tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411548314347554132024-03-05T10:37:27.889-08:00So YardtisticFOR PEOPLE WHO LOVE GARDENS AND GARDEN DECORAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06547483434934339240noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141154831434755413.post-74561715929787398132016-05-04T09:55:00.002-07:002016-05-04T09:55:48.105-07:00Backyard Pond I'll Miss You<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am moving this week to a new house. My backyard pond I'll miss you. You have been a source of peace and serenity to me. I will also miss my jacuzzi in the backyard there by the pond. I am going to learn to simplify. I guess I don't need all that stuff. But I know I will really miss it too....sniff.....<br />
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I love a home with a water feature. We have 2 of them; one in the front yard with a waterfall, and one in the backyard, getting pretty overgrown with plant material now. John says he may need to just fill it in because we will be renting out the house and ponds are a liability. Well that is just sad, isn't it? How can such a beautiful thing be a liability. That sucks.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.333333969116211px; text-align: center;"> We used to have giant KOI in our Backyard Pond. That is, until a bad old raccoon got in our backyard and jumped in the pond and bit off all their heads. Yeah, that is not a pretty sight to come home to...your lovely fish all gutted with the remains strewn all over the backyard grass. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.333333969116211px; text-align: center;">It was one of my hub's pride and joys that Koi Pond. So we just do a few goldfish now. And the grandkids love to come see them. We have a mushroom fountain inside and some water plants growing in it. I plant the flowers around it. We have some iris, some herbs and some pansies. I've tried putting in azaleas and hyacinths too. </span> </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The fish pond picture above is from <a href="http://bunnyjeansdecorandmore.blogspot.com/2012/06/my-garden-friends.html">Bunny Jeans Decor and More.</a> She must have a green thumb for SURE! </td></tr>
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Ito is so fun to put goldfish in your pond. Ours will just hibernate in the snowy winter and it is interesting how you can actually poke them through the ice and they will wiggle a little. That's how I knew they were still alive in that frozen, winter pond. The next year the ones that live are very hearty and will grow to be 6 or 7 inches long. Very pretty.<br />
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Another neighbor of mine, the Newmans, have this great pond in their backyard. It's got a natural looking waterfall, lilly pads and koi swimming in it as well as beautiful flowers and bushes surrounding it. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love the little Frog and the spiderweb in this Pretty Pond picture. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here's one my neighbor just finished. It's a waterfall ending in a pond. He lives on a huge hill so this water feature is a great idea to use up that front yard full of green grass! </td></tr>
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<a href="http://www.gardeningbc.com/page/waterfall.html">HERE at Gardening BC </a> is a tutorial on how to build a backyard pond<br />
in your own yard to enjoy. I love mine. Even though it is a lot of work<br />
to keep up, the sound of water is very relaxing to hear while you sit<br />
and soak in the jacuzzi. I love a pretty pond full of goldfish too. I will truly miss it.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our backyard pond water feature...... It's a beautiful addition to any yard. <span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Backyard Pond I'll Miss You. But now I'll have a new yard to decorate. That will be fun too. </span></td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06547483434934339240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141154831434755413.post-23854783476971680922015-09-05T18:48:00.000-07:002015-11-01T18:49:42.205-08:00Swiss Days 2015 in Heber Valley Utah<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Swiss Days in Heber Utah is always a fun weekend for our family. We love going there every year in the fall. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Heber itself is such a pretty little valley town. It is picturesque and quaint. It has this cool Cheese Barn where you can go get cheese curds. They have free samples of fudge too. yum. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I took a few close ups of the cows next to the cheese factory store. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They had a cool tractor too. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And a new baby calf to pet. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cheese tasting was lots of fun. They had fudge, all kinds of jams and cheese on crackers. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More cheese. This line was long but it went fast. Took about 20 minutes to get inside for tasting. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the way to Swiss Days we snapped some landscapes of the beautiful Heber Valley. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I snapped a few pictures of my favorite booths. The quilting lady had some cool wares. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This booth had miniature towns with tiny plantings. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gotta love a toad stool. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Or a handmade birdhouse. Lots of the crafts are rustic like this. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was art made from dried out gourds. We used to see these lying around the deserts in California. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I almost bought one of these pretty glass pumpkins blown by hand. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More cool handblown glass objects. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At Swiss Days there are even antiques. There are crafts of all kinds. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cute wooden coin banks. The artists are good about posing for pics. They are always so nice. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carved wood walking sticks were really a work of art. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Swiss Days princesses 2015. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cute wooden toys at Swiss Days. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I always go visit the barn at Swiss Days where they have crafts of all kinds at great prices. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There are bouncy houses and climbing walls for the kids. And lots of food booths. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lots of pretty paintings. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And metal workings crafts. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Swiss Days had these cool license plates reworked into cool words. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another artist I took a picture of at Swiss Days in Heber Valley. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Swiss Days Princesses 2015 were so pretty with all their ringlets. We had some scones as usual and watched the oompa bands while we enjoyed our snack. Swiss Days is a blast always. </td></tr>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06547483434934339240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141154831434755413.post-2624134246279692602015-03-21T22:49:00.003-07:002015-03-25T09:03:44.128-07:00First Day of Spring Gardening Well, I have been ignoring my gardening for months now. I have to repent now that it is the first day of Spring! In Utah we have the seasons, so there is really nothing growing in the garden during the long Winter. I can see a few of my bulbs peeking through, and a few of them have actually erupted! It is finally really and truly Spring. I am getting excited to see some flowers in my garden again.<br />
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Today I planted some paperwhite bulbs inside in a light blue pot for my newly remodeled bathroom. It is coming together nicely. All except for the too blue paint I did the walls with. It looks kind of cave-like. I need to re-pick that color. I should have trusted the hubs who is good at paint picking. I will never learn.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I hope I get a TON of tomatoes this year. I'm going to try my hand at making CATSUP! Everybody tells me how easy it is. And I know homemade is so much better than bottled. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Got to get out all my garden gloves and shears today. It's time to start getting the beds ready. </td></tr>
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Anyhoo, I also bought some little pots for my kindergarteners to plant seeds with. They were only $2.48 for 32 little prism shaped biodegradable pots at Walmart. I just have to cut them apart and buy some radish seeds. They seem to germinate faster than any others. And little kids' attention spans won't last more than a few weeks waiting to see something sprouting in their collective pots.<br />
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Every year I give them choices and every year the kids with the radishes get to be joyful watching their little flowery stalks grow green and cute. But the other kids wait and wait and watch their dirt get moldy from overwatering. It is quite a downer. So this year everybody does radish seeds. Or maybe even grass seeds; something that is fool proof!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I need to put some pre-emergent on the grass too so it will look green and pretty this summer. </td></tr>
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And Home Depot has really nice mulch for $2.50 a giant bag. I have to go get some of that and spread it around the beds. It always makes everything look new and wonderful. And hopefully it will help the plants grow lush and full this year. I'm going to have a really BIG garden this year. Last year we had the whole house stuccoed and there were scaffolds all over the backyard for weeks and weeks. We never did get to the garden. There was just too much going on. So this year I will have to make up for it.<br />
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I'm planting some bulbs around the pond where the deer won't get to them. And I'm planting some raspberry bushes up at the cabin. Bear Lake is known for its raspberries up there. And I'm jealous of neighbors who planted 3 years ago and have gobs of raspberries now. They make everything from pie to jam with their stash!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06547483434934339240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141154831434755413.post-77392960580788876282014-10-19T11:59:00.001-07:002014-10-19T14:45:05.404-07:00Gardner Village Witchfest and Witch Scavenger Hunt <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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One family tradition we have in the fall is to go visit Gardner Village during Witchfest or Witchapalooza or Witch Scavenger hunt. And we always visit this original water wheel at the Archibalds Restaurant and furniture store at Gardner Village shops. They put out all kinds of giant bigger-than-life witches in funny positions hanging from buildings, spiderwebs, and stirring pots of green goo. It's a great photo op for kids. <a href="http://www.gardnervillage.com/witch-fest">Check Witchfest out HERE. </a><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">See what I mean? Witchapalooza! My grandkids have loved it in years past. It is fun to go hang out and see what is new at the shops at Gardner Village too. My favorite place there is the 2 furniture stores and the Quilt Shop, and of course the candy and fudge shop. But caramel apples were like $6.95 now! WTHeck! Kinda pricey folks! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They have these lovely covered bridges, a lake running through it with real ducks and geese you can feed breadcrumbs to, and witches, of course, sitting on rafts in firemen suits. (yeah, there is sometimes no logic to the witch surroundings). </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sometimes you'll see a witch sitting on suitcases going through security at an airport, and another time she is wrapped up in a spider's web. It is very creative. I think this witch is in a gold mine. lol. Good luck with that, witch! They also have like 200 pumpkins all around the place. It is very festive. </td></tr>
