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1DIY|| Making a Stone and Wood Bench Quickly and Easily
A charming rustic bench made of stone and wood can be a DIY project you can complete in one afternoon ....alone if need be. Giving your yard a quite area to enjoy nature.
24Visiting a Botanical Garden:: A Pictorial Journal
Experience exquisite plant life including fragile looking delicately painted blossoms to a small "garden" of Bonsai trees. Marie Selby Botanical Gardens is a must see destination in Sarasota Florida.
28Quotes about Understanding and Living Through the Pain of Loss
Struggling to manage the pain of loss of a precious family member finding quotes thoughtfully consider and to remind me of one of the mantras that have guided me: Do not miss one day of this walk!!
45A Life Not Yet Lived
Death is a topic that brings us face to face with our own mortality. Losing a loved one unexpectedly is especially troubling. This is a memorial for a precious nephew.
35Mother Extraordinaire
Two words: Mother Extraordinaire describes my Momma. She was loving giving, caring and unique. She exuded a goodness that I have not experienced before or since. O, to be more like my Momma.
14The Death Penalty || Karla Faye Tucker
The death penalty: where do you stand? Read of Karla Faye Tucker---guilty as charged. Read of others who were found guilty, sentenced, and then exonerated.
32Animal Anomalies | My New Kitty's Paws----A pictorial journal || My Hemingway Kitty
Animals anomalies are not extremely uncommon. My new kitty has an anomaly on his paws. Meet Milo in this pictorial journal: my Hemingway kitty.
36Life's Journey's: Angels are on the Way
Angels come to everyone not just those who profess a particular religious connection. . Sometimes the connection is for a brief moment and sometimes they will last a life time.
19Zelma's Ice Box Rolls from Cross Creek Cookery by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
This is one of the bread recipes that Marjorie shared in Cross Creek Cookery. It is an interesting recipe that consists of a starter mixture which can be kept in the refrigerator for up to one week.
27Idella's Crisp Biscuits from Cross Creek Cookery by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Bite into a tiny bit of a biscuit when you give these a try. This is a simple quick delightful little biscuit to serve any time.
53Life Lessons: Letting Go
Whatever is holding you back, that is strangling you, let go of it, today, and embrace the new day. Easy??? Not necessarily. But is a choice that will free you and allow a new day to begin.
41Sour Cream Pancakes from Cross Creek Cookery by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
This is a great 'bread' to serve with soup or a meal instead of loaf bread. It is from the Marjorie Rawlings cookbook, Cross Creek Cookery.
22Fordhook (lima beans) Soup Recipe #3 from Cross Creek Cookery
Fordhook (lima beans) soup is another vegetable soup that you will wonder why you did not know.
49Creamy Cucumber Soup from Cross Creek Cookery
Creamy Cucumber Soup from Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings will add interest to foods you offer at an elegant meal. And it is another creative way to use those cukes you have grown.
50Donate Shredded Paper to Animal Shelters, Humane Societies, and Pet Stores
Donate your shredded documents to humane societies, animal shelters, vet clinics, and pet stores. Call first to be sure they will want them but most gladly welcome this gift.
18The Very Best Fried Mozzarella
Fried mozzarella brings an explosion of flavor as it melts in your mouth and wakes up your tastebuds: Serve it up as an appetizer or with a tantalizing side dish and dinner is served.
6Spanish Bean Soup: from Cross Creek Cookery with Spanish Buns
SPANISH BEAN SOUP---a first in a series of recipes from Cross Creek Cookery by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings who wrote THE YEARLING.
17A Florida Author, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings', Perfect Maid
Marjorie K. Rawlings' maid was Idella Parker. Marjorie said she was her 'perfect maid.' This maid, Idella Parker, went on to write about life as the maid of M.K. Rawlings.
41Plantain---Banana's Cousin---Try it Two Ways
Plantain is a versatile little fruit that will add interest to mealtime. Serve it instead of potatoes once in a while to change up your meals a bit.
31Visit a Venice beach, in Florida: Search for Shark Teeth and Shells
Venice, Florida, offers several beaches that will launch you into a world of beauty. If you are interested in finding shark teeth, Caspersen Beach is the best. Bring your Florida and come along.
37Crispy Fried Onions
Choose favorite onions to turn into a crispy topping for soup or salad. Make a big batch as you may find you eat many before you serve the dish.
55What is the meaning of TERMINAL??
Terminal as it relates to the health of someone we love can be a daunting word. It suggests imminent death. However, that is not what it means.
60Decorate Clay Pots with a Splatter-Paint Technique
Decorating clay pots can be accomplished however you wish. In this article you will read how to decorate pots two ways: highlighted---splatter-painting.
