tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62154151441895026992012-01-12T23:37:41.252-06:00“Be the change you want to see in the world.” mahatma gandhimarye~http://www.blogger.com/profile/00927999035462115991noreply@blogger.comBlogger1091100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215415144189502699.post-61484582546252875562012-01-12T23:00:00.001-06:002012-01-12T23:00:27.820-06:00

The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater My rating: 5 of 5 stars Maggie Stiefvater has done it again. This time with a well written dystopian novel about carnivorous water horses that come out of the ocean each year. They are captured and raced by the islanders with deadly results which attracts tourist to the small island. Like her Wolves of Mercy Falls series she had modified the mythology

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Last night, Wayne Porter, the Area Horticulture Agent from Mississippi State University Extension Service, presented a workshop on organic gardening. The information was for home gardeners, not for those wanting to sell their produce. If you're local, you might want to attend some of his workshops at the MS State Extension office in Lamar County.He discussed the three primary concepts in organic

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As I was walking this morning I felt an overwhelming sense of disappointment at the lack of progress I've made over the past six months. On my birthday I decided to start making healthier lifestyle choices. I began cutting back on carbs and walking. I feel good about the choices I've made, and I didn't beat myself up when I ate a bite of a sugar cookie over the holidays. My disappointment stems

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I haven't been out shopping, but maybe once or twice during this Christmas season. We are trying to make this season more about being together and celebrating the birth of Christ than about having the most elaborate decorations, extravagant gifts, and an excessive amount of food. Yesterday, I had an opportunity to get out of the house without the kids, so took advantage of that time and drove

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I think most of you know that I am committed to doing my part to help preserve the environment and will support anyone I can in their efforts. That's why I want to encourage you to support the Ian Somerhalder (IS) Foundation. The goal of the IS Foundation to ”…empower, educate, and collaborate with people and projects to positively impact the planet and its creatures.” Today is the official kick

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Now that Black Friday is over it's time to focus on Cyber Monday. Five years ago Cyber Monday became the biggest on-line shopping day of the year. The Nature Conservatory wants to turn Cyber Monday into Green Gift Monday. The goal here is to give green gifts this holiday season.The Daily Green has some great green gift ideas for everyone on your shopping list. I especially like their eleven ideas

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Today is Advent Sunday. This is a season that we, as Christians, prepare for the coming of Jesus. I want this season to be about more than running around to parties, fighting the traffic and getting the right gift. In preperation our family went and served Thanksgiving lunch downtown at Brownstone's Free Thanksgiving Dinner. It felt good to be take a small amount of our time and help out those

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I'm sure I'm not the only one concerned about surviving the holidays intact. I am not so much worried about the gift giving and the running around to see everyone. My issue is with all that scrumptious food.When I decided that I wanted to take better care of myself by eating right and exercising it was June 3RD, my birthday, and I wasn't thinking about Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New

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I don't think we can ever know everything that there is about any subject; that is especially true of gardening. While I was at my favorite garden center the other day, I picked up a copy of a book by Mel Bartholomew called All New Square Food Gardening. Not that we have a shortage of space, but I was interested in what he had to say about his gardening system. I will tell you honestly that I did

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Who are the people that have most impacted you life? A teacher? Your parents? An author? Friends? Did those influential people affect your life positively or negatively?At some point we realize that we don’t make ourselves; we are shaped. We are who we are because of other people. Hopefully, by people who have made sacrifices, people who have been present in our lives and not by those whose

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I spoke to a farmer recently that, like many in is business, support genetically modified crops. His argument was that the poor wouldn’t be able to feed their families if crops were grow organically because it is so much more expensive to raise crops using natural methods. He also said that the extra expense would spill over into other products like sugar, milk, and bread. I can’t argue against

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We are fast approaching the holiday season and with that, for some reason, the Christmas shopping season. This Friday is the dreaded Black Friday, named so because this is the day that retailers go from being in the red to being in the black.Once again I want to challenge you not to fall into the commercialism of the season. One rebellious group, The Adbusters, are campaigning for us to join Buy

