{ Happy Homemaker Monday #9 }

Where did the weekend go?  I always feel like I look forward to Friday nights so much and then I blink and it's already Monday morning again.....*sigh* If you want to save and use the new button, just  click here . The weather::: 51 degrees right now, we had a very nice weekend with 82 degrees weat…

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The Amish Cook at Home

I had a knock at the door yesterday, it was my friendly UPS man, the one who always brings me a package which I know holds something I'm really going to enjoy. This time it was a book which I ordered from Amazon a few days ago after coming across a wonderful website named The Amish Cook. I don…

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Cooking Thursday

If you want to use the picture, just  click here  for the original. Good Morning everyone, hope you're all doing well and ready to share in some great recipes. I know I don't say it near enough but I do so appreciate every single one of you who come in every Thursday and participate in this f…

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Simple Touches

I like adding little touches here and there in my home. They don't have to be big things, even something as small as a quick bunting hanging on the window sill, immediately changes the feeling of the kitchen :) They're so easy to make, just some fabric of your choosing, some interfacing, tw…

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Morning, afternoon, night

Morning:::   Coffee, toast, jam Afternoon:::   Ham, Onion, Mozzarella and Bean sprouts Omelette Night:::   Portuguese Peppered Steaks

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Overbite by Meg Cabot - TLC Book Tour

Book Summary: Meena Harper has bitten off more than she can chew . . . Meena has a special gift, but only now does anyone appreciate it. Her ability to predict how everyone she meets will die has impressed the Palatine Guard—a powerful secret demon-hunting unit of the Vatican—and they’ve hired her to…

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{ Happy Homemaker Monday 2012 #8 }

Good Morning, hope you are all enjoying a good long weekend.  I feel as if it's just rushed by though, time seems to fly doesn't it? On to today's Happy Homemaker Monday :) If you want to save and use the new button, just  click here . The weather::: 45 degrees right now and I really wish th…

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Friday Favorites #7

If you have something special you would like to show, if you have a trinket which has a special meaning for you or maybe something you have just found and own or would like to have. It could be anything, a trinket, a book, a new cookware set, a necklace, a photograph, a project you're working o…

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I want to Menu Plan but I don't know how!

I can't tell you how many emails I get with this question or a similar one :) It's a valid question and while I am no expert, I HAVE been  menu planning for the 14 years that I've been married, plus the other years that I did as a teenager when my parents had to travel somewhere and it …

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Cooking Thursday

If you want to use the picture, just  click here  for the original. Good Morning, hope everyone is having a wonderful week :) On to today's recipe which is a favorite of mine, it's Portuguese Milk Rolls and I remember eating them as a child when we lived in Portugal. :) Extremely easy to mak…

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This week I'm looking forward to.......

…new couches arriving tomorrow. Our old couches are about 8 years old and have finally worn themselves out. …housework, believe it or not, but having new couches means rearranging a few things in the living room and I'm really looking forward to that. … cooking . A lot. … baking . New things, old thi…

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