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Meal Planning According to Better Homes and Gardens

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Living Life One Hop at a Time. I am in the middle of moving across country with limited internet access. Just as soon as I can, I will respond to all comments. Thank you for understanding. Meal Planning According to Better Homes and Gardens. July 28, 2015. Actually read any of the “information” in the books. Would you believe there was meal planning. Meal Planning According to the. Better Homes and Gardens Cook Book. I love the little tip about. Even in the 1940’s wives were dealing with the same p...

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Coffee With the Girls: My Lisa: Year Two

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Coffee With the Girls. Take a moment, take a breath, let's sit down and talk. Thursday, March 3, 2011. My Lisa: Year Two. Kitchen dancing with lisa. They said it would get easier. Not so. I only miss her more. It's like trying to hold water in your hands. she's gone. I can't get her back. Wish I were as positive as last year. Missing my darling friend. The feel of her hair, her hand in mine. her laugh. her smile. Sleep sweet, my love. Missing you. Stacie, A Firefighter's Wife. March 3, 2011 at 9:24 PM.

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Coffee With the Girls: December 2009

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Coffee With the Girls. Take a moment, take a breath, let's sit down and talk. Tuesday, December 8, 2009. I'm ready for the snow. Snow means it should warm up a little! This morning when Joe left for work it was -3! Links to this post. Thursday, December 3, 2009. I failed to take very many pictures. I think I was too busy talking but I did take a few. This is a picture of Makaily on Thanksgiving morning. She and her dad and I went out to take care of the chickens. We were all still in our jammies ...I was...

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Coffee With the Girls: Harder Than I Thought

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Coffee With the Girls. Take a moment, take a breath, let's sit down and talk. Monday, October 31, 2011. Harder Than I Thought. Mom, will you braid my hair? Sure, honey.". And as I'm braiding, I'm thinkin', "Your days are numbered, mama.". My beautiful daughter, my first born, turned eighteen yesterday. Like most moms, I remember the day she was born vividly. They placed her in my arms and I just kept telling my mom, "Mom, I have a baby! I was so shocked! Never did I think I could love so deeply! We love ...

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Coffee With the Girls: March 2011

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Coffee With the Girls. Take a moment, take a breath, let's sit down and talk. Monday, March 28, 2011. Lesson Learned. (or I'm trying to learn it, anyway). So then I have to stop. Who am I? Am I so different from this mama? Or are the scars I leave simply not visible with an x-ray? I yell at my children too much. I'm inconsistent when what they need is a rock. I'm impatient when they ask the same question repeatedly. How often do I crush them with my words or my attitude? Links to this post. Ok, so carboh...

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Coffee With the Girls: November 2010

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Coffee With the Girls. Take a moment, take a breath, let's sit down and talk. Monday, November 29, 2010. Our Christmas Treats: Recipe One: Chocolate-Peanut Butter Balls. This week I'm going to start a series of posts with recipes for some of our favorite Christmas Treats and the stories behind them. In that way, I hope that we can share a little of our home with you during the holiday season. Read about my girl. 1/4 cup butter, softened. 2c crisp rice cereal. Links to this post. Thank You, God, for famil...

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Coffee With the Girls: As Bad as it Gets

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Coffee With the Girls. Take a moment, take a breath, let's sit down and talk. Friday, January 4, 2013. As Bad as it Gets. Why does she not see what is directly in front of her? I'm sure she must think it can't possibly be as bad as everyone thinks it is, right? These types of things don't happen to me," she reasons. And yet they do. What goes thru the mind of a man who beats a woman. mentally or physically? Do they think that they are not as bad as they truly are? What leads them to be this person? It is...

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Coffee With the Girls: November 2009

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Coffee With the Girls. Take a moment, take a breath, let's sit down and talk. Friday, November 20, 2009. Well, yesterday I got a little curious and decided to take a pregnancy test. No big deal, I keep a spare in the house just to reassure me when i get to wondering. I always "fail" the test. Yesterday I passed. Yikes! I've never had a baby that I didn't plan! All that said, we are. Links to this post. Sunday, November 15, 2009. The "finalized" Thanksgiving Plans. Well, the preschool teacher in me has ki...

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Coffee With the Girls: February 2011

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Coffee With the Girls. Take a moment, take a breath, let's sit down and talk. Sunday, February 27, 2011. The Mountain and Sea of Information: Introduction. So, here I go getting downright personal. For the first time in my life, I've gained weight. I hate it. I went to the doctor. Surely something must be medically wrong. My thyroid! That's it. The next post will be about complex carbohydrates. Links to this post. Tuesday, February 1, 2011. I've been battling Mitchell all day. "Do your chores! Choosing h...

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Coffee With the Girls: There's a Laptop Under My Table

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Coffee With the Girls. Take a moment, take a breath, let's sit down and talk. Wednesday, February 15, 2012. There's a Laptop Under My Table. There's a laptop under my table, it's true. It was left there by the two little boys who made the tent. They snuggled under it, as brothers sometimes do, to watch a movie together. There are blankets left over from the tent, folded now, and laid neatly across the back of a chair- not put away but, waiting there, just in case another tent needs to be built. Someone w...