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Just down the road is Country Girls Creamery, a family owned dairy Twice a day the Smith family has to milk 85 head of cattle.The cattle primarily eat grass, but are given feed 16-24 ounces of feed at each milking. By law they must pasteurized the milk. This involves cooking the milk for 30 minutes at 140 degrees. The creamery also makes butter, yogurt, and cheese that is sold locally at the

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Whether you have a garden in your backyard, buy your produce at the local farmer's market or purchase it at a superstore, organic food is better for the health of your family. Many years ago all of our crops were grown without the assistance of genetic engineers; that is not so now. Conventional farming today consists of any agriculture that demands high yields. This requires the use of

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I have a friend that was seriously injured in this car accident recently because, the other driver (that ran a red light and plowed into my friends truck) was texting. Just weeks before that, it could have been me that cause that wreck. Yes, I am guilty of texting while driving, I admit it. I don't even have a good excuse, because the reality is, there is no reason that anyone should text and

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With the rising demands for oil and the shrinking reserve, the oil industry has move drilling from the shallow rigs to deep water. One of the problems is that clean up methods have not been keeping pace with technology. Since 1969 there have been ten platform spills including Deepwater Horizon. The federal agency, Minerals Management Service, that regulates off shore drilling claimed that there

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Rice and Beans Ministry helps feed hungry families year around in Costa Rica through the United Methodist Church. Over the past several months I have had the pleasure of getting to know the director, Fred Curry. He began working in missions in 1990 and in Costa Rica in 1996. He established Rice and Beans Ministry in June of 2007. Along with the goal of providing families with enough food for a

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I'd like to say that this year's garden was a sight to behold, because we said that every year we would tweak it, making it more efficient. I think our failures came with excuses like: we moved, and we thought this or that would be a good idea. I'm not saying our garden was a complete failure. We were drowning in okra and tomatoes, we had corn, squash, watermelons and canalope that were so good

marye~http://www.blogger.com/profile/00927999035462115991noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215415144189502699.post-27945942654584399122010-11-10T06:00:00.001-06:002010-11-10T06:00:06.726-06:00

Now that I'm up and moving, I decided that I really need to set a long term goal for myself. The scary thing is that I'm going to share my goal and ask that you help me stay focused. Drum roll please, I want to complete a 5k. Ideally, I want to run the entire 3.1 miles. But, I'm going to be practical and not try and do this until next year; I haven't decided when just yet, but before it gets too

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I realize that most of us aren't going to go out and live in a tree like my hero Julia Butterfly Hill . She live in the tree, Luna, from December 10, 1997 to December 18, 1999. But, there are some very simple things that we can do around our homes that can make a real difference.Let's start with the no cost actions we can all take. The simplest is to just TURN OFF THE LIGHTS! I am the worlds

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What does it mean to serve others? My DH works in the hospitality industry. He is there to serve five days a week for twelve or more hours a day. He's out there serving others on Mother's Day and Valentine's Day when I’d like to have him all to myself. Of course he’s great at what he does, no matter how tired or frustrated he’s feeling, he make the customer feel special by serving them.Our pastor

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I love to people watch; I especially like to watch parents interact with their children. There are times that I've thought to myself, I hope I don't do that. I don't want to be "that" parent. I doubt I'm the only mother who's said something to their child and immediately regretted saying it, but I'd like to keep those moments to a minimum. While watching parent-child interaction, I've noticed

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I have heard from every organic gardener I know that I should use compost tea in my garden. Up until three years ago, I had no idea what compost tea was or why I should use it. Well, there are a number of benefits to using it. First, it will improve your soil structure. Second, it enhances the taste of your fruits and vegetables. Third, it is safer for you, for animals and the environment because

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Five years ago, while living in Monroe, LA, I was diagnosed with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. At that point we had two children. We hadn't had any problems getting pregnant the first time, but we did the second time around. In fact, I took Clomid for six months after trying unsuccessfully for almost a year. We moved shortly after I was diagnosed and the doctors that I used after that ignored the

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In the most recent issue of Mother Earth News magazine there is a story by Roger Doiron titled Cozy and Comfy Fall Recipes. Being that I am trying to eat seasonally, I thought that I'd like to try out at least one of the recipes in the article. I spotted an appealing picture of Butternut Squash Lasagna that I was calling my name. Normally I wouldn't post a recipe I've never made before, but I

marye~http://www.blogger.com/profile/00927999035462115991noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215415144189502699.post-29328167231764922042010-11-01T00:00:00.001-05:002010-11-20T17:59:04.415-06:00

