tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56238606017731627332024-03-28T08:07:46.832-04:00Vickie's Kitchen and GardenA Gardening, Recipe, Book & Movie reviews, and DIY Blog all done the frugal way! We live the good life on a acre in the city. Vickie @Vickie's Kitchen and Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03402367232977896594noreply@blogger.comBlogger3334125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623860601773162733.post-67271390171166987942024-03-22T10:23:00.003-04:002024-03-22T10:24:02.048-04:00A Michigan Spring and our Outdoor Fridge plus My To Do List!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj5KMSj_5Gz6kP93i22FnKMz7rlQjEAYLNSL-7-ljyhtduZS52_LOEEdhnc3ETD_xnGCrwBPbp5x_O-g7arYTtPGYQriZdGf8s_lKN5euqnbpN6hoLL2FaCmfbrUvsJ8awbHNjWqQ6d6r0pZkEsIn8ZEWYDTuSQyCtbn93ibh3WlTJiaOQ1kzL53JBY-yCw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="522" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj5KMSj_5Gz6kP93i22FnKMz7rlQjEAYLNSL-7-ljyhtduZS52_LOEEdhnc3ETD_xnGCrwBPbp5x_O-g7arYTtPGYQriZdGf8s_lKN5euqnbpN6hoLL2FaCmfbrUvsJ8awbHNjWqQ6d6r0pZkEsIn8ZEWYDTuSQyCtbn93ibh3WlTJiaOQ1kzL53JBY-yCw=w327-h400" width="327" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; text-align: left;">There is a quiet when snow falls. That was the one thing that I have missed this winter that we've had without snow, was the quiet. When there is snow you hear less noise like traffic and planes. It's is a wonderful peace!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; text-align: left;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7MmyUuaSHlefSyNv2K7HfNWMjxWTXNQUlXIDeeMncdmM5JPhxkl15rfCC2yUUkBNUHnkyhC3_n8c0RQkmxfVb8OYWNrMlk0NrxifCLc1aFxFkuiy7lxsL-7Gn4bO7tZdwMpvnRhLZs64LUU_GoNFYtdSrmP3Fk8yis79fphgBjzEFI3mGxfKkvOxpZ2WO/s2048/fridge%20food.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1541" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7MmyUuaSHlefSyNv2K7HfNWMjxWTXNQUlXIDeeMncdmM5JPhxkl15rfCC2yUUkBNUHnkyhC3_n8c0RQkmxfVb8OYWNrMlk0NrxifCLc1aFxFkuiy7lxsL-7Gn4bO7tZdwMpvnRhLZs64LUU_GoNFYtdSrmP3Fk8yis79fphgBjzEFI3mGxfKkvOxpZ2WO/s320/fridge%20food.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Having an outdoor fridge is another benefit of snow and cold. Our fridge requires defrosting about once a year. Oh it's frostless but ice forms in the freezer and clogs up everything. We picked a perfect day to do this job... today-it's both cold and snowy and we can just put stuff outside without worry about anything being ruined. We have a fridge just outside our door. The joy of having a Michigan <strike>winter</strike> I mean Spring! </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I've started back with a to do list this week. Life gets busy and I try to get something on my list done everyday</span></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Outside work:</span></b></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">If weather permits this week I hope to finish caulking the greenhouse.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiOhSYf3wTIYPEuk9Q3zu91Tz-hzUtdYXaRw05GVkANJULmQZ8C11uh13uj719-In6TXTzwYn4NJU4vJrbBd5GLfmK7_ceQGK0qY1steqaUtr4heIHQJ5EPmqlR9bBxBtEEyGe654agK5OjbCSLtmL0YQfun1rj31KMPCGuggPvoM6_MT9CSKB8WJdHfB01" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="699" data-original-width="526" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiOhSYf3wTIYPEuk9Q3zu91Tz-hzUtdYXaRw05GVkANJULmQZ8C11uh13uj719-In6TXTzwYn4NJU4vJrbBd5GLfmK7_ceQGK0qY1steqaUtr4heIHQJ5EPmqlR9bBxBtEEyGe654agK5OjbCSLtmL0YQfun1rj31KMPCGuggPvoM6_MT9CSKB8WJdHfB01=w302-h400" width="302" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Keep cleaning and organizing garage.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Inside work</span></b></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Clean carpets</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><strike>Defrost the fridge </strike></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Peel and freeze garlic into cubes (I've been watching how to do this on youtube).</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Clean that corner of the kitchen that I've been neglecting.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; 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You can also sign up for my email list on the top right hand side of the blog</span></i></span></span></i></i></i></i></i></i></i></i></span></span></span></span></b></u></u></span></p></div><p><br /></p>Vickie @Vickie's Kitchen and Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03402367232977896594noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623860601773162733.post-61097303760816789252024-03-15T06:18:00.001-04:002024-03-15T06:19:05.626-04:00Never Bored, Kind of Tired, but Never Bored Kind of Week 3/15/24!<p><span style="font-size: large;">It's beens so warm this week I actually talked to a neighbor! You know how it is in the winter when you see each other in the driveway and your so cold you just wave to each other and run in the house. It was nice to be able to catch up on the happenings in our neighbor's life (it was all good). </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg_W5LsjPWEYkFuqvwy__192IygaR0-1RSdG1BKhwMTD9NIeCE3bYTQw7OO0jEtVMkFBYyZFmYQBSd_8xK0NTsMCbKliWqauhT-1nTwLjDCG5cBeHSbQOpyYLs39eIYYIxGiGWjjzJ9XAFffpc9cF6yvmWjyMAimZWdMF9W6-FZKW1h7Hy3Nn6SuV_xIAAa" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg_W5LsjPWEYkFuqvwy__192IygaR0-1RSdG1BKhwMTD9NIeCE3bYTQw7OO0jEtVMkFBYyZFmYQBSd_8xK0NTsMCbKliWqauhT-1nTwLjDCG5cBeHSbQOpyYLs39eIYYIxGiGWjjzJ9XAFffpc9cF6yvmWjyMAimZWdMF9W6-FZKW1h7Hy3Nn6SuV_xIAAa" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Husband even grilled out a couple of dinners. Steak and <a href="https://www.vickieskitchenandgarden.com/2015/04/grilled-rosemary-pork-chops.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">grilled rosemary pork chops. </a> Now we are living easy</span>. <p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9mEfM_NCKuj45ZN7JxzEA60nPb4td9nti34JEjy1OY4yhxo12Lw7Nsyr-pDjT2zNJ_Evtx_Qs0YArcbFhGWAgsDas9ENcHFNhPYgVppXz2BgxZYlWOk7eDsdurerM5JdSvAJAoEeMxPt36mg_JgUncBQqkXNOon4qXB-lksxVR3K_HKuyjOz9CPrPXB8M" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="301" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9mEfM_NCKuj45ZN7JxzEA60nPb4td9nti34JEjy1OY4yhxo12Lw7Nsyr-pDjT2zNJ_Evtx_Qs0YArcbFhGWAgsDas9ENcHFNhPYgVppXz2BgxZYlWOk7eDsdurerM5JdSvAJAoEeMxPt36mg_JgUncBQqkXNOon4qXB-lksxVR3K_HKuyjOz9CPrPXB8M=w302-h400" width="302" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">This week has mainly been about keeping animals and plants alive. I feed the chickens and chicks plus I watered and sowed more plants. Actually it's been fun! Never bored, kind of tired, but never bored.