This week our home has been graced by family and friends, many the same who gathered on these days a year ago following the birth of our daughter.  This week we celebrated her first birthday.  She is healthy, learning things a mile a minute and such a happy little girl.  I can not imagine my [...]

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So back at the beginning of the month, I took on the Eat From the Pantry Challenge. This is the first time I’ve taken part of this type of challenge and I have to say, it was a great experience.  For me, having my goals in mind as I was making decisions regarding our [...]

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I’m more of a “cook some extra” every week rather than a “take a full day to fill the freezer” batch cook.  On Wednesday, I started HV Marinara with the plan to make Lasagnas.  That went off beautifully.  I had one large Lasagna that went to the fridge to be used for a family gathering [...]

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We have had fabulous luck with the first batch of soft shoes.  Remarkably, they have stretched like a good pair of jeans and still fit.  The second set I made have gotten a bit tight.  Somewhere in between I also made a fleece lined denim pair that are getting a lot of use.  So, it [...]

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Practicing contentment by remembering the graces of the week.
This week we were blessed with multiple days of sunshine – in our rather gray climate, this is a huge blessing.  Not only does it warm the skies and lighten up the house it seems to add energy and motivation to the body too.
Other bright spots this [...]

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This week I pulled a lot of things from the freezer (Cinnamon Rolls, Green Potato Soup, Mashed Potatoes and HV Marinara jump to mind)  The one thing that went to the freezer was Minestrone Soup.  I used this recipe and it was near perfect.  It just needs a little bit of salt.  I doubled [...]

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I’m not quite sure how half the week got away from me but I’m not at all surprised.  Going into this week I knew it would be full of fun as my Brother-J and his girlfriend were coming through for a visit from Tuesday to Wednesday and my Brother-In-Law C is coming through to visit [...]

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I bought myself a mini-bundt pan for the express purpose of making and freezing desserts in smaller portions.  The maiden voyage of the mini-bundt pan was on these absolutely delectable Chocolate Mint Cakes.  We were staying at my parents and off to visit friends for dinner.  I volunteered to “whip up” dessert.  I went searching [...]

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Practicing contentment by remembering the graces of the week.
This has been a very full week with many opportunities to remember what is important and reflect on the abundance in my life.
Tuesday I was driving alone on a slick road, and what could have been a bad, was only a skid into a snowbank.  After a [...]

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For Christmas, I made a photo quilt for my mom.  Mom had a section of wall that she was trying to decide whether to put photos up or a quilt hanging. She was concern by the high traffic past this wall.  So, inspiration hit and three (or four) of GBaby’s nap-times later I had the project [...]

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