I've talked about how important it is to buy locally and eat seasonally. Neither of which are very easy things to do when we are so used to getting what we want when we want it. So yes, I buy produce at the grocery store, all of the time. Now if I'm eating my own fruits and veggies I know I can just rinse them off and they're safe. If I buy from my local farmers market I can just ask the guys I'm

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My flat friends are packed and ready to go on another adventure. As you know from my previous post, they had a blast in Forks, WA; home of Edward and Bella from Stephanie Meyer's Twilight series. This adventure is no where near as dangerous as hunting for vampires, but these girls do like to enjoy themselves.Here they are on the plane flying out of Dallas. They had quite and interesting

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How many of you know about Flat Stanly? If you aren't familiar with the book and the character check it out here. He's this cute little kid that flattens himself out and travels through the mail. Teachers, scouts troops, and even parents use him as an opportunity to teach kids about different places. They simply mail Stanly (a paper doll) and have the recipient take pictures or mail post cards at

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My dear sweet child was not reading on grade level. We started out using a phonics program called Explode the Code, and then we used Hooked on Phonics. We also tried a program call Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons. I really thought we were making progress, so we started using old Dick and Jane readers, and graduated up to Level/I Can Read books, but we kept getting stuck and worse

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I am so sick and tired of the buy, buy, buy mentality that so many people have. George Carlin does this great bit on people and their stuff.Honestly, is that what Christmas is all about? Our church did a sermon series on Unwrapping Christmas. Before the service started they played this video:It's from the Advent Conspiracy web site where they pose the question, What happened to Christmas? I

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Just a quick review, for the sake of, I don't know, saving the planet. Beth Aldrich and Airwear are teaming up to make sure everyone knows that there are greener choices out there.Some of the choices we have made are to buy locally when ever possible. If you have a fresh market in your area, you should find out what local farmers are growing. I promise that you will find a lot of healthy choices

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When I discovered I was pregnant with my first child I put down the books I read (mainly Anne Rice's vampire chronicles) in favor of those on pregnancy, child development and later, children's books. Several years passed, when quite by accident I happened across a blog that opened the door for me to start reading a genre of books I never would have thought I'd read, much less enjoy. I'm sure

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When the weather starts to cool off I get a hankering for stew. My favorite is Irish beef stew. I have the ingredients listed below with a rough estimate of how much to use since I'm not really one to measure. Ingredients 1/8 cup olive oil1 - 1 1/2 pounds stew beef, cut into 1-inch pieces coated in seasoned flour6 large garlic cloves, minced3 cups beef stock or canned beef broth1 tablespoon

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Many times what is right for me and my family isn’t what is right for you and your family. And yes, it is difficult to make the right choice, but I am going to try and forgo convince for the sake of the environment. I drink a lot of water, all bottled. There are so many different thoughts on bottled water. Many people talk about the cost of buying water verses just simply drinking tap water.

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Remember in school when you learned all the rules. Do you also remember that there are exceptions to rules; like -i before -e except after -c.?Leviticus, the third book of the Old Testament, contains the laws; including dietary restrictions and rituals of worship, as well as details of ritual cleanliness. Many fundamentalist, people who believe in a strict adherence to the Bible, follow these

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When you go to a 3D movie, you have to wear special glasses or you will miss out on the special effects. No one wants to sit in the theater and watch a fuzzy picture while everyone around them is reaching out or dodging the spear aimed at the audience, but don't we do that every day?Have you ever tried to look at a situation from someone else's perspective? It is not an easy feat. I know I

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After listened to Classic Rock for the past IDK how many years, I finally broke free of the Grateful Dead rut I was in and started listing to more modern Indy Rock music. May people who haven't known me for very long would be surprised that I had such narrow musical taste. Others, that have known me for years, can't believe how eclectic my current playlist has become. I can't contribute my recent

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I’ve given a great deal of thought to getting another tattoo. Now, for those of you who don’t know me, I used to say that I was only going to get one tattoo. When I was younger I got a tattoo on my left shoulder of a shaman. Ever since then I've wanted another one. I ended up putting flames around the shaman. It looks like the figure is dancing in the fire. I thought be adding the fire I hadn't