42Fascinating Birds in Florida part 1
Recently I visited a small park where humans were allowed to adore the birds who called the small pond their playground. Shared here is my photo diary of a visit to a small Florida park.
59Make Crispy, Steamed or Fried Gyoza
Gyoza is an appetizer that turns any occasion into a celebration. You can have the family help make them, enjoying the experience from beginning to end.
47Crispy, Homemade Spring Rolls
Make crispy, homemade spring rolls for an appetizer or side dish to make mealtime sparkle. It is an easy, flavorful treat everyone will enjoy.
37Meet Two Florida Writers: Zora Neal Hurston and Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Two Florida Writers Zora Neal Hurston and Marjorie Kinnan who opened doors in the field of American
30Thick-cut Pork Chops with Sweet and Sour Red Cabbage
Pork chops in a sweet and sour sauce with red cabbage is full of abundant flavors and textures. It is a hearty meal that will bring your evening meal from ho hum to superb.
33Hurry Up Salads---Veggies and Fruit with Balsamic Vinegar Dressing
Vegetables and fruit dancing around in a balsamic vinegar dressing will make your taste buds say "thank you, thank you, thank you."
30How to Make Delicious Flavored Cream Cheese
Cream cheese on toast, bagels, English muffins, crackers, fresh vegetables and fruit kicks up an appetizer just a notch. Add veggies or fruit preserves or jam to whipped cream cheese--homerun!!
23Hurry Up Desserts: Scrumptious Strawberry Cupcakes filled with Cream
A scrumptious hurry up dessert made with a little help from a boxed cake mix and fresh strawberries. The filling is light and airy which complements this sweet treat nicely.
30Light and Flaky, Buttermilk Strawberry Shortcake
Light and flaky, buttermilk strawberry shortcake is a dessert that will win over even the pickiest eaters. Tender, warm short cakes topped with fresh or frozen berries is over-the-top. Try it soon.
29Quotes about Education and Educators
Quotes about education and educators are a collection of thoughts many have shared through the years. Each of us is an educator.
14Peanut Butter Sand-Witchery
Peanut Butter, Pineapple, banana, potato chips...what a combination. Make yourself some sand-withchery magic today. A fun sandwich to tempt the pickiest eaters you know.
35Strawberry Ice Cream Heart for Two
A romantic little ice cream dish to share with someone you love. Use ice cream, fresh or frozen strawberries, and a little stawberry sauce and you have a perfect ending for an evening.
18Almond Tea Cakes...Thank you, Paula Deen
Almond Tea Cakes are just right for an afternoon tea. The aroma as they are cooking will call you to the room where they bake. The almond flavor and tender texture are sure to please.
32Cherry Brunch Pastry
Cherry Brunch Pastry is a light pastry that is full of true cherry flavor. Little else is added to distract from that delightful cherry goodness.
50How to Grow Roses from Cuttings--two ways
Growing roses from cuttings in two ways is exciting and relatively simple once you know how to accomplish it.
35Extra Special Tuna Salad on Romaine Hearts
Tuna fish is often causes controversy. I am sharing a recipe for a salad that is yummy. Also attached to this recipe is information on both sides of the fences on this topic.
21Flaky, Tender Pear Turnover
Flaky, tender pear turnover is a recipe you will find you will make time and again. It is easy and delicious. It is great for a buffet style breakfast or brunch. It can also perk up a weekend breakfast taking it from ho hum to ooooola la.
44Creamy, Cheesey Broccoli Soup
Creamy, cheesy broccoli soup is one you can serve by the cup for a teaser or by the bowl for a meal. It is satisfying and filling and may leave you asking for more.
22All Day Beef Stroganoff
All Day Beef Stroganoff can be enjoyed by a vegetarian too with a few simple changes. It is so full of flavor that you will not even need dessert the night you make this. It is totally satisfying and deeelissshous.
30Six Decades and Five
Six decades and five sounds is how old I am today. Just sharing a little bit of what is important to me on this milesone year.
21MOVING DAYS DAZE
Moving?? Does the word make you break out in a sweat? If so, you are not alone. But the good news is the packing part of the move does not have to make you crazy. Tips from the queen of moving are provided.
33Bubbling-Over-with Goodness Blackberry Cobbler
One of my original comfort foods is blackberry cobbler. This recipe is bulling over with goodness and is designed to be made in ramekins but can be made in a baking dish too.
37Lessons Learned: Facts About Possums Showing They Are Not Throw Away Animals
Lessons learned ---includes the possum. Possums have gotten a bad wrap down through the ages. They really are not a throw away animal. They really can be quite precious, believe it or not.
24Crisp, Sauteed Fresh Green Beans with Orange and Red Pepper
Crisp sauteed green beans are a healthy very flavorful dish to serve hot or cold.
