tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37242741036742887522024-03-13T15:37:04.126-04:00Happy Homemaker and MommaHappy Homemaker And Mommahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17117025957386436754noreply@blogger.comBlogger671125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724274103674288752.post-74577387903559125862014-09-25T23:53:00.003-04:002014-09-25T23:54:46.153-04:00It's a Good Day When<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Yes,I am this excited about two earrings. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">they </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">MATCHED!!! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I went all day long with matching</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="font-size: large;">I know that I already have </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="font-size: large;">but this little owl is just so stinking adorable!!!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="font-size: large;">(That is if you ask me :) </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: large;">Life is so short-be sure to pass a smile along.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: large;">Smiles are free and it makes others happy. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: large;">Have a great day!!!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yahoo! The weekend is almost here!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">Talk about fun!!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">Have you gone to this Aquarium?</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">We saw a whole bunch of cool things.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">They had a few "spy" tunnels that the kids</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">grubby little hand-prints, everywhere!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">have been! </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">I felt ridiculous...</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">in that penguin type tone... </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Don't scooch, slide on your belly!!"</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Slide lady, slide!!!"</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">It felt like it took me 20 minutes</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">And I did feel embarrassed.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">How can a little penguin make me</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">Was it worth every inch I dragged myself? </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">I don't know!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="color: black;">the delicate, frozen <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #741b47;">masterpieces</span></span> that lay before me.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="color: black;">crystallized, crafted and created to bring glory to God.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="color: black;"> If <span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: large;">God</span></span> would care about</span></span><br />
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I have been thoroughly </div>
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I have been </div>
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I have been </div>
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Breathing in the</div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I AM SO BLESSED!!</span></div>
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I have had a few things happen while I have been absent; a few birthdays have come and gone.</div>
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My camera had a mishap that ended up being a blessing in disguise. </div>
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I was able to cash in on my warrenty and</div>
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to get a Tameron 24-78mm 2.8 Lens!</div>
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Here are a few photos that I took that Inspire me to keep capturing the moments:</div>
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"Loving the Lemon" </div>
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"My Cute Piggytales"</div>
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"Adorable Blue Eyed Homeschooler" </div>
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The sunrise that you see today </div>
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each breath, each smile, each laugh,</div>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I believe that if you c</span><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">apture them </span></div>
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Have a great week!! Be sure to Kiss your babies they grow up so quick!!</div>Happy Homemaker And Mommahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17117025957386436754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724274103674288752.post-46191797561085234452012-05-01T09:01:00.000-04:002012-05-01T09:01:00.149-04:00Yeay...a Photoshoot!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">(I'm sure that blogger is going to downgrade my photos-so pardon the pixelation)</span></div>Happy Homemaker And Mommahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17117025957386436754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724274103674288752.post-82899647866945459552012-04-28T00:00:00.000-04:002012-04-28T00:00:00.766-04:00What if Government Rejects the Constitution?<span style="font-size: x-small;">By Andrew Napolitano</span><div id="yui_3_2_0_82_1335132559044524">
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What if the government never took the Constitution seriously? What if the same generation – in some cases the same human beings – that wrote in the First Amendment, “Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech,” also enacted the Alien and Sedition Acts, which made it a crime to criticize the government? What if the feds don’t regard the Constitution as the Supreme Law of the Land?</div>
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What if the government regards the Constitution as merely a guideline to be referred to from time to time, or a myth to be foisted upon the voters, but not as a historic delegation of power that lawfully limits the federal government? What if Congress knows that most of what it regulates puts it outside the confines of the Constitution, but it does whatever it can get away with? What if the feds don’t think that the Constitution was written to keep them off the people’s backs?</div>
