Recipe: Macaroni and Cheese

Tracy / January 31, 2011

Paul’s mother used to make the best macaroni and cheese that I’ve ever eaten! There is no flour in the is recipe so it is just all cheese! Yummy!! This recipe, in our home, is just reserved for holidays and special dinners. Macaroni and Cheese 1 16oz. pkg elbow macaroni 1lb sharp cheddar cheese (we LOVE Cabot’s extra sharp!!) 2T…

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Find Lines on Facebook…

Tracy / January 31, 2011

Want to follow the site on Facebook? Look for the box in the lower right that looks like this: and click “like”. 😀 Many thanks!!

Big Day!!!

Tracy / January 29, 2011

Today, we’re celebrating one year in our new home!!! It doesn’t seem like a year, does it?? Also, it was exactly 23 years today that my dearest Paul and I started dating. It REALLY doesn’t seem like that long ago. I have loved every day…with it’s joys and sorrows. I can’t imagine spending the time with anyone else.

Stitching for Miss Darby

Tracy / January 28, 2011

Did you catch JoAnn’s $1.00 sale on McCall’s patterns recently?? Here are a few we found for the baby: We actually ended up with about 40 assorted patterns. These sales are when I stock up on what we’ll be working for the year. It’s a shame to pay $10.00 for a pattern if you can buy it on sale! You…

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Have You Seen This Project?

Tracy / January 27, 2011

This is from the latest issue of Country Living magazine. Simple embroidery on art paper– wouldn’t these be nice all framed the same and lining a wall?? I haven’t gotten my nerve up just yet, but I really want to try one!!

Family Pictures 2010

Tracy / January 26, 2011

When my dear friend, Natalie, offered to take family pictures for us, I was thrilled!! Until this year, we’ve been told that we’re too large a group to go to a studio, and the cost for an on-site photographer was so expensive, I knew it would need to wait until a different season of our lives. Shoes, diapers and food…

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January 26, 2011

Tracy / January 26, 2011

We’re preparing for new chicks! Twenty-six of them to be exact!! They are supposed to be here by February 1st. I hadn’t even thought about them until yesterday when I happened to glance down at my calendar. I have a list of supplies which need to be assembled. I don’t want one of those, “I had to place my chicks…

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Peanut Butter

Tracy / January 26, 2011

Otherwise known as “how to start a conversation in the grocery store”….. I know we can’t be the only ones who stock up on sale items!! o_O

January 25, 2011

Tracy / January 25, 2011

Working on our “secret” project! My Mom came out to visit this weekend. I can’t wait to show you what she made for one of the girls, but it will have to wait until a little later this week. This weekend, she came to help with our annual chili day. Normally, we make enough to have several meals in the…

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Catching Up Archives

Tracy / January 25, 2011

The February 2006 archives are finally up! Courtney and I had the most fun looking back over these posts. It’s amazing the little daily things you forget over time. I’m so glad they’ve been recorded. Maybe tomorrow I’ll get really adventurous and try for March 2006!! *smile* Wishing you a great day… With my love,

It’s Been Said…

Tracy / January 25, 2011

“Really I don’t dislike to cook, but what you cook is eaten so quickly. When you sew, you have something that will last to show for your efforts.” –Elizabeth Travis Johnson