If you happen to have leftover ham, here’s a hearty and delicious use for it. I loved the looks of a recipe I saw...
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Mary Ostyn
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Scalloped Potatoes with Ham
By Owlhaven
Pasta Carbonera
By Owlhaven
This recipe uses very little meat, but even die-hard carnivores love it. When I make it, I double the amounts given here, and we...
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Panda-Style Orange Chicken
By Owlhaven
I was overjoyed when a Panda Express restaurant was built near my home. There were two main reasons for my delight: their names were...
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Chicken Enchiladas
By Owlhaven
This recipe is a favorite at our house. It is sooooo easy to make a second one to freeze that I went ahead and...
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In The Olden Days
Helpin’ with the groceries!
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Grocery Spending (10-11 people)
2009
Aug-$860 Sept-$350 Oct-$845 Nov-$728 Dec-$747 2010
Jan-$770 Feb-$847 Mar-$835 April-$935 May-$798 June-$858 July-$700 Aug-$702
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Mary your girls are so beautiful! Big sis seems more than happy to provide a comfy nap place. Story time almost always turns into nap time for our youngest too.
One of the best pictures I’ve seen in a while. Both your girls look so content!
so sweet!!
That is so cute!!!
Awwwwwe, that’s too cute:-)
What an adorable photo!! So precious, Mary. You are blessed.
Your post today reminds me of the opening of your book, when the kids are laying around listening to your husband read & your little sweetie falls asleep in your arms.
I got the book for Mother’s Day (I know, smart husband, hm?)…& that’s about as far as I have gotten, but I am SO looking forward to using your suggestions as a springboard for evaluating how our home is run & what we need to change.
many thanks for writing what you live.
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Wow, what a beautiful smile she has!
SO cute.
Your girls have the most expressive faces – pretty with that little spark of “I can be feisty” .
How cute!
Is she really sleeping? Oh, my goodness, how adorable!
Love your blog,and adoption is close to our heart