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Then you have these real witches that tried out to play the witches of Witchapalooza. I tried out one year. But I never got a call. You have to put together over the top costumes like this one. And you have to have a very dramatic witchy voice and put on airs and stuff. This one was very weird and obnoxious. But she made me laugh. Dylan, my grandson, not so much. :D </div>
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She had this funny pumpkin rolling stroller she dragged around behind her everywhere she went. I felt like she was stalking us at one point. She was a little freaky-deeky! These people have to have lots of craziness and personality. They make it fun, though, I have to admit. </div>
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You go throughout the outdoor shopping village and look for witches to match each of about 20 clues. Then if you find them all you get a cookie in the sweet shop bakery. The girls loved that part.<br />
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This is my favorite witch scene. The witches are stirring a green brew in the steaming cauldron. Everybody loves this scene. They added a lot of new things this year like a giant trampoline, a corn maze and pony rides that go around the park, not just in a circle. The extra kiddie land was $6 bucks. Otherwise it's free.<br />
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It gets you in the mood for Halloween, and lots of kids dress up. We usually do. The parents sometimes dress like witches too. It is a fun community event. YOU have to try it.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06547483434934339240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141154831434755413.post-41445934139693511662014-07-24T11:03:00.002-07:002014-07-24T11:03:46.396-07:00Beautiful Yards and Landscaping in Utah We've been hanging out at the Parade of Homes in Highland and Alpine, Utah lately. We saw some pretty yards that I was coveting, if you want to know the truth!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Look at this Parade of Homes back yard. It is so lovely and green! They probably didn't want the hassle of a pool, so they put in a splash pad instead! This one is in Highland, Utah. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The homes themselves in the Parade of Homes were so pretty. The front had such interesting architecture and rock facings. But the landscaping is where I really fell in love. </td></tr>
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The brick walkways leading up the this house were so pretty. I loved the circular brickwork with the flowers on either side.<br />
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The backyards were almost over the top beautiful. This home had a pool, splashpad, fire ring, multiple covered patios with T.V.s and BBQ areas.<br />
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I would love a pool with a slide, wouldn't you? I'd hate cleaning it though.<br />
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You can see this covered gazebo area with a splash pad, a big screen and BBQ.<br />
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Just off the house was this fireplace seating area with the BBQ and view of the pool.<br />
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Here is the other side, where you walk down to the swimming pool.<br />
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This was my favorite Parade of Homes backyard area. There is a Basketball court, a putting green, a splash pad and pool and many other fun things. You'd never leave in the summer!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We sold some of our outdoor furniture and we are starting a fund to do something fun at the cabin. Not on the grand scale we've see in the pictures above, but something fun. Maybe a volleyball court and a jacuzzi and a circular driveway using crushed gravel. That is doable! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More junk we sold, in addition to 2 bikes, a dirtbike, a piano, and some tables and chairs. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then we went and relaxed at the Journey and Steve Miller Band concert at Usana Amphitheater. It was fun. </td></tr>
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My favorite was Journey. Here is the awesome guitarist doing his thang.<br />
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We also spent Saturday night at Draper Days Festival and saw Little River Band. Here I am making friends with a baby crocodile (or was it an alligator?)<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06547483434934339240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141154831434755413.post-86782689597993986882014-06-18T15:58:00.000-07:002014-06-22T11:25:09.841-07:00Outdoor Wedding Garden Party at Le Jardin in Sandy, UtahI snapped a few pictures at a recent outdoor garden wedding reception I went to with the hubs. It was so pretty! Our California friends Vickie and Russ's only son was married nearby and had a reception up at Le Jardin, where we had our son's reception. So we were lucky to attend and say hello! It's been years since we've seen them!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Le Jardin is a giant greenhouse filled with lovely things. Here I am entering the front of it. I love this place. It is a flower shop during the day and at night is is for parties, receptions, and family reunions. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Everywhere you look are flowers, statues, fountains, wrought iron, plants and beauty. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oh and lots of arches, gazebos and twinkly lights too! I got NO good pictures of people. My camera was on the wrong setting. My bad. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I didn't get a great shot of the cake, but it sure was pretty, as were the bride and groom. I used to teach this particular groom when he was only 7 years old. He was one of my 2nd graders back in California when I taught school there. He is now a physicist! Wow! </td></tr>
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Here was a cute little sitting nook I thought was pretty. The whole place had so many plants and flowers everywhere, and little twinkle lights here and there. Very pretty.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pretty flowers paths and plantings everywhere at Le Jardin in Sandy, Utah......</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lots of Pots full of beautiful pansies...... I wish mine looked this good already! How do they do it? </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These purple and white pansies do make a charming combination don't they? It looks like daffodils or tulips were behind these once upon a time. They have the same problem I do.....deer love to eat the flower tops off as soon as they bud out! Notice every one is gone. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I loved the statuary all around and many water features to add ambiance to the garden like atmosphere. These indoor tulips were saved from deer munching. haha.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the outdoor gazebo that I just LOVE. It is fun to go strolling around it in the early evening looking at all the flowers and greenery that surround it. My house is just up the street and so are the mountains (well, about 10 minutes away those mountains are....and just look they still have snow on them! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pretty heart shaped topiaries on the tables were so pretty as were the pink and white hydrangeas. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I wish I could grow hydrangeas and spider plants like this. Some of my very favorites! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was such a sweet touch at the reception as you were leaving. I grabbed a couple for our trip to the movies. YUM! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The reception center is called LE JARDIN and has a beautiful meandering walkway through this lush garden and tables are set up here and there to the sides till you get to the back where they had a lovely set up of sandwiches and sweet treats I forgot to snap a picture of. My bad. You know what happens to me around food. I lose all my sense that is what!! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More beautiful pottery filled with greenery at Le Jardin Reception Center in Sandy, Utah. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I loved this lamp so much I bought one similar to it a few years ago and it stands in my front bay window of my house next to a little oak bench. I love it. But I got my inspiration from Le Jardin. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Good luck to the newlyweds! I hope you enjoyed your wonderful wedding day! I didn't get ANY good pics of people. But this little picture of a picture tells the story anyway. Congratulations Taylor! I thought your new bride was a doll. :D</td></tr>
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Don't ya just LOVE SPRING? I love all the tulips and daffodils sprouting up around here. No these aren't mine. I have like a few dozen. These are from Thanksgiving Point Gardens Tulip Festival going on right now in Lehi, Utah. It's so beautiful to go walk around there and get inspiration!<br />
