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My how life takes turns just when you were getting comfy! I have decided to go back to school and get my masters. So, this means that the l...

Howdy all, My friend Lori follows a special way of eating that has really changed her life. You would think that cutting out alcohol, anim...

This was what we had for Christmas morning this year. I love it because you make it the night before and then just pop it in the oven the n...

Happy 2010 All! This year, my brother gave us the idea to have a word that exemplifies our resolutions instead of a long list of resolutions...

Happy Holidays! If you are like me, I always get poinsettia plants given to me as gifts each year. Some years my house starts to look like a...

I was at a party the other day and they had this fabulous wassail there....it was one Heavenly elixir and I love wassail! I asked the hoste...

Hello! Last night at church we had a fun evening called Christmas Around the Ward. We went to 3 church menebers houses and had little spirit...

Hello My lovelies..... I thought I would post a few of my favorite holiday recipes and I will start with potatoes! I tried the sweet potato ...

Hello! Happy Friday to you all! I was reading an article about things you can safely do in a dishwasher and one of the suggestions was clean...

Hello, I went to a seminar a few weeks ago and they talked about the wheat shortage that is about to happen in this country. Evidently, the...

I am going to post some of my canning expereience here, just in case anyone else tried their hand at this. One of the things that I have fou...

I don't know about you, but we have been having lovely Fall Texas weather this last week. I personally love not having to turn on my air...

I spent yesterday canning....quite an adventure! My friend Erin and I were able to can 33 pints of pears (6 of which were pearsauce , like ...

Well, As you can see my blog has been neglected over the past week. We had a huge event in our area, and me being the leader over the Event...

This is by far the best banana bread I have ever had....really...and its made from whole wheat! I got the recipe from kneadfulthingsnow .com...

Hello! I was looking through my "Southern Living" Magazine the other day and it said that October is the time to start planting bu...

I went to a bread making class last night and learned some new methods for making bread. I would gladly share them with you here if I could....

I made this recipe the other day and my husband and I really enjoyed it. It is from Robin Miller's cook book. It was super easy and lig...

Happy Autumn to everyone! The first day of Fall brought unusually mild temperatures to Texas for September and we are loving it. We had a ...

A friend of mine just had her son win a BLUE RIBBON at their local county fair for some biscuits he made. When she told me the recipe, I wa...

Have you seen this product? I had never heard of Fabuloso until my friend Lori mentioned that she uses it and it leaves a wonderful clean s...

Sorry that I have totally neglected this blog. Its no neglected its embarrassing ! Anyway, I have been out of town at a conference in Vail,...

Howdy friends, I must say, I am a sucker for the "As seen on TV" aisle in Target and I bought the Vidalia Chop Wizard on the recom...

Here is The Pioneer Woman's follow up to her basic canning and jam post. http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2009/08/strawberry-jam-part-...

Howdy all....Life has been busy....I mean really busy...busier than I normally am and normally I am really busy. So, here is the rundown......

Howdy Friends.... Life has been busy and I have been booted....literally! I have pulled my Achilles heel so I am in one of those boot casts...

I got this recipe from a food blogger friend and this to me sounds so handy to have around. I too have been plagued by that sweet tooth on ...

I was watching an episode of Diners. Drive Ins, and Dives and they made what they called a Cuban Sandwich and I thought.....hey, I could mak...

I made these muffins the other night and I love how versatile they are! You take a basic muffin recipe and can make oodles and gobs of diff...

I was asked today how to cut up a mango and as I was writing the instructions, I figured it would be easier to just show them. So, I found ...