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What if there’s no substantial difference between the two major <span class="yshortcuts cs4-visible" id="lw_1335144032_0">political parties</span>? What if the same political mentality that gave us the Patriot Act, with its federal agent-written search warrants that permit unconstitutional spying on us, also gave us Obamacare, with its mandate to buy health insurance, even if we don’t want or need it? What if both political parties love power more than freedom? What if both parties have used the Commerce Clause in the Constitution to stretch the power of the federal government far beyond its constitutionally ordained boundaries and well beyond the plain meaning of words?</div>
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What if both parties love war because the public is more docile during war and permits higher taxes and more federal theft of freedom from individuals and power from the states? What if none of these recent wars has made us freer or safer, but just poorer?</div>
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What if Congress bribed the states with cash in return for their enacting legislation Congress likes, but cannot lawfully enact? What if Congress went to all states in the union and offered them cash to repave their interstate highways, if the states only lowered their speed limits? What if the states took that deal? What if the Supreme Court approved this bribery and then Congress did it again and again? What if this bribery were a way for Congress to get around the few constitutional limitations that Congress acknowledges?</div>
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What if Congress believes that it can spend tax dollars on anything it pleases and tie any strings it wants to that spending? What if Congress uses its taxing and spending power to regulate anything it wants to control, whether authorized by the Constitution or not? What if anyone other than members of Congress offered state legislatures cash in return for favorable legislation? What if Congress wrote laws that let it break laws that ordinary people would be prosecuted for breaking?</div>
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What if the Declaration of Independence says that the government derives its powers from the consent of the governed? What if the government claims to derive powers from some other source that it will not – because it cannot – name? What if we never gave the government the power to spy on us, to print worthless cash, to kill in our names, to force us to buy health insurance or to waste our money by telling us that exercise is good and sugar is bad?</div>
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What if we never gave the government the power to bribe the poor with welfare or the middle class with tax breaks or the rich with bailouts or the states with cash? What if we don’t consent to what has become of the government? What if the Constitution has been tacitly amended by the consent of both political parties, whereby instead of ratifying amendments, all three branches of government merely look the other way when the government violates the Constitution? What if the president cannot constitutionally bomb whatever country he wants? What if the Congress cannot constitutionally exempt its members from the laws that govern the rest of us? What if the courts cannot constitutionally invent a right to kill babies in the womb?</div>
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What if the federal government is out of control, no matter which party controls it? What if there is only harmony on Capitol Hill when government is growing and personal liberty is shrinking? What if the presidential race this fall will not be between good and evil, between right and left, between free markets and central planning or even between constitutional government and Big Government – but only about how much bigger Big Government should get?</div>
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What if enough is enough? What do we do about it?</div>
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What if it’s too late?<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><em>supposed to do to not infringe upon OUR RIGHTS.</em></span></div>Happy Homemaker And Mommahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17117025957386436754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724274103674288752.post-23278521801108592212012-04-27T00:00:00.000-04:002012-04-27T00:00:05.632-04:00The Raw Milk Factor<div style="text-align: center;">
First off-I am not a professor, I only have my Bachelors in Education;<br />
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I think that what I have study deserves to be posted and discussed.<br />
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I tend to jump around sometimes too-I am sorry-my brain thinks too quickly for me:)<br />
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I have been studying quite a bit on the raw milk factor,</div>
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thanks to a friend who has "challenged" me to understand why I chose raw over pasteurized.</div>
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<br />In my studies it was interesting to find that in</div>
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The law stated that....</div>
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" it must be pasteurized to remove alkaline phosphatase activity. "</div>
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<em>"Although the actual purpose of the enzyme is still not fully understood, the simple hypothesis, that it is a means for the bacteria to generate free phosphate groups for uptake and use, is supported by the fact that alkaline phosphatase is usually produced by the bacteria only during phosphate starvation and not when phosphate is plentiful.<sup>"</sup></em></div>
