2011 February

Fix It Up Friday: Potential

February 25, 2011 By Jackie Leave a Comment

<center><a href=”http://www.blessingsoverflowing.com”><img src=”http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd1/luv2beamom/FixItUpFriday-1.jpg”/></a></center>Good morning! It’s time for Fix It Up Friday again. I’m so glad to have you join me. There were some great ideas shared last week and I am looking forward to seeing what creative ideas will be linked to this week. If you want to link up please read the [...]

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Pregnancy Update - 32 Weeks

February 22, 2011 By Jackie Leave a Comment

Today I am 32 weeks pregnant and still able to touch the floor with my legs together and not bent. Just a little fun fact for you. :-) I do have to share a story about this fun fact. On Sunday morning before church I bent down to show my husband and children how I [...]

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Blueberry Smoothie & Weekly Menu Plan

February 21, 2011 By Jackie 2 Comments

You may have noticed that I serve smoothies many nights as our fruit. This is a fun way to get more fruit into our diet. Many times I just throw things together in the blender and hope for the best. However, I thought it might be nice to start writing out a few of the [...]

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Fix It Up Friday: TV Tray Makeover

February 18, 2011 By Jackie Leave a Comment

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A Dress, A Romper & More for Baby

February 17, 2011 By Jackie Leave a Comment

I recently stitched up some more clothes for the baby. This time I used a sweet purple knit fabric that my daughter picked out. The pattern I used was one that I actually won from Sew Mama Sew a few months ago. It was the Easy to Sew Baby Layette from Sew Baby. I thought [...]

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Pregnancy Update - 31 Weeks

February 15, 2011 By Jackie Leave a Comment

Today I am 31 weeks pregnant and still feeling good. Oh, there are the occasional aches and pains, but they are nothing that sitting on a heating pad for a few minutes won’t cure. :-) There isn’t much new to report this week. Janna still seems to be in about the same position. However, I [...]

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Italian Tossed Salad Recipe & Weekly Menu Plan

February 14, 2011 By Jackie Leave a Comment

My husband and I have tried to recreate a salad that someone brought to a church carry-in recently. We like the way this salad and are calling it Italian tossed salad. In the recipe below I have given measurements for the ingredients, but you could totally play around with the amounts you like of each [...]

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Sharing Stories

February 12, 2011 By Jackie Leave a Comment

Julia reading to Joseph. When our power went out last Tuesday night we had everyone camping out in our room. It was kind of tough to fall asleep, though. I decided that we should tell some stories to try to fall asleep. The boys all decided to take a turn at storytelling. As you can [...]

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Fix It Up Friday: New Life for an Old Muffin Tin

February 11, 2011 By Jackie Leave a Comment

<center><a href=”http://www.blessingsoverflowing.com”><img src=”http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd1/luv2beamom/FixItUpFriday-1.jpg”/></a></center> Good morning! It’s time for Fix It Up Friday again. I’m so glad to have you join me. There were some great ideas shared last week and I am looking forward to seeing what creative ideas will be linked to this week. If you want to link up please read [...]

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Sewing Dresses & Hats for the Baby

February 10, 2011 By Jackie Leave a Comment

Last week when we were at my parents’ house I got a lot of patterns cut out. When we came back home I got to work sewing. My daughter and I had purchased a pattern and some fabric after Christmas to make the baby a dress. We bought Simplicity #9784 because it had several options for [...]

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