Slow Cooking Thursday - Lemon Chicken

This is SO late going up today, my apologies.  I honestly meant to have it posted in the morning and then got caught up with life and kids and errands and only realized now that I still hadn't gotten the post up.  Goodness. Anyway, here is today's recipe....this is another on my list to tr…

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House of Earth - TLC Book Review

Finished in 1947, House of Earth is Woody Guthrie's only fully realized novel—a powerful portrait of Dust Bowl America, filled with the homespun lyricism and authenticity that have made his songs a part of our national consciousness. Tike and Ella May Hamlin struggle to plant roots in the arid l…

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Old Man Winter

I don't want to say it, but I have to.....I think old man winter is rubbing his hands together and smirking. It's just been downright dreary and wintery around here. Now, don't think I'm complaining, I'm really not, this is one winter I'm looking forward to.  Come next year…

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Happy Homemaker Monday - 10/28/2013

Happy Monday :) The cold that everyone had, has been circling me for a while and I had been able to avoid it, but unfortunately last night it caught up with me.  I have neither the patience nor the time for being sick, but I am thankful that I have family near me now that I can turn to for help. Al…

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Pumpkins and Hay

I really do live in one of the most beautiful States in the US. Idaho is gorgeous! I am so incredibly blessed to live in an area, where beauty surrounds me on a constant basis.  It doesn't take but a 5 minute drive down the road, in any direction. With the work schedules around here, I am pret…

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Oddities and Entities - TLC Book Tour

Oddities and Entities is a surreal, provocative anthology of six tales within the supernatural/paranormal/horror genres, exploring a definition of life beyond the fragile vessel of the human body. The stories are: ‘Boneview’, in which a young woman struggles to balance her ability to see through pe…

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Slow Cooking Thursday - Creamy Slow Cooker Tortellini Soup

Well, I decided it was time to bring back one of my favorite features, my Slow Cooking Thursday. I kind of changed it to Cooking Thursdays at first, to accommodate those who didn't have slow cooking recipes to share, but this feature has always held a special place in my heart from the very fi…

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{ Sweet Autumn Moments }

Could it really be almost the end of October? Almost Halloween? Almost Thanksgiving and quite possibly almost Christmas? How fast has this year gone by? A lot has been going on for me, some very good things, some not very good, some that make me want to just curl in a ball and cry....but the bes…

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Happy Homemaker Monday - 10/21/2013

Good morning my friends.  I am sure you are wondering where I've disappeared to the last week, and I wish I could tell you that I've been on some crazy adventure somewhere in an exotic location, but alas, I've been home dealing with a lot of things. Everyone has been sick, my husband ha…

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Happy Homemaker Monday - 10/14/2013

I am so sorry this is going up so late today. I have a house full of sickies, at the moment all 4 kids are down with the flu and so is my husband and my brother.  The only ones who are fine is me and my sister in law...so it's up to us to take care of everyone and it's just crazy busy right…

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Laundry Day

All day the blanket snapped and swelled on the line, roused by a hot spring wind.... From there it witnessed the first sparrow, early flies lifting their sticky feet, and a green haze on the south-sloping hills. Clouds rose over the mountain....At dusk I took the blanket in, and we slept, restless, under …

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