We spent Thanksgiving with dear friends on the peninsula. On our way home we stopped at Costco. I don’t think I have been to Costco right after Thanksgiving… ever! I didn’t even know they had a cookbook!! Well I got this year’s and it has some very interesting ideas… This is actually a very good [...]
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This is my first product-provided review. I was sent a box of Udi’s Gluten free items and asked to come up with any holiday or entertaining ideas. My box arrived on 12-12-12…. and it was bigger than I thought it would be! Here is what I got in my box: Double Chocolate Muffins, Snicker-doodles, Vanilla [...]
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Do you do any hand embroidery, needlepoint or crewel work? Is sewing your forte? Have you tried macrame, tatting, weaving or making lace? Can you crochet or knit? My love of hand needle arts began with some of the books I read as a young girl. Victorian & Colonial girls learning embroidery and making samplers [...]
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UPDATED with the stupendous third cake photos below!! Welcome to another Gluten Free Ratio Rally! This month’s gastronomic delight is… Angel Food Cake. Our rally hostess this month is Caleigh over at Gluten Free[k]. The ratio rally is a group of gluten free bloggers who work out the ratios of specific baked goods each month. [...]
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Today is a momentous day. Yes, back in 1944 was the invasion of Normandy, France by the allied troops. It is referred to as ‘D-Day’. 43 years later there was another momentous day on June 6th. It was the day of my marriage to The Patriarch. Yes, that makes today our 25th Wedding Anniversary! I [...]
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It’s the first Wednesday of the month and you know what that means don’t you? It’s Ratio Rally time again!! This month’s Ratio Rally host is Karen of Cooking Gluten Free. If you jump over there you can check out all the other bread offerings for this month’s rally. I will also have all the [...]
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I have been known in the past to remark that Mother’s Day is a Hallmark inspired ‘occasion’, and if your children don’t honor you any of the other 364 days of the year than why would you expect them to honor you on a specific day? My friend, Bambi, over at “Nursery of the Nation” [...]
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The fourth item on my resolution list is: #4 More Attentive to my Husband. The Patriarch is undemanding. But I KNOW the cluttered house bugs him, though he doesn’t say a lot about it. I want to get it all ship shape to please him. He’s been pleased with what I have done so far!! [...]
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[youtube =http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/842GeFLrmOU?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0] Click here to view more details I don’t know about you… but I have been so tired lately. Not just a physical tired, but a battle-weary, need a daily bit of encouragement kind of tired. The soul-weary and emotionally worn out kind of tired. Though I do know others who are also stay-at-home [...]
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I have not talked about preparedness for a while. I am still working on our supplies and a comprehensive inventory is becoming a necessity! There are still some areas where I could use some help. That is where THIS post comes in. I stumbled across this giveaway and immediately thought… wow! These are some of [...]
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