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Sea Salt Soft Caramels
Who doesn’t love a great easy holiday treat? My husband and daughter whipped up some sea salt caramel last night. After letting it cool overnight, the rest of the girls helped wrap them up. Of course, we had to eat some as we wrapped them. Add to that some “quality control” tasting we ended up…
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“This Week” Printables
This is what I do every week. There are so many things that come my way that need to be tracked or worked on or engaged with. Generally, I’m an organized person even though I have four little saboteurs buzzing around me every day. But every year as my children grow older and they become…
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Broken Britches Quilt
This was a fun quilt to design. It wasn’t so easy to piece together, though. In the end it was worth the effort. I’m in the mood to use up my scraps and stashed fabrics, so I wanted to do something with all of those old jeans I had saved. The hexagons and triangles gave…
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Tomato Parmesan Tortellini Sausage Soup
This hearty soup is hubby approved, and it’s actually pretty easy to make. It’s creamy, comforting, and so good! The base of the soup is the tomato parmesan, so if you don’t happen to have the tortellini or the sausage on hand, you could leave those out and it would still be a super yummy…
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American Flag Quilt
It was my son’s turn for a new quilt on his bed. He was the lucky recipient of my very first attempt at quilting. But now as a 9 year old boy, he had outgrown Bob the Builder fabric and Thomas the Train. So he chose this American flag design from “Piece ‘n’ Play Quilts”…
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Simplest Trout Recipe
No fuss. Nothing fancy. Sometimes the simplest things are the best. This recipe was born out of necessity. I was out camping with some teenagers and they wanted to go fishing. Great! My hubby took them fishing and they caught some Rainbows. Ah, but you can’t just catch them and throw them away! The…