Practicing contentment by remembering the graces of the week and practicing gratitude by giving.
This week I saw great progress in my garden.  I love seeing new growth and fruit and vegetables forming.  I had a great time at the Bainbridge market on Saturday and am looking forward to my summer craft fairs.
Our weather has [...]

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This has been a very busy week in the garden.  On Monday I planted most of my remaining seeds for my summer crops: green beans, cucumbers, butternut squash, acorn squash.  By today, I could see little sprouts of my green beans and my cucumbers:

My spinach, lettuce and asparagus continue to flourish and my broccoli is [...]

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For those of you who are relatively new to ThrivingMama, in addition to being the Mama, cooking, gardening and homemaking, I also have my own business: Charity’s Candles & Crafts.  I make and sell soy candles through the internet, local craft consignments and craft fairs.  This week I have been getting ready for my “real” [...]

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I’m working on cleaning out the freezer before our summer produce moves into it’s winter digs.  While sorting through stuff I came across some baby food that I had made for GBaby a while back and never used.  The veggies I’ve hidden neatly in things like the HV Blueberry Bread and the HV Zucchini Bread.  [...]

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Today, I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed having artisan bread dough in my fridge.  It was the base of sticky buns for breakfast and pizza for dinner.  Both turned out spectacular and I only spent about 10 minutes prepping each dish.   The day was so busy that I didn’t get any pictures- next [...]

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Practicing contentment by remembering the graces of the week and practicing gratitude by giving.
This was a very full week.   I am thankful that GBaby cooperated while HandyMan was out of town.  Also, during said absence, I was able to get the lower portion of the walls of our bedroom painted.  I’m thankful for all [...]

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This week the garden continues to cruise along but I’m getting antsy.  The first trickle of produce is making its way to the kitchen and I want to put the rest of my seeds and plants in! So, I’m starting to plan the rest of my plantings.  I’m hoping to put green bean, zucchini, acorn [...]

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I love to buy bulk meat when I can get a good deal.  This was one of those weeks.  Our local restaurant warehouse store had meat on sale this week.  I was able to stock up for the summer and some parties we have coming up.
Pork loin, boneless skinless chicken breast and ground beef were [...]

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HandyMan is out of town this week, which means my breaks to be online are limited to when the adorable girl pictured to the right, decides to take a nap.
Yesterday I made a batch of the Cheese Soufflé that I posted about a while back and they are still oh-so-yummy!  I modified this time around and [...]

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Practicing contentment by remembering the graces of the week and practicing gratitude by giving.
Another full week in my life, filled with joy.
We celebrated another victory in my cancer fight: a clear PET scan with no signs of cancer.  I got a day of uninterrupted work time – [...]

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