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I just cross my fingers the deer don't see my tulips very soon, or they will be gone gone gone in a swift munch. At least they don't like the daffodils though. I have a few of those that might survive deer. :D<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">So with spring comes a renewing of the old decorations. I am changing the decor in my entry room. It is blue and mauve leftover from the 80s. They called and wanted their wallpaper back. So I'm happy to oblige. We are GOING GREEN! It will be kind of lime greens and yellows and muted corals. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I'm so excited I found this wall mirror that will be perfect on the new painted walls in the entry room for $15 bucks. Can I get a hallelujah?!! What a steal! It will look nice after I paint the walls a pale lime. I have an old ball and claw table I'm painting the base lime too. It will look nice here in the bay window. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I LOVE LOVE LOVE these garden ceramic drums. They are nice to put a drink on if you have guests sitting on your ottomans or accent chairs. I've got one of these in blue in my great room and another one I love in white up at my cabin in the master bedroom. Now I'm going to put the green one in the entry room. It is my inspiration color for the new decor. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I loved these little mirrored eggs I found too. I think I'll keep them out year round with the new lime green and yellow decor. I just need a prettier basket than this old green one leftover from St. Patrick's day! U-G-L-Y! Gotta get to Hobby Lobby! </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I got this candle and this cute seahorse to add to the great room. I love the colors. They are all beachy turquoise blue. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And I couldn't resist this table runner. I love the new beachy colors and designs they have come out with lately. It reminds me of where I grew up! I lived on Redondo Beach most of my teenage life. Miss that salty sea air and the R and R of beachside lounging around with friends. Yup I really do miss that. sigh.....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This little seahorse and runner will match my great room colors. Here is a little peak of what I've been doing on my off time from teaching school. I usually redo something during Spring Break. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here it is! After months of working on my greatroom, we are almost done! I got new couches and chairs and pretty curtains after we painted and had new floors put down. It is just about done. I loved how the wall paint color turned out. That was actually the hardest part of all the decisions......paint colors. I rely on the hubs a lot. He has the final say because I always go too dark. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John put new ceiling fans in awhile back and they match the floor nice. I love how it is turning out. I got the cute chair from Pier 1. The lamp and knick knacks and pillows are from T. J. Max. I love that store. And I love that guy. He is a good decorating assistant....snicker.....(slave is more like it). I hope he doesn't read this.....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The after Easter sale was great at T.J. Max. I got a ton of stuff there. Here's something my grandkids will love. I got some cupcake decs for CH CH CHEAP! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These sugar sprinkles are regularly like $7.00 and I got the sprinkle container with 4 types of sprinkles for $1.40!!. And who doesn't love Jelly Belly candies for a buck? Well I do. Yum. I'm going to go eat some right now. I hope there will be leftovers for the grandkids when they come over!! :-O<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Valentines Day Decorations in the Front Entry....<br />
Just a few more days till Valentines Day! I've got the house all ready for the festivities! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Valentines Decor on an end table in the living room.....</td></tr>
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I really love all of the cute conversation hearts and red chocolates boxes and cupids that make up the holiday of love. I've got a lot of cute stuff stashed away in my February decorating bins.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Coffee Table decor for Valentines Day </td></tr>
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I used to always buy my kids a valentine of some sort as they were growing up. Somtimes it was just a baggie full of chocolate kisses. Sometimes it was a little toy or something. But the last few years I've mostly spoiled the grandbabies.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cute Kitchen Table decorations....so cheery! </td></tr>
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I love to change the pictures and decor of my gallery wall to match the holiday. I change the black iron cones to different flowers and greenery as well as adding seasonal doo dads to them like sugared valentine hearts and red berries. And I love getting out my seasonal placemats and runners for my kitchen table. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My little grandbaby just turned one this week. She looks like a little pink and perfect sweetheart doesn't she? And she's lovin that cookie I bet. </td></tr>
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I like the kitchen to look cheery with a few new hearts and flowers! It helps my attitude when I have to go out into a frozen world every day. I keep this LOVE lamp lighted all month. It's a fun night light when I wake up in the night with insomnia or just coming home from work. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kitchen counter Valentines Hearts.....hugs and kisses! </td></tr>
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I found this cute cookie sheet at Hobby Lobby. They already have EASTER decorations out! EEK!<br />
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The valentines cookie sheet will be a fun activity for my students at school and for my monthly family dinner at my house with all my kids. My girls will love decorating some sweet sugar cookie designs. I'll have to be on the lookout for some really cute valentine candy.<br />
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This time of year our family also likes to make a pilgrimage down to Heber to go to the Crater there at the Homestead Resort. <a href="http://www.homesteadresort.com/Crater">HERE is some info on it. </a>It's one thing we did very soon after moving here to Utah. We went snowmobiling and then afterward bought tickets to swim in this natural hot spring where a crater top is built over it. It is so fun to go there, get into your bathing suit and run, freezing as fast as you can from the dressing rooms to get into the nice warm water.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gotta have some silver and red chocolate kisses for the candy dishes. I just buy the clearance Christmas kisses and take out the green ones. Guess what I do with them? mmm......yup. those puppies are long gone!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is great little pillow for a Hot Potato Game....for a kid's Valentines Party. And it's a cute door hanger too! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I can't believe how much Valentines Day Decorating stuff I've accumulated.....</td></tr>
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<b> <span style="text-align: center;">I worked at Kohls while getting my Master's Degree in Education....so I got great discounts</span></b><br />
<span style="text-align: center;"><b>on lots of their fun decorations at holidays..... It's hard not to go overboard though....:D</b></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So anyway, here's inside my front door......</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My dining room picture wall....each season I change the black metal cone contents.....and<br />
hang some new ribbons or a swag of some sort on the wrought iron bar.....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Great Room entry......I love this jingle bell heart.....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hanging from the dining room chandelier...lots of hearts here....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kitchen table....I love placemats and runners.....and I change out the candle colors each season....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This little plate rack in my kitchen I've got Holiday plates for every season now....<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Outside on the front door I hung a heart ornament on a beaded wreath....I'm so crafty...hehe....</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="text-align: center;">My grandkids love all of my candy dishes...only thing is....these conversation</span><br style="text-align: center;" /><span style="text-align: center;">hearts are like a year old....I buy them after the season...they are for looks only! </span><span style="text-align: center;">I actually think they might break your teeth if you chomped down on one of em......</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love this little cupid lamp.....Got it at Kohls after Valentines Sale.<b style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"> </b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Love the little glass heart box I found. NOW I've got Valentines Decorations all up now! Ye Haw! </td></tr>
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I decided to make some "tea cakes" and have a dinner "viewing party" for the return of Downtown Abbey Season 4 tonight. Surprisingly, the hubs is not that excited....(sounds of snickering). He's more of a football fan.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mini Donut Maker was fun to try out! </td></tr>
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I got this new Mini Donut Maker for Christmas so I thought I'd put it to good use. Too bad I gave away my English chocolate bisquits at a White Elephant gift party on New Year's Eve! That would have been a great addition!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I made some chocolate icing and then used a tub of lemon icing and frosted and used lots of different sprinkles. Super fun! Kids would LOVE doing mini donuts and they are really easy using the little donut maker. It's like making mini waffles. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Little donut treats for the Downtown Abbey Premiere Party. Lemon and chocolate iced "tea cakes".<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Butterscotch Rice Crispie Treats! I just dumped butterscotch chips on top...real imaginative here.....lol.....but they are really good! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I cut these up and added them to the dessert plates full of donut "tea cakes". </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cranberry Cilantro Cheese dip with chips and crackers.....This is good anytime.... My recipe is <a href="http://weekdaychef.blogspot.com/2013/11/cranberry-cilantro-salsa-for-turkey.html">HERE at Weekday Chef. </a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cream of Broccoli Soup.....Yummy.....Check out my recipe <a href="http://weekdaychef.blogspot.com/2012/11/cream-of-broccoli-soup-like-kneaders.html">HERE at my foodie blog. </a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My old English Bone China Tea Set I bought when I was 18.... and Silver place card holders....fun to get them out for a centerpiece....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I have lots of decorative tea pots I put here and there....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These didn't really "taste" like a donut, more like a cupcake with the icing. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I had fun decorating them with all of my sugars and sprinkles! </td></tr>
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Now you are gonna want to have something to do during the commercials. How about a fun BINGO GAME? Your prizes could be little English things like Macaroon cookies, Herb Teas, Chocolates, "tea towels" for the kitchen and maybe some little English Lavender soaps in cute shapes. <br />
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Anyhoo check these Downtown Abbey Bingo Cards out <a href="http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2013/01/downton-abbey-bingo.html">HERE on Paste Magazine.</a>I think there are 4 cards total but you could make multiple copies.<br />
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Now you've got to have some bubbly too. I happen to like this flavor of Sparkling Cider! Cheers!<br />
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Some really cute Tea Party and Food Printables for the party are <a href="http://anightowlblog.com/2013/12/tea-party-printables.html">HERE at a Night Owl.</a><br />
