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PLANS FOR THE LAUNDRY ROOM ~ and it isn’t doing a load

  One of the projects on my  TO DO LIST FOR 2014  is this laundry room. It's a generic, one wired shelf kind of laundry room. Nothing exciting or interesting. My plans are to use the upper cabinets of the kitchen cabinets we bought at the ReStore place for the family room bookcases seen here. These […]

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FROM SPRING TO WINTER ~ wait…what?

  A couple of days ago, my sweet daughter and I and our puppy took a long walk. It was a beautiful sunny day. We wore light jackets and ended up taking them off and wrapping them around our waists because it was so warm.   What a beautiful day!! The birds were singing, the […]

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MUSIC IS THE PRAYER THE HEART SINGS

Hello Strangers!!! I have not posted in awhile. We've been very busy with all the snow, ice, sleet, and rain we've been getting lately. And I just found out we experienced a 4.1 earthquake last night. We were completely oblivious!! Hope everyone is safe. The puppy had NO idea what to do with all this […]

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OLIVE GARDEN’S SHRIMP CARBONARA

OLIVE GARDEN’S SHRIMP CARBONARA   Marinated shrimp 1 cup extra virgin olive oil 1 cup hot water 1 Tbsp Italian seasoning 1 Tbsp chopped garlic 3 pounds large shrimp, peeled and deveined   Sauce 1 cup butter 1 1/2 tsp chopped garlic 3 Tbsp bacon bits 3 Tbsp flour (all purpose) 1 cup Parmesan cheese […]

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BAKED CHICKEN

Tonight we had one of my family’s favorite dinners. Baked chicken with potato casserole, green beans and onions and crescent rolls. Hope the picture looks as good as it tasted!! BAKED CHICKEN 3 lbs. chicken thighs 1 Tbs. salt 3 Tbs. sugar (I usually add a little bit more-hee hee!) 1 1/2 Tbs. soy sauce 3/4 […]

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MAPLE COUNTRY RIBS

MAPLE COUNTRY RIBS Tonight we are having one of our favorite recipes EVER! I found the recipe in a cookbook I bought from our church many years ago that contains recipes sent in by church members. You could then buy the cook book for a small fee. It is jam packed with some of the […]