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjT7Fg7ZyzCaGFtAGoVmt9AXym95oAdlkDQ_7gqUUZIOQHxgevmTZDqACqDrrMwcQOCHVcLXzgvruOMC5HbMq9nu8Z8zAIu66c-MsUGaWGyXJF2E3aarL4IzJ5ihpVOoBcC-4JhtVGQtxfEunJUUlv44f9dNo6wXF0fKStKXvSdM11qJbzOaFcNjCYRCOuY" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="940" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjT7Fg7ZyzCaGFtAGoVmt9AXym95oAdlkDQ_7gqUUZIOQHxgevmTZDqACqDrrMwcQOCHVcLXzgvruOMC5HbMq9nu8Z8zAIu66c-MsUGaWGyXJF2E3aarL4IzJ5ihpVOoBcC-4JhtVGQtxfEunJUUlv44f9dNo6wXF0fKStKXvSdM11qJbzOaFcNjCYRCOuY=w250-h400" width="250" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span>I love rain because you have an excuse to be still and relax inside your house. It rained yesterday, I ignored a lot of inside work, and read a free book from Kathleen Ball called </span><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="dcvcot-rnwdtv-3bzsqo-thb4sr" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" id="productTitle" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; line-height: 36px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3vdCng4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alanna: Christian Historical Romance (Mail Order Brides of Pine Crossing Book 1)</a>. <b>It was still free this morning 3/15/24 (check the price)</b>. At 144 pages it was perfect for my time off and had a wonderful and thoughtful story line. </span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="dcvcot-rnwdtv-3bzsqo-thb4sr" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: large; line-height: 36px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">How is it been going at your house?</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #191919; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline;">Thanks so much for helping to support Vickie's Kitchen and Garden</span><u style="color: #191919; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif;"><span face="" style="color: #333333; line-height: 21.735px;"><span face="" style="color: #191919;">**As a <a href="https://amzn.to/2YdIZVy" rel="nofollow" style="color: #771100; 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You can also sign up for my email list on the top right hand side of the blog</span></i></span></span></i></i></i></i></i></i></i></i></span></span></span></span></b></u></u></span></p></div><p><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="dcvcot-rnwdtv-3bzsqo-thb4sr" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; line-height: 36px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"> </span></span></p>Vickie @Vickie's Kitchen and Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03402367232977896594noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623860601773162733.post-8942266061911214332024-03-12T09:32:00.000-04:002024-03-12T09:32:13.334-04:00What I'm Growing This Week 3/12/24<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibOEaoDBpYZRCgExNvNywWlQntexnebUdidxFg3MpXGU01DS3OSxoRUDm0ubwfqKdqPrGFPI0UItCCq0qSMqMa-gw1nvOWQcVj_az2KZLkBxum7I4Ub7w1NxCf4FLnaaeWDYeybqYQEzkds_vZoQpiGLSTQ5jfhNxaprnpWTrrCoWKgnrs9zWZ5b_wgsqW/s1576/pots%20in%20the%20house.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1576" data-original-width="1541" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibOEaoDBpYZRCgExNvNywWlQntexnebUdidxFg3MpXGU01DS3OSxoRUDm0ubwfqKdqPrGFPI0UItCCq0qSMqMa-gw1nvOWQcVj_az2KZLkBxum7I4Ub7w1NxCf4FLnaaeWDYeybqYQEzkds_vZoQpiGLSTQ5jfhNxaprnpWTrrCoWKgnrs9zWZ5b_wgsqW/w391-h400/pots%20in%20the%20house.jpg" width="391" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">I'm getting excited for Spring and have started a lot of seeds inside. Marigolds are growing in the small cell trays. I have so many coming up that I'll make another tray with the extras when I can this week. The pots are Brandy wine Tomato's -I watched a couple of youtube videos on how to grow them in <a href="https://youtu.be/cbH7HARnMCs?si=6LZ2f1Z558dppkzs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bigger pots right from the start.</a> The little cells in front of them are peppers.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh5Wlke2gWtC8bB8pexgiECO76souW6ISppfreVUpSUvuX-C05-QHwhkPzg8-tJHzjoBibrj6qyhXBi5yWcIz-lbFMfDRBJEo_mtpU-B-vILpqPIJqKElovROJOB94db2qTDqXTtL7SzjeLc4QcGXGO2BaHga53gQ2I2HAuq9ZNSKNBhUoToUgZzwk7Unm9" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1541" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh5Wlke2gWtC8bB8pexgiECO76souW6ISppfreVUpSUvuX-C05-QHwhkPzg8-tJHzjoBibrj6qyhXBi5yWcIz-lbFMfDRBJEo_mtpU-B-vILpqPIJqKElovROJOB94db2qTDqXTtL7SzjeLc4QcGXGO2BaHga53gQ2I2HAuq9ZNSKNBhUoToUgZzwk7Unm9=w302-h400" width="302" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />The greenhouse is a learning curve for sure. It can get down to twenty at night and 110 during the day. You had better open it up as soon as it warms up. I open up the little window on top and the door is wide open.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjTTAcLvgnvY4ITXL1hLukDWIH6OYugMJqLLCFlXIK78HVXzy1_1l3KHQJuP2o_HZqE2pLYsFcWjFE45PwAyIHaAD0Xz8cI1YA5964pyb4u8PNvFmBaM8BjMjmVUyJsjsNUKXtueK9TPNSY0GtDiZgtuCkwObCxuR6BzRnzLtQf6oSLqSaAMxlKfSe3s9XF" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1541" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjTTAcLvgnvY4ITXL1hLukDWIH6OYugMJqLLCFlXIK78HVXzy1_1l3KHQJuP2o_HZqE2pLYsFcWjFE45PwAyIHaAD0Xz8cI1YA5964pyb4u8PNvFmBaM8BjMjmVUyJsjsNUKXtueK9TPNSY0GtDiZgtuCkwObCxuR6BzRnzLtQf6oSLqSaAMxlKfSe3s9XF=w302-h400" width="302" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Right now, I just have early and late cabbage growing in there. You can see my gallon milk jugs under the shelf. I spray painted them black to see if they will help the heat at night. I have more to spray paint today.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi7xlx8xJzxDrfbCZfY7H6aTaQSHQUNpeINK87s5Mn1Jc9HfPusYjIxFpZCTi2u0etTXL8JzXBqQnI_DRYpibA_crrC9z5VuvSrRGfuJrHq9PaiSHHmFV5glWiEVnwKQZQNU5W8gwo55Iy1FGVLML0p7yc9Vl4mZMcAc__pCKmLDvjA5iXyxv6z1ztM7y2f" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1541" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi7xlx8xJzxDrfbCZfY7H6aTaQSHQUNpeINK87s5Mn1Jc9HfPusYjIxFpZCTi2u0etTXL8JzXBqQnI_DRYpibA_crrC9z5VuvSrRGfuJrHq9PaiSHHmFV5glWiEVnwKQZQNU5W8gwo55Iy1FGVLML0p7yc9Vl4mZMcAc__pCKmLDvjA5iXyxv6z1ztM7y2f=w302-h400" width="302" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />I'm also growing a couple of chicks! Isa browns are my favorite layers. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">How's everything at your house? </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #191919; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline;">Thanks so much for helping to support Vickie's Kitchen and Garden</span><u style="color: #191919; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif;"><span face="" style="color: #333333; line-height: 21.735px;"><span face="" style="color: #191919;">**As a <a href="https://amzn.to/2YdIZVy" rel="nofollow" style="color: #771100; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Amazon affiliate</a><b> I earn a small percentage w</b></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 21.735px;">hen </span></u><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #191919; 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You can also sign up for my email list on the top right hand side of the blog</span></i></span></span></i></i></i></i></i></i></i></i></span></span></span></span></b></u></u></span></p></div><p><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /></p>Vickie @Vickie's Kitchen and Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03402367232977896594noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623860601773162733.post-65052475236594915652024-03-08T06:48:00.002-05:002024-03-08T08:12:29.824-05:00Good deals, Finished project, and Exhausting Work! <p><span style="font-size: large;">This week there was a great deal for garden seeds at Menards. A package was 10 cents! 9 cents if you sent in for the rebate. Did I really need any? No..but you know how that goes.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgRPW1psEbGqC1OPYrQ-qWOiLayE0ut6gFu2UlafDyX2MJetfm65OC8xLYNrJcvTbQlNzh-5PJR_J5GZS_3WrdP8AOLqWYYLb2Ma3ho1b08EZK9oAM7e84-I0lBL6ukevF4vWeY_rIHTI0RCMv3-nsH1pXdKTT6UhEBUA9PtGJ-NjakfywvfWLNBKk0GqWj" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1541" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgRPW1psEbGqC1OPYrQ-qWOiLayE0ut6gFu2UlafDyX2MJetfm65OC8xLYNrJcvTbQlNzh-5PJR_J5GZS_3WrdP8AOLqWYYLb2Ma3ho1b08EZK9oAM7e84-I0lBL6ukevF4vWeY_rIHTI0RCMv3-nsH1pXdKTT6UhEBUA9PtGJ-NjakfywvfWLNBKk0GqWj" width="181" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I bought a bag of clothes for 5 dollars at a church sale for me and grandkids. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">We took the grandkids one day to the A&W to get hotdogs, cheese curds, and root beer of course that comes in the famous big mug. As we left and got quite aways down the road, granddaughter pointed at a mug left behind and said we had stolen the mug. So, a couple of days later we took it back (we don't want to be thieves) and they said no one has done that before. They gave me a free meal ticket. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiI333f99q6QD_0zjl13tdx4AJl3YN_jUr3dvGI03JGpquJXRN2eHEl5oOg4wer6k3kIIjiinW2_qWpTxJ7qYF4UrJn1I5-K_kT952v9ftFBKcp43YXm6P4RGH4v3OsLcla-a4kG1K3D702I74H8nbjkVerZOYBVxagGtK5puHSqzANLljCxMwB7OBS5Aet" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="699" data-original-width="526" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiI333f99q6QD_0zjl13tdx4AJl3YN_jUr3dvGI03JGpquJXRN2eHEl5oOg4wer6k3kIIjiinW2_qWpTxJ7qYF4UrJn1I5-K_kT952v9ftFBKcp43YXm6P4RGH4v3OsLcla-a4kG1K3D702I74H8nbjkVerZOYBVxagGtK5puHSqzANLljCxMwB7OBS5Aet=w302-h400" width="302" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I finished a harry potter scarf for my youngest daughter.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqnB0jrWTtLxeIKMm5l5qafe2Ezw0Zx24eiCAOfKVvB7ywRGpKPf3NkiHDsXw8UHZkrUYElVftatsZa7TULZ7VcsuzXjZbfTXvSNVlJFEC_tr6KcegZALJAfiJLHqB1IlWFHNWh-7EjcJAYS-MgaRfhK-letvf6oTrD1_uClBGHrBx4XJIMbMLxzvv5AVb" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1004" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqnB0jrWTtLxeIKMm5l5qafe2Ezw0Zx24eiCAOfKVvB7ywRGpKPf3NkiHDsXw8UHZkrUYElVftatsZa7TULZ7VcsuzXjZbfTXvSNVlJFEC_tr6KcegZALJAfiJLHqB1IlWFHNWh-7EjcJAYS-MgaRfhK-letvf6oTrD1_uClBGHrBx4XJIMbMLxzvv5AVb=w197-h400" width="197" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />This is what we have been up to for 3 days when we had beautiful weather -putting together a small green house. Husband got it for me for Christmas and my birthday present. It was not fun but we did it. Funny thing is I picked this one because they said it was easy. It was exhausting work!</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjT12tAcP8Ean1bjEu-JlAeTksnYzy8KlxJPLJv6xUEcRJt0_stCyOCQ03-J2COyv5b9ZmUILQVyXCY_TBNhtsDTsVf86-nWOxHbftWJ51mTzHwJmitCWDwpMiNGYP5vsHl7px5IQLo6XXvyKJT2XUBM1IkF4HsXezkbfdf7x_-wXjNrbAifhW_5Noy9sJ_" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="300" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjT12tAcP8Ean1bjEu-JlAeTksnYzy8KlxJPLJv6xUEcRJt0_stCyOCQ03-J2COyv5b9ZmUILQVyXCY_TBNhtsDTsVf86-nWOxHbftWJ51mTzHwJmitCWDwpMiNGYP5vsHl7px5IQLo6XXvyKJT2XUBM1IkF4HsXezkbfdf7x_-wXjNrbAifhW_5Noy9sJ_=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">I moved in as soon as we finally got done! We already had the potting bench (from a sale a couple of years ago), the chair was given to us by my neice, and the greenstalk from my daughter for Christmas. Now. I'm looking for shelves.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Just a little FYI..we knew that the potting bench would not fit in the door when we finished, so we built around it. I guess we will have to take it apart to get it out. Hopefully not anytime soon!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">How's everything at your house? </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #191919; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline;">Thanks so much for helping to support Vickie's Kitchen and Garden</span><u style="color: #191919; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif;"><span face="" style="color: #333333; line-height: 21.735px;"><span face="" style="color: #191919;">**As a <a href="https://amzn.to/2YdIZVy" rel="nofollow" style="color: #771100; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Amazon affiliate</a><b> I earn a small percentage w</b></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 21.735px;">hen </span></u><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #191919; 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color: #666666; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.525px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24.525px;"><span face="" style="line-height: 24.525px;"><span face="" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24.525px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24.525px;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24.525px;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24.525px;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24.525px;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24.525px;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24.525px;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24.525px;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24.525px;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24.525px;"><span face="" style="color: #414141; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18.2px;">ollow me</span><span face="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: #414141;"> on </span></i></span></span></i></i></i></i></i></i></i></i></span></span></span></span></span><span face="" style="color: #666666; 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text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Bloglovin </a><span style="color: #414141;">where I share my frugal