Happy Homemaker Monday - 07/29/2019

Good morning everyone, come on in and sit with me a little.  I have hot coffee all ready, and if you prefer tea we can make that happen too :) This Monday came about a bit too quick for my liking, I think because we were so busy this weekend and didn't get a chance to sit and relax.  Oh well, w…

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Distressed Plants - $1000 worth

Just take that title in.  Are you shocked, or wondering if we've lost our mind? I'm sure there is someone out there thinking "didn't she say they are paying off debt and being frugal and whatever?" . Yes, yes we are. Ok I won't keep you in suspense anymore.  Yes we got $10…

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Getting those kitchen towels super clean!

On yesterday's post I mentioned how I get my kitchen towels nice and clean, using a mixture of cleaning supplies and letting nature help out with it's heat from the sun. I spent many a year just doing what everyone else did, going to the store, buying this and that product, trying bleach a…

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Meal Plan Friday #7

Friday segment spotlighting the meals for the week ahead. Why Friday? Because I grocery shop Bi-weekly, on Fridays. Welcome back to my Meal Plan Friday!!! Hi everyone.  It is Friday and you know what that means, another Meal Plan for you all.  I have a bit of a mismatch this week, a few Portugue…

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Bad allergy day

I don't know what happened, or where this allergy attack came from, but halfway through the afternoon, my eyes and nose started itching, I started sneezing and it was just downhill from there. Even after I took my Allegra and Singular, plus the nasal allergy spray, the attack continued. I have…

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Letting nature do it's job

It is hot out there, my word, scorching crazy heat!!! I have tried to stay indoors as much as possible, but then again there is a lot of yard work and projects that require us being outside for long periods of time. I was thinking earlier of how annoying it is to want to be out in the sun doing th…

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Happy Homemaker Monday - 07/22/2019

Good morning everyone and a very happy Monday :) I am sorry I am posting this a little later than usual, but I've been editing photos from a family photo shoot I did yesterday.  I am NOT a professional photographer, I just love taking photos and my family asked me to take some for them. As alw…

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Meal Plan Friday #6

Friday segment spotlighting the meals for the week ahead. Why Friday? Because I grocery shop Bi-weekly, on Fridays. Welcome back to my Meal Plan Friday!!! Hi everyone.  Hope you're having a wonderful Friday, I am so happy that it's the start of the weekend again.  There's nothing lik…

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Vegetables and Herbs you can regrow

I have taken to gardening like a fish takes to water. I used to hear people going on about gardening and how much they loved it, how relaxing it was and so on, and I couldn't understand why. Couldn't make the connection, and I think it was mostly due to the fact that I've always found …

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A thriving garden and lots of yard work

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒍𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒈𝒐 𝒖𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒅, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒄𝒚 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 God has given me the biggest gift in this world, which is to take care of my home and family, and with that in mind, every effort I make inside and ou…

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The Summer of Sunshine and Margot by Susan Mallery - TLC Book Tour

Hardcover:  368 pages Publisher:  HQN; Original edition (June 11, 2019) The Baxter sisters come from a long line of women with disastrous luck in love. But this summer, Sunshine and Margot will turn disasters into destiny… As an etiquette coach, Margot teaches her clients to fit in. But she’s never …

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Happy Homemaker Monday - 07/15/2019

Good morning everyone, hope you've all had a wonderful weekend. We had a good one, spent most of the weekend working on the yards.  There is a lot that needs to be done in this house and with 3 acres, it seems that yard work is never finished.  My husband has been working super hard to control…

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Meal PlanFriday #5

Friday segment spotlighting the meals for the week ahead. Why Friday? Because I grocery shop Bi-weekly, on Fridays. Welcome back to my Meal Plan Friday!!! Hi everyone.  Hope you're having a wonderful Friday and I hope you have a fantastic weekend.  I'm back again with the meal plan for th…

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Things I'm loving, want to get, or try

It has been a long, long time since I've done one of these posts. Do you remember back when we lived in Arizona, I had a weekly feature called Wanna Try that Wednesday ?  I think I did a few of these and really enjoyed them, it was a way to bring into one place, all the things I wanted to either…

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Bunch of this, and that, and nothing in particular

And there goes the cute blog title award. I f there was such an award, I am certain that I would not even be thrown into the running, cause truth be told, I am awful when it comes to blog titles.  Hahah A nyway, it's been a day of a little of this, a shake of that, and a whole lot of nothing in bet…

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A day in the life and some recipes for you all

Hi everyone, come on in and sit with me, let me show you a bit of my day. I had yet another home day which I'm really, and I mean reallllyyy loving.  It's been so relaxing to not have to rush out the door or be watching the clock constantly.  What it's done is help me reset, so to spea…

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Unexpected blog trip down memory lane

I had sat down with my meal plan, getting ready to work on the new one for the next two weeks, when I decided to come on my blog and take some inspiration from previous menus of years gone by. One of the first posts I opened was a Happy Homemaker Monday from 2009, and quickly realized that the HHM…

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Murder in the City by Rachel McMillan - TLC Book Tour

Paperback: 336 Pages Publisher: Thomas Nelson (May 28, 2019) Hamish DeLuca and Regina “Reggie” Van Buren have a new case—and this one could demand a price they’re not willing to pay. Determined to make a life for herself, Reggie Van Buren bid goodbye to fine china and the man her parents expected he…

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Happy Homemaker Monday - 07/08/2019

Good morning sweet friends, and welcome back to my blog. First things first, you probably noticed that I ONCE again changed the template.  I wasn't planning to and it certainly wasn't my intention to even mess with it, but I noticed there were some issues with it that I just didn't seem…

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Great barbecue and a walk at the park

The long weekend is almost at an end, and I feel as if I haven't yet had a chance to rest or breathe.  But in a good way, because it's been packed to the brim with family, food, and walks in the warm sunshine. Thursday we had Curt's family over for a barbecue.  I took over the barbecue…

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Meal Plan Friday - #4

Friday segment spotlighting the meals for the week ahead. Why Friday? Because I grocery shop Bi-weekly, on Fridays. Welcome back to my Meal Plan Friday!!! Good morning everyone, I hope you had a wonderful 4th of July with your family.  We had a great time with our family, a day full of chats and …

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Being the Grownup by Adelia Moore - TLC Book Tour

Paperback:  322 pages Children need adults to survive. This, despite the profound change our digital era has wrought on family life, remains the essence of parenthood.  Being the Grownup The Natural Authority of Parenthood  begins not with what should be, but with what is: If you are a parent, it is…

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Living my best life ❤️

It seems like every one is going on about "living their best life" .  When I first heard the saying I thought it corny, to be honest.  But the more I think and reflect on it, the more I realize that, if everyone out there concentrated on actually living their best life, and not worrying a…

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Happy Homemaker Monday - 07/01/2019

Good morning sweet friends, and welcome back to my little corner of blogland. How was your weekend? I had a wonderful one.  Saturday, me and my girl went to get haircuts, then did a little browsing around the shops and grabbed a quick lunch at McAllister's, before dropping her off to work for t…

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