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Do you notice how your skin changes with the seasons? For myself it happens mostly in the winter months. The wind and cold chaps everything that’s exposed and then some! My skin can get so dry that when I towel off after showering, it’s like I’m a snake and my skin sheds. Kind of like this…

It can be tough to find a lotion that you feel works with your body chemistry, your preference in scent or texture and that won’t break your pocket book.

I apparently need to get a new calendar. The one I have does not contain certain holidays on it, most notably it is missing ‘Something on a Stick Day’ which I was told took place March 28th. So in true Litke fashion, we celebrated this auspicious occasion on a different day, which is usually what we do with most special occasions in our home anyway, because we’re either busy on the actual day of ________ (insert holiday/birthday/anniversary here), out of town or my husband we forgot.

As a kid, I remember my mom making up cheese and cracker trays for when they had their friends in to play cards. Triscuits were always on the tray, and I always perceived them as ‘grown-up’ crackers. Quite honestly, I think back then I didn’t quite like the texture of Triscuits, all ridge like and “woven” like they are.

I’m all about saving money on products we use on a daily basis in our home, because that means the dollars I save can go toward some fun things that we just wouldn’t do otherwise. Kmart and Procter & Gamble have teamed up in April to make your money go a bit further, so if you were planning on getting some items like Vicks, Bounty or Pantene (and there’s many more products that are included in this offer) next month, Kmart’s the place to go.

From April 1 to April 7 and April 16 to April 21, Procter & Gamble and Kmart are offering a $10 gift card when you buy $30 of P&G products at Kmart.

Quick and easy breakfasts are normal in our home. It’s not because we go any particular place in the mornings, being homeschoolers and a blogger, well home is our school and workplace! But I’m not a morning person, and until I’ve had my first (or second) cup of coffee, I’m not flipping omelets or frying hashbrowns. It’s every man for himself around here in the mornings.

Even though our daughter is nearly 16, she still likes “mini”, partially because of the metal contraptions on her teeth and the elastics that hold them together, but also she still gets a kick out the “cute” factor of ‘mini’ food. So she was all over

Shifting through my e-mails the other day, I saw that I received some correspondence from The Fairy Hobmother. I opened the e-mail hesitantly and with care, because honestly I had visions of a chain letter forwarded from my mother taking my computer over. But after reading said correspondence I have to admit aloud “The Fairy Hobmother is real, and does exist” (in case anyone was really wondering about that truth). And he looks kind of like this:

I will be the first one to admit that the dental hygienist is not on my favorite people to visit list. That being said, because of the lack of dental insurance I had when I was a young adult and subsequent teeth cleaning scaling I had because I had not visited the dentist in a couple of years, I now take my family’s oral health care very seriously.

As my regular readers know, I review a number of different brands on my site for all different kinds of products, but the brands I trust completely and am very loyal to for healthy teeth is Crest and Oral-B.

Anyone who knows me knows I love Disney, and if I had to compare myself to any Disney character it would be Tinker Bell. Tiny and sassy, we’re two of a kind!

I’m not a big cosmetics wearer, at least not for everyday wear. So when I do wear cosmetics, I do subtle, and the new PixiGlow line inspired by Tinker Bell by Pixi Cosmetics is right up my alley.

This past winter and spring have been absolutely amazing weather wise. Here in South Dakota we only had a couple of really cold weeks earlier in the year, and I barely used our flannel sheet print separates because it was too warm.

And now it’s the end of March and EVERYTHING is so green! It makes me excited for the flowers that are going to start breaking through the soil soon. I just hope we don’t get a snow storm yet (because it has been known to happen in April!).

Easter morning hasn’t changed much for me over the years, from childhood on it has followed the same routine. Church in the morning, big Easter dinner at the noon hour and then the candy baskets get doled out! For as long as I can remember ham has been the main dish at the dinner table for Easter. That’s what my mom always made, and that’s what I continue to make for Easter Sunday in my own home.