Foodie Fridays: Banana Chocolate Chip Bread

Who's ready for Fall? I know I am! And Fall puts me in the mood for baking. I had a pretty easy going week so today I decided to make some yummy bread. I gathered up my ingredients and got to work It's really very simple and after a little mixing you simply pour into your baking pan and shove it into the oven for 40-50 minutes and wait and watch as your kids wander in and out of the kitchen following their noses and that heavenly smell of freshly baked bread and bananas and chocolate at the end you get this Now excuse me while I eat my slice. YUM! If you'd like to get more recipes like these, don't forget to sign up for email updates on the right and become a google follower with google friend connect ;) Enjoy! to print out the recipe go here or you can just follow along right below: BANANA- CHOCOLATE CHIP BREAD 1/2 cup margarine, at room temperature (1 stick) 1 ¼ cups sugar 1 tsp baking soda 1/4 cup mayonnaise 2 large eggs 1 cup mashed r...

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Thankful Thursdays {My Best Friend}

You know that person who can finish your sentences?T hat person who you can tell your deepest secrets to? The person who, as you try to describe something in your mind, he can already see it in his? Yeah, well that person is my best friend. And I married him. Lately many people close to me have been ending their marriages and this saddens me deeply. And while I don't know the depth of their circumstances, mainly I just hear either one of the sides of the story, I sometimes wonder if maybe, just maybe, they could have tried a little bit harder to stay together. Sure, divorce is warranted in cases of abuse or adultery, although I've seen some couples heal after the latter, love, it seems, is what the answer is. But most important- is forgiveness . "It takes two to tango", my grandmother always  said. And in fact it is her story that has given me strength. Her story is one of forgiveness and love. Having gone through two abusive and adulterous relationsh...

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My Party Article Is Now Published

 I am super excited to announce that an article I wrote on birthday parties was just publised in North Texas Kids Magazine! This magazine has lots of great articles on things to do with your children as well as tips on parenting and other fun stuff! Check it out at this link and don't forget to like them on facebook too! I'm hoping to contribute to this fine magazine in the future again and will let you all know when that happens! http://content.yudu.com/Library/A1tql9/NorthTexasKidsSeptem/resources/index.htm?referrerUrl =

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My Town-McKinney, Texas

Mac Town Representin'!!! Kate over at Centsationalgirl.com is doing a link up of all our towns and I am here to represent our town McKinney, Texas! What's so great about my town you ask? Well let me show ya! Historic homes:  The Faires House The Taylor House Dulaney House Bevel House All these homes are in the historic section of Chestnut Square in Downtown McKinney. (they even have ghost tours!) You can read all about them here>> Chestnut Square McKinney is located 30 minutes north of downtown Dallas and offers major shopping centers and restaurants with all the modern conveniences of life. But what I enjoy the most is its downtown charm and quaint antique shops. My most favorite shop and one you'll read about a lot here on my blog is The Antique Company Mall You can find so many treasures on any given day from old typewriters to vintage toys to vintage wedding gowns, they've got it all! Historic downtown also offers upscale boutiques not found anywhere el...

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Pink and Cupcakes

Sometimes we just like to go try new things like so last week we went here because we'll try anything once but one look at all the pink and the little guy refused to eat any of the cupcakes, go figure. The fact that they had this in the middle of the place didn't help any either It's really very cute you see, in this carriage, you can add sprinkles to your cupcakes. I added some to mine. It was hard deciding which kind of cupcake to pick, so I took the special buy 4 get one free. Now the big question is, are they better than the ones I make at home? The answer from my boys was a big "No, Mom, yours are better, let's save our money next time!" So there you have it. My boys prefer Mom's homemade cupcakes. It was nice for this Mom to go to a place with lots and lots of pink and for my boys to indulge Mom with a nice relaxing evening out and while they ate their pizza I ate my cupcake with this my Starbucks milk- based mint- chocolate chip cold drink. I do...

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Super Saturday {Back to School Mayhem}

Nope. Not the most wonderful time of the year for me. Back to school means chaos and stress. Money and more money to spend. On supplies, clothing, band supplies and more school supplies. Pretty soon picture days, fund raisers,field trips and now after school care. source The hubster got a full time job which we're happy and thankful for. But now he does not have the flexibility he used to have as a self employed person. Which means the little guy has to spend even more time at school :( The first day did not go well. The little guy had a headache and let EVERYONE know that he had one.(yikes) I told him that the situation  had changed and that we all had to make adjustments. He understands now. The hubster will pick him up on his day off during the week and my oldest will too. Which means we'll be paying for the full week and he'll get to go to after school care maybe 3-4 days a week. But it's ok, since it means this Momma gets peace of mind when there is a thundersto...

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Thankful Thursdays {Trials and Sorrow}

We've all heard the phrase "Life's not fair!" and it's usually coming from one of our kids or maybe it's coming from our own mouths {yikes!} But why ISN'T life fair? Why didn't God make everything so that we didn't have to suffer? Why didn't he love us enough so that we'd have an easy life  where we didn't have to work, or hurt, or cry? These are the questions I USED to ask, before I knew God. When I was about 21 years old I was a very angry young woman. I was so angry that I turned that wrath towards God. Or rather the myth that I thought God was . In my mind, since God allowed his children to suffer meant that God did not exist. God, and the Bible, for that matter, were made up. Figments of man's imaginantion. This made me feel better inside. I was no longer a sheep following along the "myth". But something oddly peculiar happened to me once I had a kid. You see, I was convinced that I was NOT going to perpe...

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