This morning we headed out the the garden to see what was going on: apparently a lot more than I realized. We spent probably an hour picking, and then came back into the house to do something with all of our bounty. First on the agenda was sweet relish. The kids diced about a...
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Oh, I love main-dish salads in the summertime, especially ones that use the lovely garden produce that is easily found at this time of year. Even better if the recipe calls for crab…
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For the past two evenings John and I have had time to ourselves, thanks to vacation Bible school and the fact that the only solitary thing I was asked to do for it this year was to bring a few pounds of grapes. (Hip hip hooray! And thank you to all the wonderful teachers,...
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People ask now and then about our adoption stories, and I always refer them to the ‘Adoption’ category/tab at the top of the blog. Not too long ago I skimmed through the category myself and realized that although I blogged some about our 12 and 14 year old daughters’ adoption as it was in...
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Some say we’ve all been searching for a God for years in vain And some say belief is just the easy way around our pain And sometimes I’d like to agree when they’re telling me that this is all an accident Cause it’s hard to let this heart believe when my mind is screaming...
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Oh, the cuteness of this bag! Review here.
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When John and I first got married, we were in school and very broke. We’d walk to the store two blocks away, get cash with our bank card, and come back with as much food as we happened to have money for at the time. We never came close to starving, but when the...
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For awhile our 5 year old has been playing on her bike with the pedals off–a great way to help little kids learn to ride — and she’s been acting like she’s got the balance thing figured out. Yesterday John put the pedals back on, and sure enough, she was more than ready. In...
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I decided quite awhile ago that couponing does not work for me. Well, in tiny amounts it is fine. I probably use a coupon every other month, for a grand total savings of perhaps $10 a year. But serious couponing, with the binder and the circular-sawingcutting and the combining sales and rebates and coupons?...
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