Mother’s Day Giveaway Winner

First of all – a great big, huge THANK YOU to all of you who really came through for me.  A big thanks to all of you who gave  into my whining and left a comment!! We had 228 comments – a record here on Your Homebased Mom!!  Thank you, thank you!  You made my [...]

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Salsa Verde Carnitas

Note:  I am so close! Thanks to my begging and whining yesterday you really came through for me.  I am not quite to 200 comments, at least when I wrote this post, but I know I can do it – or rather I know you can do it!! I know there are a lot of [...]

Mother’s Day Giveaway – Lotus Girl Jewlery

Thanks to all of you who have been sharing something you have learned from your mother after I shared Five Things My Mother Taught Me – it has been so fun and inspirational to read all of them! I know there are a lot more of you still out there who haven’t entered the giveaway [...]

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Grilled Marinated Flank Steak with Chimichurri Sauce

Thanks to my friend Sherra, the technical difficulties I was having yesterday are taken care of!  If you tried to leave a comment to enter the giveaway yesterday and couldn’t,  please do so today – if you didn’t try please do so today! Click here to enter my Mother’s Day Giveaway for some beautiful jewelry!! [...]

Mother’s Day Giveaway

***Update*** Comments are working again. Thanks for your patience! ******************** Yikes – experiencing technical difficulties – you will be unable to leave a comment – so in order to enter the giveaway please use the contact button above to send me an email telling me one thing your mother has taught you and you will [...]

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Five Things My Mother Taught Me

Being a mother is hard. Being a mother of small children who don’t always sleep at night and are involved in a million activities is physically exhausting. Being the mother of teenagers and young adults can be emotionally exhausting. As I told a young mother friend of mine this week – it doesn’t get easier, it [...]

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Saturday Chores

There are lots of things I love about having my college kids home. One of my top reasons is that there are more people around to help with Saturday chores!  Yeah! Here are the lists that were on the kitchen counter awaiting everyone as they got up this morning.   Of course the Honey Do [...]

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Facebook Fun – Dinner Party!

I am having a dinner party and you’re invited! I’d love to have you all over to my home for a dinner party but obviously that’s not possible so instead I am inviting you to my Facebook page every night for 31 nights for a dinner party. Starting today and for the next 31 days I [...]

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Cinnamon Bun Cake

I was going through my photos the other day and realized I had never shared this very yummy coffee cake with you that we had for Easter breakfast. It is way too good to wait until next Easter to share. The recipe comes from my friend Loi Palmer who is one of the co-founders over [...]