When it comes to cooking, there are two things that I love: slow cooking and semi-homemade recipes. So today on While I Was Busy Thinking, I am sharing a semi-homemade recipe that one of my former students shared with me. Like me, she is now an educator, a wife, and a mommy, and we are… Read More Strawberry Delight
The links in this post contain affiliate links and I will receive a small commission if you make a purchase after clicking on my link. However, the opinions are my own, and I LOVE Universal Thread– thanks, Target! Tees are the penultimate anytime essential but especially necessary for Spring! So it’s always a plus when you can… Read More Currently Loving Universal Thread (Thanks Target)
The links in this post contain affiliate links, and I will receive a small commission if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, but ALL opinions are my own! I love shopping, but with the way my life is set up– meaning my obligation to maintain food and shelter for my babes– I can’t… Read More If the Price (Shoe) Fits- Commit
Slow-Cooker Beef Vegetable Soup The other day, I cooked one of my childhood favorites, Beef Vegetable Soup. Ann, my other mother, used to make the best beef vegetable soup when I was growing up. As soon as she came home from the store with stew beef, cans of Veg-all and tomato paste, I knew what… Read More Soup, Glorious Soup!
image via pinterest Happy New Year, Y’all! I do love the beginning of a new year, and I am so excited about 2018 and all that it has to offer. To get this year off to a great start, I decided to host a Vision Board Party at my house. I had been wanting to… Read More Visions and Boards
As 2017 comes to a close, I’d like to talk to you a bit about Dreams, what it means to be a dreamer, and why you should never let your dreams die. You see, I am one of the dreamiest dreamers I have ever met. I mean even my dreams… Read More Broken and Barren, but not dead
Last summer around this time, I was pregnant with my baby boy, and I was teaching summer school. All the while, I was wishing I could be anywhere but where I was doing anything other than what I was doing. It was during that time, I made a promise to myself that next summer was… Read More Meal Planning on Vacation
True Story Last week I bought 53 items for less than $100 from Harris Teeter! How did I make that happen? By shopping on sale, using coupons, and using rebates. Let me start by saying, there is more than one way to make couponing work for you, I am just sharing my experience with you… Read More Tam Talks Coupons
Revive- to restore to life or consciousness. Earlier this month, I wrote down in my planner that one of my goals for the summer would be to revive my blog. You see, becoming a mom again, this time at 43, has left me with very little time to dedicate to my life let alone my… Read More Re-Vive