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It's fun to get a group of Downtown Abbey Addicts together for yummy food and to watch the Premiere on T.V. together. So keep calm and Abbey On!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06547483434934339240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141154831434755413.post-73921723715269394442013-11-28T10:38:00.006-08:002014-11-28T05:10:56.868-08:00Thanksgiving Side Dishes from the Garden <br />
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I've been cooking myself into a food coma these past few days. I had the missionaries over tonight and made a ham and cheesy potatoes and pecan tarts. I also tried a new cranberry and crushed pineapple raspberry jello recipe that was really good! And tomorrow I'm cooking a turkey! EEK!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small; text-align: start;"> These potatoes were DIVINE!</span>The secret ingredient in the twice baked potatoes is cream! And of course the bacon makes everything betta! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Corn pudding. I'd never tried this before but it was good! Kind of sweet and savory at the same time. I found a recipe at Taste of Home <a href="http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/corn-pudding">HERE</a> that got a 4.9 rating! It would be a fun, new recipe to try! I loved it! </td></tr>
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I made some cute Thanksgiving cupcakes too...Scarecrows and Turkey Cupcakes with Orange Slice Candy hats and Lemonhead heads and Candycorn feathers and beaks.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I also found these fall colored Reese's Pieces candies that added a yummy touch to these Peanut Butter Cookies. They looked pretty on my fall brown crockery platter. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another one of the teachers made these delectable chocolate turkey cupcakes. Yummo! </td></tr>
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And these pecan tartlets were to die for. I ate two of them! They are like a tiny pecan pie! I found a similar recipe at All Recipes.com, <a href="http://allrecipes.com/recipe/tiny-pecan-tarts/">HERE. </a> It's my favorite cooking website because everything is rated by like thousands of home cooks. You KNOW it's gonna be good.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another yummy thing we had was Cranberry Sprite! It's NEW and Superbly YUMMY! Try it this holiday! </td></tr>
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I am planning my menu for Thanksgiving Day too. I'm going to do my favs but add some of those pecan tartlets and some Sweet Potato Casserole too.<br />
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Little Pinecone Turkey Placecards....check out my previous blog post for the tutorial <a href="http://weekdaychef.blogspot.com/2013/11/pine-cone-turkey-placecard-tutorial.html">Here at Weekday Chef. </a></div>
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Besides making some excellent memories with your kids and family this year doing some fun crafts like Gingerbread houses, Little turkeys out of pine cones (above... my granddaughter is modeling them as hair bows lol) or making sugar Christmas cookies or breads....we play Pin the Hat on the Turkey. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.727272033691406px;">WELL....And besides all of the wonderful pies we all make....My daughter-in-law Cait made these cute mini apple pies....So cute....what else do you love on Thanksgiving Day???! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.727272033691406px;">My favorite salad is one my mom always made.....fresh cranberry....Check out the recipe <a href="http://weekdaychef.blogspot.com/2011/11/favorite-thanksgiving-dish.html">HERE at Weekday Chef.</a> The fun thing about it is my siblings all make this one too. You make family traditions with all of your side dishes, did you KNOW THAT? Yeah. It's true! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.727272033691406px;">My son Devin made this spinach salad....doesn't it look yummy? So pretty too! It is seriously one of my very favorite side salads to any meal....with spinach, candied pecans, avocado, strawberries and a sweet raspberry vineagrette. </td></tr>
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And of course you can't forget the homemade rolls and real salted butter. I love to have some really good raspberry jam to go with it. <br />
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Here is the link <a href="http://pattiemoss.blogspot.com/2013/11/thanksgiving-decorating.html">at Patties Place.</a> I have lots of Thanksgiving decor I've taken pics of. It's my other blog. Try a new side dish this Thanksgiving you haven't tried before. And have fun at YOUR get together this fall holiday!<br />
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LOOK what I found at the Dollar Store! These are dancing solar pilgrims and a turkey! They will be so cute for my kiddie table this year at Thanksgiving!!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The little turkey is the cutest. You just set them under a lamp and they bob and dance! It's really sweet! I hope the kids don't fight over the turkey. It was the last one in the store! Maybe I can find a set at another dollar store if I go today....hummm.....</td></tr>
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Thanksgiving decorating has begun! I've gotten out all my boxes of junk and started switching out Jack-o-lanterns for Turkeys!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This was my very first Thanksgiving decoration I ever made when I became a newleywed. I remember getting the hubs to cut out the 2 x 4 pieces of wood to make these cute little Pilgrim Pair. Then glue guns were all the rage and I could add the felt clothes, the jute hair and the spanish moss in the basket of apples. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This was another Thanksgiving decoration I made soon after. It's a mop doll scarecrow, made from a cotton mop. It's cuter if you hang it up. </span></td></tr>
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The kitchen counters with all kinds of turkeys and here a pumpkin, there a pumpkin, everywhere a pumpkin......<br />
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I love the gourds and pumpkins of fall but what I LOVE are those amber colored glass pumpkins and leaves. So pretty!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">My little Thanksgiving Indian couple is so pretty, I love these fall colors and the little lucite acorns too....and Look! I even made a little fall subway lettering in a picture frame! </span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> More pilgrims.....the little girls love my tiny set of pilgrims and Indians at a tiny table. The legs are broken off of two of them now, but we still set them out just for the grandkids to enjoy. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We always play games at Thanksgiving llike pin the hat on the turkey....the girls and Devin love it! (Devin is just a big kid, didn't you know?) He will be missed at Thanksgiving this year. But we will see him at Christmas! Woot! </td></tr>
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<img alt="Pretty Fall Wreath ... made with gold and brown ornament balls" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/2b/7a/16/2b7a16332ee1f656c1b6afd4b18ec8d7.jpg" /><br />I love this wreath I found on Pinterest. I might have to try and make it!<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Well, I'd better get to work now. I still have 30 report cards to do before Monday morning. EEK! I get so sidetracked when I'm playing with my decorations. snicker.....<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06547483434934339240noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141154831434755413.post-59992679627582332492013-10-24T22:10:00.000-07:002013-10-24T22:10:00.072-07:0010 Reasons Fall is the Best Season I have always loved this time of year. FALL IS THE BEST SEASON OF ALL! I love the holidays, the scenery, the weather, and the traditions I keep with my family, and for all sorts of other reasons. Here are just a few of them. <b><span style="color: red;">My TOP 10 REASONS why the Fall Season is the BEST</span></b><span style="color: red;">! </span><br />
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1. I LOVE GOING BACK TO SCHOOL! I am a teacher and I just love all the excitement of kids and parents planning for a new school year. Everybody gets new clothes and backpacks and lunch pails (who doesn't remember their first Barbie or Hot Wheels Lunch Pail?), a new haircut and shoes, and we get to meet our students for the year and decorate up our classrooms. It is a lot of fun for a teacher to do Back to School.<br />
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We haven't seen our teacher friends for a few months and it's fun to reconnect again. I laugh at the Staples commercial where moms and dads are skipping happily through the store with carts full of school supplies while the kids trudge unhappily behind them while they are singing "It's the MOST wonderful time of the year!". I concur. :D<br />
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2.HARVEST FESTIVALS! I love the harvest time. Up here in Utah at the end of summer there are lots and lots of festivals celebrating the harvest. We have Peach Days, Onion Days, Scarecrow Festival, Lavender Days, Raspberry Days at our Bear Lake cabin and many others. Each and every festival is unique and lots of fun. Some of them people dress up for too like Swiss Days in Heber and the Witch Scavenger Hunt at Gardner Village. I love to go to a pumpkin patch or pick cherries or apples from an orchard with family members too. I like to then go make things out of my fruit like cherry crisp or fresh peach pies. I enjoy going to a pumpkin patch too. Do you have to be a little kid to enjoy it? Nope. You can just smile at little kids enjoying it. :D<br />
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Here are my cute little granddaughters at one of the festival picture booths. <br />
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I love the fall scarecrow festival and the witch scavenger hunt at Gardner Village.<br />
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3.MY BIRTHDAY is in October. Well you can't blame me for liking my birthday. You have to go on an adventure as you get older and have some kind of new experience. That much I have learned. Because as you get older your birthdays start to suck. So you have to change it up. Try something scary or new. Go experience a concert, a new sport, go see a wonder of the world. My brother and my nephew and I all share a birthday. So it's fun to message each other and remember birthdays past that we've done together. It's fun to get 100 likes on Facebook for your birthday too and get new things you buy yourself for a present (like my cool, new laptop I'm writing on right now). Spoil yourself on your birthday no matter what season it happens on. I try to also give presents or a party to somebody else near my birthday so I don't feel like it's a sucky day. It makes it lots more fun to give than to get.<br />
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Here he is with one of his youngest great-grandsons, my only grandson, Dylan. </div>
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4. HALLOWEEN PARTIES AND DECORATIONS! I just love seeing black and orange and purple and lime green decorations all over the stores right now. I love a cute witch or frankie and I love to see Jack o lanterns decorated in all sorts of ways. My favorite time to decorate my house is Halloween time. I have almost more decorations for Halloween than I do for Christmas! EEK! I know, it is an illness. <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I love me a good Halloween Party. Add some dry ice and bobbing for