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I recently posted a video of one of my favorite musicians, Sam Bradley. If you haven't hear him sing you really should. His voice is soulful and sexy. The exciting news is that he is currently in Paris cutting an album.I also posted about a current favorite book series just last week. You must put Clarissa Clare's The Mortal Instruments books on your library list. I promise you will enjoy both of

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I know, I know I haven't posted in a coons age. Sorry but I've been a bit burned out what with NaBloPoMo and the the holidays, but I promise *fingers crossed* to make an effort. I thought I'd take a moment and post a books series that I recommend reading. Like the last series that I read, an on-line friend recommended this book and I'm hooked. The first book in Cassandra Clare's series of The

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I have a new favorite song that I wanted to share with everyone. I realize my favorites change with the breeze, but this guy is really worth a listen.If you like him you can download this song and one other here.

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In August of 2005 Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf Coast.Three years later FEMA's trailers still sit in Hope, Arkansas. Now there's government bureaucracy at work.

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Wishing all a wonderful day full of love, hope and thankfulness.

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Are you suffering from Hurry Sickness? You can diagnose yourself quite easily. Are you constantly focused on getting things done? Are you preoccupied with escaping? Does it seem that time is passing too quickly? Do you have a constant sense of urgency? Do you desire a simple life? Do you have little time for love? If you answered yes to most of these questions then you have Hurry Sickness, not to

marye~http://www.blogger.com/profile/00927999035462115991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215415144189502699.post-47736041796571134302008-11-25T07:17:00.001-06:002010-11-17T21:57:02.088-06:00

With Thanksgiving upon us it's the perfect time to examine what we have to be thankful for. As Americans who live in a country where we can worship freely and voice our opinions without fear of retribution, why is it that we are always complaining? I think the we are just down right ungrateful.What does it mean to be ungrateful? The dictionary says it's being thankless. I feel like we are blind

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As I was looking through old pictures the other day I saw one of a dog I used to have. She died shortly after my husband and I were married. She got me to thinking about all the other pets I've had and how they have effected me throughout the years. I remember my parents telling me that I was afraid of dog as a little girls. They would encourage me to pet friendly dogs we encountered until I

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I have always wanted to make my own soap. Many years ago, soap was made from lye and animal fats. The lye was obtained by pouring rain water through hard wood ash that had been burned at a high heat in a sort of filtering system. You can make your own filtering system out of a water tight wood barrel. You would need to put the barrel up on blocks in a remote location so that it wouldn't get

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We recently finished a study where the following question was asked: What is our purpose? I got to thinking about how we, so many times, look outside at the world to fill up that emptiness inside of us. If I have the right house or the biggest SUV or I weigh less, then everything will be okay. Why is it that we keep looking for worldly things to fill that emptiness?Our Bible tell us that our

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My sweet boy is taking golf lessons at the First Tee. The World Golf Foundation created The First Tee back in 1997. Not only do they teach golf skills, they also teach core values. We are lucky enough to have a location here in Arkansas. Once a week for the past several weeks our he has participated in group golf lessons. What I really like is that he seems to soak up everything he's learning

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Not having grow up around chickens I can't say that I knew too much about them. I certainly know more today that I did a year ago. For example, did you know that a Female chicken under the age of 1 year is called a pullet and a male is called a cockerel?Did you know that pullets start laying eggs at about 18-20 weeks of age. And that when she starts laying regularly she will lay an egg every 25

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Barack Obama has consistently voiced his support for organic agriculture. We, as organic consumers, have an incredible opportunity to shape the future of federal food policies. President-Elect Obama is in the process of formulating policy and assembling his transition team. He is considering nominees for The Secretary of Agriculture, who is responsible for directing the U.S. Department of

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Okay, I have to confess something, can you keep a secret? I LOVE MUSHROOMS! shh don't tell anyone, it's just between you and me. Since we have a plethora of eggs and I have a fondness for mushrooms I decide to make a mushroom quiche. This is all you need, how simple can it be? A pre made pie shell Mushrooms4-5 eggshalf and halfSwiss cheeseI started by preheating the oven to 450. I covered the

