As promised in my last post, here is the recipe for our recent Valentine's day dessert, Mandarin Orange Pie. This mandarin orange pie has been one of my family's favorite desserts for quite awhile now. My mom found it years ago in one of her cooking magazines (maybe Taste of Home?) She let me help ...
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Book Review: All the Light We Cannot See
I finished reading All the Light We Cannot See on Sunday night, staying up late to get it done before I had to return it to the library the next day. I am glad to have finally read it after seeing it on a lot of recommended reading lists lately!
First, here is a quick summary of the book and then ...
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First Book Review of the Year: the life-changing magic of tidying up
As mentioned in a previous post, I'm determined to read more this year and The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up was first up on my to-read list! I just finished it last week and decided that I'd better write my review of it while it's still fresh on my mind.
I have a feeling that this is a book ...
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How to Make a Small Apartment Work With a Baby
Sooo it's my first time to post on my blog with my very own domain name and I'm pretty excited about it. :) :) I made the switch from texmexmom.wordpress.com to thetexmexmom.com two days ago and am still figuring things out. I am not a techy person by any means so setting up my blog has been a lot ...
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New Year’s Thoughts and Goals
Every time a new year rolls around I like to take at least a little time to think about my goals for the next year. When I don't take the time to do that, I feel behind at the very beginning of the year and it just doesn't feel like a great start. This New Year's Eve Pablo and I spent a nice, quiet ...
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Lunch Today: Easy (and Healthy) Chicken Fried Rice
I made one of my favorite simple dishes for lunch today: chicken fried rice. This is a great meal to make when you want something quick, satisfying and healthy.
A lot of times I don't end up posting recipes on here because I forget to take pictures of the food. Well, today I only got the above ...
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Caleb’s Birth Story
I've been reading a lot of birth stories recently and it made me want to share Caleb's with you guys! I'm a big believer in honest but encouraging birth stories. Before Caleb was born I wanted to read about what birth is really like so that I could prepare myself as much as possible. On the other ...
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Quick and Easy Tilapia
Today I want to share with you the SUPER simple way that I like to prepare tilapia fillets. Here's what you'll need:
- Baking pan
- Foil
- Frozen tilapia fillets
- Butter
- Thyme
- Seasoned salt
- Chopped onion ...
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Four Ways Having a Baby Will Change Your Life
I was sitting on the couch in our apartment the other evening, philosophizing to myself about how life changes once you have a baby. Sooo I decided that I should write about it.
This isn't a post about the obvious stuff: like how your home gets taken over by baby things and the fact that you find ...
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