list, gardening, recipes, Free Kindle books, </span></i></span></span></i></i></i></i></i></i></i></i></span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span face="" style="color: #666666; line-height: 24.525px;"><span face="" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24.525px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24.525px;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24.525px;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24.525px;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24.525px;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24.525px;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24.525px;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24.525px;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24.525px;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24.525px;"><span face="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: #414141;">and more! You can also sign up for my email list on the top right hand side of the blog</span></i></span></span></i></i></i></i></i></i></i></i></span></span></span></span></b></u></u></span></p></div><p><br /></p>Vickie @Vickie's Kitchen and Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03402367232977896594noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623860601773162733.post-73269211750156124292024-03-01T08:22:00.003-05:002024-03-01T08:23:11.176-05:00Then there was a Tornado .....<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thinking back we should have known something would happen when we had such unusual Spring like weather. We had a couple of days around 70 degrees. Then we had a wild night on Tuesday with tornado sirens blasting off around 2 a.m. Husband had heard a loud wind noise before the sirens went off. Two tornadoes hit one tornado was around 10 miles from us. A tornado in Febuary in Michigan is just unbelievable! No one was hurt thank God but there was damage to a lot of homes and businesses. We had snow flurries the next day when we dropped 50 degrees</span><span style="font-size: large;">.</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjsDNqVq19RiTTSDTTaHsLCW8SEf-I8mZwYMUqHgHXk5h4YGdM1fxBX5YysB6wyKzJuqMWFJahLApcq54rZBuI4K9ZSTFmVZmUILc8EKEi-XKrcZQlACBOgZHGrO8-jpHL1iyRjVLEW0T4mLF02OM-d37Jn5DtDJKaJsv6IGDd6IiTijual4J-5kURfrexB" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1541" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjsDNqVq19RiTTSDTTaHsLCW8SEf-I8mZwYMUqHgHXk5h4YGdM1fxBX5YysB6wyKzJuqMWFJahLApcq54rZBuI4K9ZSTFmVZmUILc8EKEi-XKrcZQlACBOgZHGrO8-jpHL1iyRjVLEW0T4mLF02OM-d37Jn5DtDJKaJsv6IGDd6IiTijual4J-5kURfrexB=w302-h400" width="302" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">School was out and I kept the grand daughter a little busy find art crafts on youtube. She showed me how to make eyes so I wouldn't have to use the googly eyes. The little ones will show the way! </span><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Grandchildren came first this week and many things didn't get done. They are worth every moment and are most important things in our life at this moment. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Now to clean the house! </span></div><div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Out my window: </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgMzx6WVnCJuBbMxtpB06alsLHktqaxvnYJfhesXIhu-jJkbbODrtV9dUwf_YyKPfwh39vU9faHICB5OAZLs-SmqpS7tUedFdIaEqcztr4fhr5RXVdWGhx5h_2iuTlB3jKPrgXpwiBHid-XMMt7HBUX4t-IOI_SUVp8OClfmW2x8CUfXoUc-wIcwSVXpYFo" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="398" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgMzx6WVnCJuBbMxtpB06alsLHktqaxvnYJfhesXIhu-jJkbbODrtV9dUwf_YyKPfwh39vU9faHICB5OAZLs-SmqpS7tUedFdIaEqcztr4fhr5RXVdWGhx5h_2iuTlB3jKPrgXpwiBHid-XMMt7HBUX4t-IOI_SUVp8OClfmW2x8CUfXoUc-wIcwSVXpYFo=w265-h400" width="265" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #191919; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline;">Thanks so much for helping to support Vickie's Kitchen and Garden</span><u style="color: #191919; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif;"><span face="" style="color: #333333; line-height: 21.735px;"><span face="" style="color: #191919;">**As a <a href="https://amzn.to/2YdIZVy" rel="nofollow" style="color: #771100; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Amazon affiliate</a><b> I earn a small percentage w</b></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 21.735px;">hen </span></u><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #191919; font-weight: 700; line-height: 21.735px; text-decoration-line: underline;">you </span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-weight: 700; line-height: 21.735px;"><span face="" style="color: #191919; text-decoration-line: underline;">purchase items from one of my links (the item doesn't have to be what I have linked here). </span></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><p><span style="font-size: large;"><u style="color: #191919; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; text-align: center;"><u><b><span face="" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; line-height: 24.525px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24.525px;"><span face="" style="line-height: 24.525px;"><span face="" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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You can also sign up for my email list on the top right hand side of the blog</span></i></span></span></i></i></i></i></i></i></i></i></span></span></span></span></b></u></u></span></p></div><p></p></div>Vickie @Vickie's Kitchen and Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03402367232977896594noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623860601773162733.post-54570380929616601012024-02-28T07:00:00.004-05:002024-02-28T07:00:00.132-05:00Movie Review: Cabrini Plus a $10 Amazon Giftcard Giveaway! #CabriniMIN #MomentumInfluencerNetwork <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiTECh4kXonMiHvCBdMAAYYdX1gAQ3XLbh5QdrN44TQH5Y0eB7nzGz2l3Jb-B0_Ppg7LetM-PSh63y2kpygT943WMyIjNUCKqvLkic90ZrHG2bSLvEUkM2EZtuxAU5HBjgVlcjntCnDtr0t0wxBFUg4fQAA57jgncj781CKjLQQqtRB7hKMw1-PrYvtEOIl" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiTECh4kXonMiHvCBdMAAYYdX1gAQ3XLbh5QdrN44TQH5Y0eB7nzGz2l3Jb-B0_Ppg7LetM-PSh63y2kpygT943WMyIjNUCKqvLkic90ZrHG2bSLvEUkM2EZtuxAU5HBjgVlcjntCnDtr0t0wxBFUg4fQAA57jgncj781CKjLQQqtRB7hKMw1-PrYvtEOIl=w270-h400" width="270" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Based on the true story of one woman’s fight for the equality, health, and
happiness of immigrant orphans.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">From Alejandro Monteverde, award-winning director of 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘮,
comes the powerful epic of Francesca Cabrini, an Italian immigrant who arrives in
New York City in 1889 and is greeted by disease, crime, and impoverished children.
