning on all the lights each night and I just love seeing his face when everything lights up. His imagination abounds and I'm so looking forward to our first season where he "gets" all the Christmas traditions.