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Thanks for stopping by my blog! The hats I wear include wife (to a retired Army field artilleryman), mom to three super busy teens, and high school math teacher. In my “free time” I love cooking, reading, creating (mostly papercrafts), photography, travelling, and exploring the PNW with my family…you know, all the usual things!
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Monthly Archives: January 2013
Lemon Lavender Lotion Bars
When we lived in Kansas, a local honey farmer made the most wonderful lotion bars, using beeswax, that moisturized like nothing else I’ve ever tried. I gave making them myself a try last fall, and they turned out fabulously, if … Continue reading
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Feel Better Chicken Noodle Soup
Did you know Chicken Noodle Soup has been proven to contain germ-fighting antibodies? Well, it has, and what’s more comforting than a steaming bowl of homemade chicken noodle soup when you don’t feel well? Nothing, that’s what! We have this … Continue reading
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Homemade Vapor Therapy Shower Disks
I’m continuing the weekly theme idea this week…it’s Feel Better Week! With the flu epidemic sweeping the country, I’m sure you know someone who’s in need of a little comfort. I hope it’s not you, and did you hear that? … Continue reading
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Wrapping Up Snow Week
Yes, I’m just like the Discovery Channel…they have Shark Week, I am finishing up Snow Week here on the blog. That was painless, right? I bet you didn’t even notice I had a theme! A few years ago at a … Continue reading
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PB & J Bars
To finish our sledding picnic, I often take along some form of peanut butter cookie, so I can tell myself we’re getting a little extra protein and fiber. Really, I tell myself stuff like that all the time. I’m great … Continue reading
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Thai Pumpkin Soup
Along with the sausage bread from yesterday, I always pack a super heated soup in a couple of Thermoses (Thermi?). Anyway, we prefer to drink the soup, rather than having to take bowls and spoons along. When we have this … Continue reading
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Sledding Picnic
Before we lived here in Wisconsin, where we can sled right in our yard, Mt. Rainier became our favorite spot to get outdoors in the winter. Of course, all that fun could be had only after a 100-mile drive (each … Continue reading
It’s a Marshmallow World Chalkboard Printable
Now that Epiphany has come and gone and my Christmas decorations are all packed away, my décor theme is snow. I have a pretty extensive collection of snowmen (and women), and I leave those out until the first of March. … Continue reading
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Project 365 and Project Life
So here I go, being ambitious for 2013! I’ve decided to undertake two photography/scrapbooking projects this year, instead of my usual digiscrapping of our family memories. The first, Project 365, you can read about here. It’s really quite simple: Take … Continue reading
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A Personal Manifesto
Doesn’t that sound like an angry, off-the-wall rant is forthcoming? Well, it’s not. A personal manifesto is just a statement of the things you believe in and the way you want to live your life. I created mine for the … Continue reading
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