Category Archives: Kids

Crockpot Recipes

Slow-cooker Minestrone 3 cups water 1-1/2 pounds stewing meat, cut into bite-sized pieces 1 medium onion, diced 4 carrots, diced 14-1/2 oz can tomatoes 2 tsp salt 10-oz package frozen mixed vegetables OR your choice of frozen vegetables 1 Tbsp … Continue reading

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Mid-April KAL and Some Flower Pictures

The mid-April KAL was called April Showers and designed by Deborah C. Tilley. It does look like falling rain. The yarn is Sugar””””n Cream Faded Denim and was knit on US 6 needles.  My Moebius wrap is getting ever wider … Continue reading

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Finished Dishcloths

Wow, it doesn’t take long to get behind here! I have 5 dishcloths to post. February – Kiss Me (hot purple in Bernat handicrafter yarn on US 7 needles – Lisa Millan of Digknitty) Mid-February – Circle Cloth (Tan Sugar’n … Continue reading

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Tinkering with the blog again

Was trying to get my header image to link back to the front page of the blog and I kept messing everything up. I’ve spent way too much time tinkering with it. Maybe now I can get back to knitting … Continue reading

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Band trip

So, last week, Emily was in Florida. They left for Orlando around 6am on Wednesday, March 4, 2009 to make the 26-hour bus trip. She had fun taking pictures, all the way down there, and at Disney. They were supposed … Continue reading

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Excuse my dust

My daughter, Sarah, made a new banner for me and I’m changing all the colors. As usual, it’s taking way longer than it needs to and things will look wonky for just a bit. Sleep and work interfere with this, … Continue reading

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Remember to Vote Today!

Remember to vote today!!! As if anyone could forget! Hubby, 19yo daughter Sarah, and I all voted about 3 weeks ago. Hubby and I decided we didn’t want to have to wait in line and Sarah was concerned because her … Continue reading

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Emily and I carved pumpkins tonight

We are busy tomorrow evening and were too busy last weekend, too. Tonight was the only night we could do it. Emily carved the little pumpkin, in her botany class, so they could learn the parts of the pumpkin. The … Continue reading

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Fall is here

I’ve really been a slacker! Ugh. I’ve been working 48-52 hour payperiods, the last 4 weeks, along with Emily having to be at the county fair, all 5 days that it was running, have to go for 4H judging, of … Continue reading

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Woohoo, warm day!

We got up to about 82 today! It felt heavenly! We were wearing sandals and leaving the jackets in the house! Unfortunately, we only get one day of this glorious weather! Tonight it’s supposed to cool down into the 40′s … Continue reading

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