Mom Life in the PNW

10 Frugal Wedding Decorations

10 Frugal Wedding Decorations

If you haven’t already gathered by the numerous wedding invitations you have received; summer is wedding season. We have 2 to go to and one happening this weekend, so it seemed fitting that I do a post on frugal wedding decorations, you know, for the slackers who wait til the last minute to get their wedding decor figured out. Frugal Wedding Decorations: Pom Poms   These are the easiest, cheapest things you could make to decorate your wedding, depending on…

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Low Carb Style Italian Soda

Low Carb Style Italian Soda

If you’re following the low carb high fat way of life, then you’re in for a tasty treat! I thought for sure once I started this way of eating healthier that I would be giving up all desserts which is hard when you have a sweet tooth. So I was at Costco the other day and I spotted a 24 pack of Kirkland Signature brand sparkling flavored water with zero calories, sugar and carbs (comparable to the ICE brand). It…

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The Veggetti is Amazing!

The Veggetti is Amazing!

As I mentioned in my low carb coconut pancakes post, I am doing a low carb high fat way of eating. Although I am yoyo’ing since I’ve started, I have manage to make it to 6lbs lost in 2.5 weeks. Not a fast loss, but still a loss nonetheless. I think it may have something to do with me not really keeping track of how much of what I’m eating, which I need to start doing since I need like…

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Redneck Beer Cake for Father’s Day

Redneck Beer Cake for Father’s Day

Normally I don’t do father’s day or mother’s day crap since I don’t need no stinkin’ holiday to love my parents, but I felt inclined this year since my step-dad chipped in towards my birthday patio set. So I set out to the store to buy his favorite beer in an 18pack. Yes, it’s this shitty Rolling Rock Piss beer I have decorated here. Then I took some ribbon string; tied it around the cans. Then I took the cardboard…

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Happy Birthday To Me

Happy Birthday To Me

I turned 32 today… unfortunately. As you get older, birthdays become less important and more of a dreadful event, well, at least for me anyways. Who likes getting older? I still have so much to do and in so little time. Before I know it, I’ll be sitting in a nursing home having someone change my shitty diapers and giving me a sponge bath. Meh. Yes, I am melancholy today, I think mostly because I’m just plain ol getting old,…

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