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Vegan Frangipan is as easy as pie. Or tart. Or positively scrumptious. Daring Baker’s Time, kids!

June 27, 2009 by Home Made Gifts · Leave a Comment 

Looking for the Sweet Freedom cookbook giveaway ? You have until midnight Paris time today! Just leave a comment. The June Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Jasmine of Confessions of a Cardamom Addict and Annemarie of Ambrosia and Nectar . They chose a Traditional (UK) Bakewell Tart… er… pudding that was inspired by a rich baking history dating back to the 1800’s in England. I have 2 confessions to make : Confession number one = I wasn’t very excited about this challeng

Homemade Barbecue Sauce

June 25, 2009 by Home Made Gifts · Leave a Comment 

Every Father's Day - every holiday for that matter - my dad says the same thing. Don't get me anything. I understand why he says it, but what he doesn't seem to understand is that we want to give him gifts. He's given me - and my sisters - so very much that the least we can do is do something to bring a smile to his face. Not that this is an easy feat, mind you. Why are men so hard to buy for? I don't like to buy dust collectors, and T-shirts and ties are nice, but I think that's more my m

Powerful Ways to Improve Your Life

June 25, 2009 by Home Made Gifts · Leave a Comment 

Today I thought I’d step outside of the purely financial realm and talk a bit about self-improvement. While many of the following thoughts can improve your finances, they have the potential to have a much broader impact on your life. Focus on your passions “Anyone can dabble, but once you’ve made that commitment, your blood has that particular thing in it, and it’s very hard for people to stop you.” -Bill Cosby I’ve found my greatest success by simply focusing on just 1, 2, or 3 thing

Tight on cash? Read this.

June 24, 2009 by Home Made Gifts · Leave a Comment 

Every so often we receive an email requesting help we can’t give. It usually goes something like this: “Please help me. I recently lost my job and am running low on cash and my family is depending on me. How can I make a lot of money quickly online.” To which I have to painstakingly reply, you can’t. Making money online isn’t something that happens overnight. You might be able to land a work at home job, but there isn’t an online program out there where you can join today and see substantial i

Dad’s Day

June 21, 2009 by Home Made Gifts · Leave a Comment 

I know I’ve been a blogging flake lately. I’m sorry about that. But I wanted to take a little moment today to mention Fathers Day. Kile is an awesome dad. In fact, I tend to believe that he’s a better dad than I am a mom. It just comes naturally to him. When he comes home from work he loves to sit down in his chair with one (or more!) of the kids and just interact with them. Evie has gotten to where she anticipates this so much that she literally lets out a blood curdelling scream of exciteme

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