Gus has been in the hospital since Saturday with RSV and pnemonia, so I’ll be taking the week off. Over and out for now…
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January 2010
Hello, this is Kelsey’s husband and she has been so gracious to allow me to post this on her blog. My friend has a business doing water transfer printing. This is a unique service where they dip items such as boats, atv’s, snowmobiles, guns, archery bows, etc. into a watery substance to print a unique [...]
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Now that January is half over, I suppose it’s time I publish my goals for all the world to see. I’m going to be tracking my progress in my journal each week, so I hope to establish some new habits this year that will make me a better and happier person. Here are my goals [...]
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Another thing we’re adding to our food storage is waxed cheese. I know the FDA says home waxed cheese is not a good idea, but I decided to do it anyway based on what I read here. And if it’s moldy when we open it up, we’ll just throw it away and be very sad. [...]
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I believe that storing a basic supply of food for a rainy day is a good idea, and so one of my goals this year is to add more home canned stuff to our food storage. My beautiful, talented, and generous sister-in-law (she’s awesome) gave me a pressure canner for Christmas. I wanted one mostly [...]
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The winner of the Roberts gift basket is Jane! Her favorite things are the clear stamps. Email your address to kelsey[at]vanillajoy[dot]com before Tuesday to claim the prize. Thanks! THE PRIZE To get you all ready for making your own Valentines and scrapboooking all your Valentine’s photos, Roberts Arts & Crafts is giving away a Valentine’s [...]
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ENTER TO WIN A CAMERA SHOULDER HARNESS! MyBinocularHarness.com is giving away a shoulder strap harness. Its a great camera harness that prevents your camera from sliding from side to side or falling off your shoulder. Works on ANY size of camera or binocular. The strap retails for about $30. The site is giving away 3 [...]
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Thanks to all the excellent recommendations from my like literary-minded friends, 2009 was a year filled with good books. Here is a complete (I think…) list of books I read in 2009. I would recommend every one except #s 22, 37, 38, and 39. Schooled by Gordon Korman A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle [...]
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Organizing Tip #1: Plan Organizing Tip #2: Sort Organizing Tip #3: Strategize Organizing Tip #4: Analyze The third step is to attack. Vicki listed four parts of the attacking step: De-Junk: get rid of the stuff you don’t use, need, or want Give everything a home: you’ll more likely put it away when you’re finished [...]
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Organizing Tip #1: Plan Organizing Tip #2: Sort Organizing Tip #3: Strategize As you go through your house, notice where clutter collects and focus on finding a solution for those areas. We had a mail issue. Paper causes organization problems for most people. We pay our bills upstairs in the office and keep our shredder [...]
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