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My Christmas Bucket List

November 25, 2016 by Annie Chesson 2 Comments

Okay, okay, okay, okay, THANKSGIVING IS OVER...meaning what? Meaning, my dear friends, that it is officially the start of the Christmas season! Much love for ya, Thanksgiving, but you had your month, now get movin' so we can start celebrating the best holiday/time of year EVA. The day after Thanksgiving is basically its own holiday in my mind. I always try SO hard to hold back from any ...

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Filed Under: Christmas, Extras, Random Tagged With: bucket list, Christmas, christmas bucket list, december, holiday, holidays

Happy Thanksgiving!

November 24, 2016 by Annie Chesson 2 Comments

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! I hope you are all having the most wonderful day, spending time with loved ones, not working, and eating lots and lots of yummy food! Ironically, I am not the biggest fan of Thanksgiving food, and I really don't like turkey, so eat an extra helping of everything to make up for my lacking plate ?. One reason why I love this holiday so much is because it reminds ...

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Filed Under: Extras, Thanksgiving Tagged With: holidays, thankful, Thanksgiving

Autumn Simmer Pot

October 13, 2016 by Annie Chesson Leave a Comment

I really love seasonal smells...things like candles and wall flowers...specifically from Bath and Body Works. If I'm being totally honest with you here, a strangely large portion of my paychecks throughout fall and Christmas go toward candles ???. Proooobably too much. And you want to know something even more extreme? I buy enough "Sweet Cinnamon Pumpkin" body lotion and body spray during fall to ...

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Filed Under: Extras Tagged With: apple, autumn, autumn simmer pot, cinnamon, clove, Fall, fall simmer pot, Orange, simmer pot, vanilla

My Fall Bucket List

September 8, 2016 by Annie Chesson 8 Comments

I have totally talked about fall too much lately. It has been mentioned heavily in my last three or four posts...I'M SORRY FOR MY OBSESSION. Not only is it my obsession, but Seth and I were in Colorado this past weekend visiting friends, which means I wasn't able to cook blog food, which means I have no recipes to post because nothing is photographed. So....Fall Bucket Lists! Whenever I see ...

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Filed Under: Extras, Random Tagged With: autumn, bucket list, Fall, fall bucket list, pumpkins

15 Must Have End of Summer Recipes

September 6, 2016 by Annie Chesson 6 Comments

"It's the moost wonderful tiiime of the yeeeaaar." Do you know that song? It's usually associated with Christmas, but I really think that it should be expanded to this time of year as well. Don't you?? Here is the new version: It's the most wonderful time of the year With the pumpkin seeds roasting And marshmallows toasting with air crisp and clear It's the most wonderful time of ...

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Filed Under: All Recipes, Extras Tagged With: fall and summer recipes, fall recipes, roundup, summer and fall recipes, Summer recipes

Off to Mexico!

July 21, 2016 by Annie Chesson 2 Comments

Well, ladies and gentlemen, I was planning on cooking and posting an awesome Chicken Tikka Masala recipe today, buuuuutttt through the process of moving AND getting ready for our trip, I just didn't get around to it. So instead, I wanted to write a super quick post just letting you all know that I will be MIA for the next week and a half or so because we are going to Cancun!!! ...

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5 Must Have Apps for Bloggers

July 11, 2016 by Annie Chesson 16 Comments

Apps are bae, nahmean? I would like to point out that within one four-word sentence, one abbreviation, one very strange slang word, and one mashup word (?) were all used. I'm the hippest. But seriously, apps make me happy. Sometimes when I get bored, I just scroll through the newest apps on my phone and look for random things that might be useful. For example...on my phone RIGHT now, I have ...

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Filed Under: Extras, Random Tagged With: apps, apps for bloggers, apps for blogging, best apps for bloggers, best blogging apps, blog, blog tips, blogging, blogs, tips

My 4th of July Fail

July 4, 2016 by Annie Chesson 12 Comments

I mean...what happened. Oh, that's right, my baking skills are that of a six week old infant. Keep any dessert materials away from me, because I will - WILL - ruin it. I decided that, hey, I am going to make a 4th of July themed dessert, and brownie truffles are a foolproof recipe! Especially if I used boxed brownie mix! I am going back in time and laughing in my own face. Silly Annie. The ...

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Filed Under: Extras Tagged With: 4th of July, fail, fail recipes, recipe fail, recipe fails

A Letter to Wives with Deployed Husbands

June 22, 2016 by Annie Chesson 58 Comments

About half way through Seth and I's deployment, I came across a blog post written by an Army wife titled "Why You Will Rock This Deployment" or something similar. And it was absolutely amazing. As a military wife, it is so awesome to meet or connect with someone who is going through the exact same thing as you because, let's face it, we are living an extremely unique lifestyle that no one really ...

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Filed Under: Extras, Marriage Tagged With: Army, army wife, deployment, letter, marriage, military, military wife

Homecoming!

June 6, 2016 by Annie Chesson 10 Comments

I was planning on posting some straight up AMAZING Skinny Chicken Alfredo today, but my heart's just not in that quite yet. And it is too delicious to be written about when I'm not feelin' it, nahmean?? Do not fret - it will be posted later this week. What I HAVE to write about today is Seth's homecoming. I have been talking about Seth coming home for weeks and weeks on here, but I was not ...

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Filed Under: Extras, Marriage Tagged With: Army, army wife, deployment, deployment homecoming, deployments, homecoming, homecoming ceremony, marriage

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