The Beautiful Basics

Well, I have moved up to the runner's group in my boot camp. I am certainly not the fastest...in fact I am the slowest probably.....bu...

Sounds Fancy doesn't it? Pie Lemorange ....say it with a French accent and you sound very culinary. This is actually one of the simple...

Today is National Teacher Appreciation day and Cindo De Mayo! So, tell your teachers thank you and go have a burrito! We celebrate Cinco De...

I made some of this coffee cake for Mom last night to see if it was like the "real thing" that she loved when she was in college a...

Howdy all....YEA for FRIDAYS! Our semester here at the university is drawing to a close and finals are about to start for the students........

This is one of our current book club books and I cannot put it down. Its a great story about orphans at the Masonic Home in Fort Worth, Texa...

I was reading my Gardening magazine....because I am a gardening nerd....and this is the time that Texans need to prune their pear trees down...

and the winner is ROBYN!!!!! Robyn...email me your address and I will send it to Country Bob and he will send you 2 free bottles of sauce! ...

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Howdy all! Have any of you every tried this sauce? Country Bob's All Purpose Sauce ! I just got some and cooked with it this weekend. It...

With everyone trying to be a little more health conscience and a little more healthy, I found this blog on beans and how to measure them, ho...

Congrats to Dolls123 and Tiffaneep!!! If you can both email me at beautifulbasics@gmail.com with your addresses, then I will send you your ...

This is one of my favorite layouts ever! I have a son who LOVES LOVES LOVES Trains! This layout is made from using a bunch of strips of pa...

Its raining its pouring....I wish I was snoring and taking a nice little nap or reading a good book....its one of those days where that you ...

**Just a reminder to check out the BLOG CANDY a few posts below, the entering deadline is Sunday at 5pm CDT for some scrap booking tools! *...

Well, today was the end run for this round of boot camp which means we do a one mile run test. We do it at the beginning and end to see how...

Scrapbook Layout--A Memorial to my Grandmother Here is another scrapbook layout. This one is a memorial to my grandmother. Some people think...

Howdy all---I hope you are ready for a Scrapbook tool give a way ! In honor of scrap booking week ....I decided I would give away a few si...

Sundays at Tiffany's by James Patterson I just read this book and thought it was a fast read, really imaginative , and fun. There are ti...

Here is another layout that I did at my Spring Scrap booking retreat a few weeks ago. This one was showcasing the making of our garden (cli...

I made these Cinnamon Rolls this weekend for Easter Brunch and they were super yummy and a big hit! Use 1/2 recipe basic bread rolls found...

This is a homemade roll recipe from my friends the Stratons . They make a great roll dough! Instead of using all purpose flour, I used half...

Our first road trip scrap book page! This layout does not have many pictures, it really just has information . This is the first page of a s...

I am going to start of Scrap booking week with a new tool that I just got and have used it a lot since I got it. It doesn't look like m...

Yes , please forgive me for being LAME LAME LAME! My scrap booking extravaganza and puttered out quite quickly! A dead camera battery is t...

I had an epiphany today ....it was cold this morning at 5:20 as I went outside to wait for Angie to pick me up for my workout. I actually st...

Howdy Folks.... This is the last picture I took before my camera battery died, so I am recharging them as we speak so I can post scrap booki...

It was a beautiful weekend here in Texas and I spent a lot of the day Saturday out in the wonderful weather working on my garden . I see ho...

Howdy all, I love Fridays ....they are the best....especially knowing that I can sleep in past 5:00am tomorrow is especially wonderful to my...

Well, I am a week and a half into this round of boot camp workouts . This is the first time I have done the full throttle program of 5 days...