Ok people it is almost July and if you haven’t done so already, it is time to take down those Christmas Lights. I was driving through my town the other day on my way to my girls school athletics carnival and I saw three houses (yes three!) with their Christmas lights still up!!! They didn’t have the lights turned on but you can still see them. Take them down people!

Now don’t get me wrong, I love Christmas lights. We put them up on our house each year (ok well Rob puts them up – that’s why I love him). We have the hanging icicle lights, they are my favourites. I even bought an extra set last year to put along the back of our house so that I could see them while I was in the kitchen, dining room and laundry (because let’s face it, that is where I spend most of my time).

See I really do love Christmas lights, but I think that if we kept them up all year waiting for Christmas to come around again, the magic would be lost and it just wouldn’t be as special at Christmas time to see those lights blinking at us.

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In an ideal world I would be able to use my garage to put a car in instead of using it as a storage unit. And in an ideal world I would want to cover up the old dirty concrete floor with something a little fancier, maybe some floor tiles or a clean and a coating of epoxy to make it easier to keep clean. Car Guy Garage has a number of options to spruce up garage floors.

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The crock pot is an essential piece of equipment in my house. With 5 young kids some nights it is a real struggle to get dinner on the table, but the crock pot makes it possible for me to prepare dinner in the morning while my baby is having a nap. Then I just leave it cooking all day and it is ready to serve to the family at dinner time. I am always on the lookout for great crock pot recipes and I found out that Moms Who Think have recently added a crock pot recipe section to their website. They have over 100 fantastic recipes for your slow cooker. I particularly like the dessert recipes, they sound so yummy, I am going to try the Crock pot apple-nut cheesecake.

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