Cabrini sets off on a daring mission to convince the hostile mayor to secure housing
and healthcare for society's most vulnerable. With broken English and poor health,
Cabrini uses her entrepreneurial mind to build an empire of hope unlike anything
the world had ever seen.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Over the course of 34 years Cabrini established an astonishing 67 hospitals, orphanages, and schools. Her energy was fueled by an intense focus on serving Jesus in
whatever he asked of her and her legacy still stands today.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Cabrini was canonized in 1946 by Pope Pius XII and became the first American citizen to be named a saint. Four years later she was given the title of Patroness of
Immigrants.</span></p><p>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lihCRaOj0Lg?si=0BAx97RbEIrIjkEK" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe> </p><p> <span style="font-size: large;">My Review:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">My first thoughts of Cabrini was how strong and brave she was despite her illness. She worked hard to find a way to help children and she put her heart and soul into every assignment she was given. She found a way and the strength to carry it out.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">This movie took me through a lot of emotions and at times I found myself crying pitifully but other times I found myself wanting to shout yes, take that archibishop, ha ha mayor. Cabrini was a force to be reckoned with. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Unfortunately,</span><span style="font-size: large;"> I learned some language I didn't know in this movie and had to look up some names people called Italian immigrants during those times. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">My favorite sayings from Cabrini: put your armour on, men cannot do what a woman can do, and my favorite of all; what kind of world do we want and what will we do to achieve it.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">A true wonderful inspiring movie that you will always remember!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEge7INM91nODGzYizBaVR0YUkCAxivFMJnxjXpfrlj8ZRNiDpm14w-cFLyE3dweBMRfIY3GShr-eNCVyYD7cRdIUd7tRR-ciBsXu0JRh5Ej9GQnjntyZRmUXywc5OHgRGT3ShqgWliIdVi67ujnv9BYl1JnXV8pFxtcOxnsi4tANOhvU84uarlS8UOTYaE-" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1920" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEge7INM91nODGzYizBaVR0YUkCAxivFMJnxjXpfrlj8ZRNiDpm14w-cFLyE3dweBMRfIY3GShr-eNCVyYD7cRdIUd7tRR-ciBsXu0JRh5Ej9GQnjntyZRmUXywc5OHgRGT3ShqgWliIdVi67ujnv9BYl1JnXV8pFxtcOxnsi4tANOhvU84uarlS8UOTYaE-=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Buy tickets today to see <a href="https://www.angel.com/movies/cabrini" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cabrini in theaters starting March 8th!</a></span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Giveaway! $10 Amazon giftcard
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Opinions are 100% my own.</span></p>Vickie @Vickie's Kitchen and Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03402367232977896594noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623860601773162733.post-73836273728460136632024-02-23T08:20:00.002-05:002024-02-24T12:34:20.689-05:00Sewing, Gardening, and Grocery Shopping Lessons 2/23/24!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiS8qXHXIOexd9fi7jv4Hu2gzz7plojJuyg8BMxb-H1nE1vFcvmzdY7ov3pGS8Hlk-Yzixsojzwkd3l49ogMoACloS0kHy8fMJ7BUA14sQhQLxd-4lTuUxEko_zWKL8b4En73bkypWeBlRNyGm2DKnHNoxHNRB8hwbm_w3-pOeQNMV70vnW_uOKBLKvJ24d" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1541" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiS8qXHXIOexd9fi7jv4Hu2gzz7plojJuyg8BMxb-H1nE1vFcvmzdY7ov3pGS8Hlk-Yzixsojzwkd3l49ogMoACloS0kHy8fMJ7BUA14sQhQLxd-4lTuUxEko_zWKL8b4En73bkypWeBlRNyGm2DKnHNoxHNRB8hwbm_w3-pOeQNMV70vnW_uOKBLKvJ24d=w345-h400" width="345" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span>This week I made a couple of bowl covers. Why two? Well the first one didn't fit ha ha. There is a sewing tutorial for bowls covers by Jane on the </span><a href="https://thebluebirdsarenestingonthefarm.blogspot.com/2024/02/back-to-basics-how-to-make-bowl-covers.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bluebirds are Nesting blog</a><span> and</span><a href="https://ifyoudostuff.blogspot.com/2024/01/meals-sewing-project-weather-etc.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> a thankyou to Rhonda at If you do stuff, stuff gets done </a>, <span>who</span> <span>gave me the idea to use a pizza pan for the pattern. </span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgs7RPSoFZjvWMw4Mj0cQIC-o2iBb5Zkcgj-nby0-XdR60_Fg799jIFEAdrGgrktKdruScp1sEZ3f2i5Ih-sfZX_VH_SFC1ZVmizNh2ZV8OF6r0Eziu_9GerAeNRfryhi_6dlBNrbKHFWiAo50rw-gE_FLP2EvGZir36cKMJtkfaVdzba9txBhK4MMfNbkR" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="2048" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgs7RPSoFZjvWMw4Mj0cQIC-o2iBb5Zkcgj-nby0-XdR60_Fg799jIFEAdrGgrktKdruScp1sEZ3f2i5Ih-sfZX_VH_SFC1ZVmizNh2ZV8OF6r0Eziu_9GerAeNRfryhi_6dlBNrbKHFWiAo50rw-gE_FLP2EvGZir36cKMJtkfaVdzba9txBhK4MMfNbkR=w400-h348" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I started some seeds the previous week or so. I'm so over winter and excited for Spring. Even if it's too early, this made me happy. Cabbages and pepper plants were started. Yesterday, I started a few tomato plants. I hope to plant some flower seeds soon but I need a bigger space.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Yesterday, I went to Meijer real quick in the morning. </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">My green pepper</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">was free (MPERKS) (reg.99)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">3 Prego Spaghetti Sauces $1.33 each for 3 and one at $1.55 after sales and coupons</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Bananas $1.32</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">4 chicken noodle soups $1.00 each after coupons</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">2 Tomatoes-$2.82</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">**I succumbed to a cold pop in the freezer and made a promise to never do that again. At the awful price of $2.45 plus .10 for bottle refund I could have survived without one. I need more willpower! </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">two Little Debbie cake boxes for $2.79 (request from grand kids)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">2 gallons of milk $2.78 each</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">2 half and half $2.99 each qt</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">$32.70</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">This was just for the sale items and other things we needed. 