apples and a pumpking carving contest and a bunch of weirdos in costume
and you can't help but have fun. And add some little smokies pigs-in-a-blanket that look like mummies and some green jello and some kind of
meat on a stick and you've got it made! </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My favorite holiday and some of my favorite decorations are at Halloween time. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Getting ready for trick or treaters. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fun treats for the kids made from rice crispie treats and M & Ms.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">And my grandkids coming over in costume to trick or treat grandma is one
of the best traditions there ever was. I love those little witches and
pirates. And I always plan something fun to give them like trick or
treat baskets, stuffed animals, glow in the dark toys or some rice
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Halloween Party in my classroom with my grandkids and I as ladybugs and bees. </td></tr>
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5. THANKSGIVING FUN! I love having people over for turkey dinner and eating till I'm stuffed with all of my favorite foods. And everybody is always so happy on Thanksgiving. There are no expectations like there are at Christmas. It's just a fun holiday to get together.We play games, decorate gingerbread cookie houses and we pin the feather on the turkey. And we always go to the movies in the evening after everybody has gone home happy.<br />
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I always have lots of fun pulling out the Thanksgiving Plastic Bins and getting reaquainted with all of my cool Fall decor again. I love the fall colors, the fake leaves, glass pumpkins, and scarecrows! <br />
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I love pretty placemats for every season and scented candles and silk flowers too. <br />
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<b>Here's the family and lots of Autumn decor on an end table in my great room. Every year it looks a little bit different. It's fun to decorate for each season of the year. </b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kiddie table I decorate for Thanksgiving every year. </td></tr>
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6. HIKES IN UTAH MOUNTAINS in early October. It's not too hot, not too chilly, and the autumn colors on the mountains are just awe inspiring! I love the mix of orange, yellow, green and red. And the animals are all about too. Just yesterday I saw a young family of deer walk across the street as I was driving home from school. I couldn't get my camera out fast enough! 5 little deer will just make your day, believe me!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Hiking Minnetonka Caves in Idaho with my sis. </b></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Hiking around Sundance Ski Resort in Utah. We didn't see Robert Redford though...sigh....</b></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Just above ALTA Ski Resort look what we saw hiking....it doesn't get any better than this! </span></b></td></tr>
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7. I LOVE THE FALL SPORTS! I love watching the World series in Baseball, and the start of Sunday Night Football. It is fun for my hubs and me, and for the guys in the family to get together and talk about our favorite teams while eating great football snacks<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Lots of the kids do fantasy teams and that adds to the fun. I love
watching my little grandkids playing sports too. Have you ever watched 4
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.And who doesn't love a good, rough, hockey game in person? I love to go
see the Utah Grizzlies and watch the clown shoot hot dogs up in the
stands and stand up to dance to YMCA. And have you ever done "Chuck a
Puck"? Well you haven't lived then. It's a fun sport, hockey is. My son
Danny loved it and we loved watching him play and end up in the penalty
box. It makes me smile thinking about it. We've got tickets for November already! </div>
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We make little individual pizzas in these cast iron pans They turn out like Pizza Hut deep dish pizzas.Gotta love football snacks! And I LOVE pigs in a blanket!<br />
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8. FAMILY QUAD RIDING at our Cabin in the mountains during the Fall season too. It is one of the most fun family outings a family can have. We take the little ones and put them on the back of the 4 wheelers in their own little helmets and go tour the national forests around our cabin. The weather is nice and crisp and breathing fresh air when you are doing something physical and beautiful at the same time is a rush. I love it!<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> I love coming in half warm half cold to get by the fire and drink some
hot chocolate and grab some BBQ chips after riding quads or hiking out
in the mountains of Utah. It's just so neat. My hubs is a biker and he
loves that too. I love watching the pelaton of bike racers whizzing
around a curve at the mountain bike races they have right near our cabin
too. But I just take the pictures. I don't bike.</span></td></tr>
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9. MY GARDEN looks good but it's not as much work as summer gardens are. I've done all the back breaking weeding and hoeing and mulching all summer and everything has slowed down but everything still looks good. It hasn't all died yet but the workload has shrunk down to nothing but the occasional odd weed or watering. Mostly it is just beautiful and colorful with fall orange and red foliage, a harvest of green, yellow squash and orange pumpkins and red apples from the trees and vines and lovely fall mums and shrubs in shades of orange, yellow and burgundy.<br />
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It just makes me happy. Every year I put down a new door mat in fall
colors for my front door and add a beautiful fall wreath with some Hobby
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It is just inviting to walk up my front
path in the fall seeing the green pine trees, the aspens and the fall
leaves changing colors on our other trees and shrubs. Fall is the best
season for beauty in nature, I think. <br />
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10. FALL FASHIONS I love when all the new fall sweaters and scarves can come out and I can cover up with some of my favorite boots and overshirts and sweaters and scarves. I love the new fall looks in magazines and trying new fall colors of jewelry and nail polish. It all feels new like a new school year.<br />
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Even though I love Christmas in the winter and Easter in the Spring, and a good, long, summer vacation, I've always loved fall the best. I remember skating down my street, my cheeks flushed and pink, panting and happy with my new, red, birthday skates, loving the weather and being outdoors. And here I am 50 years later and I still feel exactly the same way. <span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red;">FALL ROCKS! </span></b></span><br />
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I only have 7 ingredients for my creamy potato salad. And I NEVER put pickles or onions in mine. That's just wrong! With this great fall weather we've been having it seems like a good day to make ribs and potato salad!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Weekday Chef's Creamy Potato Salad with Bacon! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is one of my kids' favorite things that I make for BBQ dinners....great for summer picnics too. </td></tr>
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My 7 ingredients are: Potatoes, eggs, bacon, celery, mustard, mayo, and salad seasoning. These 7 yummy things makes a great potato salad. But don't eat it that often because it is very high in calories and the egg yolks aren't so good for your arteries. But it's great for a special Summer BBQ.<br />
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I like to use either red, new potatoes, or Yukon Gold potatoes. Both just seem creamier to me.<br />
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If I use the red, new potatoes, I don't peel off the skins, ever. But sometimes I do with the Yukon Gold, if I'm not feeling too lazy.<br />
<b><span style="color: red; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Potato Salad Ingredients List:</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">13 to 15 small and medium potatoes cut up into bite size chunks so it fills a big salad bowl</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">7 eggs (boiled with the potatoes, then chopped up)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">1 1/4 cups of good quality mayo</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">3 Tablespoons regular French's Mustard</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">4-5 pieces of bacon cooked and crumbled</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">3-4 stalks of celery finely sliced (I like that bit of crunch)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">5-7 shakes (to taste) of Salad Seasoning (about 2 teaspoons)</span><br />
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Seasoning salt and pepper if you need more flavor</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Top with a few shakes of parsley flakes</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's hard to find this stuff sometimes, but it MAKES every single salad better, pasta, potato, spinach...I use it a LOT! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The best potatoes to use are these red, new potatoes. Just leave the skins on! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yukon Gold also make great potato salads...leave skins on or peel as you please...I peeled mine for this salad. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's a great side dish. And it tastes even better the next day when all the seasonings have melded together as leftovers! </td></tr>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06547483434934339240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141154831434755413.post-67502351851316986062013-07-28T16:34:00.002-07:002013-07-29T21:24:34.032-07:00Zuchini Recipes (Chicken Chili) <br />
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My good friend Launa brought my hubs and I over some of her hub's garden goods; a few of these yellow squash and zuchinis. I love zuchini and my hubs loves yellow squash, but neither one of us had grown or seen these yellow zuchini before. Aren't they so pretty? I had to use them tonight in something.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chocolate Chip Zuchini Bread and Chili are how I used up these garden veggies!</td></tr>
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So I came up with a chili that I added the yellow squash to. It was really good. I had some leftover roast beef I used, some fresh tomatoes from the garden, corn off the cob and some leftover taco meat and leftover Jimmy Dean sausage I had frozen in a zip lock baggie.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stir fried up the veggies and added the yellow zuchini to the mix.....I didn't have any corn so I added carrots instead. I use up whatever leftover veggies in my fridge with this chili. It's healthy and spicy too! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">But not as spicy as this yummy Apricot Zucchini Bread I also made with the yellow Zucchini! Check it out <a href="http://weekdaychef.blogspot.com/2013/07/apricot-zuchini-bread-with-chocolate.html">HERE. </a></td></tr>
