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Homemade Mother’s Day Gifts – Mother’s Day Crafts For Kids
These Homemade Mother’s Day gifts are just the ticket for kids to craft. This cup and saucer flower holder is so easy to make that a three year old can easily participate. I gathered my grand kids around the kitchen table to make this simple mother’s day craft projects for their moms. A few of…
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Good Family – “Only The Good” Friday
I came home from the store to find a wonderful surprise… the “Good” family of my son, Wade, came over and cleaned up my backyard after the heavy snowstorm of last week broke off several major limbs. Two other grandsons, (Emily’s boys) came along to help with the fray. They worked hard to get everything …
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Pirates – By Hook Or Crook
I didn’t even know Pirates existed in this day and age until a couple of weeks ago. Yes, call me naive… but that’s the truth. Have you noticed that since the capture of an American ship off the coast of Somalia how the news is just full of stories about other ships that are being…
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Hanging Baskets For Mother’s Day
Hanging baskets are will be available in the nurseries soon. Actually, it’s not too early to begin thinking about Mother’s Day gifts. Hanging planters make an ideal gift because they give Mom and Grandma joy all summer long. Picking out hanging baskets for Mother’s Day gifts for Mom and Grandma will be a snap if…
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Easy Meals – Meal Planning
Easy meals, which are fast, come from your past experience in your own kitchen. According to Becky Low, of the Utah Dairy Council, the definition fast food is the tried and true recipes you use over and over again. Fast Fixin’s was a class I attended, hosted by the Utah Dairy Council. Assuming I would…
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Belated Easter Egg Hunt
Our belated Easter egg hunt was fun. Because my kids take their families to the “Other Laws” on Easter, we hold our Easter egg hunt a week later. I filled each egg with candy and a dime… which they all love. They sort out their candy and fill their pockets with the money. They look…
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10 “Good” Reasons For Snow In April – “Only The Good” Friday
Are there 10 “Good” reasons for snow in April? Yes, of course. If I didn’t look at the “Good” side of it…I might sit down and cry. So on this “Only The Good” Friday” I’m going to share with you my reasons for being grateful for snow at this late spring date. I woke up…
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Shopping Tradition And Financial Lesson
My grandkids and I have a fun shopping tradition that we enjoy in a couple of times a year. The number of “grands” that join in the shopping spree vary. Some times there’s four kids and other times there’s as many as seven or eight at one time. The kids range from 3 years to…
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Lasting Friendships
The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart. ~Elisabeth Foley Today I met two old friends for lunch; we don’t see each other often… but when we do… it’s like we’ve never parted and we were together just yesterday. I worked closely with these women for many…
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Happy Birthday Emily
Happy Birthday Emily. My daughter Emily is celebrating her birthday of 36 years. Boy, does time fly by quickly. It just seems like yesterday that she came into the world on Friday, the 13th. Now you may think that Friday, the 13ths is an unlucky day… but I’m here to say… Friday, the 13th luck…