30DIY----Ceramic Drawer Pulls and Doorknobs....Thank you, Pinterest
Transform ceramic knobs and drawer pulls into a novelty using a Sharpie and your oven. Thank you, Pinterest.
19Where is East Timor and H.O.W Does It Have Anything to do with Me?
East Timor is on the eastern part of Timor whch is situated between the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean. In 1975 five journalists said to be missing. Another journalist went to find out what had happened to them. When he arrived, he found horrors that followed him to his grave as he saw the slaughter of so many precious men, women, and children in East Timor.
22"Tacos-in-my-Soup" Soup...
Tacos-in-my Soup Soup is filled with so much flavor and goodness you won't believe it is a healthy dish to serve.
27H.O. W. Sending Angels Changes Lives
H.O.W. Sending Angels changes lives gives voice to my belief that we all have Angels who surround our lives. They may be earthly Angels that offer support and kindness when we need it most. Or, they may our spiritual Angels who are with us as we greet each new day.
27Corn bread and Chili Time: with or without meat
Corn bread and chili time is like no other. It is as much about family and enjoying this warming comfort food as it is about the taste. Luckily you will find both of these dishes tantalizing and satisfying with or without meat.
18Hurry Up Desserts: Glam up Store Bought Cookies
Hurry up desserts can be a life saver when you just do not have time to bake from scratch. Buy store bought cookies and dip them in your favorite dips, let dry, and serve.
12All Day Mashed Potato Soup filled with Yummies
All day mashed potato soup is filled with yummies just like the title says. It is full of flavor and is a filling soup to serve any time for family and for guests.
31Life's Questions: Where was God?
Where was God when the world stopped turning? Where was he when so many felt so much pain?
20Hurry up Desserts: Individual No Bake Pies
Individual desserts, made in almost no time, are a great alternative dessert to have on hand when you just do not have time to make a pie from scratch.
36Loaded Peanut Butter Cookies
Loaded peanut butter cookies will do a happy dance in your mouth. Tender, full of flavor and texture, these cookies will become a favorite.
21Jam-filled Crater Cookies
Jam-filled crater cookies will melt in your mouth. It will be love at first bite with these cookies.
12LIFE'S LESSONS: Selfless Giving---Just What We Need Now H.O.W.
Life's Lessons---just what we need right now is selfless giving. Giving with no expectation of anything in return.
27LIFE'S LESSONS: H.O.W. Reaching Out to Others Can Make a Difference
Reaching out to others is one way to make a difference in the lives of others. A smile and greeting can be enough to turn the day around for someone we encounter.
11The 12 Days of Christmas ...Revisited
A homorous look a the song of this season: the 12 days of Christmas. We could all be creative and come up with the 12 days for all of the major holidays...I may just have to give it a try.
20Life's Struggles: H.O.W. Do We Stop the Insanity??
Life's struggles brings us more unwanted chalenges than we bargain for. How do we stop the insantiy that cause individuals to become unhinged and shoot to kill??
12Life's Guilty Pleasures: One Recipe---Two Oatmeal Cookies
Life's Guilty Pleasures are a sneaky little way to enjoy something you know is sinfully delicious. This is a lovely oatmeal cookie recipe that has slight variations. Simple ingredients, a m a z i n g flavors that will make your tastebuds do a happy dance.
20Life's Journeys: Travel on a Cruise Liner
Life's journey took me on a cruise liner with my family. And my son-in-law videoed Olive, the sea turtle, for my daughter while he was diving. It was my first trip on a cruise sip and it was more than I could have imagined. Fun, relaxation, dining, shopping, getting to know the lovely people in places we visited as guests all combined to spell a wondrous adventure.
20Holiday Rewrap: Start New Family Traditions This Year
Start new holiday traditions with your family this year. Begin some new special, unique event to make each holiday more special than ever.
31LESSONS LEARNED: High School is Hard
High school is hard. Not so much the academic part as the social aspect. Perhaps it should say high school can be hard. Sometimes unexpected things happen that make it seem harder than it would be otherwise.
26Lessons Learned: Eating out in a Foreign Country, Menus, and You--Humor in Uniform
Eating out in a foreign country can have unexpected results if you are not fluent in the language of the country and insist on ordering like you do know.
23Lessons Learned: A Military Wife, a Husband, and Another Man---Humor in Uniform
A military wife, a husband, and a few other characters make this a humor in uniform tale that has been remembered down through the years.
17Lessons Learned: Grand Babies Make Every Day Brand New
Lessons learned as a grandmother renew my spirit and soul each day. Truly, grand babies make every day brand new. I have learned to listen well and to let the child in me surface more often.
28Be Thankful ...and Laugh a Little...
Thanksgiving is time for giving thanks but we really should be doing that every day.Take time for a few minutes for a little laughter as you see the lighter side of it all.
