January 10, 2011

Tracy / January 10, 2011

Winter has visited our home again! As we visited with our church family yesterday, ice literally began to fall from the sky! Before the end of the evening, everything, everywhere was pretty much covered in little ice pellets. Paul was on his way home from Maryland, on a business trip. It took him quite a bit longer to get home…

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January 3, 2011 (Still catching up blog posts!)

Tracy / January 10, 2011

Life here continues on…. it seems that daily something new and exciting happens. I was talking with Paul last night about how surprised I’ve been this last year. For whatever reason, years ago, I pictured this season of my life being much slower. I had always thought that as the children grew, I would have more time for sewing, writing,…

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Opossum in the Basement!

Tracy / January 10, 2011

Last week, Paul heard a huge crash in the basement. He and the older boys went down to find out what was happening and were met with this little guy having just eaten a little group of eggs and now going after a hen that was sitting on them. I guess we’ll call this their first “homestead defense” experience! Joshua,…

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Menu Plan Monday 1/10-1/16

Tracy / January 10, 2011

It’s been a long time since I participated in Menu Plan Monday. I’ve already missed the cut off for linking this week, but I’ll catch it next Monday. For now, here is what my family will be eating this week: Menu Plan Monday 1/10-1/16 Monday- Homemade Pizza Tuesday- Barbecue Chicken Wednesday- Mac and Cheese, Hamburger Steaks, Salad Thursday- 15 Bean…

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Cake Classes…

Tracy / January 10, 2011

I mentioned in an earlier post that Courtney and I have been taking some classes together. Don’t laugh….remember these are our first “Wilton method” cakes…. 😀 This is the poinsettia cake we made for our church fellowship in December. The flowers are completely edible! O.K., not a “Wilton” cake- this is another cake we made for our church fellowship. I’ve…

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A quick note….

Tracy / January 10, 2011

Our ladies’ fellowship has been canceled, for January due to the weather. We’ll miss seeing you folks, but would rather you be safe!! The Lord willing, we’ll meet again in February. Blessings, my friends!

Recipe: Broccoli Cheese Soup

Tracy / January 10, 2011

As a treat, every once in awhile, the girls and I head out to Panera’s for a bowl of broccoli and cheese soup. I’ve tried several recipes, none of them were ever quite what we wanted. I have no idea where Courtney happened upon this recipe, but it’s one of the closer to Panera’s that I’ve tried. I hope you…

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