Happy Homemaker Monday

Oh Blogger, it's been such a nuisance to me the past week. Anyway, hope you all have a great weekend and here's wishing for a wonderful week ahead :) If you want to save and use the new button, just  click here . The weather::: 72 degrees right now and it's only 6:30 am LOL  It's already…

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The Wartime Kitchen

As someone who loves cooking and experimenting with ingredients at hand, I have always been fascinated by the Wartime kitchens and rationing. I won't say that I wish I had gone through that, but sometimes I wonder if we are just too used to having everything at our fingertips, to having lif…

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Cooking Thursday

Good morning everyone. Here I thought that once we were done with the testing last week, this week would be much easier and quieter. Ummmmm, nope haven't had much of a chance to do anything, I haven't even had a chance to go buy and say hi to the HHM participants. I will try to do that t…

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Amish shows

You're probably thinking "oh she's on to Amish things again" LOL I can't help it, I have immense respect for the Amish and their way of life, of thinking and especially their faith. When I have a few spare moments to watch something on the TV or the computer, I like to find Am…

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Happy Homemaker Monday #15

Morning everyone.  Sorry this is going up a little late, I'm moving a little slow this morning, actually overslept.  Oops :) Again, thank you to all who participate, I'll be coming around to say hi shortly as there is no rushing around for testing this week. Just a quick reminder, please do…

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In the garden.....

It's past 8pm and I am sitting outside, under my canopy in the backyard.  It's dark, but it's a stunning night, not a single cloud in the sky, 108 degree weather earlier and it feels sooooo good now that the sun has set. There is a game of badminton going on right in front of me, hubby …

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In the moment

I don't think it's any lie that I don't like Arizona, don't like living here and am counting the days until hubby retires so we can return to Idaho. I've done my fair share of crying, of asking why, of getting upset, of seeing just the bad in the area we live in. And then came t…

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Cooking Thursday

Good morning everyone :) I apologize for my absence this past week, but we've been extremely busy with State Testing and I haven't had a chance to do much of anything. Can't wait to get back to normal schedule next week, I have some posts to go up :) If you want to use the picture, …

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The Queen's Lover TLC Book Tour

The Queen's Lover by Francine Du Plessix Gray The Queen’s Lover begins at a masquerade ball in Paris in 1774, when the dashing Swedish nobleman Count Axel Von Fersen first meets the mesmerizing nineteen-year old Dauphine Marie Antoinette, wife of the shy, reclusive prince who will soon become…

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Happy Homemaker Monday #14

Another weekend just seemed to creep up on us and just as quick disappear.  Seriously, slow down there Father Time. Quick Note: I have asked numerous times for people to ONLY link up to Happy Homemaker Monday posts.  Please, don't add links to other posts on the list, it makes it very confusing t…

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