Have you ever gone to bed with your kitchen looking like this?
Since everyone seems to be in the spring cleaning mode, one great habit to start this spring is doing all your dishes before you go to bed. For that matter, spending 10 minutes walking around the living areas and doing a quick pick-up before [...]
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Here are a few mashed potato tips.
Cut up the potatoes, they boil faster.
Leave the skins on if you can stand it, it is healthier.
Don’t let the potato water go down the drain, save the water for making potato bread.
After you boil the potatoes and drain (but save) the water, put the potatoes back on [...]
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This is something that seems obvious but sometimes we need little reminders…
When I get large envelopes in the mail I use to throw them away or put them in the recycle bin after I opened them. Now I reuse them. I usually flip them over and use the back side to put my address label [...]
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Even though it is winter we run our ceiling fans all the time. I am not sure why, perhaps a habit acquired during our Florida years? Anyway, today the fan was turned off and I happened to be looking upwards at the same moment.
Yuck
Cleaning the ceiling fan would be added immediately to my Spring [...]
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Are you overwhelmed with Easter Ham? Here is a quick and easy potato & ham soup recipe.
Mel’s Potato Soup
5 pounds of potatoes, peeled and quartered (if you are using red potatoes you can keep the skin on if you like potato skin in your soup).
1 onion diced
Boil potatoes and onion for about twenty minutes.
Drain (but [...]
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For those looking for the menu plan, scroll down to the next post :).
This week Crystal is encouraging us to get our home’s straightened up after the holiday weekend. We do our major cleaning on Saturday’s so the house wasn’t too messy. Our friends came over on Easter and stayed late so the usual before [...]
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This is another week of quick, easy and healthy meals. My husband’s surgery went well, but he is in bed most of the day and I am trying to fix him healthy meals to help him heal quickly. I have started my weekly bread baking routine and it is going great. I plan to bake [...]
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I recently received a copy of Menu in a Box. This is a meal planning kit that includes 20 weeks of menus, shopping lists, recipes, extra menus for parties, holidays, and a shopping list for kids.
First of all, I was very impressed by the quality of the product. It is easy to read, colorful, and [...]
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1. Bible Study/ Devotions ~ Continue to read my one-year chronological bible every day. Work on small group homework. I have not spent as much time on my homework as I need to, hopefully I will be able to spend about 30 minutes a day on the homework.
2. “Must Do” ~ finalize trip plans, [...]
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I received this email from a military spouse the other day…
I’m a new military wife (married last June), so I don’t even know what a case lot sale is. Can you please explain it to me?
We aren’t active duty right now, but I have a feeling we may be in the near future. The closest [...]
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