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<em>"The phosphate group is important in living things in different ways. Firstly, it is an important structural component of </em><a href="http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/Nucleotide" title="Nucleotide"><em>nucleotide</em></a><em>, which is the basic structural unit of </em><a href="http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/DNA" title="DNA"><em>DNA</em></a><em> and </em><a href="http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/RNA" title="RNA"><em>RNA</em></a><em>. Secondly, it is a component of energy-rich molecules, such as </em><a href="http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/ATP" title="ATP"><em>ATP</em></a><em>. Thirdly, it is also bound to </em><a href="http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/Coenzyme" title="Coenzyme"><em>coenzymes</em></a><em> like NADP / NADPH involved in </em><a class="new" href="http://www.biology-online.org/bodict/index.php?title=Anabolic_reaction&action=edit" title="Anabolic reaction"><em>anabolic reactions</em></a><em> (such as </em><a href="http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/Photosynthesis" title="Photosynthesis"><em>photosynthesis</em></a><em> in </em><a href="http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/Plants" title="Plants"><em>plants</em></a><em> and </em><a class="new" href="http://www.biology-online.org/bodict/index.php?title=Lipid_synthesis&action=edit" title="Lipid synthesis"><em>lipid synthesis</em></a><em> in </em><a href="http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/Animal" title="Animal"><em>animals</em></a><em>). It is also a part of the </em><a href="http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/Hydrophilic" title="Hydrophilic"><em>hydrophilic</em></a><em> head of </em><a href="http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/Phospholipid" title="Phospholipid"><em>phospholipids</em></a><em> in biological </em><a href="http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/Membrane" title="Membrane"><em>membrane</em></a><em>."</em></div>
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Alkaline phosphatase is found in all or our cells and our liver, our bones and our tissues.</div>
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<br />If this is something we already produce-why is it harmful? </div>
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We are so quick to listen to govt and not listen to the miracle that God has built into our bodies. </div>
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<br />The lactic acid that is also found in raw milk helps to fight any harmful bacteria! </div>
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<br /><em>"What is generally swept under the rug in discussions about raw milk, however, is the protection given by lactic acid-producing bacteria normally present.</em> <em>In what microbiologists call the principal of Competitive Exclusion, non-pathogenic bacteria like, say, Lactococcus lactis, can actually limit or kill bad bugs like Listeria monocytogenes, responsible for hundreds of illnesses yearly (2). </em></div>
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<em>It seems lactic acid is really hard on the germs that can make us sick if their numbers get too high. Nice system!" <a href="http://www.raw-milk-facts.com/raw_milk_safety.html"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> source</span></a></em></div>
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<br />Hmmmm.....so all wise God put a protecting acid in this milk-so that humans could consume it.</div>
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<br />It is interesting this whole debate over pasteurized milk and raw real milk.</div>
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<br />Now I am not claiming to know everything out there about this, and I don't mind a challenging to this view. <br />
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But I am a mother who is concerned about the choice of foods out there for my family.<br />
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There are so many dangerous foods that we are consuming!<br />
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God talks about a land full of milk and honey.<br />
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I think that raw milk is okay for my family. <br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><em>"I CAN'T GET MY HANDS ON RAW MILK"</em></span><br />
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Some may be concerned that they can't get on raw milk-(its illegal in 27 states)<br />
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<em><strong>"I think if people can’t get <a href="http://kellythekitchenkop.com/2009/05/oxidized-cholesterol-sally-fallon-answers-a-reader-question.html">raw milk</a>, the next best thing is pasteurized (not ultra-pasteurized) cream diluted with water.</strong> The fats are much less prone to damage by pasteurization than the water portion of the milk, and at least the fats in cream have not been homogenized. This is what I did for my family when we could not get raw milk. We used diluted cream on porridge and in cooking. "</em><br />
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<em>More on this subject to follow.</em></div>Happy Homemaker And Mommahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17117025957386436754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724274103674288752.post-17215586058543349112012-04-26T12:01:00.000-04:002012-04-26T12:01:23.346-04:00Honesty IS the best policy<div align="center">
I am here to be honest to you.</div>
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To give my honest opinion on things.</div>
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I think that there is something I must share.</div>
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I know that it might not make some people happy sharing my "personal" business.</div>
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I just don't want anyone to think that I am "high and mighty" because the only that is is God.</div>
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I have had a burden on my heart to feed my family healthy and nourishing foods.</div>
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I feel led by God to seek out these healthy foods.</div>
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I know that healthy foods are expensive-so I am very frugal and keep a price book.</div>
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I want to make sure that every single cent is spent wisely, and to the fullest it can be stretched.</div>
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So with that here is my honesty for all to see and hear:</div>
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My grocery budget is $45.00 a week for us as a family of four.</div>