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One day, several years ago, I sat down and listed a few of the reasons we decided to homeschool our children, just to have it in black and white. I had all but forgotten about that list until the other day when a friend of mine sent me an e-mail. She was telling me a cute story about some comment one of her children had made to her and her husband. She followed the story up with a remark that I

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I have a recipe for sud-less laundry soap I thought I'd share. If you've never made your own soap I challenge you to give it a try, it's really not that difficult and you will see a difference in your pocketbook.Here's all you'll need:1/2 cup Arm & Hammer Washing Soda1/2 cup 20 Mule Team Borax1/2 bar Fels Naphtha SoapGrate the Fels Naphtha with a food grater. Put in a saucepan with 3 pints of

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I hope you are using cloth grocery bags! At Kroger we get 3 cents back for every bag we have. In less than 34 visits to the grocery store the bags have payed for themselves. I absolutely love to go into the store do my shopping get in line, hand the clerk my bags, and watch her subtract money off my total all because we brought in our own bags. And yes, I am that obnoxious person in front of you

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I never in my life thought I'd raise chickens until my son ask if we could get some chickens after attending a homesteading class at our local homeschool co-op. My husband and I thought if he had a good argument as to why we should get some chickens then we'd hear him out. He talked about how much he loved eating eggs and how we could save money. But his winning argument was that he would be

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Before WW II, in the Arkansas River lowlands, it was common to see people out in the fields planting cotton with harrows being pulled by mules. During the fall, those same people were out in the fields picking cotton. Everyone was expected to help with the most time consuming labor in the cotton industry. In the evenings, after picking cotton all day, they sat around and removed the seeds by hand

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First and foremost organic foods must not be genetically modified. It must be produced according to certain production standards, meaning it is grown without the use of conventional pesticides (including herbicides), artificial/synthetic fertilizers, human waste, or sewage sludge, and it cannot be processed without ionizing radiation or food additives. Organic production standards also include

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If you've ever wondered why you should recycle or thought, "what's the use it's just one aluminum can" then please read the following.Each of us uses approximately one 100-foot-tall Douglas fir tree in paper and wood products per year.To produce each week's Sunday newspapers, 500,000 trees must be cut down.If you recycle a 4 foot stack of newspaper you will save a 40 foot tree.If only 100,000

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Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run;To bend with apples the moss'd cottage-trees, And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core; To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells With a sweet kernel; to set budding more,And still more, later flowers for the bees,

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All you need are:8 TBS of cream cheese4 TBS basil pesto4 chicken breast breadcrumbs, egg and milk mixture and cooking oil.I butterflied the chicken breast, pounded them, filled them with the mixture of cream cheese and pesto and closed them up. If they won't stay closed you can use a tooth pick or some butchers string.Next I dipped the chicken in the egg and milk mixture and then dredged it in

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If you haven't been keeping up, I have some very strong opinions on environmental issues. Now I'm not going to tell anyone who to vote for,I just hope that you know what each candidates plans to do about our environment. Senator McCain's Policies are: That he plans to establish a market-based system to curbgreenhouse gas emissions, mobilize innovative technologies, and strengthenthe economy.He

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Visit NaBloPoMoThis marks the beginning of National Blog Posting Month.I started this blog just over a year ago, having never really read another blog. A friend of mine suggested I join NaBloPoMo last November, against my better judgement, I did.National Blog Posting Month is a place to "set the habit of blogging by doing itevery day for a month, including weekends, [bloggers] can go here for

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The Two Grenadiers Central Arkansas Suzuki Association's monthly recital. I really do believe that playing a string instrument raises ones IQ. In fact, a 3-year study in Switzerland looked at 1,200 children, and found they actually learn faster, when they had more music classes. The kids who were given the extra music classes, were actually better at language, and as good at maths, as the

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I recently read an article about and epidemic called colony collapse disorder (CCD) that is wiping out commercial bee hives. It seems that this is another one of those cases where pesticides are having a negative impact our food supply. You can go here and watch PBS's introduction to the series "Silence of the Bees".I read an article in the Oct/Nov issue of Mother Earth about how Dow's herbicides

