Jill Schultz

Hello, friends and welcome back! The recipe I am sharing with you this week is an easy winter classic slow cooker beef roast recipe that you can put together in a matter of minutes and have ready at the end of a long work day or an easy weekend meal. During the school year, we are go, go, go with...
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Categories: Recipes

Welcome back, friends! Winter is settling in nicely, here in Northern Michigan and February right right around the corner! I don't know about you, but during the winter months I crave warm comfort foods. Anything warm and toasty right out of the oven and I am all about it. This past weekend I t...
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I'm watching the snow fall quietly outside my kitchen window as I type up this blog post. Beautiful giant flakes, the soft fluffy kind and the girls are outside playing giving me a few minutes of solice! I'm pretty sure winter is finally here to stay for a while (but hopefully not too long...). We ...
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Categories: Petoskey, Events

Hello, again friends and welcome back! Hopefully, you are staying warm this week where ever you may be! Not being a huge fan of snow and the cold, I'm really enjoying all the fresh powder we have here in Northern Michigan! My kids love playing outside once again and I love going sledding with t...
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Hello, again! This week on the blog I am all about soups! The snow is falling, the temperatures are freezing and the wind chill is bitter. What better way to warm up from a day of running or playing outside in the snow, than with a nice, piping hot bowl of homemade soup. I made 2 huge batches of so...
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With it finally being winter, I tend not to want to leave the house when it's snowing or if I've heard the roads are bad. We live about 7 miles outside of Petoskey out East Mitchell past Bill's Farm Market and in the winter the roads can be icy and trecherous, to put it nicely. I drive the kids too...
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Now that we have snow here in Northern Michigan, I put together a list of 8 outdoor winter activities for kids to do outside. If you would prefer to stay inside, I don't blame you. Simply bundle them up and send them on their way! We've gotten over a foot of snow over the last few weeks and th...
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Categories: Parenting

Hello, again! Welcome back and I hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas this year! Today on the blog, I'm sharing with you an easy go-to rice dish I make a lot. I love rice and quinoa dishes and so do my kids. My husband is on the fence but hey, he doesn't have much of a choice. If I make it, ...
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Categories: Recipes

With winter weather looming around us this week (finally!) and the cold weather settling in for the next few months now is the time to start making those warm, comfort food recipe. You know what I am talking about, those yummy filling dishes that we all crave during the winter months. I love a ...
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Christmas break equals a lot of time with the kids out of school. Let me preface this by saying, I love my children dearly, I really do. That being said, I also relish the time they are in school that allows me to work (quietly) from home and keep my sanity in check. The first week of Christmas...
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Categories: For the Home, Parenting