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I finished putting dirty dishes in the dishwasher from the night before, started it, fixed bacon for BLT's, and then went about cleaning the rest of the house. I also watered my plants, filled up the coffee pot, and fed and gave water to the chickens. After all that I saw our household lights blink a couple of times. I went and told my sleeping husband about it and he said hmm. He got up and fixed his coffee and we discussed what would cause the lights blinking. Maybe the tree service down the street hit a line or something.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Then the grandboy got up to take a shower and there was no water. Well, now we know. Husband cleaned the well points...I don't know what that means but it didn't work. Then he figured out the pump wasn't working. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Where did we get our water? </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I grabbed the two gallon jugs full of water I keep in the kitchen floor in case I need them to fill up the chicken water when the outside faucet is frozen, and washed the dishes (warming up the water on the stove). Our go to well man wasn't opened till 10 so before he took our boy home he went to the garage and pulled out two big 5 gallon water jugs, one was empty and the other was frozen solid . The grandboy took the frozen one inside to thaw and they took the other one to my daughter's to fill up. She had two more so she filled up those for him too. She was a blessing for sure! </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhoTwQwrkIo5vAvOwR4PeQX_n9zFwv1MXBfthlktVgUZ1cAUe3_QHbrpEjCtlnnh8TSMjojqaNdOwu6w0uDwsA4ambqMsO6u8jZiIuFiU0aqErATe3KwmUxwnjqYCuWMteBL46jfosRc08xNQIFPl_YPONPHnjrWCtG6RArV89BydU9FB90WTVzsW3wvpc3" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="699" data-original-width="526" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhoTwQwrkIo5vAvOwR4PeQX_n9zFwv1MXBfthlktVgUZ1cAUe3_QHbrpEjCtlnnh8TSMjojqaNdOwu6w0uDwsA4ambqMsO6u8jZiIuFiU0aqErATe3KwmUxwnjqYCuWMteBL46jfosRc08xNQIFPl_YPONPHnjrWCtG6RArV89BydU9FB90WTVzsW3wvpc3=w302-h400" width="302" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">So four big five gallon jugs and two gallons of water...how did we use them? I washed dishes twice (once after breakfast and dinner), we flushed the toilet a couple of times, and of course we washed out hands. It goes fast.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">What was amazing to me was the amout of water it takes to flush a toilet...2 1/2 gallons! </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Hints for the toilet: Filling up the tank with water instead of the bowl seems to work the best. If you have hard water like us fill it up to the rust line you see in the tank. It will not flush without enough water. I wasted a lot of the water figuring this out while he was gone.</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">It was fixed by Monday afternoon, for $1300 and $20 for our family of 3 with coupons for Arby's Roast Beef (ha ha). 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Rival rulers. The enemies of Jesus close in while His followers struggle to keep up, leaving Him to carry the burden alone. Threatened by the reality of Jesus’ growing influence, religious leaders do the unthinkable—ally with their Roman oppressors. As the seeds of betrayal are planted and opposition to Jesus’ message turns violent, He’s left with no alternative but demand his followers RISE UP.</span></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://youtu.be/wisX-CEjoxc?si=HtCe9_FAGDlvQU6E" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="261" data-original-width="500" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS6xt0VyZqHaaB4xa10m5nbFqozjM1ptlXO5TYcySaZmBnh0HWUnv4rydafM12jUBWXboNn_modnapyLhlqWRj5m9wZbZiTbsOfTmPlJcZzdVMBam28BCGZ1N6UclVxBttEHW8r_ddFqIhx9qLY-yKs0F31CRhcKv3W_SnpcsbjN7cHTxS5mNqqcbmiMmG/w400-h209/The%20Chosen.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://youtu.be/wisX-CEjoxc?si=HtCe9_FAGDlvQU6E" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Trailer of the Chosen</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The Chosen is a groundbreaking historical drama based on the life of Jesus (Jonathan Roumie), seen through the eyes of those who knew him. Set against the backdrop of Roman oppression in first-century Israel, the seven-season show shares an authentic and intimate look at Jesus’ revolutionary life and teachings. Episodes 4-6 will be in theaters 2/15-2/28.<span face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1d2228;"><span style="background-color: white;"><i> </i></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;">With over 200 million viewers, The Chosen is one of the most-watched shows in the world. The series is consistently a top performer across streaming platforms Amazon Prime, Peacock, and Netflix plus a top-rated broadcast weekly on The CW. What started as a crowd-funded project has now garnered over 770 million episode views © 2024 Momentum. CONFIDENTIAL and more than 12 million social media followers. The Chosen is an independent production written, directed, and produced by Dallas Jenkins and distributed globally by Lionsgate.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">My Review:</span></b></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The Chosen is very powerful movie. I feel it brings the Bible to life and I feel like I now have better understanding. The actors were just excellent in their roles. I always love a movie that makes you think about people and situations in different ways that you may have not thought before. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Episode 4- Among stories that were covered was the grief Thomas felt over his wife's death, healing of the blind man, and Jesus spending time along with God. Each story was woven beautifully into the other.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">In this episode the only problem I had was understanding the Jewish leaders in their meeting, their speech was not very clear at times. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Episode 5 brings out the stories of Johanna's thoughtful gift, Mary and Martha's visit, and what started Judas going astray.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Episode 6 I'm calling this the how could this happen episode. It starts with stones thrown at the disciples, the death and life again of Lazarus, and Judas, oh Judas.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I feel I could watch this movie again and again. I know I would pick up on more revelations and insights. 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Opinions are 100% my own.