Author: traci
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The morning after Memorial Day, I’m outside chasing my dog at 4 o’clock in the morning. The sky is full of stars and the air is perfectly still. I breathed a sigh of relief because I made it through the holiday without any major incidents. Then the news comes in that morning about George Floyd…
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July 29th, 2019 – Update: The grocery list is incorrect. You need 2 bags of peppers and onions and only 1 bag of mixed veggies. So what are slow cooker freezer kits? Basically you have everything you need to fix a meal in the slow cooker ready to go in the freezer. There might be…
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Last week, we were in West Virginia camping for a few days. I had a menu for the trip but didn’t post it here. We had hot dogs over the campfire with mac and cheese on Monday and spaghetti on Tuesday. Wednesday was FREE pizza night. Hubby had some coupons. Even though I had a…
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As I stated before, we got a new fridge. I decided that I would make freezer kits after we came back from West Virginia. I love the convenience of them. All of my recipes came from either Sweet Peas and Saffron or The Family Freezer. Here’s what I made: For the Instant Pot : Honey…
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My husband made plans to go white water rafting for a few of his boys that he took down to Key West a year ago. It was sort of a “family” reunion because the BOYZZZZ (I can’t remember the number of z’s) were back together minus one of them. He also made plans to take…
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This is not a new feeling that I’m experiencing right now. Over the last few days, there has been unrest in the United States over the heinous injustice to George Floyd. Unfortunately it’s not an isolated incident. It’s an ongoing battle where the blacks rightly so feel injustice from whites. As a white middle aged…
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In March, right before the self imposed quarantine, we made a decision to use some of my inheritance money from my mom to refresh our kitchen. Then the quarantine occurred and the idea was stalled. Early May, everything started to open up, so we went through our original plan of getting new appliances. I talked…
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One of our favorite places to walk is Oakes Quarry. It’s a reclaimed limestone quarry that has the most interesting landscape. Last night, the Scouts decided to meet there for a social distance walk / get together after not seeing each other for months. I joined along so that I could take photos. Instead of…
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Happy Memorial Day! We are going to have hamburgers, pasta salad, corn on the cob, watermelon, and peach crisp for dinner. Salsa Chicken (chicken tenderloins cooked all day in pineapple salsa), tortilla chips, queso dip, seasoned black beans Trader Joe’s Roast, roasted potatoes, green beans, corn on the cob Pork tenderloin cooked in the slow…
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I left this blog back in November. It had been a month and a half after my mom passed away. Since then, we’ve had quarantine and my mom’s estate is out of probate. Yeah! Right before the quarantine, Hubby and I had decided to get new appliances. That was put on pause until stores were…