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It was one of those nights where I just wanted to throw things in a pot and simmer it for an hour while I was finishing the wall painting in my master bathroom.We are remodeling again. Oh Crap!! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is kind of the "Before Picture". I'll be done with this in another day Woo Hoo! </td></tr>
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We are down to the last 2 bathrooms and we have finished the tile floors. Now we just need to add granite countertops. I can't wait! <br />
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Anyway, here is another use for zuchini! Taco Chili <br />
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1 1/2 cups of diced chicken or fried & drained ground beef<br />
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1 small or 1/2 medium onion diced and sauteed for 8 minutes in oil/butter mixture<br />
1/4 cup green or red pepper sauteed with the onion<br />
1 cup diced tomatoes or use a can of stewed, diced tomatoes<br />
3/4 cup corn off cob or frozen yellow corn (or another leftover veggie)<br />
1 can kidney beans<br />
1 can chili beans (I don't drain the liquids)<br />
1 quartered and sliced zuchini (small) yellow or green <br />
1 packet of <span style="color: red;"><b>Lawry's</b></span> chili mix (found in the spaghetti and gravy packet aisle)<br />
1/4 cup fried up ground Jimmy Dean sausage spicy (Optional) I usually have some leftover frozen from doing sausage breakfast burritos. <br />
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Fry up your onions first and then throw the green pepper in. While that is sauteed, fry up your ground beef and drain off the fat. Then mix the two pans together. Then cut up your tomatoes, and zucchini and 1/2 can of corn or 1 cup of fresh or frozen corn, and dump them all in, your packet of chili mix and your beans. Let it all stew together for 15 minutes on medium heat, I rarely ever have to add any more spice to this.<br />
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You can also add in any leftover veggies or spanish rice. It is kind of a "use up my leftovers" dinner. But BOY oh BOY those yellow zuchini look and tasted great! And my chili goes great with corn bread too! <br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06547483434934339240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141154831434755413.post-52271495712632123742013-07-25T11:00:00.002-07:002013-07-25T11:03:02.123-07:00Deck Restore Painting We have an old house. I think it is around 35 years old. So this deck may be really, really crotchety! That means old in pig latin. And we redid the flat part last year. This year we wanted to redo all the posts and cover up those dumb hearts. <span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;">(who puts hearts on balconies except the Swiss? Are we living in the Swiss Alps or what?</span>)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The awful Deck. This is the BEFORE DECK RESTORE picture. </td></tr>
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When we started the project last year we had to do a lot of PREP! Oh my GOSH the deck was flaky. Is yours that way too? Yuck! I took the power washer and washed off the entire deck really good. It took me an hour or so. Then I let it dry.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Close up of how badly we needed some RESTORE DECK PAINT done here....</td></tr>
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This Deck Restore Paint is the greatest product EVER! It is from Home Depot. If you don't want to redo your whole deck in Trex, this is a good alternate solution. It really made our deck look better.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">RESTORE DECK PAINT comes in a gallon can and we bought an applicator roller that had a texture to it. You can add your broomstick to it so it isn't so backbreaking to apply. But seriously aren't these hearts so dumb? I think so. Cute is out, definitely OUT! </td></tr>
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We sanded it just a big wire brush, just to loosen anything that might chip off. We picked a dark brown but unfortunately they didn't have our exact shade. You have to choose from their color selection which isn't a huge variety, but there are about 20 colors. And we could have color matched. I think we should have, but we are getting ready to paint the house anyway, so no worries.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Here is a short video showing HOW to spread the DECK RESTORE PAINT onto your old deck. It looks really easy, AND IT WAS! Especially for me because all I did was watch! Well, and I cleaned up too. :D</span><br />
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I decided our old umbrella had seen better days. So I got a fresh, new, green umbrella and some cute outdoor cushions and a few decorations for the deck. It was so boring before! But doesn't the deck planks look fantastic? Oh yeah! </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love the new umbrella and the oil lamp on the table from Pier 1 on clearance. It was only 8 bucks! Woot! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fake flowers in pots around the deck mixed with real ones. I got that tip from JOY IN THE GARDEN'S radio show. She does it even with tulips and daffodils! Great idea! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We added these copper, solar lights to the end posts of the deck, they were about $15.00 each at the end of the summer last year. Aren't they pretty? Check them out <a href="http://www.homedepot.com/buy/outdoors-decking-post-caps/summit-4-in-x-4-in-copper-and-plastic-solar-post-cap-182948.html">Here at Home Depot.</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here is the DECK RESTORE looking great even a year later! (we still have to get rid of those hearts though! I'm still working on painting the posts and handrails. It's a work in progress. It's so hot I can only stand painting in the evenings. </td></tr>
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<span style="color: blue;">Yesterday in Utah was Pioneer Day. We took a break to go swimming since my hubs and son had the day off. So my daughter brought her kids and my son brought his and we had a blast! </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My son Jeff dragged me all over these scary slides. I think I wet my pants on one of them! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Josie loved swimming in the lazy river at Cowabunga Bay with daddy. </td></tr>
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She loved all the slides at Cowabunga Bay too! <br />
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Me and Tiff chilling out....<br />
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You know how people that cycle have all kinds of cool cycling gear? My hubs is a cyclist. Every spring when I get home from work there are days when he will get a package. It tends to either be computer gizmos or cycling gear. He loves to get a new shirt or some of those colorful stretchy pants.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Garden Glove collection......I think I need to add some more colors! </td></tr>
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I used to NOT wear gloves and my fingernails would get so dirty and my hands would get slivers in them and my fingers would get raw from sliding them along cement edging or bricks. I once even tried the Dove Soap trick. Scratch your fingernails along Dove Soap before gardening so you fill under your nails with soap. It did work better at keeping dirt out from under my nails, but it irritated me too. I didn't like it. So gloves it is.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This would be such a cute thing to make to hang the wet gloves up on! I love it! </td></tr>
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Well, I think gardeners are no different. We love a good hat, some colorful or "feel good" gloves or a new and improved tool of some sort. <span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: red;">I still dream about the day I get a ride on mower...</span></span>..not that I mow the lawn all that much, I just would like a ride on a ride on mower, haha! <br />
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So here is my collection of gardening gloves. I have all kinds.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I sure do have a lot of black gloves!What's up with that?<br />
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These are cute ones too. Gotta love a new, cute pattern on the gloves. Sometimes I like these loose, thick ones if I'm picking up twigs or pruning bushes. </td></tr>
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There is always one pair out on the porch drying out from getting wet or muddy weeding or watering. I just throw them in the washing machine with a load of towels every time I weed or work in the yard.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Garden Gloves....I love the ones with cute patterns, but the thinner, rubbery ones work better for weeding. </td></tr>
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And the funny thing is.....every time I walk past a display of garden gloves, I want to buy a new, cute pair! Just like a cyclist longs for a fun, new, pair of socks or some cool, new jersey design. <br />
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But my feeling is, HEY! If it helps motivate me to get out there and weed, isn't it worth every penny spent on my glove fettish? Oh yes it is. :D <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Strawberry Pie.....so good it's criminal! I use Jello for the easy glaze! </td></tr>
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I love fresh strawberries and I had a ton I got from the market for $2.00 a package! What a deal!! So I made a <span style="color: red; font-size: large;">strawberry pie.</span> This recipe is so easy and it was <span style="color: red; font-size: large;">deeeeeeelish.</span> You make the glaze with <span style="color: red; font-size: large;">jello!</span> It is SOOOOOO <b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">easy peasy.</span></b> <span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;"> </span><br />
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I'm gonna do another one in<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;"><b> peach</b></span> as soon as they are in season. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peaches from my tree last year were so yummy. It is just now filled with pink flowery blossoms! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Well, not as pretty as this little Peach at her Spring dance recital! </td></tr>
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Here is Miss Megan being her cute, little, joyful self after the recital. So cute!<br />
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I like to make my pie crust with <span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large;"><b>real butter</b></span>. It just tastes better to me, like a yummy <span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large;">crescent cookie</span>. So try your crust with butter to see if you like it too.<br />
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Then I like to whisk it up mold it into a ball and roll it out on a large zip lock baggie. It just makes life easier <span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-size: x-small;">and I was out of waxed paper</span>. :D I rolled it out so it was about 1/2 inch bigger all around than the pie tin layed over it. Then I cut around it. <br />
