{ The Beginner's Guide to Winning an Election by Michael R. French - TLC Book Tour }

About  The Beginner’s Guide to Winning an Election Paperback: 272 Pages November 25, 2018 Brit Kitridge’s plan was just to get her high school diploma and head to college and med school, but nobody can escape from fate, or is it history? The Beginner’s Guide To Winning an Election reveals our mai…

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{ Happy Homemaker Monday - 08/26/2019 }

Good morning everyone, hope you've had a blessed weekend. I'm sorry this post is going up a little later than usual, but I've just been busy with bills and schooling and am only now getting a chance to come an get this up for you all. Let's get right on with it. Oh before I get going…

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{ A quick trip to Lawton and a cake for Sunday }

Hubby and I took a short trip to Lawton, to help my mother in law with moving some items from her home, into storage.  She is trying to sell the house they have up there. I always enjoy driving across Oklahoma and seeing the beautiful land, the cows, the sky and the old buildings teetering on old …

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{ Ancestry DNA - The Beginning }

Oh my friends, I am so beyond excited to start this journey.  Before I do though, let me just tell you that I am in NO way affiliated to or sponsored by Ancestry.com.  I wouldn't turn down some kind of partnership, of course, but this post is my own and in no way an advert. I've been into …

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{ Finally rain and a diagnosis at the doctor }

We have just had the most glorious of rain showers.  Aahhh there is nothing quite like it, especially when you've been dealing with horrible heat and triple digits that just won't budge.  The first thunder boomed out and I must have looked like a crazy woman with a huge smile on my face. I…

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{ Soapberries aka Soap Nuts - What they are and how to use them }

A couple of weeks ago I mentioned my soapberry tree, and how I had started harvesting the berries and using them for laundry soap. I first noticed these berries on the tree, about 2 years ago but I had no idea what they were, or if they were edible or usable for anything at all.  I kind of forgot …

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{ What makes a house a home }

house noun /hous/ a building for human habitation, especially one that is lived in by a family or small group of people. We all have houses we live in, and that can be an actual house or an apartment, but there is a huge difference between a house and a home, at least in my eyes. I follow a ton of a…

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{ Happy Homemaker Monday - 08/19/2019 }

EDIT: Oh my goodness, I am SO sorry, I completely forgot to put the link up.  It is up now, thank you all for reminding me LOL Good morning ladies, and a very Happy Monday to you all. How was your weekend? I had a pretty good one, didn't do much which is always nice since we tend to work throug…

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Protect the Prince by Jennifer Estep - TLC Book Tour

About Protect the Prince • Paperback:  448 pages • Publisher:  Harper Voyager (July 2, 2019) Magic, murder, adventure, and romance combine in this second novel in the exciting  Crown of Shards  saga from  New York Times and  USA Today  bestselling author Jennifer Estep. Everleigh Blair might be the new gla…

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Meal Plan Friday #10

Good morning everyone, and a very happy Friday to you all :) It's that time again, meal planning day, so let me show you what is on the menu for the upcoming week. This past week I managed to stay on track.  I did change up on meal, I ended up not making the breaded pork chops last night, I wa…

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{ Digging a little deeper into my ancestors }

Great grandfather Jacinto and great grandmother Maria da Nazare I'm the kind of person that walks into an old building and wonders, who was there before me, did they walk these same floors, did they touch these same walls, who were they, what did they do? I'm completely intrigued by my past…

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{ Those days where nothing goes as planned }

I'm having a cup of tea and sitting down to take a deep breath, after a bit of a crazy morning. It was.....well, come on in and sit, I'll get you a cup of tea and tell you how it all went. Grandma said there would be days like these, and she wasn't lying!!! Jasmine had the day off work…

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{ Let's clean the house }

When I was a newlywed and had little ones, the thought of cleaning the house was usually something that would frustrate me. I didn't have time, I had my hands full and I found that trying to clean while the toddlers ran under foot, was a waste, and so it annoyed me and the more I thought of it,…

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