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We have a silly, but sweet, little game we like to play in my house.

It's called The Love War.

You may be familiar with the first part of it - your child tells you they love you, you tell them you love them more. In my house we keep it going to "I love you the most!" "I love you the MOSTEST!" "I love you with all my heart!"

But that's not where it stops. Oh, no! My sweet, ever competitive middle child, Hannah, loves to go even further. After I have told her I love her with all my heart, she responds with "I love you never-ending never-ending never-ending never-ending plus a million plus never-ending...."

You get the idea. Sometimes she goes on like this for a full minute! And then I tell her she wins.

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A Moment of Silence

Wednesday is Remembrance Day up here in Canada, Veterans Day for my U.S. lovelies.

Wednesday also marks 7 years since my cherished grandfather, who served in WWII, passed away.

This is a week of very mixed emotions for me. Thankfulness for the sacrifices made, for the freedom those who fought, and who still bravely fight, for won.

And sadness over missing my grandpa, whose favorite way to spend time with me was playing cards and eating Salt & Vinegar chips with Dill Pickle dip. And a Diet Coke, of course.

So this week, instead of blogging, I am going to be spending more time just being quiet and remembering.

Because I don't want to forget.

I just like the word "goo"

Yesterday I decided to be all domestic and make buns.

You should know this isn't actually all that rare of an occurrence. Unless of course it's 400 degrees outside. Then I fully support the bakers of the world by buying their wares. I mean, they have to eat, too! (Although, really, they bake. So they wouldn't exactly go hungry, would they?)

Anyway, so I was baking buns. And I decided I wanted to make some sticky buns for the kids for an after school snack. Because I'm a good mom like that.

My usual sticky bun goo recipe, though, called for an ingredient that I didn't actually have in my pantry. Or maybe I do have it in my pantry - it's kind of an abyss in there. In fact, this past week when I temporarily lost my ticket for a women's conference I'm attending this weekend, I probably should have looked in there. Of course, it was actually under the fridge, but that's not the point.

What is my point?

Oh, yeah. Sticky bun goo.

So I thought to myself "What site should I go on to find a sticky bun goo recipe?" And I immediately thought of The Pioneer Woman. It just seemed like she would be the kind of gal to have a sticky bun goo recipe. Or at least be able to navigate my pantry.

Let me tell you, The Pioneer Woman did not disappoint! If you ever have a desire to bake sticky buns, you really must try these.

Because oh my word, are they ever good.

Although if you're, like, on a diet, you may not want to even look at these. They are THAT good!!

They were so good I went straight to Amazon and ordered her new cookbook.

Did I mention they were good?!

I even managed to leave a couple for the kids to eat. Just don't ask me how many I had. I'm not telling.