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Talking About It Tuesdays #12

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I hope this Tuesday finds you well! We have a short week planned; Alec's school participates in SkillsUSA each year (a competition for technical high schools across the country) and this is Alec's first year NOT competing. The schools all shut down on competition days since so many teachers and students attend across all the various fields and we're all looking so forward to having an extra day to sleep in.  I know he loved his competition days so much but I will not miss those 4:45 (am) drop offs and 11:30 (pm) pick- ups.  The link with the most views from last week's party:  Catching Up! By My Seventies Split A few that caught my eye: Homemade Easter Peanut Butter Eggs Recipe by Drugstore Divas Gala Ready and Glam Bot Gorgeous In a Chic One Shoulder Blue Dress by Katherine Eldridge  This party will remain open until the weekend.  My hope is that everyone will share all sorts of wonderful posts: travel, recipes, how to's, crafting ideas, and more.  Anything that

My Spring Bucket List

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 Tomorrow is the first official day of spring and while I know that doesn't mean it will magically be warm and sunny just yet, it does give me hope!  It also means it's the perfect time to share my spring bucket list.   1. Starting June 1st I'd like to make a habit of visiting the local farmer's market more often (that's their official opening day).  All photos for this post courtesy of pixabay 2. I am determined to pull out all my painting supplies and canvases and get at least one full painting done! 3. Get some flowers planted for the front steps 4. Read on the back deck in the mornings 5. Go hiking more! 6. Celebrate Ian's 20th birthday 7. Enjoy all the final senior year things with Alec; Prom, Final track and field season, Awards nights, Graduation, etc. 8. Break out the big cameras and take some "real" pictures/ perhaps tackle another photo challenge 9. Get an herb garden going 10. I bought a calligraphy book and I am determined to break out both

How I did on my Winter Bucket List

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You guys this is one of my favorites posts to write.. mostly because that means winter is ending and spring is on its way!!   1. Celebrate Christmas with the family -- Check!  2. Have the best time in the Caribbean with my husband on our cruise! Check!  Roatan, Honduras Cozumel, Mexico Caulker Caye, Belize Grand Cayman 3. Try to get out snowshoeing a time or two --- Nope! We never had enough snow at one time so this is totally mother nature's fault!  4. Put together a new puzzle or two - Check!  5. Read some books by the fire or the woodstove (or the pool on the ship!)-- check!  6. Celebrate Alec's 18th birthday! - Check! It was nearly a full month late but we finally celebrated with the grandparents. 7. Repaint the 1/2 bath - Nope! I talked myself right out of this since I want to replace the pedestal sink first and that's not a job that I can do.  8. Try at least 2 new cardmaking techniques-- Check! Dry emboss and sanding wi

Recipes We've Been Making

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 I started this fun series during the pandemic when we were trying lots of new recipes... and I kept it going for quite awhile posting a new installment every few months. We love to try new recipes!  My mom loves lemon desserts so for her birthday  I tried out this Lemon Tiramisu recipe; doubling nearly all of the ingredients so I could make a deep 13x9 pan size dessert big enough for a crowd. Even those of us that aren't real lemon fans enjoyed it. We made these Easy 30 Minute Dinner Rolls ; once for Christmas day and again in February to go with our soup.  They are so light and fluffy and I love that they only take 30 minutes!  Alec wanted a raspberry Oreo cheesecake and we found this wonderful recipe to try; it was a lot of work but so incredibly amazing.  I wanted to use up some ham we had in our freezer so I took this ham and cheese slider recipe and made some full sized sandwich rolls using spiral ham-- it was SO good! And I don't even LIKE or usually eat ham.  I made