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  • Springtime

    I absolutely love springtime. The colors are breathtaking. It is a time of renewal and rebirth. Easter reminds us how God died for our sins and conquered the grave. The spring flowers and colors remind us of the beauty of the Earth. It’s my birthday season. What is your favorite season? Why? Some pictures of…

  • Mom, What’s for Dinner? – Week of Feb. 24

    I have parent-teacher conferences this week.  My principal provides my dinners,, but the boys and Hubby still need to be fed.  I have slow cooker kits in the week.  I’ll put one of those meals in the slow cooker on Monday and another on Wednesday,, so they have supper. The rest of the meals are…

  • Kitchen Tip Tuesday – DIY Brown Sugar

    Kitchen Tip Tuesday – DIY Brown Sugar

    I’ve come up with a new idea for Tuesdays.  There might be a tip every Tuesday or every other Tuesday. On Saturday, we tuned into “America’s Worse Cooks” on the Food Network.  It was interesting watching those novice cooks trying to work their way through the kitchen.  If they knew some tips and tricks in…

  • Mom, What’s For Dinner? – Week of Feb. 17

    The boys and I have had cabin fever lately.  We’ve been either sick, or the weather has not been nice.  So far, we’ve had between 42 and 45 inches when we normally get about a foot of snow during winter.  Our first snowfall was a week before Halloween.  That is also unusual.  Anyway, on Saturday,…

  • Homemade Pizza Crust

    In the last week, we’ve had homemade pizza twice.  Last Sunday I made a pizza for our Sunday night dinner at my mother-in-law’s house.  We then had it for supper on Saturday night.  I tried two new crust recipes and enjoyed the second one.  In fact, Hubby told me that the pizza was great on…

  • Baked French Fries

    The Imaginative One could live on chocolate, popcorn, and French Fries. I’ve started baking my French Fries.  He loves them and will eat any fries left on the tray. The first hundred times (maybe not that much), it would take the fries a long time to bake which doesn’t help when I have to get…

  • Mom, What’s For Dinner ~ Week of Feb. 10

    So this week I decided to do something different with my menu planning.  Instead of typing it out on the blog, I used PicMonkey and used designer to type up my menu on.  Isn’t it cute?   On Tuesday, we are having the soy sauce pork chops.  My father-in-law used to make them all the…

  • Easy Microwave Popcorn

    The Imaginative One could live on 3 different foods – chocolate, popcorn, and French fries.  Sometimes in the evening, he’ll pop up some popcorn to eat as his nighttime snack.  I’ve shown him how to make microwave popcorn without all that mess that’s in microwave popcorn.  It’s as easy as 1 -2 -3 to make.…

  • Coconut Cream Homemade Lara Bars

    The medicine I was given yesterday really has helped me feel better.  Plus the 11 hours of sleep I got last night has really helped me.  I’m still not at 100% but I’m at least at 70%.  Much better than I was feeling 3 days ago. My father-in-law had diabetes and blood pressure issues.  For…

  • I’m Sorry

    I haven’t been posting any recipes or my menu plan this week.  Last week I battled a nasty sinus infection.  I thought I got better from it.  Then my boys got sick.  They were very sleepy and weren’t eating very much.  The Wee One ended up staying home from school for two days last week.…