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3: Quart Jar Spice Mixes
I’ve been out of town and there’s so much to catch up about. But first I’d like to give you a post that’s actually useful . Our large family uses a lot of spice mixes especially ranch dressing mix; taco seasoning; and onion soup mix. I’ve never purchased a packet of seasoning from the store–it’s [...]
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The Cookie of all Cookies?
I found this pin: Source: vintagerevivals.com viaAgnes onPinterest And the description said: Swig Sugar Cookie Recipe. This is the cookie that all other cookies for the rest of your life will be compared to. So I had to bake it and find out. I tell you, it was hard not to change anything about the recipe. [...]
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Bountiful String Quartet Winner and Sponsor Love
We have a winner! Chosen completely randomly by rafflecopter, Heidi Wiskur won a digital copy of Bountiful String Quartet‘s New CD. I know she will enjoy that! We are swamped with schoolwork at the Grocery Shrink house. And I’m having too good a time cleaning, doing laundry, and catching up on my mending basket to [...]
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Scouting Out Spring Styles
We still haven’t purchased any of our spring clothes, but I’ve been searching the web for things we like. I’ve noticed some definite trends in what is showing–not sure how I feel about things yet. The hi-low skirt idea was ruined on me in High School when my best friend’s dad named them the saggy [...]
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Sponsor Love
I’m still on my blogging break until Friday, but I wanted to bring your attention to the amazing sponsors of my blog! First is Sandi Sullivan at MomCEO.com If you are looking a way to earn money from home while using natural cleaning, beauty, and nutrition products, you should see what she has to offer! [...]
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Taking a little break
Hi Friends, I’m doing some recuperating and regrouping around here and decided to take a break from the blog until March 1st. (The short break doesn’t necessarily require an announcement, lol but now I can do it and not feel guilty .) I’ll have a sponsor love post for you soon to reward and thank [...]
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Week 2 Day 3 Food Journal
Yesterday was crazy! I was gone most of the time. While I snapped a few pics, for santy’s sake, I’m going to skip it and start in with today. Breakfast: Bran flakes, almond milk and strawberries. Snack 1: Greek Yogurt choclate mousse made with stevia and half a pomagranate. I didn’t stir them together because [...]
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BOT Day 3 Food Journal
Food I’m not eating today: Pepparkakor: Sweedish spiced cookies for my son’s Country project. Ham and cheese calzones for the kids’ brown bag lunches made from half the Award winning dough. Loaf made from the other half of award winning dough. For breakfast I had Greek yogurt and strawberries. For snack I had a pure [...]
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Heather’s No-Stress Birthday
Our quest for a very special birthday for Heather (without throwing a party) started with me taking the day off and farming the other children out to Grandma’s so Heather could have my undivided attention. We baked a cake from a strawberry boxed mix and then headed to the mall. Since Heather loves to shop, [...]
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Faux Leather Floor Update