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Happy New Year!
10 words/phrases to describe my holidays 1. family & friends2. merry & bright. white. cold3. Kansas City4. trains5. Chicago6. The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug7. Saving Mr. Banks8. more snow9. “your start up disk is full”10. #amrevising How were your holidays? Are you ready for 2014? If you follow me on Twitter, you may have seen…
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all is merry and bright…
Merry Christmas! And the best to you and yoursthis holiday season.
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traditions – Mom’s lasagna
Yesterday, the meat sauce. Today, Mom’s lasagna… 1 box lasagna noodles (this works fine with the oven ready variety, too)1 lb. cottage¹ cheese (or ricotta)8 oz. grated mozzarella8 oz. grated mild cheddar1 or 2 eggsspaghetti sauce2 teaspoons Italian seasoningFresh grated Parmesan Cook the lasagna noodles according to package directions. Rinse, drain and let cool. (Or…
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Mom’s spaghetti sauce
Thinking about Christmas traditions, including dinner… so I thought I’d repost Mom’s meat sauce recipe. Enjoy! Meat Sauce 4 14 oz. cans Italian tomatoes4 8 oz. cans tomato sauce4 6 oz. cans tomato paste2 lbs. ground beef2 large onions, diced1 clove garlic, diced1 green pepper, diced1 bay leaf3 Tbls Italian seasoning (or equal parts oregano,…
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my USA travel history…
So much for my 4 day weekend plan to add new pins to my novel locations board… That didn’t happen. I got sidetracked by Hawaii and pinned this photo of Kilauea. Look at the stars and the glow of the lava. Absolutely incredible. And I am going to see that in February! Travel has always…
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4 day break!
Happy Thanksgiving! (almost) What’s on the menu for my 4 day break? 1) Turkey and trimmings with my daughter and her husband in Kansas City. 2) I will skip the Black Friday events. I shop when I need something, not because of sales. The mad frenzy doesn’t invigorate me. And I’m not a browser. I…
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Veterans Day
Dad, Gary, Deanie, Dennis, Peter, Raymond, Robert, George, James, Sam, Mike, Janine, Willa, Tom, Debbie, Donna, and me. (I’m sure I’ve forgotten someone amongst my friends and family!) But to veterans everywhere… How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes! –Maya Angelou –Maya Angelou
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if Shakespeare was alive… would he be pulling weeds?
The weeds are beginning to look like trees in my yard. And I had such plans for the backyard. Row after row of day lilies. Flowers blooming from spring through the fall. Or this as my backyard. There were times when the yard looked good…about 6 years ago. Then the heat did me in.…
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pictures!
When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When imagesbecome inadequate, I shall be content with silence.–Ansel Adams What i like about photographs is that they capture a moment that’s gone forever, impossible to reproduce. ― Karl Lagerfeld I find it hard to delete the bad ones…There’s still a memory there for me. —…