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Winner!
Yet again, I have the same winner, Page. I am surprised no on participated! Clearly my fellow bloggers are more flush than I am…sigh 
So one person has netted over $100 bucks in free money. Not bad!
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Clarification
So I got a comment on my last post “ Are we promoting Novica? Or Makindu? http://makindu.org/? it’s not clear from your post whom we’re supposed to blog/tweet about.”And I as I often say to my husband, “What? You can’t read my mind? Ughhh.” S…
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What Can You Do With What You Have?
From Makindu NewsSo I told you I had some exciting news coming and here it is… I have yet another promotion to offer everyone. I got contacted by NOVICA to offer my readers a chance at a certificate to $75 to use on their site! In case you are not fa…
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The Winner of Blueberry Heaven
Okay, this is a double post. First, the winner of the contest Sadly very few of you (2 to be exact) took advantage of multiple entries. One of the folks that did, won. So keep in mind that you could have had 30 bucks to go toward this, when I tel…
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Talk About Coming Back With a Bang!
So I feel like my life really couldn’t get much more lucky than it has been of late. Then low and behold I was contacted by the fabulous people over at CSN about hosting a giveaway! I have seen it before on other blogs and was so happy to get the opp…
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Plant Some Kindness
This is not food related…well that is unless you want to center your ditch around food??? Let me back up…I often am amazed at how I find the amazing people I have in my life. One person that continually amazes me is Patience. Patience has this w…
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Nay, Nay, Caprese
I am in need o f help from my fellow friends that dig on food. I was making a caprese salad. I go to whip out my balsamic and there is something freaky growing in it. I looks like a fungus? I am #1 surprised anything can grow in an acid base and #2…
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New Toys, Tots and Pasta
Just recently in an effort to preserve my collards I tried my hand at making pasta. I thought, people make spinach pasta why not collard pasta. I must admit for the fist time making pasta, I was thrilled at the outcome. Especially since I could find…
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Chicken with a Kick
Sorry for the lack of pictures. I will say this was awesome and is my new favorite marinade!I have been terribly distracted, and hope to get back to the blog…however the other night we had our CSA chicken and I decided to marinate the old gal. This…
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Up on Etsy!
I promise I will get back to food posts, however just a small update that Sweet Cheeks is up on Etsy! Come and visit http://www.etsy.com/shop/vlmccauley
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Sweetly Official!
I have been working on a project for about…mmm…5 months now. I am nearing the very end and it is finally time to share. Sadly, some people I love might actually find out from my blog before hearing from me! I have been keeping it quiet until now. N…
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Some Cheese, Some Meat and a Teaser
It was a fantastic weekend in RVA. Saturday I headed over to the farmers market to see cheese maker extraordinaire Rona from Sullivan’s Pond Farm (http://www.sullivanspond.com). This week I got blue, a waxed goats and some eggs. Then, I headed hom…
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Farm to Family….Finally!
Say that ten time fast!! So I finally made to farm to family. On Fridays their bus is about a mile from my house. However, I always forget. Today I was driving home from getting compost and there they were! I have to say, I had both kids, they wer…
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Easter Egg Hunts
So does anyone know why the tradition of coloring Easter Eggs came into being. And why, oh why, are giant sized bunny’s hiding said eggs?I mean, really, is it just a reason to have egg salad?
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The Real Value in a Shared Dinner
He sat quietly for a moment, hands folded and head down in thought. He then looked up and said, “Michael brought him to me, I know.” He spoke, referring to a neighborhood kid he had started mentoring that was good but on the wrong path. “I needed…
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One Weekend….with Kids
The past year and a half has seen huge changes in the McCauley mansion (that’s what we like to call our house…we can dream…no?) Joel started his own agency, I have something in the works to be revealed at a later date, and most recently we have m…
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Weekend Sans Kids—Hoooowaaa
So part of what I want to do with my blog is document time we spend with people we love. Over the past week, we have had our neighbors over, been to a party, been out on a date, been over to a girlfriends house for a girls night….none of which I too…
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Clementine Obsession
Really, seriously, I can not stop wanting to put these little lovelies into EVERYTHING. As promised I have some recipes. Well one recipe, one just suggestion of one. The quinoa salad was really good. If you don’t like cilantro, I think you could…
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Richmond’s Top Teacher
I had planned to get in a recipe today for a quinoa, clementine’s and cilantro salad…but you will have to wait. Richmondmom.com asked me to pass some information on, since it is such a cool site and such a brilliant contest, I was thrilled to help …
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Happy 5th Birthday Tristan
6:45 a.m., I am laying in bed sleeping, I hear from Tristan’s room, “Mommy?! Do you know what today is?” I reply, “Yes! Happy Birthday Tristan! Come here!” Typically in the morning he comes, jumps up in bed and we snuggle for last few preciou…