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I first heard about Heifer International several years ago when our church handed out small plastic ark banks to the children. The idea was for each child to fill the bank and return it as a donation to to the Heifer project. Heifer's mission is to end hunger. They work with communities all around the world providing livestock and training to small-scale farmers and communities worldwide.Heifer

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Fall and spring are my favorite seasons. After a long hot summer, I am so ready for the cooler weather and the changing leaves. I've been checking out the Fall Foliage Report and I think we will probably go over to Hot Springs to drive around in the Ouachita Mountains next month. Until then I wanted to add a touch of fall to my house. On the cover of the Better Homes and Gardens they have this

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I hear my husband complain all the time about how his employees don't show up for work. I watch on the news as the crime rates rise. I see a society that has become overly permissive . I am not a conservative, but I am not okay with my children being exposed to all of the unhealthy influences out there. If you shrug your shoulders and say, that is just the way things are these days, then you

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As a child I remember getting ready and going to the state fair in Jackson, Mississippi. I loved looking at all the bright lights and colors on the midway. My favorite ride was the tilt-a-whirl. I couldn't wait to ride it with my dad. My mom usually stood and watched as we rode the fast spinning rides. She was more the ferris wheel type. I never under stood that until I turned green while riding

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I need to preference this by telling you that I have been struggling with the topic of this post for many months. My husband is a restaurant manager and works most Sundays. Whether it's my place or not, I feel a great responsibility for the spiritual direction of this family. Over the past five years we have moved to three different states. There are many factors to take in consideration when

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The broccoli in the green bag looks fresher than the shriveled up broccoli that was not in the the bag. I going to have to give DEBBIE MEYER™ Green Bags®two thumbs up.

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There was a time that the three R's were readin', riting' and rithmatic, but those time have long since past. Do you know what the three R's are now? Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle. We are told to Reduce the amount and toxicity of trash we discard, reuse containers and products; repair what is broken or give it to someone who can repair it, and to recycle as much as possible, which includes buying

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If your not up for the 100 foot diet challenge Stop by your local farmer's market Or the stand on the side of the roadBut, make sure you ask them where they are getting their produce. Some vendors get their food from whole sellers, which mean you have no idea where that produce is coming from.

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Are you aware that many of the foods you buy every week have been genetically modified? Do you even know what that means? Plants have been genetically modified in the laboratory to enhance the desired traits. This was traditionally done through breeding, but conventional plant breeding methods can be very time consuming and are often not very accurate. Whereas genetic engineering can create

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Now doesn't this look simple? I bet your saying to yourself, "Why do I need a recipe to make garlic bread?" Well, the answer is simple, this is the best garlic bread your ever going to eat and your not gonna want to forget it! Now, let move on. Take a stick of room temperature butter and a cup of Parmesan cheese, mix well. Then add a little (or a lot) of garlic, your preference. If you really

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My husband will tell you he never knew how truly good fried okra tasted until he had it in the South. You may have tasted that breaded fried okra out of a freezer bag or in one of those big ole buffets, but until you fix it (the right way) at home you can't say you've eat fried okra. There's a long list of ingredients so get out a pen a paper, this is gonna take a while.1) fresh okra2) white corn

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I've always know Hattiesburg as The Hub City with it's central location to Mobile, The Gulf Coast, New Orleans, Jackson, and Meridian. But about a year and a half ago Hattiesburg, MS became know as The Swan City when the Area Development Partnership decide to unveil the Festival of Swans. The ADP selected the swan because of its elegance and beauty. We're talking about a small college town in

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I want you to go around your house and look at the tags on your furniture, home decor, children's toys and clothes. Where are they made? I took a trip around my house after reading this article. I found that the majority of things in our house come from China. It made me want to cry. I used to work at a home decor store. As I unpacked boxes, I found two very disheartening things in common: 1)

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We took a day to drive just northeast of Vegas to Nevada's Valley of Fire State Park. It is located in the Mojave Desert. The rocks appear to be on fire.This is Arch Rock. Here is where a native American Fugitive, Mouse, hid away in the 1890's. Mouse's Tank is a natural basin in the rock where water collects after rainfalls, sometimes remaining for months. While walking we passed a number of

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One of the nicest places we went we was a short 13 mile loop just west Vegas. Called Red Rock Canyon . The area showcases a set of large red sandstone peaks and walls called the Keystone Thrust.There are several side roads and parking areas allow access to many of the trails located in the canyon. I highly recommend going if your ever in Vegas.