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A gallon of raw milk comes in at $7.99-this is extremely expensive.</div>
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But, our health I think is worth the expense.</div>
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I have saved and pinched the penny in other areas so that we can have this nourishing milk.</div>
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I am not rich-and I don't pretend to be.</div>
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My Father in Heaven is rich and He will give to me what I need.</div>
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I can not afford organic produce, and I can't afford grass fed meat, or free range chicken.</div>
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Would I like to feed my family this?</div>
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but I think the money is better spent on good milk, </div>
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few grains and natural sweetners.</div>
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I strive to have something new for my family to try at least once a month if not more.</div>
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I also pray every meal that God will fill in the gaps in our food.</div>
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I don't want to blog with false pretenses-I want to be clear as glass.</div>
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And I am sure someone isn't gonna be happy that I post this for the world to see.</div>
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But I have to be honest-especially if I am going to blog on nutrition and nourishing my family.</div>
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I am not rich-I know that nourishing a family can be a little costly.</div>
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But I am not worried-the Lord knows and He will provide.</div>
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I pray before I shop to make sure it is something that will nourish my family.</div>
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I also shop around and call places to try to find better prices.</div>
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I even had a kind friend tell me that if I researched the area her family lives in,</div>
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SEE....</div>
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God has provided a way for me to get nourishing food.</div>
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Yes, $45.00 a week for a family of four is very small-especially in this economy.</div>
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I believe that God can help me stretch it to it's limits.</div>
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So there you have it-transparency at its best.</div>
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Things can be tough and challenging with this amount, that is the truth.</div>
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But I am thankful that I have a budget and a God that owns everything.</div>
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He put this desire in my heart and He will see it through and provide-as long as I do my part.</div>
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What if the government never took the Constitution seriously? What if the same generation – in some cases the same human beings – that wrote in the First Amendment, “Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech,” also enacted the Alien and Sedition Acts, which made it a crime to criticize the government? What if the feds don’t regard the Constitution as the Supreme Law of the Land?</div>
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What if the government regards the Constitution as merely a guideline to be referred to from time to time, or a myth to be foisted upon the voters, but not as a historic delegation of power that lawfully limits the federal government? </div>
What if Congress knows that most of what it regulates puts it outside the confines of the Constitution, but it does whatever it can get away with? What if the feds don’t think that the Constitution was written to keep them off the people’s backs?<br />
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What if there’s no substantial difference between the two major <span class="yshortcuts cs4-visible" id="lw_1335144032_0">political parties</span>? What if the same political mentality that gave us the Patriot Act, with its federal agent-written search warrants that permit unconstitutional spying on us, also gave us Obamacare, with its mandate to buy health insurance, even if we don’t want or need it? <br />
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What if both political parties love power more than freedom? What if both parties have used the Commerce Clause in the Constitution to stretch the power of the federal government far beyond its constitutionally ordained boundaries and well beyond the plain meaning of words?<br />
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What if both parties love war because the public is more docile during war and permits higher taxes and more federal theft of freedom from individuals and power from the states? What if none of these recent wars has made us freer or safer, but just poorer?<br />
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What if Congress bribed the states with cash in return for their enacting legislation Congress likes, but cannot lawfully enact? What if Congress went to all states in the union and offered them cash to repave their interstate highways, if the states only lowered their speed limits? What if the states took that deal? What if the Supreme Court approved this bribery and then Congress did it again and again? What if this bribery were a way for Congress to get around the few constitutional limitations that Congress acknowledges?<br />
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What if Congress believes that it can spend tax dollars on anything it pleases and tie any strings it wants to that spending? What if Congress uses its taxing and spending power to regulate anything it wants to control, whether authorized by the Constitution or not? What if anyone other than members of Congress offered state legislatures cash in return for favorable legislation? What if Congress wrote laws that let it break laws that ordinary people would be prosecuted for breaking?<br />
