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Duma and the last straw

I know you are hoping this is about strawberries and frankly so do I.
Have you ever seen DUMA? It is a fantastic movie. Can you imagine our surprise when we were on safari in South Africa that we just happened to stay in the Farm Inn in Pretoria. I love this place even more than [...]

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nothing to snicker at snickerdoodles

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For the recipe skip ahead, please.
I have some thoughts that I just need to get off my chest, so skip ahead please. This is just my way of keeping sane, you should not read it.
Please skip ahead.

I did something dumb, stupid actually. I spent the day at school with my 6th grader. His teacher has [...]

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Best Christmas Gifts for Foodies (me)

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Have you already prepared your gifts for your favorite foodie? Do not fret, it is not too late. No, forget that TGI Friday’s gift certificate you saw at Safeway. You can give that to my brother. He would put it to good use, but if you really care for the foodie in your life check [...]

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all i want for Christmas is my sanity

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I have lost 2 things, and I am in the process of losing the third. No, I’ve lost 3 things lately. It is official it is 3 things. The first being the battery charger for my Canon. What the heck, how can I use the damn camera without a charged battery? It has to be [...]

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Bistro San Martín

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The kids and I made an impromptu trip to Western Washington for a couple reasons. First, my Great Uncle Lawrence had recently passed and there was a memorial for him. It was really a nice ceremony and we were glad that we could make it. It was when I was sitting there that I realized [...]

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Is your chicken contaminated?

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Sunday was a lot of things, St. Nikolaus Day, My grandmother’s 95th birthday, and a day of travel.
Driving across the state of Washington is not my favorite thing to do. The boring 370 mile trek through the cities, the mountain pass then forever along the straight, mostly flat, roads of the Columbia Plateau on the [...]

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Starbucks VIA Ready Brew

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Recently Starbucks contacted me to see if I was interested in trying their new VIA Ready Brew. I do not claim to be a coffee connoisseur so I was reluctant. I drink coffee, occasionally, and I think I know what I like, but I am not in the slightest qualified to even give my opinion [...]

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an Award and a Winner

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What? An Award!
Jennifer over at Mud Pies for Mommy has given me this lovely award. She has the cutest blog about her SAHM (stay-at-home mom) life. My kids are much older than hers now, but it is fun to read her stories and reminisce of the days when my boys were doing those things to [...]

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A New Hello and A Giveaway

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once bright green wheat fields, now ugly stubble that we will see until the spring thaw brings new life

It’s probably my fault, no really. I feel responsible. I just posted about how cousin Autumn hadn’t reared his ugly head yet and we still have beautiful tomatoes. That maybe this year we [...]

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summer pests

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I don’t know about you but those pesky fruit flies are all over my kitchen. Don’t get me wrong I am not underestimating their keen sense to tell you when that cantaloupe on the counter has just passed its prime. Having my kitchen over run by these obnoxious pests is maddening.
You can go [...]

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