9Video Decorating Clay Pots for Fun and Gifts Part 2
In part 1 of decorating clays pots for fun and for gifts, a few tips were shared. In this second part, more tips and suggestions are shown and explained. Young children can do this craft too.
22A Dresser, A Door, and Kitchen Drawers...Repainted in Bright Colors
Brighten a door, a dresser, and kitchen drawers to liven up your space. Inexpensive and not too time consuming.
17Christmas Decorations on a Budget
Get a headstart on planning for decorating for Christmas. Decorations can be made that will brighten your day and bring some cheer to your home. Look for items on sale now and in the coming months.
8On Their Backs...Veterans Day....Freedom is not Free
Freedom is not free...on their backs we walk and live our lives. Salute to our Veterans on Veteran's Day and everyday.
33A Rare but Frightening Disorder: Munchausen by Proxy Syndrome: What it means to you
Munchausen by proxy syndrome is a mental disorder that is characterized by a Mother's need to have an overabundance of attention focused on her. This is accomplished through abusing her children.
18LESSONS LEARNED: Listen to Your Inner Voice--the Positive One
Listen to the positive side of your inner voice. Learn to find humor on even your most difficult days.
24What You Need to Know About Flour and Commercially Prepared Breads: A Review
What you do not know about flour that is used in home baking and in commercially prepared breads could be making you and your family sick over time. Not a "sky is falling" report...just information I discovered by accident as I was baking. Thought I would pass it along to those of you who were unaware like I was.
26Cranberries and Apple Muffins with a Crumble Topping
Cranberries and apple muffins with a crumb topping fill your mouth with deliciousness and your home with an aroma that while bring everyone running to the kitchen to see what is baking.
15Review: Kitchen Essentials Bar Pan
The product review is for the Kitchen Essentials from Caphalon. It is has twelve squares that will yield a perfect little bar. It is a definite plus for someone who is a frequent baker.
41Tangy Lemon Bread with a Light Glaze
Lemon bread is a refrshing tempting food to serve with breakfast and brunch. It is tender and the flavor of the lemon wakes up your mouth and does that little dance around on your tongue.
16Raisin Soda Bread
Raisin soda bread is a delightful excursion into new textures and flavor. A little bit of chewy, a tiny crunch, and the enchanting flavors come together to make this bread a go-to food for you and your family.
17LIFE'S CHALLENGES: H.O.W. Voting and Outreach in the Community Can Cause Change
Life's challenges are many. One of the biggies is that election ballots often omit important societal issues such as homelessness in our country are often ignored and omitted.
13Three Easy, Delicious Appetizers served on Bread
These three easy, delicious appetizers are sure to please. Two are cheese and one is a variation on bruschetta. You will find you serve these often to your family and to your guests.
11Applesauce Raisin Crumble Muffins
Applesauce, cinnamon, and raisins come together to create amazing texture and flavor in a tiny little muffin. Great for breakfast, brunch, or on the go.
18Healthy, Creamy Spoon Bread
Creamy healthful spoon bread is a nice change from our usual breads. Serve it hot with your favorite foods for a crowd pleasing experience.
11Healthy Oat Muffins
Healthy oat muffins are a tasty treat made from one food that is actually very good for us to consume. They have an interesting texture and flavor and can be served as an accompaniment to most meals.
12Cheesey Biscuits
Cheesey biscuits are a welcome treat to enhance any meal. A slight crunch greets you as you bite into this little biscuit followed quickly by tender goodness. And, to top it off, they are easy and quick to prepare.
16Herb Bread Rounds
Herb bread rounds are a welcome addition to any meal. They are full of llavor and multi-textured and complement any meal. Great sliced for a sandwich or toasted with a dab of butter.
24A Queen of A Recipe---Queen Elizabeth Cake
Queen Elizabeth cake is actually more like a bar. It is a nutty date dessert that is very satisfying if you have a tiny square with a glass of ice cold milk or a cup of tea. It is a quick dessert that is ready in no time.
12House Cleaning: Using Vinegar and Dawn Dishwashing Liquid
Housecleaning can control you or you can control it. One simple will help you with your cleaning: vinegar and Dawn dish washing liquid.
11Roasted Asparagus and Mushrooms with Mock Hollandaise Sauce
Asparagus and mushrooms roasted and topped with mock hollandaise sauce brings the richness of the vegetables and the tang of lemons and the smoothness of the sauce to your palate. It is a delightful experience for your tastebuds.
6Creamy Potato Corn Soup
Creamy potato corn soup is an easy and very satisfying dish to serve any time. Potatoes, corn, and bit of onion swimming around in steaming milk and cream...It will become a family favorite for sure.
6Tools for Schools: H.O.W. We are All Teachers
Lessons learned as a teacher were tools I used through the years to endeavor to be the best I could be every day.