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What if the Declaration of Independence says that the government derives its powers from the consent of the governed? What if the government claims to derive powers from some other source that it will not – because it cannot – name? What if we never gave the government the power to spy on us, to print worthless cash, to kill in our names, to force us to buy health insurance or to waste our money by telling us that exercise is good and sugar is bad?<br />
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What if we never gave the government the power to bribe the poor with welfare or the middle class with tax breaks or the rich with bailouts or the states with cash? What if we don’t consent to what has become of the government? What if the Constitution has been tacitly amended by the consent of both political parties, whereby instead of ratifying amendments, all three branches of government merely look the other way when the government violates the Constitution? What if the president cannot constitutionally bomb whatever country he wants? What if the Congress cannot constitutionally exempt its members from the laws that govern the rest of us? What if the courts cannot constitutionally invent a right to kill babies in the womb?<br />
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What if the federal government is out of control, no matter which party controls it? What if there is only harmony on Capitol Hill when government is growing and personal liberty is shrinking? What if the presidential race this fall will not be between good and evil, between right and left, between free markets and central planning or even between constitutional government and Big Government – <br />
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What if enough is enough? What do we do about it?<br />
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What if it’s too late?Happy Homemaker And Mommahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17117025957386436754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724274103674288752.post-88844770113974816462012-04-05T02:35:00.002-04:002012-04-05T02:35:35.119-04:00Yummy Raw Foods!! Frozen Fruit Cream!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I make it in my new food processor-it is so good!!</div>
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This batch has been the best so far-and I don't have to worry about extra sugars</div>
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I would love to hear about it!!</div>Happy Homemaker And Mommahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17117025957386436754noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724274103674288752.post-76459104128281903782012-04-03T22:40:00.002-04:002012-04-03T22:54:31.559-04:00The Money Saving Mom's Budget Audio Book ReviewI was given the chance to review Crystal Paine's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1451646208/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=sprightly-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as4&creativeASIN=1451646208&adid=12089M378R7ZQR86GRQG" target="_blank"></a><br />
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<strong><em><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;">The Money Saving Mom's Budget Audio Book</span> </em></strong></div>
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Before I give my review here is some information about the author:</div>
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"Crystal Paine is a wife and homeschooling mom to three young children who has been writing on topics related to frugality for the last five years—and living a frugal, simple, and debt-free life since she was born. Her blog, <a href="http://moneysavingmom.com/" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1333502553_7">MoneySavingMom.com</span></a>, is one of the top personal finance blogs on the web averaging over four million page views per month. Crystal has contributed to articles in Woman's Day magazine and All You magazine, as well as being mentioned on National Public Radio and CNN.com, in USA Weekend, and Real Simple magazine and numerous other local newspapers and radio and television stations."</div>
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More about The Money Saving Mom's Budget</div>
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<a href="http://img2.imagesbn.com/images/142040000/142047241.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The Money Saving Mom's Budget: Slash Your Spending, Pay Down Your Debt, Streamline Your Life, and Save Thousands a Year" border="0" class="image img book product-expand-view" data-bntrack="ProductImageMain" height="320" itemprop="image" src="http://img2.imagesbn.com/images/142040000/142047241.JPG" width="206" /></a>With hundreds of inspiring “why didn’t I think of that?” TIPS, plus WORKSHEETS, Paine breaks down your goals into easy, manageable steps so you can:<br />
• Achieve a complete financial makeover<br />
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• Slash your grocery bill<br />
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• Choose contentment<br />
• Make every dollar count<br />
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I really enjoyed listening to her book. The convenience of having an audio book was superb; I could continue to work around the house. Crystal was a delight to listen to; she has a very sweet easy going voice. </div>
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Crystal had so many ideas on how to help cut a budget. I was excited that she shared a few websites and links to various resources, coupon printing sites, personal advertisement places, etc. I also liked how she included the PDF files to print out the charts and lists that she referenced. </div>
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I would highly recommend this to anyone who is trying to get a handle on their finances! Even Dave Ramsey-the financial expert recommends her book!!!</div>
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"Crystal Paine does it all as an entrepreneur, wife, and mom—and that means she knows all about finding room in a home budget! From reducing clutter to finding amazing coupon deals outside the grocery aisle, The Money Saving Mom’s Budget will help you make dollars and sense of your life again." —<strong>Dave Ramsey</strong>, New York Times bestselling author and nationally syndicated radio talk show host <span style="font-size: x-small;">{</span><a href="http://litfusegroup.com/blogtours/13457557/moneysavingmom"><span style="font-size: x-small;">resource here</span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;">}</span></div>
