My husband and I picked up some Pee Dee Orchard peaches today from one of our local farmers markets. Y’all know that I’m a sucker for fresh peaches so I naturally wanted to try my hand at making *ice cream maker free* ice cream. This is my first attempt at forgoing my electric ice cream maker and it definitely won’t…
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My Writing Process Blog Tour Post
Addison Ore over at Bookends blog tagged me in a writing process blog tour recently. I have never done one of these *tag you’re it* kinda blog posts so be gentle. I hope you enjoy reading it and silently correcting my grammar and over use of ** and – and way too many of these . . . I chuckled…
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DIY: Hand Painted French Garden Sign
Since spring I’ve been spending as much time as I can outside reclaiming and shaping our back yard and transforming a small space under our kitchen window into the kitchen garden of my dreams . . . potager in French translates to ‘garden providing vegetables for the pot’. If you’ve never heard of potager gardens, take a look at this article from…
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Thrift Therapy: What the rhomboid?!
4 days ago I discovered what the rhomboid muscle was. . . The hard way. If you have ever pulled or torn this muscle then you understand the special kind of hell it is. I could not for the life of me figure out how I did it. Sure, I’ve been cleaning out a few closets and moving furniture around….
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Facebook: to quit or not to quit
I’m sure you’ve heard of folks who have quit Facebook. You may have even quit yourself. (Have you? If so please leave a comment as to why you were motivated to quit.) I have noticed a steady increase in the conversation on quitting. Some have quit over the Terms of Service, some over the fact that the news feed has become…
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