</div><div><br /></div>Vickie @Vickie's Kitchen and Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03402367232977896594noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623860601773162733.post-54531512223507815182024-02-13T10:21:00.003-05:002024-02-13T10:21:46.324-05:00The Leftover Dinner Menu for three this Week for around $45.00 .... 2/13/24<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXuqVFTArw21rBGIGviGIATzIc69CHtEziyHwdEW4InqYcZPhHhYEy1cIZeKb3ka9QtFANouxRcpcQ_5L5hopNaNOdGf1cv1RUaaheCzcUwgLbJfvIGB3Ux8pk5bzVDxYeTaJxe0xgrk8P17fD8Oo37LM2rvbrOFSbyVeNbUWqhyd702d3go7_6hEyBDWQ/s526/meals.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="526" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXuqVFTArw21rBGIGviGIATzIc69CHtEziyHwdEW4InqYcZPhHhYEy1cIZeKb3ka9QtFANouxRcpcQ_5L5hopNaNOdGf1cv1RUaaheCzcUwgLbJfvIGB3Ux8pk5bzVDxYeTaJxe0xgrk8P17fD8Oo37LM2rvbrOFSbyVeNbUWqhyd702d3go7_6hEyBDWQ/s320/meals.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I've thought about the leftovers this past week, a lot. After going to the store I'm making sure I use all of it -one way or another. I've been planning it out in my head as I go along. I thought I would let you know what has been on the table up till now and what I have planned.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">We have 3 adults that live here -2 grandkids visit. One grandkid wants anything we have fixed, the other wants McDonalds (ha ha). When they visit if we don't have anything they will eat, I fix Mac and Cheese, fried bologna, etc. They usually have dinner with Mom.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b>The Leftover Dinner Menu </b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Friday.. Liver and onions, French fries (2.50 for 1 pound of liver)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Saturday.. Soup beans, fried cabbage, leftover liver ($2.25 for 3 cans of soup beans, cabbage $1.50)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span>***</span><span>Have you ever heard of a meal that will just gag someone if they smell it cooking or just see it. My daughters have. It's liver and onions. The best meal ever we think, yet they won't eat it. It's a good cheap, healthy meat with loads of nutrition but many people pass it up.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Sunday... BBQ chicken wings mashed potatoes leftover sides (No we didn't watch the game, we just wanted chicken wings LOL)- (Another flash food meat for $3.00 and No sugar BBQ sauce for $4.00 a bottle)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Monday...Roast (flashfood for $9.00), mashed potatoes, gravy, and green beans (potatoes and greens beans from our garden, $9.00 for Roast, gravy in a can $1.00)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Tuesday (<b>today</b>)....BBQ roast sandwiches (the rest of the sauce) and a salad (.99 lettuce, .99 tomato, 25 cent grated carrrot, buns are leftover from last time and I froze them) </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Wednesday..chili (using soup beans) -Hamburger $3.99 a pound, tomatoes canned from our garden</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Thursday ...Hot dogs with leftover chili on top- (buns are low carb $1.50-$6.00 for hotdogs)</span></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">Friday....sausage, eggs, gravy, and biscuits (fresh eggs from our chickens, sausage $2.99, gravy $1.29 in a bag, and homemade biscuits maybe $2.00)</span></span></h4><div><span style="font-size: large;">FYI: Things I fed my chickens so far this week: the little bit of leftover green beans, a few fried potatoes, one piece of liver chopped up, and mashed potatoes.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><p style="background-color: white; 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You can also sign up for my email list on the top right hand side of the blog</span></i></span></span></i></i></i></i></i></i></i></i></span></span></span></span></b></u></u></span></p></div></span></div><div><br /></div>Vickie @Vickie's Kitchen and Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03402367232977896594noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623860601773162733.post-49250064807600604432024-02-09T05:34:00.001-05:002024-02-09T05:35:11.381-05:00Found cheese, Free Fertilizer, and Flashfood Deal of the day! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjSGepv9fQdVB0nhxlICKO5SKPSjTwFJBUBrtVQOX8rAze4HLKMimuXNT8_Aea4Z1JN2xrSmSWKLEqfoK7vVtYSZdf19iDJBHEkdgeSnxVZgI_o7ojfM9Nz-0MbM6BEAxrSti2WZfzz8PxmEDcX2-9LqPxFUTHnIlhp2LydgiiyHP9huDYaWVzORamPMcZR" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="722" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjSGepv9fQdVB0nhxlICKO5SKPSjTwFJBUBrtVQOX8rAze4HLKMimuXNT8_Aea4Z1JN2xrSmSWKLEqfoK7vVtYSZdf19iDJBHEkdgeSnxVZgI_o7ojfM9Nz-0MbM6BEAxrSti2WZfzz8PxmEDcX2-9LqPxFUTHnIlhp2LydgiiyHP9huDYaWVzORamPMcZR=w302-h400" width="302" /></a></div><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I had pulled my back out some taking out the garbage through the snow when the husband was under the weather. This happens to me when I get it into my head I'm wonder woman. Finally realizing this wasn't a good idea I stopped at the patio and when the grandson came over he pulled it the rest of the way to the curb. He is a good help and made it look so easy.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">There hasn't been much of meal prep for the week going on, so no shredded cheese could be found in the fridge. I did find the tub of cheese with bacon in it at the back of the fridge and used it. It was so delicious that I'm going to make more omelets with it. Money and time saved! </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg367YDHryM3cXcIo_w_rTzmqF2hYwAjqjZVJWOSwWMsilT26iqhpbSWO6lkgLGf2EdhLjo6gp47Kf9ARdz2m7onBQqvZfoRzKS8rO6_7t3r5bwZ2_TnPdZGuxwhASLdzMpB_7ZjusRPaPNwqI_3P2PIQO4hYGIdk6s-IVEa8C_T-GMppsBpsOEhPQ4WUuL" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="722" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg367YDHryM3cXcIo_w_rTzmqF2hYwAjqjZVJWOSwWMsilT26iqhpbSWO6lkgLGf2EdhLjo6gp47Kf9ARdz2m7onBQqvZfoRzKS8rO6_7t3r5bwZ2_TnPdZGuxwhASLdzMpB_7ZjusRPaPNwqI_3P2PIQO4hYGIdk6s-IVEa8C_T-GMppsBpsOEhPQ4WUuL=w302-h400" width="302" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">After the rains and the snow we had, the poor chickens were in mud and I was in mud going to the chicken coop. I bought some hay, spread it around, and everyone was happy again.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Free fertilizer! Yesterday was a beautiful 60 degrees so I cleaned the coop really well. The manure was spread in the garden (keep in mind we don't garden here until around the end of May or first of June).</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span>My goal this year is to keep track of chicken expenses and you can see my list so far on the top right hand side of the blog.