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Making the beautiful edging is my fav part. Just pinch between your left thumb and your right thumb and forefinger to make the pointy peaks around your pie crust edge. Or opposite if you are a lefty. </div>
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While the crust was baking I did the glaze and cut off the tops of the strawberries and washed and dried them. The glaze is super easy.<br />
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Mix 3/4 cup sugar with<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Strawberry Glaze Ingredients and Directions</b></span><br />
1 cup of water<br />
2 tablespoons cornstarch Mix first 3 ingredients....<br />
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Put it in a saucepan on the stove till it is smooth and when it is bubbling....boil for about 2 minutes. Then take it off the heat.<br />
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Whisk it for a minute till it is dissolved and then put it in the fridge for 15 minutes to cool.<br />
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Then arrange the yummy strawberries with the pointy side up in the cooled pie shell. By the time I had the green tops cut off and them washed and dried, the glaze was cool! Pour the glaze over the top, coating each of the top strawberries. Then pop it into the fridge for a 1/2 hour until set.<br />
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It was delicious because the top of the crust was still crunchy cookie tasting. <span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;">I hate pie crust that is all soggy Ug!</span> So we ate that baby up so fast!!! It was gone by morning. <span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;">Yum is all I can say. But I wish I had made 2 of em. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Who says you can't have a piece of Fresh Strawberry Pie for breakfast...<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>NOT ME!</b></span> </td></tr>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06547483434934339240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141154831434755413.post-11357274050182251712013-04-03T20:20:00.001-07:002013-04-17T21:05:49.335-07:00Deer Proofing My Yard?I have been ignoring my garden for the past few months. Mostly because it was covered in snow. But yesterday the weather in Northern Utah got to be around 60 degrees. It was so beautiful and sunny out. Everybody started working in their yards. Look what is sprouting up in mine!! <br />
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And I noticed a few of my bulbs were peeking out from the frozen dirt. I noticed hyacinths in pink. It is so cute!<br />
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And here are my cute little Easter chicks on Easter Sunday. Below is my first daffodil coming up in the front yard. <br />
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And here is a crocus in purple below. I love this lonely little daffodil too. Some bloggers say they don't love daffodils. I wonder how long before the deer find mine?<br />
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I'm waiting for this one to burst open before the deer find it! Maybe I'll have a few days of color before it gets chomped on. <br />
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Here is a purple hyacinth above and a paperwhite below. They are such delicate little bulbs. I'm going to plant a few more of them. I have also heard that cayenne pepper in a water spray on the flowers can deter deer. I'm going to try it. <br />
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I have read that yarrow, coneflowers, lavender, blue salvia, and a few others are not loved by deer. Also that you can get wolf urine and hang it up in bags on trees and that will scare them off your property. I am thinking of trying it, as weird as that sounds. My hubs is against it. Haha. I might have to resort to something drastic. Anybody got an idea to keep deer out of the flower bulbs?<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06547483434934339240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141154831434755413.post-52069609898282243142013-02-18T10:32:00.000-08:002014-06-24T07:34:31.054-07:00Organizing My Garden Tools in an Indoor Potting CabinetI was rearranging some furniture in my den the other day and had this little end table filled with DVDs and cassette tapes if you can believe THAT! <span style="color: red;">(tells you how long since I've done any spring purging inTHAT </span><span style="color: red;">room!) </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Indoor Potting Shed to get ready for gardening season! This is right next to my glass door in the kitchen. </td></tr>
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Anyway, I decided to move it up to the kitchen and fill my little "Potting Shed Cabinet" with my gardening supplies, so I have it super handy when I go out onto the backyard deck or go out to prune or plant on my garden terraces.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I put my hand shovels and my gardening gloves in the top drawer of the potting cabinet. I'll have to find the rest of my tools when this frozen wasteland we call Utah thaws out. LOL The top drawer of my indoor potting cabinet I'll use for gardening hand clippers, small shovels and garden gloves.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I got this sprayer after the summer on clearance for $4.00, what a deal! The middle drawer is for hose sprayers and dry sprinkle-on fertilizer.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The beginnings of my Indoor Potting Shed.....it's just starting to take shape! I'll eventually have jars of seeds on the top shelf. The cupboard is for liquid fertilizers and my small pots and leftover bulbs and seed packets.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Look at this cute herb garden I saw in a kitchen recently. I HAD to take picture. How would it be to be able to cut fresh herbs anytime you cook? I have GOT to try this one. Be sure to keep your herb seeds in an airtight container. She also had her granny's favorite recipes framed. So sweet! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Always put your leftover seed packets in an airtight container like a lidded jar or Rubbermaid container. </td></tr>
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Now the thing about seed packets is you need to keep them away from heat or moisture or any kind of fluctuating temperatures. So it is best to put them in a lidded jar. If you just leave your packets out in the garage or in drawers, they will lose their vigor and maybe won't germinate quickly, or may die.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small; text-align: start;"> So keep them in an airtight jar. I just used a Ball jar and lid I had in my canning supplies.</span></td></tr>
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I'm going to try to start an herb garden in indoor pots even though it is only February. I can keep it inside for the cold winter months and see what it does. Maybe I'll try some cilantro. I LOVE that stuff!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06547483434934339240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141154831434755413.post-19380012432435656372013-02-06T20:55:00.000-08:002013-02-06T20:55:06.378-08:00Decorating for Valentines Day <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption">Valentines is coming soon so I got out my bins of <span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><b>February Valentines Decor</b></span> and got busy today...<br />
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It's amazing how much stuff I've got stashed in those flippy white and red bins! </div>
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This is my coffee table.....I love this little stained glass heart box....</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is great little pillow for a Hot Potato Game....for a kid's Valentines Party</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I can't believe how much stuff I've accumulated.....This fake plant I put different stick decor in it for each holiday and different ribbons. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Living Room Valentines Table decor.....All my candleholders I just change out the color of candle for each holiday.</td></tr>
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<b> <span style="text-align: center;">I worked at Kohls while getting my Master's Degree in Education....so I got great discounts</span></b><br />
<span style="text-align: center;"><b>on lots of their fun decorations at holidays..... It's hard not to go overboard though....:D</b></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So anyway, here's inside my front door......</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My dining room picture wall....each season I change the black metal cone contents.....and<br />
hang some new ribbons or a swag of some sort on the wrought iron bar.....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Great Room entry......I love this jingle bell heart.....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hanging from the dining room chandelier...lots of hearts here....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I got some heart suckers for my grandbabies....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This little plate rack in my kitchen I've got Holiday plates for every season now....<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Outside on the front door I hung a heart ornament on a beaded wreath....I'm so crafty...hehe....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Front entry table....I love this light up LOVE lamp....it stays on all season long.....</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="text-align: center;">My grandkids love all of my candy dishes...only thing is....these conversation</span><br style="text-align: center;" /><span style="text-align: center;">hearts are like a year old....I buy them after the season...they are for looks only! </span><span style="text-align: center;">I actually think they might break your teeth if you chomped down on one of em......</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love this little cupid lamp.....Got it at Kohls after Valentines Sale.<b style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"> </b></td></tr>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06547483434934339240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141154831434755413.post-88275702430612027562013-01-20T13:24:00.000-08:002013-01-27T17:13:39.585-08:00Winter Yard DecorMy boring front entry looks like it needs a face lift. It is snowy January in Utah and all my flower beds aren't looking very inspirational. But maybe I can spruce up my front entry with some clever winter creations!!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This VERY creative birdbath has a frozen fruity design I had never seen anything like it! Check it out <a href="http://www.midwestliving.com/garden/ideas/deck-the-yard-with-creative-winter-designs/?page=7">HERE. </a></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Simple Christmas Decor" height="640" src="http://media-cache-ec2.pinterest.com/upload/36873290668608678_9azkZmVS_c.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My favorite color is red, so I am attracted to all red decor. This has some winter amaryllis bulbs and some red pomegranates hanging. I love the red rainboots and the tin watering can on the door for winter yard decor. Check this one out <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/351912440429695/">on Pinterest.</a><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I loved this winter front porch too! All they did is add some red berry picks and ribbon and some white twigs and it looks really beautiful.....and there again is the cute sled. I have GOT to get one of those!! Check it out <a href="http://www.busybeelifestyle.com/outdoor-decorating-for-winter/">Busy Bee Lifestyle's</a> great outdoor decor ideas.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hanging snowflakes are really fun and easy for winter decorations in the yard, aren't they? These sets on string would be a lot of fun waving in the snowy wind.<br />
