Benefits of a Large Family

October 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Benefit #2:  There is always someone to make a mess with. Whether it’s decorating little pumpkins, or … …playing with play dough, a mess is always more fun to make when you have someone to make it with. I am linking this post to Finer Things Friday at The Finer Things in Life because my [...]

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Thinking About Christmas Cards Already

October 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment

I know it isn’t even Halloween and here I am mentioning Christmas cards.  However, with everything I am trying to make for Christmas I think I better start thinking about Christmas cards. Shutterfly is offering 20% off all holiday cards right now which is a great deal.  We have printed our own cards in the [...]

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Spool Picture Holders

October 28, 2010 By Leave a Comment

A few weeks ago I saw a post at Creative Passage about photo holders made from spools.  I bookmarked it and went to look through my craft supplies to see what I had on hand to use for this project.  I had a bunch of empty plastic spools, Mod Podge and scrapbook papers on hand.  [...]

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Pregnancy Update - 15 Weeks

October 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Today I am 15 weeks pregnant.  I feel good and have more energy than I did a few weeks ago.  I am thankful to be at this point in my pregnancy.  I do love being pregnant, especially during the second trimester. I have still been feeling little flutters from the baby and am anxious for [...]

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Natural Remedies Links

October 23, 2010 By Leave a Comment

I always have tons of links bookmarked, so I thought I would start sharing them with you on Saturdays with themed link posts. Today is the first of such posts and I thought I would share a few links about natural remedies. We are getting into the cold and flu season, so I thought this [...]

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Fun Fall Times

October 22, 2010 By 1 Comment

We have had two fun adventures this past week.  Last Saturday my husband and I took the kids to a nearby pumpkin patch and had a good time.   Then, today I took the kids to a local children’s museum.  The museum was originally quite small, but when they recently moved to a new location they [...]

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Pumpkin Soup & Pumpkin Butter Recipes

October 21, 2010 By 1 Comment

Yesterday I shared with you how to cut up a pumpkin, bake it and puree it.  I also shared how to roast pumpkin seeds.  Well, today I wanted to share two recipes that are both new to me.  I had done some searching to find pumpkin soup and pumpkin butter recipes.  I ended up combing [...]

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How to Puree a Pumpkin and Roast the Seeds

October 20, 2010 By 3 Comments

My brother and sister-in-law grew this pumpkin this year and gave it to me.  Their method of growing was a little unorthodox.  They basically threw out the seeds from pumpkins they cut up last year behind their garage and several grew this year.    They said this is called a Cinderella pumpkin.  It weighed over [...]

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Pregnancy Update - 14 Weeks

October 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment

This past week has been a good week.  I have felt like I have more energy and I am not nauseous at all.  Yay, second trimester! I am wearing maternity clothes the majority of the time because my regular clothes just don’t fit.  However, some of my maternity pants are still a little too big.  [...]

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A Walk in the Field

October 15, 2010 By 2 Comments

When you live out in the country you don’t need a park.  You can enjoy a beautiful Autumn afternoon by walking in a freshly combined field with your family. You might find some old cornstalks to play with, or a golf ball your dad hit into the field a few months ago. You can just [...]

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