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It wouldn’t be truthful of me to share that our road trips go off without a hitch. This one, not just being the farthest distance traveled, was the most unpredictable we’ve ever encountered.
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As our family of 4 prepares for a 6,000 mile road trip this summer we’ve found ourselves having to take on additional planning that wasn’t necessary in our previous and half-the-distance road trips.
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In all my years, I’ve never made a broccoli salad before. I had them or should I say, I’d seen them at potlucks. I just never tried them, because I am not a fan of raw broccoli.
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From time to time the kids request Chinese food for dinner. Since we aren’t close to any of our favorite restaurants anymore I do my best to recreate dishes at home.
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When we went under contract for the purchase of our house last year, my husband and I fantasized about all the fruit trees, flowers and vegetables we could plant and harvest. Fast forward to one growing season, multiple soil tests, countless tilling, and forever mulching later only to discover all that we wanted to plant won’t grow in our dirt. Insert face palm here. Gone are the dreams of cherries, peaches, plums and peonies. When we went under contract for the purchase of our house last year, my husband and I fantasized about all the fruit trees, flowers and vegetables we could plant and harvest. Fast forward to one growing season, multiple soil tests, countless tilling, and forever mulching later only to discover all that we wanted to plant won’t grow in our dirt. Insert face palm here. Gone are the dreams of cherries, peaches, plums and peonies.
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Some nights it gets to be close to dinner time and I’m wondering what I’m putting on the table, especially if I didn’t menu plan. One of those nights I happened to notice a loaf of French bread that I purchased for a dinner a couple nights prior but ended up not using. It was just taking up space on the counter. Earlier, one of the kids asked if we could just pick up Zip’s.
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What better way to spend a cold, rainy day than creating a fun, useful and kid friendly DIY project? When it comes to kids and projects I’m kind of a picky Mom. I’m not one for anything that makes a huge mess i.e. glitter, sawdust, paint overflow, mud, etc. Thank God for Dad
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I’ve had a discussion a number of times with different friends about setting up camp and when you get your campfire going. I have been surprised time and again that the last thing they do is start their campfire. Of course, they are just as shocked to learn the first thing I do when setting up camp is start my campfire. I usually launch into an explanation of how pleasant a campfire is, the purpose is more than that of ambience and ‘smores, it’s to get hot coals so I can cook!
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As many of our readers know, I grew up in Tennessee with all the culinary goodness of southern food and a fondness for BBQ. When I discovered that we have an Alabama BBQ sauce company in Spokane, I knew I was in for a homespun treat!
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It isn’t glamorous folks, but boy it is a popular dish with the family this winter. I came up with the recipe because I wanted to “beef” up my Potato Soup and voilà, Sausage Chowder.
It’s quick and easy to put together.