Spirit River Cafe – Saturdays In So Cal #2

 Today I am sharing a local breakfast spot here in the High Desert that we stumbled upon one day when looking for places to eat. Spirit River Cafe is just barely over the hill inside of Apple Valley, CA, off Highway 18, about 10 minutes from the 15 freeway, so it’s close enough for you
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Crackerjacks Store Tour – Saturdays in So Cal #1

Today is the first day I am starting a new feature on my blog for 2015: Saturdays in So Cal. We have so many great things to do here in Southern California so *mostly* every Saturday I will share a new place to visit or a fun cool thing to do! First up is a
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The Unofficial Guide to Disneyland 2015 – 12 Days of Giving Day 12

Today is the final day of our 12 Days of Giving series! Thank you to everyone who has followed along these 12 days — we had so much fun sharing crafts, places to go, traditions, chats with artists and crafters, and more with you to kick off the holiday season. Please note, today’s post contains
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A Christmas Tradition – Collecting Keepsake Ornaments – 12 Days of Giving – Day 9

Have you decorated your tree yet this year? We’re getting a late start as we usually decorate right after Thanksgiving. We did a poll on our Facebook Page recently and it seems most everyone decorates between Thanksgiving and December 1st. Well, we’re really behind the curve if that is the case! Inspired by Heather Mann’s
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Hit in the head with the Traffic Brick – The Cajon Crawl through the Cajon Pass

We were invited to a birthday party “down the hill” on a Friday. I RSVPed weeks ago, sure I would make it to the party, not thinking about the typical Friday traffic through the Cajon Pass, a mountain pass tha separates the High Desert from the rest of civilization. Living on the other side (the
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Stonefire Grill for Date Night

Everybody says one of the keys to a good relationship is to establish a regular date night. Once you schedule it, get a sitter or make arrangement for the kids, you kind of want the date night to be really special. Dinner and a movie, again? Mmmm… not really. For years I’ve heard the radio
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