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Category: This Is Us

  • Exposing The Lies Of A Smoker To Help You Easily Become A Happy NonSmoker

    Exposing The Lies Of A Smoker To Help You Easily Become A Happy NonSmoker

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    I’ve now had 11 years of being smoke-free.  I am absolutely thrilled to have maintained freedom from smoking and want to share the secrets of my success.  It is my sincere hope others can be inspired by my experience and my thoughts and that they can also enjoy this freedom. Retrain Your Brain To Accept…

  • How Christians Use False Claims To Ignore Scriptures They Don’t Like

    How Christians Use False Claims To Ignore Scriptures They Don’t Like

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    A bit of background about me. I was a Christian apologist for many years, and I was very good at it. However, even during that time in my life, ranging about 20 years, I am quite certain that I did not display the blatant intellectual dishonesty, or naivety or even blindness that I see Christians…

  • Chocolate Monkey Breakfast Smoothie

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    Packed with antioxidants and whole food nutrients, this is a fantastic dairy-free way to power up your body for the day…. or also makes a great snack or lunch.  (For an option with yogurt, see notes below)  And its chocolately deliciousness too! We have these fairly regularly for breakfast… sometimes with a slice of wheat…

  • Faux Brick Technique

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    Brushed on paint for a distressed look on bricks.  The homeowner LOVED the new look.   So fun to do.

  • Avocado Black Bean Eggrolls (Best vegan eggrolls ever!)

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    Vegan/Vegetarian Makes about 18 egg rolls or spring rolls I invented this recipe about 15 years ago and cannot remember why or how I came up with the unusual combination of ingredients in both the filling and the dip.   It’s exotic and unusual and definitely gets rave reviews.     Recipe Filling 1 avocado 2…

  • Updated Old Doorway Space

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    One thing that continually ticks me off about myself is that I forget to take before shots.  I get excited to start and when I’m half through I realize I missed the boat once again.  That’s true of this space… it was pretty ugly (you’ll just have to trust me) and had shelves right to…

  • Extra Kitchen Storage

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      When 2 foodies get together, there is just an excessive amount of cool food gadgets and dishes.   More space was needed!   We got some inexpensive cabinetry (which Jen painted) and new (old) hardware.  Also added some Ikea shelving and wine glass hardware.

  • Asian Inspired Sauteed Kale

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      Tried eating Kale as a salad.  Hated it!  (Not saying we won’t try it again)  We still had a half container of leftover kale, so  I came up with this recipe.   (Real Food, Gluten Free, Dairy Free, Vegetarian) 2 Servings   1 tbsp coconut oil 2 tbsp chopped onion 1 clove garlic 2…

  • Livin’ the Good Life in the Free World

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    About Us We are a fun loving married couple, who like to eat, make food, eat food, create new recipes, renovate, decorate, travel, play board games, watch movies, go camping, go kayaking, talk philosophy and all kinds of other fun stuff. One of the reasons we decided to start blogging was to keep track of…

  • Faux Brick Wall

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      This started as one of those fake brick panel walls.  Don’t throw them out!  Just randomly scrape on drywall mud with a scraper and grey and you’ve got a beautiful old world feel.  Trust us, this wall has fooled many.