Dear Clothes Designers

I know you don't know me from a bar of soap and I'm sure you don't give a hoot what little ol' me has to say, but after just returning from Walmart and failing miserably at finding a pair of comfortable shorts to wear, I found it imperative to bring to your attention a few little …

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Shopping the Case Lot Sales

I try to go to the Case Lot Sales held on base to stock up on things, but there are times that I honestly don't see anything that I need and I am not one to just buy just because it's on sale.  If I don't need it, I don't buy it, plain and simple. Our local Base Commissary is havin…

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I've been....

Been:::   Taking walks after dinner with the family and collecting flowers as we go Been:::   reveling in my beautiful garden and amazed at the growth I see every day Been:::   using up the last lemons from my tree to make limoncello Been:::   reading a plethora of books for upcoming reviews.  Some really…

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{ Cooking Thursday - April 28 }

Good Morning everyone, here we are on another Cooking Thursday edition. I want to start by thanking you all for faithfully participating each week even if I don't get around to visiting all the recipes, I do try but life has been so crazy.   I'm sure you've noticed that I've been a…

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Diary of a Stay at Home Mom on Facebook

I know, I know, tons of posts today but this is what happens when I've been kind of MIA and then frantically back and trying to catch up and update :) You'll find lots of great book reviews today and in the next few days as I participate in TLC's Blog Tour for some of the best books out…

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Ice Pop Joy by Anni Daulter

If you're a fan of Anni Daulter's books then you're going to just LOVE this new one called Ice Pop Joy . I love the way she approaches cooking, it's all about using organic fresh fruits and vegetables, natural sweeteners and getting your children involved in the cooking.  Big thumbs …

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Far to go by Alison Pick Book Review

When Czechoslovakia relinquishes the Sudetenland to Hitler, the powerful influence of Nazi propaganda sweeps through towns and villages like a sinister vanguard of the Reich’s advancing army. A fiercely patriotic secular Jew, Pavel Bauer is helpless to prevent his world from unraveling as first…

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Island of Lost Girls Book Review

Rhonda Farr pulls into her local Mini Mart for gas before a job interview. She is struck speechless by the sight of a giant bunny rabbit coaxing a young girl out of her car and into the rabbit's car. It happens in the blink of an eye and as they drive away, Rhonda realizes that she has just…

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The Note Winner

Thank you all for entering and being interested in this wonderful project.  Unfortunately only one can win, but those who don't you can still order yourself a kit from The Note website , go on over and check it out. I used Random.org and the number that popped out was: #10 Maggie Congratulations …

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Making use of the Freezer

I'm such a slow poke, no really, I'm usually the last one getting anything and then when I do it's a big hoopla because I can't believe I ever lived without one. This time it's a chest freezer.  I know, go ahead and laugh you're probably sitting there with your mouths wide o…

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Just cleaning

Doing some cleaning around the bloggy homestead, hope you like it because this one really makes me smile :)

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Happy Homemaker Monday - #14 - 2011

The weather in my neck of the woods: A little cooler today, only 64 degrees but by Wednesday we're supposed to be back in the 90's. Things that make me happy: Making my children's birthday cakes Book I'm reading: Too Rich for a Bride by Mona Hodgson What's on my TV today: Paran…

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Walk through my garden

"To dig and delve in nice clean dirt can do a mortal little hurt." -John Kendrick Bangs (1962-1922) Oh I only wish I had tons of land at my disposal so that I may have a huge garden to walk through and sit at with a good book. But alas we must make do with what we have and I find that the…

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