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I even recommend her book if you have your finances in order. I praise the Lord because our finances are in order and under control. I wasn't sure if I could learn anything new from her book. But I am so glad that I was chosen to review this!! I am so glad that I heard what she had to say-and I do plan on listening to her audiobook again.</div>
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I believe that there is still something anyone can learn from her book. She really covers the whole gamut of things!! One of the topics that helped me was Personal Time Budget. I had never even thought of a Time Budget before! I really want to tell time where it needs to be, so that I don't feel rushed and panicked when push comes to shove.</div>
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Crystal has experienced what she talks about-she is walking the walk and talking the talk. Once again, you can find her website here at <a href="http://www.moneysavingmom.com/" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1333502553_8">www.moneysavingmom.com</span></a>. I would like to encourage you to take some time to visit her website-she has A LOT of GOOD information. She has recipes, budget tips etc.... Trust me-go check her website out-you'll be glad you did.</div>
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Last but not least one of the other things that stand out to me about Crystal is that she has a Christian perspective with her finances, and everything she does. I love receiving her emails-because when it seems like life is in the valley-she usually happens to included something from the Scriptures to help lift me up and encourage me.</div>
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There are a lot of retailers that sell her book-but I am going to limit it to Amazon and Barnes and Noble; you can find her book here:</div>
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I really give this book 5 stars!!!</div>
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<br />{Disclaimer: I was given the Audio book for free in exchange for an honest review}</div>
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Thank you so much for allowing me the chance to review such a wonderful book!!<br />
Courtesy of: <a href="http://litfusegroup.com/blogtours/13457557/moneysavingmom">http://litfusegroup.com/blogtours/13457557/moneysavingmom</a><br />
and Crystal Paine at <a href="http://www.moneysavingmom.com/" target="_blank">www.moneysavingmom.com</a></div>Happy Homemaker And Mommahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17117025957386436754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724274103674288752.post-91919060514240194632012-03-30T16:52:00.001-04:002012-03-30T16:52:24.225-04:00Struggles-but these are good ones<div style="text-align: center;">
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Lord help me to cherish this treasure today and everyday.</div>
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Here she is loving on him....</div>
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She loves to play with his hair, which she did after this photo was taken.</div>
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Poor guy-he inherited sensitive hair from me.</div>
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We finally got him calmed down and got our family shot.</div>
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You can still kinda tell he was upset-but he forgave her as I am sure you can see...</div>
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I am so blessed!!!</div>Happy Homemaker And Mommahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17117025957386436754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724274103674288752.post-4647150627756562232012-03-05T16:42:00.000-05:002012-03-05T16:42:40.383-05:00Kale Chips Healthy Alternative To Potato Chips<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Kale chips are so easy to make and so yummy!!</div>
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They are so yummy!!! </div>
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You can make an <a href="http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Classic-Omelette-15068">omelet</a>, a <a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/emeril-lagasse/quiche-lorraine-recipe/index.html">quiche</a> , <a href="http://allrecipes.com/Recipes/Desserts/Cookies/Chocolate-Chip-Cookies/Top.aspx">cookies</a> using these yummy all-natural eggs.</div>
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What whole foods have you been cooking?</div>Happy Homemaker And Mommahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17117025957386436754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724274103674288752.post-30820308369291431972012-02-24T13:58:00.003-05:002012-02-24T13:58:35.226-05:00Cloth Diapers and Cloth Wipes are you Serious?!<div align="center">
Well, some of you know that I have traveled into the land of cloth diapering.</div>
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These are a few in my stash and a picture of the wipes I made:</div>
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It has been rewarding to see how much money we have saved by doing cloth.</div>
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It really has been a "great experience".</div>
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Laundry was my biggest fear:</div>
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but I just had to learn to be more disciplined with my laundry.</div>
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How many of you concider your laundry being your worst enemy?!</div>
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It such a struggle and an necessary evil-lol.....but I came to the realization</div>
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that no matter how much I hated these routine "chores" they were going to be there until I die...</div>
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I do a load of diapers everyday to once in a while every other day.</div>
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It has many benifits:</div>
