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Hello! I love summertime! It sure is getting hot but I just love the fun atmosphere of summer and I also love that the population of my town...

My mother has made this salad ever since I was a little girl. Its yummy! Wilted Spinach Salad 1 Recipe of Wilted Spinach Salad Dressing (se...

I love peanut butter and these bars are like Reese's peanut butter cups in flavor. My friend Melissa used to make these at her house wh...

With the heat getting turned up and summer coming at us full throttle, I think its a great time to offer a summer cooking class for your Lad...

Happy Memorial Day to all. Its been a really fun and relaxing weekend for us with time spent with family, gardening, yardwork, and naps! I...

Happy Friday and Memorial Day Weekend! I love me a good 3 day weekend! I have no huge plans, just some gardening and work around the house.....

I started making this years ago and love it because it is light and fresh tasting and not too high caloried . I got this recipe from a Marth...

My sister just sent me this recipe and it sounds great. It has her stamp of approval and I think I may make it tonight for dinner! Two summe...

Fridays are fun....even when I know I have to work on Saturday, I am always glad to get to Friday. This weekend we are going to visit some o...

I hope all those nurturer's and wonderful women had a great day in your honor. Whether you are a mother or not, its a day to honor wom...

I hope all the nurturer's out there have a wonderful Mother's Day!! You don't have to have given birth to be honored on Mother...

Well, it seems that I only talked about the pretzels I made a while ago and never posted the recipe! Shame on me! Here is the recipe....a...

I made these bags for the teacher's at my son's school for Teacher Appreciation Week. They were simple and easy, just a little time ...

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! ...

Don't forget to enter the giveaway for some free Country Bob's Special Sauce! Check out the blog below!

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...