6D I V O R C E---Seven Letters That Will Change Your Life
Surviving divorce is possible. In order to do so it is important to allow time to grieve. Be patient and allow yourself time to adjust to the new construct of your family. Be kind to yourself.
3How to Have Parties that are Fun and not too Expensive
Birthday and holiday celebrations are a time to have fun and enjoy our loved ones. To avoid stress there are a few tips you can follow that will help cut costs and help stress to be kept at a minimum.
17When My Heart Cries Out
Sometimes putting into words our fear is a way to work through what troubles. That is what i have tried to do in this poem.
13Angels and Prayer
Angels and prayers are ways that we can be protected, assured, lifted up, and comforted. Of that I am certain.
30Praise: Your Gift to Someone Else
When you think about it, praise is your gift to someone else. When you give sincere praise to another, you are giving a gift that is much more powerful than tangible gifts.
7LIFE'S STRUGGLES: What You Need to Know about Nursing Home Care---Make Informed Decisions
When you make a decision about nursing home care make it an iformed decision and include yourself in the picture. If you want the best care, you need to be visible in the nursing home.
27Life's Mysteries: Communicate with Someone who Has Died
Many of life's mysteries cause us to wonder and consider if they are true. Death may or may not separate us from eternity from those we love. Read of several encounters that the living have had with the spiritual world.
8PARENTING TOOLS---Your Toddler and You: What to Expect
Your toddler and you will travel a wondrous journey as each new day brings new accomplisments for your child. What to expect is a general guide as to what toddlers may be doing as they develop & grow.
44Divine Intervention: Angels Walk with Us
There are not many things I know for certain. But one of them that i DO KNOW is that Angels exist and carry us through our dark hours and celebrate our glorious hours with us.
7Life's Journey: Japan Through the Eyes of a Visitor part 4
Life's journey gives a newness to life each day. This is the last entry in this series about experiencing Japan as a visitor in the seventies. It was an experience that opened my eyes and my soul. Learning the culture of another country helped me to form bonds with them that remain today.
7Life's Journey Japan Through the Eyes of a Visitor part 3
Life's journey took me to a Japn with my husband and baby.Part 3 tells of new experiences wtih our hosts and hostesses and of the land we grew to love.
12Life's Journey: Japanese Experience Through the Eyes of a Visitor part 2
Visitng Japan as the wife of an Air Force sergeant was an adventure that would change my life forever. Join me as I share my experiences as a newbie to the land of the rising sun.
48Cookies with a Twist: Lilies
A light airy cookie that you will fill with homemade whipped cream and enjoy is what you will find here. Easy, fun, and quick to make and serve.
6Lessons Learned: Renew Yourself Each Day
Each day is a new opportunity to renew yourself and your relationships. Choose to renew your relationship with family, friends, and strangers. Do not miss one minute of today.
7Life's Journey: Japan: Through the Eyes of a Visitor part 1
Life's journey took me far from home to find aa new land filled with wondrous things to see and do filled with the precious Japanese peope. Japan was my home with my husband and daughter for four years. The whole experience was one that has been a part of my life ever since then.
10When Cancer Comes Knocking...part 3
Cancer knocks and comes in. Sometimes you conquer it and you are done with it. When you least expect it, it returns. Again, you stay the course...choosing to LIVE rather than to give up and give in.
6When Cancer Comes Knocking...part 2
This is the second entry in series concerning cancer and how to LIVE with it once a diagnosis has been made. Most of all it is about hope.
31When Catastrophic Illness Comes Knocking...part 1
No family is immune to having their lives touched my cancer or some other catastrophic illness. This is a series about my famiy's journey through the illnesses that my grandchild and daughter have. It is about HOPE.
10Life's Lessons: Being Thankful is a Matter of Perspective
Saying thanks to someone for something they have done is usually done immediately. But being thankful for the small things and not so small things in our lives is something that will keep everything in perspective. Things you may take for granted someone else may be very thankful to have.
17Lessons Learned: Prejudice and Biases are Learned Behaviors
Prejudice, bias, bigotry, discrimination ....all too familiar words to all of us.When we hear or read the words they cause an immediate reaction in most of us.
6Virginia, My Home Sweet Home, End of Innocence, part 7
This final installment in Virginia, My Home Sweet Home series speaks of the end of the innocence a young girl felt as she left childhood and began to face the issues that would be foremost in her life from that point forward.
14Lessons Learned; Virginia, My Home Sweet Home, part 6
Lesson learned were learned by words spoken and by actions taken, lives lived in a way that expressed that showed the importance of caring for the land and for others.Virginia, the home of my youth, was the place where I gained the knowledge of important life lessons that followed me into adulthood. Racial issues would be of great concern during my teenage years and Mother taught me to respect and honor all people.. That was so important for me to learn.
