Tag: ideas
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Souped-Up Cans: Elevate Your Canned Soups with These Flavorful Add-Ins
Northern California, epically where I am in Redding has this interesting weather pattern the last couple years. Our January starts out nice, and sometimes even warm. But our February is usually wet and cold. This year, is no exception. Since Friday, its been cold and rainy outside. And when that happens, my mind and body…
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Essential Tips to Protect Your Plants from Heavy Storms
On the 22nd of November; all the way through the 23, we have had what the news people are calling a ‘Bomb cyclone’ Basically we are experiencing heavy winds and rain, and because of where we are at in California, almost every direction has snow. Mount Shasta was even in for an Avalanche warning! So…
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How to Freeze Potatoes: A Step-by-Step Guide to Preserving Freshness
How many times have you purchased a 5 or 10lb. back of potatoes, only to not use them nearly as fast as you thought you would. Me? Far too many times to count. But recently, I learned a few tricks that will help me use them up quicker. I can freeze them very easily! It…
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Discover the Art of Wax Melts: A Beginner’s Guide to Creating Fragrant Home Ambiance
One of my very first posts was about making Candles. And I still do make candles, but when I make candles, I like them to have interesting vessels. Like a teacup for example. So For those I typically go to the thrift store, which I haven’t been to as of lately. So what’s a gal…
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Hearty and Delicious Beef Stew
Recently, we went from temperatures of in the 90’s, to flash flood warnings, and overcast colder days that make you want to make a big batch of soup. Or in this case, Stew. While the Sunday I made this stew, it turned out to be warmer that typical stew weather, still, it didn’t turn out…
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Garden Update: August
Would you believe I’ve written this dang post 3 different times? Three! Huge thanks to WordPress for not saving the draft like I told it too. Some my garden updates for this month aren’t so depressing this time, YAY! My yellow squash plant, which was only producing male flowers for 85% of this summer, finally…
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Bacon Cabbage Rice
July 28th marked my husbands 32nd birthday. And its a long standing tradition that you pick dinner on your birthday. Daniel has a favorite I make, and its called Bacon, Cabbage, Rice. I learned the recipe from a friend of mine, and it was THE recipe that got Daniel eating rice again (for those who…
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Egg Foo Young – Retro Recipe
Yet another recipe from my old cookbooks. This one I marked because I remember this dish fondly. Every year for birthdays or special occasions, we had a restraunt we would frequent as a family. And one thing we’d always get was the Egg Foo Young. It was my dads favorite, and he always wanted to…
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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…