Canned Laughter

The boy is working this summer and I’m going bonkers.  Every time I turn around to look for my slave er, child, he’s gone.  Who will do the dishes?  Who will take out the trash?  Who will pull the weeds?  Who will scoop da poop from my back yard?  Poor Spouse, you will be so [...]

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I love my food processor.
When the very first one came out I HAD to have it.  Do you remember the siren’s call of La Machine…whirr… La Machine…Whirr!…La Machine by Moulinex?  They were ghastly expensive, but my parents gave in and bought me one for my seventeenth birthday.  Ooo La La!  It was amazing!  I’m [...]

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Did you notice this cute little icon over on my side bar?  Well guess what arrived in the mail today?  The Apron Queen from Confessions of an Apron Queen sent me the most darling little red gingham apron you have ever seen!  Let me tell you, I am over the moon.   This girl has a [...]

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Y’all remember when I announced that I was taking the One Hundred Push-ups in One Month Challenge?  Did I follow the sensible program?  No, I don’t need no stinkin’ directions!

Day One: You know all about it.  I decided I’d better take Ree’s advice and try doing them on my knees even though that sounds pretty [...]

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Many of you are like me and value the extra storage capacity of a chest style freezer.  Did you know that your freezer keeps food cooler, faster and uses less energy when it’s full?  In order to keep my freezer working at optimal capacity, here’s what I do:
As I use items and my freezer begins [...]

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Yesterday Bunnie and I had a nice girls’ day out that ended in the bookstore (as all the best girls’ day outs do). I suggested a book that I had liked when I was her age and it got me to reminiscing about the books I loved growing up. Here’s a list of books that [...]

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You’ve followed all the instructions and your hot jars are sitting picturesquely on a thick dishtowel awaiting their final touches. What do you do now?  Absolutely nothing!  After processing, leave your jars untouched for 12 hours.  I mean it ladies, no picking them up to admire, no swirling them about and absolutely no tightening of the [...]

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Yesterday morning I overslept. The house was pitch black and absolutely silent. When I staggered to the bathroom and looked at the little atomic clock and saw that it was 9:30, it dawned on me. Our power is out. I called the power company, fed the animals, argued with the dog who was not going [...]

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Whoo! It’s hot and dry here but there are cool things happening.
First, Giveaways!

Ree is giving away You’re Not The Only One- Intimate stories from the Internet edited by Sarah J Peach.  A very cool book for a very worthy cause. Enter at My Life As A Hotfessional.
Blissfully Domestic online magazine is giving away a great big [...]

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Spouse liked the Icicle Pickles I made for him back in May.  He liked the novelty of mustard pickles as a change but he really is tasting dill pickles now.  I was sort of hoping to put off making dillies since it is a hassel messing with slake lime or alum, and brineing for weeks, [...]

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