Slow Cooker Beer Pulled Pork-Stuffed Sweet Potatoes

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This week has been absolutely, positively no good at work. The amount of stress I’ve been feeling has me feeling physical effects – my shoulders ache, my chest gets tight, and my appetite is in the tank (that’s when I know things are really bad! ). Driving change in a department can be difficult and… Read more →

Recipe Repeat: Crock Pot Chicken Tacos {+ Homemade Taco Seasoning}

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Friday, hello. I’m so glad you’re here. This week wasn’t supposed to be brutal, but…it kinda was. Wednesday morning, Debbie and I (office mates) looked at one another and forewarned each other that we were in bad moods. “Oh no, that means we’re going to butt heads at some point today…” she said. This may… Read more →

Slow Cooker Navy Bean Soup

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 Perhaps the app I use the most is Words with Friends. To keep things interesting, my Aunt Dana (the one with all the dogs, cats, and horses) suggested we play a Mad-Libs style of Words with Friends where we use our word with context. Things got humorous quickly, as you can see: He pokes his… Read more →

Crock Pot Potato-Corn Chowder

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I talk to my mom a lot, mostly when I’m in the car…because I 1) am in the car a lot and 2) get bored to tears with just the radio. I recently told my mom, who has spend the past many months (years?) growing out her hair…that I think she should cut it. Not… Read more →

Nearly Meatless Monday: Slow Cooker Lentil Soup with Bacon

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My baby brother graduated with his bachelor’s in criminal justice yesterday. So proud! I can still remember very well the day I helped him fill out college applications and now, he’s soon to be entering the “real world”. I remember thinking I wanted to be in the “real world”, too. I falsely believed I was… Read more →