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Another winter porch with red accents and pine cones for Winter Porch Decor. I think the red sticks would be an easy addition too.</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="ninnarae-winter-front-porch-display" src="http://hgtv.sndimg.com/HGTV/2009/12/30/Holiday-UGC_ninnarae-winter-front-porch-display_s4x3_lg.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I LOVED this idea with the ice skates. And I have a cute little sled similar to this. I'll have to see if I can pick up some ice skates at the thrift store. The little "Let it Snow" board adds a cute winter greeting too doesn't it? This one is from <a href="http://www.hgtv.com/decorating/10-winter-decorating-ideas/pictures/index.html">HGTV.</a></td></tr>
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So I think I'll add some red berries and white sticks to my little green evergreen potted tree. Then I'll find some old ice skates, and I'll add a red sled with a bucket of pine cones to my front entry.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06547483434934339240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141154831434755413.post-8707537803480791212012-12-10T05:44:00.003-08:002012-12-12T19:26:40.682-08:00Beautiful Flower Gardens <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I miss the summer where I had lots of beautiful blooms.<br />
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Now it's getting cold and the snow is coming.<br />
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I will be missing the beds of flowers and the pops of color for awhile.<br />
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And the fruits of the season. They will have to wait awhile.<br />
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But now that fall has passed, we can look back on all the beautiful things we loved.<span style="color: red;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">the hubs included...lol..</span></span>.<br />
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And the fun adventures we experienced.<br />
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And enjoy new ones as we head into winter. And enjoy a new kind of beauty.<br />
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But we will miss the flowers of summer.<br />
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Oh yes we will. Thank goodness we took lots of pictures while things were abloom!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06547483434934339240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141154831434755413.post-65612518459959666782012-11-27T16:23:00.001-08:002014-11-28T05:09:58.136-08:00Thanksgiving Decorations There are leaves all over my front yard and the wind is howling and it is raining. So I'm safe and warm inside wondering if good old Mr. Wind will blow all my leaves away today so I won't have to be the raking maniac on Saturday.<br />
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I'm sitting here looking through cookbooks trying to decide what to do for a pumpkin dessert for Thanksgiving. Maybe a pumpkin trifle? Maybe a pumpkin cake in a jelly roll pan with cream cheese icing? Maybe a pumpkin cheesecake?<br />
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Well, in the meantime,here are my cute Thanksgiving day decorations....2012....<br />
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Thanksgiving Day was super fun at the Moss Homestead this year. The whole family was home.<br />
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I decorated every single room up for Thanksgiving; end tables, coffee tables, entryway, kitchen....every surface I could find had stuff! Yeah, it's an illness I think. I go overboard a little bit.<br />
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The kitchen counters had all kinds of turkeys and pumpkins everywhere......<br />
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Real fall pumpkins as well as glass ones. It was really cute!<br />
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Merlene and Don Moss came for dinner on the Sunday before Thanksgiving....<br />
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Grandpa Don passed out his life history he'd been working on for 12 years! It was awesome!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Want to see some cute decorations? Well I have plenty. Here is my entryway table decorated for Thanksgiving......</td></tr>
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The kitchen buffet was decorated with Thanksgiving pilgrims.....<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And Indians....and Look! I even made a little fall subway lettering in a picture frame! </td></tr>
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More pilgrims.....the little girls love my tiny set of pilgrims and Indians at a tiny table. The legs are broken off of two of them now, but we still set them out.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Devin and Caitlin came from Chicago and stayed 8 days! It was wonderful to have them here. We threw a baby shower of Caitlin one night last week and she got a lot of fun loot! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We played pin the hat on the turkey....the girls and Devin loved it! (Devin is just a big kid, didn't you know?)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Caitlin and Devin made gingerbread cookies for us to decorate. This is Devin's "anatomically correct" gingerbread girl....lol......</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sadly, it melted in the oven and we couldn't figure out which girl had the.....well....the....well endowed body.....hehe.....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Entry table in the great room was so cute! This candy was all gone about 10 minutes after all the kids arrived......and I think I had 5 bowls everywhere......what the heck? </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thanksgiving table decorations......</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marisa was all ready to eat at the kiddie table....I got 2 little pilgrim bears and a soft turkey for them to take home with them......all of them loved the turkey. Megan got to take it home.....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the end tables in the great room......I love fall decor! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The piano was decorated for fall too.....Happy Thanksgiving! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here's our buffet table with all the vittles in the kitchen.....</td></tr>
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We had lots of good stuff too! I always forget to take a picture of the turkey though....sniff sniff....<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The kiddie table with all 3 girls chowing down.....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Don't you love Megan sticking her tongue out? That's just special.....lol....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We all made some fun pilgrim hat cookies with Keebler striped shortbread cookies, some icing, some small peanut butter cups and a slice of gumdrop for the buckle. These were to DIE FOR good! <br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: small;">And I ate a bunch of them...bad me.....</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These turned out cute and yummy....Pilgrim Hat Cookies.....Made from Reeses Peanut Butter Cups and Keebler shortbread striped cookies! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then it was the ipad games all around.....and phone games.....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All 4 of these kids love ipad games! Even the 2 year old Josie is great on the ipad! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then we played Apples to Apples in the great room.....John doesn't like games so he plays for 5 minutes and then sneaks off to watch football in the basement.....here he is about to make his getaway.....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The little girls and Devin, Cait, Wendy and I decorated<br />
gingerbread houses and cookies...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I think this one was Marisa's house...it was super pretty! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This one was Josie's house....very cute! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jeffrey always wins the games we play. He got 7 on Apples to Apples and I only got 1. How did that happen? It was a fun Thanksgiving Day hanging out together. I will miss everybody. It's so great to be together. </td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06547483434934339240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141154831434755413.post-28963876992863625672012-10-24T21:01:00.001-07:002013-11-28T10:43:02.057-08:00Halloween Decorations <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://realmomsrealviews.com/2010/10/11/easy-halloween-decorations/halloween-decorations-pumpkins-ravens-1007-fb-2/">Real Moms real views</a> had a cute idea with black crows and orange pumpkins to Halloweeny up your front porch with the Halloween colors. Very cute! </td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="13-halloween-front-porches" src="http://cdn.blogs.babble.com/the-new-home-ec/files/13-halloween-front-porches/08.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://mel-designs.typepad.com/my-blog/2010/10/halloween-outdoor-decorating-ideas.html">This cute and easy green Frankie door is from Mel-designs. What an easy thing to do for Halloween if you HAVE a green door!! </a></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Hanging Bats" src="http://www.marthastewart.com/sites/files/marthastewart.com/imagecache/img_xl/ecl/images/content/pub/ms_living/2011Q4/paper-bats-1011mld106852_vert.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/274309/outdoor-halloween-decorations/@center/276965/halloween#852810">Martha Stewart </a>has this cute porch scene with a bunch of bats in a "Bat Cave!" Wouldn't this bea easy, but creepy for Halloween? </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://betweennapsontheporch.net/make-pumpkin-topiaries-for-an-autumn-or-halloween-porch-welcome-to-the-195th-metamorphosis-monday/">Between Naps on the Porch</a> had this cute Halloween scene with fresh flowers and pumpkins and fall leaves and cornstalks. I love the cute scarecrow peeking from behind!<br />
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<img alt="autumn wreath made with indian corn" src="http://www.front-porch-ideas-and-more.com/image-files/indian-corn-fall-wreath.jpg" /><br />
I love this hanging decoration using indian corn and apples and fall leaves! So pretty! And you could leave it up all the way to Thanksgiving!<br />
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<img alt="custom screen porch" src="http://www.front-porch-ideas-and-more.com/images/2009-contest-entry.jpg" /><br />
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This one is my favorite. I have a bunch of these obelisks in wrought iron. It would be so easy to cover them with sheet material and then add a black taped on smile and eyeballs. Cute Ghosts! BOO! <br />
I've got to get busy making my yard look spooky for Halloween! </td></tr>
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