• Take Care of Your Delivery Persons
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    Take Care of Your Delivery Persons

    If you are anything like me, you have several deliveries being made to your home during the holiday season.  The employees making these deliveries are helping our holiday season be simplified and more enjoyable.  One simple way to give back is to take care of your delivery persons by placing out some drinks and single serve snacks for them to grab n go during their busy days. Last year I used a couple of small boxes to place the items in and left a note written in sharpie.  This year I  tried to make the offering a little more festive for them.  I created a sign to tape on the…

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    Staying Organized When Hosting Thanksgiving

    This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy here.   The holidays are stressful enough when you consider the social side of family and friends gathering, but throw in being the host and that’s a completely different scenario. Whether hosting or a guest, here are some tips on how to stay organized during the days and weeks leading up to Thanksgiving day. First let me start by saying, it has taken me YEARS to get this organized. There were many Thanksgivings where I felt like I had epic failures.  I’ve botched gravy, burnt dinner rolls, and I even forgot a whole side dish in the extra refrigerator located in the…

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    Hey There! I’m Stacie…

    Thanks for taking the time to visit! I am the wife to Kevin (second marriage) and mom to 3 wonderful young men and a lab named Gracie.  Who would I be not to mention I’m a daughter to two loving and supportive parents?  As a foodie who loves to cook for my family and friends, I’m a mid life work in progress.  Trying my best to create (mostly) healthy habits to live by.  Real Estate is my profession but my spare time is spent travelling wherever I can as often as life allows.  I am proud to be a born and raised San Francisco Bay Area gal. My focus is…