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    Feeling festive

      I can’t remember the last time I decorated the house for fall. It was probably sometime around when the stepson was still living with us. Every year, when school started, it put me in the mood to decorate even though it was August. It took me a bit to…

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    Corn relish, again

      I’ve lamented before that taco night just isn’t the same without corn relish.  Last March I found and tried a canning recipe for the relish, which turned out to be a decent alternative – not perfect, but still tasty. Canning isn’t exactly difficult, nor was the recipe really time consuming, but I…

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    Sunday

    The house is unusually quiet this morning. The stepson is here for the weekend but he never comes downstairs until 11 or noon (that’s a sore subject that I won’t get into here). The poor Mr is sick and sleeping on the couch. I’ve had the whole house to myself.…

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    UFO Wrangling

      I hate to admit it,  but I’m just so utterly uninspired lately. Nothing strikes my fancy. I’ve picked up and put down more knitting projects lately than I care to admit. I’ve spent countless hours trolling the internet for new projects,recipes, ideas, etc. I just want something – anything – to reignite…

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    Weekending in Yellow Springs

      Oh, how I do love that man I married! ♥ This weekend we celebrated our 6th anniversary and we spent our weekend in Yellow Springs. I have to admit, our weekend was less-than-stellar. And by that I mean that I was off-and-on sick all weekend. Bummer :( But it was still…

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    Back in the kitchen.

    For the last few weeks I’ve been in a sour mood and just completely and totally uninspired. And then Thursday morning I witnessed the most horrifying thing I have ever seen/heard to date involving a neighborhood dog getting hit by I car. I completely broke down. Not only was the…