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On the Fabulous Vegas strip is the bestest place in the world! The M&M store. The kids found the Kyle's car to be very sweet. Four floors of M&M's and M&M merchandise. I think I died and went to heaven.We walked out with a nice dent in our pocketbook. But, don't ask me for any M&M's I'm fresh out.

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When we landed in Vegas we did the very touristy drive down the strip.Here we are outside of the New York hotel.This is the Excalibur.Of course you wouldn't want to miss the fountain show at the Bellagio.This inside the Bellagio.Cool bike, I think this was inside the Treasure Island Hotel.where we saw Cirque Du Soleil's Mystere.This is at the Monti Crisco.And finally, we stayed at The

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I have to admit that I find what I'm about to say to be a bit embarrassing. Apparently, I don't mind tell you about my embarrassing obsessions, but I do want to preference this by telling you another story that may explain the reason for my current obsession.You see, a number of years ago a friend of mine told me about this vampire movie. Honestly, I wasn't much of a vampire person, but I was a

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We just spent the last seven days in Las Vegas which would lead one to believe that I have a lot of things to blog about except that as you know what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.Just kidding...I do have a lot to say, I also have a ton of pictures to sort through and share so I will spread this out over several post so that I have time to get other things done, like laundry...We went to the

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We were so excited to be bring home this sweet little baby boy. He was perfect, ten toes, ten fingers; everything about him was just what we’d always hoped for. As a baby he had one ear infection after another which resulted in tubes and eventually speech therapy. It wasn’t that he was sick a lot or that he was a problem baby, he was just different than our daughter, besides I wasn’t supposed to

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Hello all, As you may have heard our little town was hit by a tornado last night. It touched down about 1 1/2 miles (as the crow flies) from our house. That tornado also hit a trailer park and two neighborhoods in our area. Friends from church, including our pastor, and homeschool friends have had damage to their homes. The other storms that passed through last night and the ones going through

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Look what we woke up to this morning! and our poor trees were just starting to bud. The kids were only slightly impressed. We're off to make molasses-snow candy. Check out my kitchen blog later for the recipe.

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Is this not the sweetest face you have ever seen? Seven years ago this little bugger started pulling on my heart strings. He's had moments that a struck fear in my heart. He informed us one day that he was going to be the next crocodile hunter.Much to our relief, he decide he'd rather be a chef.Of course he's the one who talked us into getting the chickens in the first place.He also has a green

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I'm posting my recipes on a different site now. Come on over to my kitchen and try out some of my dishes or share one of your own.

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Oh, you are not going to believe this one. I have really gone and out done myself this time. This is so simple and doesn't take any time at all to make. All you need is:Cubed chicken breast, minced garlic,some butter to saute with, salt, dried thyme, onion powder, white and black pepper, spaghetti, heavy whipping cream, Parmesan cheese, parsley and a dash of cayenne.Don't forget that cooking is

marye~http://www.blogger.com/profile/00927999035462115991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215415144189502699.post-5809038216954549862008-02-25T10:04:00.003-06:002008-02-25T12:22:15.471-06:00

Good morning, the girls are getting anxious to see Ladybug.Here she is getting the food ready.There's nothing cuter that a Ladybug in jammies and galoshes.Having to get fresh water is her least favorite part of taking care of the chickens.She has to go all the way down to the well and pump the water by hand.Then she has to carry that 50 pound bucket of water back to the barn which is 3 miles away

marye~http://www.blogger.com/profile/00927999035462115991noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215415144189502699.post-58887840425835882322008-02-23T10:55:00.001-06:002008-02-23T11:23:52.039-06:00

This is about as simple as it gets, here are the ingredients.Rice mix, orange roughy, olive oil, salt, pepper, paprika, and onion saltI cheated and used a box rice mix.If you don't like orange roughy you can use flounder or red snapper.But doesn't that look too good too pass up?I just mixed the salt, pepper, paprika, and onion salt together. Then I sprinkled the fish while the olive oil heated up

marye~http://www.blogger.com/profile/00927999035462115991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215415144189502699.post-60974244927551395362008-02-22T10:33:00.003-06:002008-02-25T14:32:33.917-06:00

