Grandiose Ideas

I am one of those people who believes that it is not always necessary to spend an exorbitant amount of money to have a fun, memorable event. I made sure to keep this in mind when it came time to plan my daughter’s fourth birthday bash – a Barbie themed party, complete with the cake, decorations, and balloons. [...]

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Banana Pepper Relish
This past Saturday I did the last of my canning for this year.  My daughter and I went down to the garden early in the morning and picked enough banana peppers to fill a round clothes basket.  I decided the night before that I was going to attempt to make a hot pepper relish, [...]

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My daughter after getting out of the sliding board at the park.  She looks like one of those little static electricity balls, no?
 

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“You can take the girl out of the country, but you can’t take the country out of the girl.”  
I cannot count how many times I have heard this phrase used in reference to me and the way that I am.  I’m a country girl.  I always have been and I always will be.  Some [...]

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People who know me today may find it hard to believe that I used to detest carrying a purse.  Me, the woman whose dream it is to own just one Coach bag and carries a satchel filled to the brim with everything from Splenda to staples.  Yes, me, the self-proclaimed ‘pack-rat’ who would rather carry everything with [...]

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