Pregnancy Update - 20 Weeks

November 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Today I have officially hit the halfway point in this pregnancy.  Yay!  I am feeling good and have quite a bit of energy.  However, if it is past 8:00 p.m. and I am sitting down my eyelids just seem to close all on their own.  I had an appointment with my midwife today and she [...]

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Pregnancy Update- 19 Weeks

November 23, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Today I had my big ultrasound.  I was so excited to see the baby on the ultrasound screen.  There really didn’t seem to be any doubt about whether this baby is a boy or girl.  We are having a girl!  My daughter jumped up and down when she found out.  While I am thrilled to [...]

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Homemade Christmas 2010

November 22, 2010 By Leave a Comment

I decided I needed to compile a list of all of the homemade Christmas gifts I have made so far this year. I need to keep track of what I have accomplished so far. I will be adding to this list as I finished more gifts. Doily Pillow (with tutorial) Washer Necklaces Spool Picture Holders [...]

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Make Ahead Thanksgiving Recipes

November 22, 2010 By Leave a Comment

This year we are hosting Thanksgiving for both sides of our family.  There will be 18 people here for lunch (Counting the 6 in my own house.).  I decided that I wanted to make as much food ahead of time as possible.  I am not cooking all of the food, but I am cooking enough [...]

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Crocheted Gifts Links

November 20, 2010 By Leave a Comment

My grandma always seemed to have a crochet project started.  She used to say that she had to keep her hands busy.  I think she was saying that crocheting helped keep her mind active as well as her hands. I inherited her hooks when she passed away but didn’t learn to crochet for a couple [...]

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Fleece Covered Ice Scrapers

November 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment

This is my third sewing post in a row this week.  I am on a roll with the Christmas gifts.  I don’t know how much sewing I will get done with Thanksgiving and decorating for Christmas next week.  So, I thought I would get as much done as possible this week. Today I finished these [...]

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Handmade Wallets

November 18, 2010 By 2 Comments

I wanted to make my daughter a new wallet for Christmas and decided I could use a new one, too.  When I found a wallet tutorial at That *Darn* Kat I thought I would give it a try.  I did a few things differently than the tutorial called for.  I used a button and elastic [...]

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Hand Towel Plastic Bag Holder

November 17, 2010 By 2 Comments

When we were at my in-laws recently I noticed that they didn’t have something that I have-a place to put their plastic grocery bags.  You mean everyone doesn’t have a special holder for their plastic bags?  Well, they should.  Ideally, everyone should use reusable grocery bags, but if you are like us you still end [...]

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Pregnancy Update - 18 Weeks

November 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Not much has changed in the last week, but I am happy to say I have reached 18 weeks.  I am getting ever closer to the halfway point and that is a good feeling.  Sometimes I have a hard time believing I have known about this pregnancy for 12 weeks and other times it seems [...]

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Swiss Steak & Round Steak Crockpot Recipes

November 15, 2010 By Leave a Comment

I enjoy using my crockpot even though I don’t use it nearly as much as I would like to.  However, there are two ways we enjoy eating round steak that are simple and use my crockpot.  The first is a tomato based recipe and the second is a gravy based recipe.  Crockpot Swiss Steak Round [...]

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