For those of us who have no foresight and give up fried food for Lent then agree not to eat beef, pork or chicken on Fridays get left with having to come up with more creative meals. As I've said before I'm not very creative in the kitchen. Last Friday I took Ladybug to a concert. Guess what I had for dinner? Nothing. The only food they had at the concert was hot dogs and hamburgers. Fortunately,

marye~http://www.blogger.com/profile/00927999035462115991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215415144189502699.post-26748425497444556952008-02-20T12:30:00.001-06:002010-11-24T14:25:06.582-06:00

I think of cooking as an art and baking as more of a science so, when I cook I don't measure and I change ingredients to suite my self. I seem to screw up almost every time I try baking. Apparently, I'm an artist not a scientist.Sunday I made chicken piccata tossed with bow-tie pasta. It called for penne rigate, but alas I did not have any in the cupboard. Sorry, I neglected to take a picture. It

marye~http://www.blogger.com/profile/00927999035462115991noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215415144189502699.post-69426006302137966102008-02-19T20:10:00.007-06:002008-02-19T21:20:23.277-06:00

I've been trying to broaden my dinner repertory. I usually make tacos, spaghetti, lasagna, chicken and rice casserole, poppy seed chicken casserole, hamburgers, country fried steak, chili, beef stew, red beans and rice blah blah blah. So last week I tried out some of Pioneer Woman's recipes. I made her chicken spaghetti and the spicy shrimp. It's not the first time I made something of her. At

marye~http://www.blogger.com/profile/00927999035462115991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215415144189502699.post-91571329001838579132008-02-02T13:20:00.001-06:002010-11-17T23:33:42.051-06:00

Well, today is Groundhogs Day and Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow. According to legend there will be six more weeks of winter. I hope that means we will get some snow! Yea Phil!Have you ever seen the movie Groundhog Day with Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell. It used to be one of my favorites. I thought it would be great to do a day over and over until you could get it right. Today is not one of

marye~http://www.blogger.com/profile/00927999035462115991noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215415144189502699.post-9957388085033376782008-01-29T09:15:00.002-06:002010-11-24T12:09:31.485-06:00

I've been working on a post that I had planned on publishing this morning except I spent the past hour and a half cleaning out the chickens coop. We had been using straw in a deep bedding method, but with all the rain, water had started to creep in the edges of the coop and the straw has gotten wet. Our coop is well ventilated, but wet poopy straw is bad, very bad.As I was raking up the stuff I

marye~http://www.blogger.com/profile/00927999035462115991noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215415144189502699.post-13826519694828499102008-01-27T12:39:00.000-06:002008-01-27T12:48:33.492-06:00

So last week in South Mississippi it snowed. I grew up in Mississippi and trust me snow is a big deal. The entire state has to stand still. I love that sort of snow. It just last for two or three days, every thing is covered, it’s beautiful, and then it's gone. Friday we were under a winter weather advisory. It’s been in the 30’s and 40’s everyday for a while so I was hoping for snow that would

marye~http://www.blogger.com/profile/00927999035462115991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215415144189502699.post-71450301167896769752008-01-18T11:08:00.000-06:002008-01-18T13:00:43.203-06:00

This link loving in 2008 came from JayeDee. I have randomly selected 5 of you below to be tagged and I hope that you will similarly publish this post in your blog. You will have to tag 5 other bloggers and just keep adding on to the list. (Do not replace, just keep on adding! Yes we hope it will be a long list!)It’s real easy! Tag others and see your Technorati Authority increase exponentially!

marye~http://www.blogger.com/profile/00927999035462115991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215415144189502699.post-83366709892080322992008-01-16T11:28:00.001-06:002010-11-04T21:34:38.643-05:00

I was awarded the Bloggers with Integrity Award for Staying True to Your Beliefs by Ann over at Sharp Spiels. I was told to Pay It Forward, so here it goes.There are 5 categories to this award:**I award the Bloggers with Integrity Award For Creativity to Kelly at Outside The Lines. Even though she on hiatus from her blog at this time, she has wonderful and creative ideas that she had posted.**I

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