11Lessons Learned: Virginia, My Home Sweet Home, A Time to Remember, part 5
Lesson learned included sadness too. This lesson is one that was so important to the rest of my life: it taught me to not fear death, that it was part of life's journey. Real joy is long lasting even when sadness, profound sorrow creeps in and tries to steal it away.
9Lessons Learned: Virginia, My Home Sweet Home, Part 4
Many lessons were taught to me as a child However many were not LEARNED till much later. ....after I had let my home sweet home, Virginia.
39Growing Beautiful Flowering Plants: Showcasing Some Hubbers who Have Written About Plants
Right here on HubPages are a wealth of wonderful gardeining articles. Flowering plants are showcased in this one. I have learned so much by reading the many articles I have found. This is a thank you to just a few of many.
11Lessons Learned: Virginia, My Home Sweet Home: Discoveries, part 3
Virginia, my childhood home, memories, lessons and discoveries shared. So much of what I value today I learned about in my youth: love the soil, nature's bounties, love the sea, love each other.
6Lessons Learned: Virginia, Home Sweet Home: Nature's Bounty part 2
Lessons learned during those childhood years became a part of who I would later became. My home sweet home in Virginia was filled with many bounties of nature: sea life, flowers and plants, vegetables and fruits, astronomical wonders above. What a place to spend my earliest years. Sadly most of my pictures were lost due to water damage in a storm. Perhaps my memories can paint them for you.
20Lessons Learned: Virginia, My Home Sweet Home: part 1
A tiny town in Virginia was my hometown until I was seventeen years of age. A rural town just off the Chesapeake where I learned important life lessons still has a huge piece of my heart today.
6Tools for Kids: Activities to Help Kids Learn to Spell
Spelling activities that make learning FUN is really about choices and looking at practice in a different way.
16Brain Food and Exercise Are Natural Ways to Keep Your Synapses Firing
Brain food and exercise keep your brain healhty and working well and keep your synapses firing. Eat and drink your way to a healthy brain.
27Family Fun This Fall and Winter at Little Expense
Fall and winter offers many opportunities for family fun. The fun can continue right into spring and summer. Make new memories with our family this year.
15Recycling at its Best: How to Use Wood and a Wire Cage to Make Three Projects in One Weekend
Recycling at its best is turning would be waste into new creations around your home and yard. Enjoy making these imaginative creations.
17Grow Showy Coleus From Cuttings
Grow Coleus from cuttings to create a spectacular display of color in your yard. This can be accomplished with ease. You will find they are a very forgiving plant that is able to be grown with ease.
4What Do You Need in Times Like These?
In times like these we all need an anchor, our true Spiriutal North, a place we can reach out and know we wil receive the comfort and assurance we seek.
9Unusual Plant---Pine Cone Ginger: More than Just a Pretty Face in Your Yard
Welcome an unusual plant to your yard.Pinecone ginger, known by several other names, is a fascinating plant which will add a tropical air to the landscape on your property. There is more to the plant that its aesthetic contribution as you wll discover.
24Growing the Glorious Hibiscus
The hibiscus makes any yard spectacular. They are showy and vibrant and hardy.
1312 Clues That Let You Know It is Time to Find a New Doctor
Clues that let you know it is time to choose a new doctor is written with humor. However, choosing and keeping a doctor is serious and should be carefully considered.
14Bromeliad: Exotic Tropical Plant
Bromeliads are exotic tropical wonder plants that are found in the warm humid zones. They are a diverse group of plants that are relatively easy to grow and care for. They add a unique flavor to your indoor or outdoor garden.
18Healing Through Prayer
Healing through prayer has occurred and continues to occur in my life and in the lives of family members. This powerful source of healing has brought curative agenst into my loved ones.
36LESSONS LEARNED: Why We Are On The Planet
Why we are on the planet has plagued mankind since time began. This is my personal explanation of why.
9Are You a Verbarian? Are You Otherwise Entangled with Words?
Are you a verbariian? Do you find you are entangled with words for most of the day? Ride along in this little trek through avalanche of words waiting to be heard.
12Tools for Schools: Help for Learning Disabled Students and Adults--Public School or Home School
Learning disablitities and some ways to help your child offers a few suggestions for steps you can take as the parent of a learning disabled child. Use of plastic overlays is very helpful with those who have reading difficulties.
6Whole Wheat Buttermilk Dinner Rolls
Whole wheat buttermilk dinner rolls will become a favorite with you and your family. They are particularly easy to prepare. The results are a lovely, flavorful accompanimet for any meal and a tasty snack all by themselves.
6Chicken Soup: the Cure for What Ails You
Chicken soup is in many cases has proven to have curative powers. So many healthful benefits are in this soup that replenish and nourish your body.
32Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream Trio
Chocolate peanut butter ice cream trio might sound like a long name. It had be said. All of those flavors combined in one dessert is more than you could ask for. The flavors will dance around in your mouth as soon as you take the first little taste.
8Unique Gift Idea: Turn Magazine Pages into a Creative Container
Recycling magazines for crafting is one way to reuse magazines. Make decorative containers using rolled magazine pages or cut out pictures and words and make a collage.
25Baked Brownie Alaska
Baked Brownie Alaska is a luxurious dessert that turns any evening into an extravaganza. It is light and refreshing and so full of diverse flavors and textures you will not want to stop with one serving.
15All Is Well With My Soul: The Spafford's Story
All is well with my soul is a refrain that helps to keep things in perspective. Even in the face of adversity, be still and listen and all will be well with your soul.
4You Can Make Flaky Pastry with Sour Cream and Cinnamon
Breakfast twis with sour cream and cinnmon is a delightful pastry that is not too sweet. It is great to dunk in your morning coffee.
10The Art of Quilling: Unique Paper Creations
Quilling is a craft that involves paper rolling. It has been in existence for hundreds of years but is not widely known. It is a sure to please kind of activity.
9Lemon Cake Pie with Lemon Graham Cracker Crust
Lemon cake pie with a lemon graham cracker crust is a 'must try' recipe. It has the texture on top of a cake and inside it is creamy. The lemony cracker crust adds a new layer of flavor and texture. Sure to be a crowd pleaser.
6Mock Hollandaise Sauce over Poached Salmon
Mock hollandaise sauce served over Poached Salmon is easy and delicious. There are many variations on this sauce so if you have special dietary needs you may still be able to enjoy this tangy sauce.
9Corn Fritters with Fresh or Canned Corn
Corn fritters are a pancake-like bit of goodness made with fresh corn just off the cob. They are light and tender, very satisfying, and add a nice change to a meal.
3Use Yarn & Popsicle Sticks to Make this Craft: How to Make God's Eyes
How to make God's eyes is easy and a craft you will display with fond memories. Kids and adults like to make them. Easy and inexpensive using yarn or twine.
8Thomas the Train Toddler's Room Makeover with Pictures
Makeover your child's bedroom yourself.Transform it into a place a child will spend hours enjoying what you have created. Imagination, creativity, and patience make this happen.
6Homeless Veterans: They Deserve Better Than This
Remembering our soldiers on Memorial Day and every day is something that should come naturally. While we are enjoying the day off, we need to pause at least for a moment at 3:00 p.m. and honor those who have given the ultimate sacrifice.
3Tools for Schools:Instant Reading & Math Learning Stations
How to make and use paper grapes will add a little flavor to learning.Using this simple tool can make the learning environment interesting and engaging. You can also use 'grapes' to create fun and interest in your home.
5Lessons Learned: Party Like a Rock Star
Celebrating Life: A Very Special Weekend tells about a special young woman celebrating her 40th birthday. It is a blessing that she walks the planet.
2Tools for Schools: How to Present a Clever Book Report--- Elementary and Middle School part 2
How to present clever book reports gives ideas on present an amzing bookreport. Be sure to read part 1 for more ideas.Kids want to do these as they are engaging and interestng.
2Tools for Schools: Creative Book Report Ideas: Elementary and Middle School part 1
How to present clever book reports gives many different and unique ways to present a book report. These are teacher tested by this teacher for many years.
4How to Use a Template to Make Cute Paper or Foam Visors : A Fun Craft
Summer is almost here and kids love to make crafts. This is a fun craft that kids can wear when they finish.
6Lessons Learned: Teachers Learn As Much as They Inspire Others to Learn--Tips from an Oldie to Newbies
Lessons all new teachers need to know are lessons I learned along the way to becoming the teacher I longed to be.
6Video Decorating Clay Pots for Fun and for Gifts Part 1
Decorate terra cotta pots for fun and for gifts. This is an easy satisying craft for you and the family.
9Craft: Simple Scrunched Paper Creations
Another paper crafting experience that kids will enjoy. This is actually better for older children and adults like to do this. It is like making a mosaic with paper.
4Paper Plates Simple Crafts part 2
How to use paper plates for crafting with children is inexpensive yet a source of amusement. It is a craft that you can do often as it is 'new' each time it is done.
2Paper Plates for Really Cute Artwork Ideas part 1
Part 1 of How to use paper plates for crafts gave examples of some ready-made paper plate crafts that can be used to serve as models for creating an original. Paper plate crafts are entertaining and inexpensive to make Hours of fun await.
10Easy and Delicious Pulled Pork Made in a Slow Cooker
Slow cooked pork will result in tender flavor-filled pork ready for pulling. Give your roast a rub, sear in a hot pan, place in your crock pot. Forget it for 8 hours. . It is falling apart as you remove it from the crock pot. Easy easy pulling.
