The Simple Sisters

In the Kitchen: Homemade Egg McMuffins

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So maybe you haven’t heard, but Egg McMuffins are only 300 calories and highlighted in the “eat this, not that,” philosophy. Since Mike and I are exploring that a little bit more, he tuned into that real quick. Well, it still feels bad when you’re eating fast food, so I thought, I can make it [...]

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Old and New: Peach Pie and Grilled Pizza

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This weekend I wanted to try some new things in the kitchen, like the lemon chicken yesterday and the grilled pizza today. I also wanted to make a peach pie, which isn’t new for me but always sounds so good this time of year. Whenever I think or hear about grilled pizza, I’m always intrigued. [...]

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In the Kitchen: Lemon Chicken

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After a long week and lots of dinners out, I was really longing for some home cooking. I tuned in to one of my favorite cooking shows for inspiration, Barefoot Contessa. Who doesn’t love Ina? In my house she is overly admired, particularly by Mike. She can do no wrong. Yesterday morning she was cooking [...]

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Reset, Routine, and Inspiration

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Starting in April and going through the end of June, I was swamped with a big project at work. I’m the kind of person who can only have so many things going on at once before everything else slips. I make sacrifices to keep my sanity. During this time I stopped cleaning the house, I [...]

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Pantry Organization

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So with all the stocking up I’ve been doing by way of shopping with coupons, I’m already finding the need to be much more organized in the kitchen. If you don’t stay on top of it, you can have a real cluttered mess on your hands. I’d read on a few coupon blogs that over [...]

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Nutella & Banana French Toast

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This weekend, Marissa and I were able to spend some awesome sister time together and our goal was to have really good yummy food. One of the things that she wanted to have was Nutella and Banana French Toast. She saw a picture of it somewhere couldn’t get it out of her mind. The taste [...]

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De-clutter challenge finale!

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Well I did my part to have a little less clutter hanging around the house, and with only a few minutes to spare. My goal was to get rid of 100 things in the month of February, and I did just that (even more) by February 28. First, I got rid of things from my [...]

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The De-clutter Queen

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For years now I’ve been a fan of Julie Morgenstern. She writes books about getting organized and time management and about work. Something about her philosophy really clicks with me. Well somehow I missed that she has  new book out call SHED Your Stuff, Change Your Life: A Four-Step Guide to Getting Unstuck. This is [...]

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HGTV Therapy

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So this week has not been my best. Work was heavy, and I spent three nights this week on the computer doing design work. Let’s just say that my household suffered. Dishes piled up, the coffee table got junked up with stuff, the carpets need some serious vacuuming, and the cat box….well lets not go [...]

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Clutter Struggles

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Okay, so I’m all about this clutter challenge to get rid of 100 things, and I know I can do it. What I really need to do is to go into the depths of my drawers and closets and truly purge the crap that means nothing to me. I know that, so why don’t I [...]

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