Irish Mule Recipe

Irish Mule from Yard House

Last year I discovered a drink at Yard House restaurant called an Irish Mule. It’s a mix of Irish Whiskey and ginger beer. On a hot summer day this drink is a refreshing essential to a patio happy hour. I mean look at it, doesn’t it make you feel ten degrees cooler and thirsty as …

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How to Shop Garage Sales

How to Shop Garage Sales- 10 tips

A few months back I wrote a piece, How to Make your Next Yard Sale a Success. It was an extensive “how-to” prepare, price, display, etc. Now that garage sale season is in full swing, you may not only be holding your own sale, but shopping at them too. Garage sales are great for finding …

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The Joys of Camping and Other Myths of the World

When my mom got sick with cancer, she started writing my sisters and I letters about life. Unfortunately she didn’t get through very many volumes. Her Volume 3 was her words of wisdom about camping. We have been camping in the same ocean-side campground for the last bazillion years and she wrote this weeks before …

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My Love/Hate Relationship with Pinterest

I love Pinterest. Until I hate it. I love finding healthy recipes and inspiration to live well…..until it starts making me feel guilty for the second glass of wine and dark chocolate sitting beside my keyboard. I love reading inspirational quotes until I go back out into the world, realizing that there are a lot …

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Summer Fun with Kids

Summer fun with kids

Summer time means almost three months off from school for the kiddos. When kids are out of their routine of school and homework, parents have to get creative about how to keep their kids occupied. It’s way too easy to let the TV or video games do the entertaining and I try to avoid that …

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