2TOOLS FOR SCHOOLS--READING: Use Word Walls to Help Your Child Create Mind Movies
Reading can become more exciting as children begin to record new words that they are learning. A personal word wall is a great wall to help accomplish that. Kids are eager to learn those new words.
0Video How to Use Tangrams and Other Shapes to Enhance Thinking Skills
Kids can use tangrams to desing new things. They provide enless opportunities for chldren to create using shapes.
3Video Learning by Turning--Hands-on Phonics Games and Activities for Kids That Are Effective
Hands on practice in phonics is a fun, effective way to practice. Children like to do anything that looks like a game. Make some hands on practice available for your children.
0Video 10 "Minute" Must-Do Science Experiments for Kids
10 Must do science experiments that children of all ages will have fun doing will be experiments you wish to do no matter what your age. Older siblings can do these with younger children.
6Life's Guilty Pleasures: 10 Favorite, Fat Free Candy Choices
10 little candies that are fat-free. Flavorful, chewy, minty..take your pick. Most are readily available at your market.
3Quotes Make Footprints on My Mind and Heart
10 quotes to guide living recounts a journey I have taken through time. Some of these have guided me all of my days. It's kind of like a bucket list of wisdom for me.
18Video 12 Recipes You Can Make With Canned Biscuits
Canned biscuits can be served many different ways. 10 of them are shared here.
4Video Make the Very Best Homemade Fried Rice Ever
How to make the very best homemade fried rice is a recipe you will make again and again. It is simply delicious and nutritious.
8Facts about and Care of Spider Plants and Plants for Your Yard
Plants adorn our lives. On my porch and in my yard are many plants that bring me joy.
3Life's Journeys: Prescription Drug Addiction
Deciding it is time to overcome drug addiction will change your life. One day at a time, you will learn to live drug free.
11Live Your Life Like Your Pet Does
We should live our lives like our pets. They birng us so much joy and happiness just because they are in our lives. They ask little and give so much.
8Discipline Children without Tears
How to discipline kids without tears....theirs or yours...offers ways to use positive parenting strategies when discipling your children.
9Tools for Schools: How Kids Can Make Their Own Learning Tools
How kids can have fun using templates offers another for children to be creative and learn so me new tools they may wish to wish at school.
52How to Make Simple Birthday and Greeting Cards
Make simple birthday and greeting cards using your imagination and tools of your choosing. Choose: a Cricut, a calligraphy pen, sharpies with a paintbrush tip, pens, stickers to be creative.
4Tools for Schools: How to Introduce Your Children to Great Paintings and Artists---Home School or Public School
Find out how to intoduce your chilren to the beauty of great paintings. And teach them about the artists as well.
24How to Make a Grinch Quilt Plus a Look at a Froggy Quilt
Making a quilt is an adventure and much work. But the final product is amazing. This is a Grinch quilt's story.
14Shoofly Pie
Shoofly pie, a tradition, in our family. It is an unexpected food that you will find impossible to resist.
8Momma's Old fashioned Oatmeal Cookies
Any time is oatmeal but enjoy them most during the coolest months. We enjoy making them together and then get drunk of the smell that fills our house.
21Life's Journeys: Homeless in America...Our True Story
My daughter, grandson, and i were homeless. We learned to feel what that was like. We learned so many lessons about life because of it. Being homeless in most cases is not a choice. It can happen to anyone.
3Discover these Authors of Children's Books ----Books That Kids Love
Looking for outstanding books for children is not always easy. The market and internet are flooded with books. The books suggested here will help narrow your list of choices.
3The Best Christmas Pageant Ever and The Polar Express
Find yourself caught up in the magic and spirit of Christmas any day of the year as you turn the pages to these unforgettable books.
9Finding Our Joy
Family reunited at an old home place in rural Virginia to celebrate being with each other and to celebrate Christmas. One little girl has an accident foreshadowing what would follow.
4Tools for School: Science Notebooks for Kids of All Ages
Science notebooks are tools for school use that enhance the learning experience . Additionally they provides an excellent reference at parent conference time which will allow you to show what they children are learning.
8Life's Guilty Pleasures: Homemade Hot Chocolate
Homemade hot chocolate---made with powdered milk, chocolate powder, confectioner's sugar....this was a gift over 30 years ago and we still have it each time we want a luscious cup of hot goodness.
3Tools for Schools--Families Involved in Schools: the Key to Successful Children and Successful Schools
Parents, grandparents, and other caregivers make a huge difference in a child's success in school. Step up to the plate: tell legislators and principals your concerns about class size and assessment. Volunteer. Be there to oversee homework. Be interested.
