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What's Up Wednesday in January 2026

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It's the last Wednesday of the month and time to link up with Shay and Sheaffer for What's Up Wednesday.  What We're Eating: Saturday:   We moved our date night to Saturday and tried out Cedar's Steakhouse at Foxwoods (We don't gamble but love the casino's restaurants plus it's a huge indoor complex to walk around in in winter).  Sunday:   Bolognese sauce with pasta, garlic bread, & salad Monday:  Caprese Tuscan chicken with wild rice & acorn squash w/salad Tuesday: Pulled pork sandwiches with chips and salad. Wednesday: Sweet chili ground turkey with rice noodles and pea pods   Thursday:  Fish casserole for my husband I then I'll make homemade chicken fingers with broccoli & potatoes for the boys. Friday:   Slow cooker garlic beef bites with green beans and salad   What I'm Reminiscing About:  I was thinking about this blizzard the other day (I thought it had been in January but it was February of 2013) when we woke up to...
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Throwback Tuesday: 14 Ways to Have the Best Snow Day Ever

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 *Originally posted January 27, 2015 when the boys were 8, 9, & 11 There's nothing quite like the first major snowstorm of the season.  The kids are excited and we can't wait to enjoy it... however, it's not always easy to enjoy a blizzard.  The wind really whips the snow around everywhere and the snow is so deep it's difficult to walk in. Luckily, we have lots of ideas for making the day lots of fun! We woke to a good 24" and the promise that the snow would now last ALL day!  The boys were thrilled. We could hear and see the wind whipping around but they weren't daunted and couldn't wait to go play.  Ian was out the door with his father quite early and they started shoveling out the garage doors and shoveling the snow away from our deck door and off the windows (since it really had piled that high!). We got a pretty good picture of Ian standing on our deck in the middle of the accumulation.  After they were done shoveling Ian went to work on snow rem...
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