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Garden Update- July
This heatwave has put quite the bump in the road for my garden. At first, i noticed it was just my little flower sprouts that didn’t like it. That I could understand, I started them pretty late. But then I noticed my zucchini wasn’t enjoying it, my blooms were starting to slow down drastically. My…
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Quick and Easy Button Repair
When I got home there was a button on my desk. But not just any button. This was a small button from a man’s shirt. I recognized it from my husbands flannel. One of his thicker flannel shirts. My husband is the type of guy who doesn’t throw something out just because its ‘out of…
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Bacon Chop-Suey Retro Recipe
Every Sunday we have dinner with my mom. And its the perfect time for me to try a new recipe. Or in this instance, a new old recipe. Were taking a look again at the Good Housekeeping Cookbook. I was given this cookbook by my Aunt when my Grandmother passed away. The date inside says…
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Decadent Homemade Brownie Mix: Bake Bliss in Every Bite
Ingredients: I just put everything in a Gallon sized Ziplock bag, and shook it like crazy to get everything mixed together. When your ready to whip up a batch of Brownies, your amount of ingredient is dependent on what size of a pan your using. For example, I am using a 9×9 pan, because traditionally,…
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$185, Food Stamp, One Income.
Times are tough; you can either spend your time crying about how stressed you are, or you could look for a solution. I decided instead of ‘surviving’, I was going to find ways to use everything I do have to their greatest potential. What can I do to make things last longer? What combinations of…
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End of the Month Quesadilla’s
It’s the end of the month. You got a little bit of this and a little bit of that. Maybe you could do tacos. But maybe you don’t’ have all the toppings you really like on them. In my case, that was it. I had one pound of hamburger in the fridge, Some Corn Tortillas…
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He’s my dad, I’m his Shithead
Lets preface this by saying, Shithead, was a term of endearment between my father and I. So don’t be coming at me. I never once thought he actually meant it. In life, growing up, I had 2 very important goals. To have a love like my grandma and grandpa had. And to take my kids…
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Discover the Versatility of Our Decadent Caramel Sauce
This all started because I wanted iced coffee to take to work in the morning. There are times when I am leaving for work at 7 am and its already almost 80 degrees. So, drinking hot coffee is the last thing that sounds appealing to me. But my favorite Iced coffee? Carmel iced coffee. When…
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Eggs In Cheese Sauce – Retr0 Recipe
When my grandmother passed away, I received a few of her books, and one of them was a Better Homes and Gardens Cook Book. Recently, I started to go through and mark pages of things I have in the house so I can try making them. I color coded them too for quick searching. Yellow…
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Garden Tea
You don’t have space for a compost, or maybe you don’t have the patience. I can relate to both reasonings. I was in a similar predicament until I saw a Facebook video while scrolling my feed. They soaked banana peels in water for 8 hours and it was a great fertilizer for their house plants.…