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I save money-our grocery budget was going into buying diapers-now it can go into what it is ment </div>
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So for the tell me part of this post:</div>
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Have you tried cloth diapering? </div>
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Do you know someone who does?</div>
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What are your fears of cloth diapering?</div>
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Where is your favorite place to get your diapers?</div>
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I would love to know and can't wait to hear your responses!</div>Happy Homemaker And Mommahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17117025957386436754noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724274103674288752.post-27812819573321482132012-02-17T22:53:00.002-05:002012-02-17T22:53:39.539-05:00DIY Homemade Dishwasher Detergant<div style="text-align: center;">
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I promised a few people the recipe for making your own Dishwasher Detergant,</div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">(Recipe found here: <a href="http://bonzaiaphrodite.com/">http://bonzaiaphrodite.com</a></span><span id="goog_456031754"></span>)</div>
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I found this article that Penny wrote at <a href="http://www.pennilessparenting.com/">www.pennilessparenting.com</a> </div>
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Happy frugality-anything to save a few dollars:)</div>Happy Homemaker And Mommahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17117025957386436754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724274103674288752.post-18212798706729825492012-02-16T23:34:00.001-05:002012-02-16T23:34:32.189-05:00At the end of the day and a healthy snack<div align="center">
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a vegtable, tofu, pasta fagoli soup </div>
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salad with quinoa, italian bread (store bought), and black bean brownies.</div>
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It has been a very good day-busy and healthy bite by bite.</div>
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What steps towards healthy living have you accomplished?</div>
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Here is one of my favorite snacks:</div>
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2 small apples, cored and cut crosswise into 1/2-inch thick rounds <br />1 teaspoon lemon juice (optional)<br />3 tablespoons peanut or almond butter<br />2 tablespoons semisweet chocolate chips<br />3 tablespoons granola</div>
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My Little Lady will be 5 months old this Saturday!</div>
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The time has flown so fast!!</div>
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She is trying to crawl-her first word is "Momma" and she loves to smile.</div>
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Here is the cutie:</div>
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hoping to get a chance to post a DIY on how to make your own dishwasher soap.</div>Happy Homemaker And Mommahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17117025957386436754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724274103674288752.post-36914466780085058792012-02-15T00:44:00.000-05:002012-02-16T23:41:15.479-05:00What to do on a Snowy Day?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
We had a snowday about a week ago. It was so much fun.</div>
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Boy Wonder played outside and then came in to my little creations:</div>
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The finished crew:</div>
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Little Miss Heart:</div>
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and Mr. Snowman made a special apperance....</div>
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These were so easy to make and their clothing was interchangable....</div>
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which made it a little bit more fun and goofy all at the same time :)</div>
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It was so much fun!!</div>
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(would I do it again-you betch ya!)</div>
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Boy Wonder really liked them.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">(I know that isn't a word-but that's okay-I'm gonna pretend it is)</span></div>Happy Homemaker And Mommahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17117025957386436754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724274103674288752.post-75137322886079012622012-02-14T17:30:00.000-05:002012-02-15T00:36:18.293-05:00Happy Heart Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I made my Valentine's early for Boy Wonder's Class Party.</div>
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I really like how they turned out-and they were "easy":</div>
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Each one had red hots in them-<span style="font-size: large;"><em><strong>so</strong></em></span> yummy!</div>
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I really like them-and I probably would do it again.</div>
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I know it was late in posting this-but better late than never right?</div>
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I hope your day was wonderful-mine surely was-hubby brought me som roses and we got to have</div>
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a lunch date this afternoon (of course Little Lady was with us).</div>
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Then after I got Boy Wonder from school he went to my friends house to play.</div>
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My dear friend even took Little Lady for a little while </div>
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I hope to post pictures of that, as soon as I download my photos.</div>
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Have a wonderful week and be sure to show your love everyday of the year.</div>Happy Homemaker And Mommahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17117025957386436754noreply@blogger.com0