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$25 Trader Joe’s Cheese Board
I’ve been excited about building cheese boards with Trader Joe’s ingredients. I built a huge one for my birthday party (#treatyoself), but I wanted to figure out a more affordable version for everyday get togethers.
Enter the $25 cheese board! Here’s what it includes:
- Brie
- Truffle cheese
- Salami
- Rosemary Italian Style Crackers
- 3-Seed Beet Crackers (for gluten-free folks)
- Blueberries
- Cowboy Bark
There are so many things I had to pass up in order to keep the cheese board this affordable (like goat cheese, dried fruit, other types of crackers, and rosemary almonds!). But I’m happy with the way it turned out.
I start with a simple cutting board, position … Read More
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Birthday Rituals
Candle holder ritual from several years ago Henry celebrated his 8th birthday last week, so our birthday rituals are in full force around here!
The first thing I do is select ten or so photos from the past year and send them to Walgreens for printing using their online functionality. I order 4×6 for all the photos, except I order a 5×7 of my favorite.
Then I hang the Happy Birthday banner that I made when I was pregnant with Henry. I use painters’ tape to hang the ten or so photos around the banner.
Then I hang a piece of twine with push pins across our dining room window … Read More
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New (Used) Car (Electric!)
A couple weeks ago, I posted a scary picture on Instagram: multiple fire trucks, wet roads, a three-car pile up, our totaled Prius in the middle of it all.
Matt and all the boys (including Hoss) got rear-ended on the way to school. It was another one of those scary reminders that everything can change in an instant (and I’m flooded with gratitude that nothing really changed for us and everyone is safe and sound).
Despite the fact that we had a lot going on (namely Valentine’s Day and a doctor’s appointment because I’m having heart palpitations), we only had a couple of days to decide on a new … Read More