Homemade Cheez-Its

I love trying my hand at homemade snacks for my son. They can be a labor of love and truthfully, I don’t do it as much as I would like to. However, once in a while you come across a recipe that is not only totally doable, but turns out delicious as well!

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37.

For me, my birthday serves as a little performance review, a life check-in if you will. I personally don’t mind it! The older I get, the more grateful I am to see another year. I turn 37 today (I think that may be the first time I’ve said that out loud) and it feels like a big one. When you start to feel the next decade creeping up on you, it’s hard not to reflect on where you are in life and what you need to do to steer yourself in the direction that you hope to go. I woke up really early this morning and felt like blogging. I’m a little hesitant to post this, but I kind of think it’s important to!

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February 2025 Favorites + A Little Update ◡̈

February was a great month and I loved so many different things; so much so, I was having a pretty hard time narrowing it down today. I had some food faves, kid faves, entertainment faves, but I decided that this month I was going to focus solely on my beauty and wellness related picks because there have been some really impactful ones! Let’s get into them. ◡̈

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January 2025 Favorites!

Was this the longest month of your life or just me? I’m not terribly mad about it, they all seem to fly these days and I’m certainly not trying to rush time. I just wonder why the Summer months never seem to drag on. If only! Anyways, I’m rounding up some of my favorite things from January today (make your way over to YouTube for all of the January beauty faves). But I’m hoping to bring back these monthly posts to highlight the things that made my life easier and better in recent weeks.

Let’s get into them! ◡̈

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Chicken [Noodle] Soup for the Soul

Happy New Year! I have some fresh plans for 2025 which I’ll dive into at the end of this post, but first, I have a recipe to share! Lately, one of my favorite things to do is make a large pot of soup for the week. My Mom often does this and I recently adopted the idea. It’s been so cold in Connecticut and there’s nothing better than having a hearty, homemade soup at the ready for lunch time, to offer any guests who stop by, or as a last minute dinner!

A couple of months ago, there was a wave of sickness that ran through our house and anytime I’m feeling under the weather, all I want is a warm bowl of soup. I was craving chicken noodle – something I had never made before – and we had just about everything on hand to make it. To my surprise, it turned out so delicious!

I’ve made this soup three times since, adding/removing ingredients depending on what we had, and after my most recent batch, I think I nailed the combo!

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