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Blackened Shrimp with Cheesy Grits

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shrimp and grits

I originally found this delicious recipe on Kelle Hampton’s blog, and I’ve made it multiple times over the past few years.   I’ve linked to it a few times in my menu plan, but since I don’t make it quite exactly like the original I always feel the need to add some parenthetical comments. Also, […]

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Five Frugal Things | free cereal! cheap mums!

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Red mum flower about to open

1. I got a free box of Cinnamon Toast Crunch Mr. FG alerted me to the million-box giveaway General Mills was doing.  Since he likes that cereal (the girls don’t really eat cereal at all), I picked up a box, scanned my receipt, and got the $5.30 credit to my PayPal account within 24 hours. […]

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10 things you’ve got wrong about homeschooling

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A number of you have asked for more homeschooling posts, since you’re unexpectedly joining the homeschooling ranks this year. I love reading “here’s what you’re doing wrong” types of list posts, so I thought it might be fun to do one about homeschooling misconceptions. Ready? 1. You do not need a decorated/dedicated homeschool room So […]

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