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    T Tuesday: handmade edition

    October 29, 2013 - By 

    Thanks for joining me for another edition of T stands for Tuesday brought to us by Elizabeth at Altered book lover.

    Today is my typical kind of Tuesday…busy, busy, busy. I always make time for a good breakfast though. Poached egg on toast is my favorite. With coffee, of course.

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    Today though I have a bit of a different schedule. I have my job orientation! I’m very excited to be starting this new phase of my life.

    Over the past week I’ve been very domestic. I cooked a pie pumpkin that yielded 7 cups of pumpkin puree. I’ve made 2 pies, 2 large loaves of pumpkin bread and a batch of pumpkin chia pudding.

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    I’ve also been sewing quite a bit. I’ve been upcycling some stained or torn vintage linens. As well as using up scraps for additional projects. More on all that in a later post.

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    Miss Gracie has been keeping me company, that is when she isn’t busy watching for critters out the window.

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    I’m off to start my day now but I’ll be back later to visit all my blogging friends.

    What are you doing today?

     

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    T stands for Tomatoes!

    August 27, 2013 - By 

    Today's harvestThanks for joining me today for T stands for Tuesday…or in this case…TOMATOES!

    As much as I hate the heat and humidity that always seems to come with the end of August, I love the tomatoes that my garden is producing. I’m also still getting a good handful of green beans each day. The cucumbers have yellow pear tomatoesbeen a bit of a disappointment but at least they did something.

    And just look at all these yellow pear tomatoes!! They are so sweet and yummy. They sit like candy on the counter waiting to be nibbled in this lovely basket that I won from a fellow blogger a couple years back.

    garden toamotesThe garden is starting to look a bit haggard but just look at those lovelies on the vine!

    I’m watering them from our rain barrels twice a day in this heat. I’m afraid I’m going to reach the proverbial “bottom of the barrel” very soon if we don’t get any rain.

    Our family is planning to brave the heat one of the days this week for a visit to the state fair. We may melt in the heat.  Hopefully I’ll get some fun pictures to share of “The Great Minnesota Get-Together”

    What are you doing today?

     

     

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    T Tuesday: a week in review

    August 20, 2013 - By 

    T TuesdayHere it is Tuesday again and I’m linking up with my friend Elizabeth for T stands for Tuesday. I’m pretty sure time is speeding up as we approach Labor Day and the start of school.

    Little J and I made use of the time that her big brother was at camp last week. Being a teenage boy, he hates shopping. I’m not so fond of it myself but my girl…she can shop!! We went to Kohl’s 3 days last week. Yikes! The third was unscheduled…we stopped by my mom’s and she wanted to get something to wear for an upcoming wedding.

    thank you cardLittle J and I also went to Goodwill twice, Costco, the Mall (not MOA), ACE hardware, Target and of course, the grocery store.  Geesh. We didn’t buy a lot but all those add up to a lot of time and moola. But now with the exception of shoes for the boy…I am DONE!! No more shopping for school.

    We had a quiet weekend with a neighborhood bonfire Saturday. Late Sunday evening was a bit more exciting. We were watching a movie when the power went out. Everyone seemed to come out from their homes to see if the world swimwas ending or if it was just them without electricity.  Power was out for a huge area even though it was a gorgeous night without a cloud in the sky. We have yet to find out why.

    In addition, we’ve been still Cuttlebug crazy. I’m going to get it all packed up and give it back this week. I want my family room back!!

    Since the hot humid weather has finally found its way back to MN…we went for a dip in a friends pool. Ah, refreshing.

    Today we have another busy Tuesday on tap. It’s going to be a scorcher too! Yuck.

    What are you doing today?

    Maybe you should stop by Bleubeard and Elizabeth’s for a spell.