Author Archive | Giggles

Ready, Set, Blog….Here I am

This is it! Your very first entry and we’re giving you a chance to tell the world: what defines you as a food blogger and why should you be the next food blog star? So this is it!  My very first entry, a chance to tell the world: what defines me as a food blogger […]

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Country Fried Fingers

Country Fried Fingers.   No they are not fingers of country folk, but they are definitely country fried delicious.  Basically it is country fried steaks sliced into nice finger strips.  When you have a 3 year old staying with you, you try to come up with ‘kid’ friendly foods.  I didn’t want to serve the standard American kid […]

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Doting Grandma

Can I tell you that I love being a Grandma? Not interested? Sorry but I am a doting Grandmother, and I can’t help but share this last Labor Day Weekend.

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Peach Mango Salsa

   Summer Fruit, yeah for fruit!  Honestly I don’t eat much fruit, mostly because I a fruit snob.  I am seriously picky about eating fruit.  It must be fresh and taste intensely of whatever type of fruit it is.  When I first heard of fruit based salsas, I was skeptical for sure.  I am a […]

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Saltine, Cracker, ranch, thyme, garlic, easy, no cooking, entertaining, cheap, inexpensive, recipe

The Saltine Elevated

The humble saltine, also known as a soda cracker, isn’t considered a fancy food.  It’s used mostly crumbled up in soup, chili, topped on casseroles and once in awhile it gets slathered with peanut butter or topped with a slice of cheese.  If your tummy is upset the doctor recommends some soda crackers to fend […]

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Obsession

Two years ago we moved to Great Falls.  Even before we bought our adorable little house we purchased 40 acres of land in the mountains.  We wanted a cabin real bad.  If you want something real bad, you do whatever it takes to get it, and we did.  We have spent the last two years […]

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Cow Chips and Cabin

Now that our cabin is starting to feel like a second home, we can’t stay away!  McGyver and I both had a three day weekend and the baby boy is on school break still, so we headed on up the top of the mountain again.  We had some more furniture pieces to bring with us […]

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Moving on up! First Weekend.

Moving on up!  Moving up 6,000 feet to be exact.  Finally our cabin is done enough to move stuff in.  Two years in the making and a lot of debt.  But the time is finally here.  A little background:  Over three years ago, we found out we were moving to Great Falls, MT.  We were excited […]

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There’s No Place Like Home

Relocating can be exciting and stressful. Depending on the reason for your relocation it can be more exciting or more stressful. For my boss the excitement of moving turned into stress and then back to excitement. Approximately 1 1/2 years ago my boss, who was an Assistant Manager at a sister center, accepted a position as Center Manager here in Great Falls. It was a short move from Missoula to Great Falls. Except she really couldn’t move. Her house was on the market, and well the market sucked and the house didn’t sell for a year. The poor lady lived here during the week and went home every weekend.

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