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Hello All! (And a question on your limitations)

Is anyone still there? I am still healing and rehabbing the ole back, but I am going to try to start writing here again. I have really appreciated the couple of comments and all of the email sending me love. They meant more to me than you could know. Thank you all so much.
While I [...]

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I Am MIA and Counting My Blessings

I have missed you all.
Sometime early in the month, I think while working in the garden, I herniated a disc in my lower back. When I sit, the disc pinches my sciatic nerves. These are nerves that normally go unnoticed. When irritated they send pain radiating through both cheeks, down through the thighs, the calves, [...]

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Menu Planning Part 3 – Cooking Big

Large family gatherings are big around this part of the country. It is very common for brothers, sisters, cousins, moms and dads, aunts and uncles, PLUS additional friends to all gather once a week at Granny’s. Especially on Sunday afternoons. In addition, when I was growing up, our house was where all of the kids [...]

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Menu Planning Part 2

I came up with a way to eliminate the long store trip while working my grocery shopping into the ridiculous hurry up and wait 10 minutes here and there schedule I was bound. It may not work for everyone, but it may be a big help to anyone working full time doing their shopping on the way home, or to anyone else always on the run with errands. I will write a list at the end of the article for many individual things anyone could try to shave a little time or stress from their grocery shopping.

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The Catherine Holman Folk Art Winner

Thank you all for participating! I told you her shop was great! Everything is SO yummy! Including those darling cottages! After all was said and done, there were 135 entries to win.
BONUS DEAL!!! It seems like everyone had too many favorites to pick just one! Visit the Pigment of Your Imagination Shop between now [...]

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The Spice Rac Winner

Thank you all for participating! I told you you would LOVE this shop! (Notice how few tweets there were? Everyone wanted to keep this one for themselves!) After all was said and done, there were 108 entries to win.
BONUS DEAL!!! For anyone who visits Spice Rak Designs to make a purchase, you can open a [...]

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Week Over Week Magnetized Dry Erase Calendar The Winner

Thank you all for participating! I guess we all love dry erase boards and calendars, too! Especially when they are combined!
From time to time I will pull other things from my personal stash, like this calendar, and offer them up for grabs. So be looking for them! If you are curious about a product you [...]

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The Rubbermaid Premier Set Winner

Thank you all for participating! WOW! I don’t think I am the only one who LOVES Rubbermaid! After all was said and done, there were 638 entries to win!
{Drum Roll} And the winner is…..

Congratulations, Samantha! I am sending you an e-mail to get your information.
For everyone else, If for some reason I can not [...]

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If Walls Could Talk Winner

Vinyl Decal Container Labels from If Walls Could Talk

Thank you all for participating! There is just something about words and typography in general that I adore! Don’t you? After all was said and done, there were 55 entries to win.
{Drum roll} And the winner is…..

Congratulations, Linda! I am sending you an e-mail to get your information.
For everyone else, If for some reason I [...]

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The Purple Pear Winner

Thank you all for participating! I told you her shop was great! After all was said and done, there were 121 entries to win. (Catherine, I had to disqualify you, since it was after all your shop! LOL.)
BONUS DEAL!!! For a while, anytime you visit The Purple Pear to make a purchase, just type in [...]

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Menu Planning – Part 1

239 menu planning by jen_maiser on flickr

Menu planning is one of the easiest ways to take a mountain of little stresses off of your back. Every day, that will be one less thing. You will no longer have to hassle with going to the refrigerator or pantry trying to figure out what you have available to cook. You will no longer [...]

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