</span> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span>Oh yeah, I bought 7 steaks from Flashfood at Meijer for around $5.00 a piece. I used my $3.00 off code they gave me just for that day towards the bill. Two of the steaks were Tbones and the other five where ribeyes. </span><span>They are in the freezer waiting for grilling season.</span></span></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-D4JHIoZ9CDvC8h0HcnC-e7TD3MWqByrZYPdbh003CI2hz5cywl_wZQnqxKHx6Ti4B4-5dqLbId2rNoc2P5_tNx6na-_aO0QA_ciUjJb8YZvcsst98phAORh8x4QzubbfPe6e0Lyx45SwSlRuAXuPHUD4XkYwPjHcTdd2r0KXmJVDlhHD-n0xUe_ZkftN" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-D4JHIoZ9CDvC8h0HcnC-e7TD3MWqByrZYPdbh003CI2hz5cywl_wZQnqxKHx6Ti4B4-5dqLbId2rNoc2P5_tNx6na-_aO0QA_ciUjJb8YZvcsst98phAORh8x4QzubbfPe6e0Lyx45SwSlRuAXuPHUD4XkYwPjHcTdd2r0KXmJVDlhHD-n0xUe_ZkftN=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><p></p><p> <span style="font-size: large;">Meet King of the Hay! </span></p><p><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; 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Enter Lord Osborne's son, Andrew, who has returned to the festival after being disappointed by a rival matchmaker's failed setup. Catríona seizes the opportunity to make a better match for the handsome man--and for herself!</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif;" /><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111;">Cattle farmer Donal Bunratty is in desperate need of a wife after loss left him to handle the farm and raise his daughter on his own. Shy and lacking the finer social graces, he agrees to attend the matchmaking festival to appease his daughter. But when he arrives, it's not any of the other merrymakers that catch his eye but rather his matchmaker--who clearly has eyes for someone else.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif;" /><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111;">Catríona will have to put all her expertise to work to make a match that could change her life forever. Will her plan succeed? Or will love have its own way?</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">My Review:</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Irish Matchmaker took me back in time to a tiny village in Ireland during the 1920's. A village life that was described so perfectly that I felt I was right there as it drew me into the story.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">All of the charactors are so real to life they jump out of the pages and you will feel as though they are your best friends. Not all, some of the them you wouldn't want to say hi if you met them on the streets, they are so dispicable. If I had to pick one charactor I loved the most it would be Donal's daughter. She was so smart to figure out to get things done, loved her family, and </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">always looking out for others. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">A very nice glossary of words is listed at the beginning to help you with the different words that are spoken throughout the book. I never once had to use it though, the story flowed perfectly.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">There was a lot of casual drinking going on in this story. Kind of worried me at first but this was the norm during this time and place. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif;"><span>The Irish Matchmaker is not only a story about finding love but also regaining faith in God, and a hope for a brighter future. What a wonderful book! </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif;">This book was given to me by Revell. 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You can also sign up for my email list on the top right hand side of the blog</span></i></span></span></i></i></i></i></i></i></i></i></span></span></span></span></b></u></u></span></div><div class="books-expander-content" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: large;"><p><br /></p></span></span></div></div></div>Vickie @Vickie's Kitchen and Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03402367232977896594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623860601773162733.post-18407687373033004062024-02-02T09:13:00.003-05:002024-02-02T09:18:34.420-05:00When you FInd a Deal....2/2/24!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDtfOJIYq6lloTGJV-YduvQ3N1GEcNqg0Uv1nmw-WuUL3eHHr_QHDdeb54-poKbQs8x1QokFhuRXT3znawErwPKnS4J3aYdAdeh1GyAkGu1PPZ-6CqTc31Rq6O2aCSurWKAo_ESA6ETzHUhLPgwqQeVFSnuoXWXVqG44vTJAFNoQQ3ZviwcKWzKvwvrt_Q/s1425/strawberries%20on%20sale.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1425" data-original-width="1321" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDtfOJIYq6lloTGJV-YduvQ3N1GEcNqg0Uv1nmw-WuUL3eHHr_QHDdeb54-poKbQs8x1QokFhuRXT3znawErwPKnS4J3aYdAdeh1GyAkGu1PPZ-6CqTc31Rq6O2aCSurWKAo_ESA6ETzHUhLPgwqQeVFSnuoXWXVqG44vTJAFNoQQ3ZviwcKWzKvwvrt_Q/s320/strawberries%20on%20sale.jpg" width="297" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="font-size: large;">Spring Cleaning and sewing was put on hold, when we saw the ad for the farm store on Facebook. They had strawberries for $5.99 for a flat of 8 quarts (75 cents a quart). We made it there and bought two flats. Believe me, they were going out the door fast. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">It's a lot of work saving money and finding good deals but it's so worth it. Let me tell you what I've done with them so far and what I have planned.</span></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipR2i2cf1gbEGublD2F4SDpRYMf1Nl_uS6NPzTDbcevxNjm-i4AneRAxIcC4fcweL3zjpoUrJiPLWqir97fsjbs50RdU6Ic66sZOv0hJR1g3093n9lO3-HTWCRRbCf5pDE1UqgfsI5U122KI1Gs6sMvAGtO13QWhyphenhyphentfaRNoK0p8k84CM7Cs_pLdDZC1cga/s2048/dehydrator%20done.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1541" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipR2i2cf1gbEGublD2F4SDpRYMf1Nl_uS6NPzTDbcevxNjm-i4AneRAxIcC4fcweL3zjpoUrJiPLWqir97fsjbs50RdU6Ic66sZOv0hJR1g3093n9lO3-HTWCRRbCf5pDE1UqgfsI5U122KI1Gs6sMvAGtO13QWhyphenhyphentfaRNoK0p8k84CM7Cs_pLdDZC1cga/w301-h400/dehydrator%20done.jpg" width="301" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I've dehydrated a bunch already and have more going this morning. These will be great to have for car trips.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNhObDstnU3eZcV8kOxVMF874rO8x2ayB9GBY4qXfLQ43zhXK0qzLWqSyZt4uQlN1zdbFe5H-zMRqIDazYBRZ71I7LujxR9OQ6MzLr_848liUJSXDPzkOSWrBFT61d8yqfKP6RXjkyPOs6Rl74Lp5b7FR-Cu1NEy5zhTb7uB6mH8LDzkD_RlWaxaH3Xugi/s2048/dried%20strawberries.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1541" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNhObDstnU3eZcV8kOxVMF874rO8x2ayB9GBY4qXfLQ43zhXK0qzLWqSyZt4uQlN1zdbFe5H-zMRqIDazYBRZ71I7LujxR9OQ6MzLr_848liUJSXDPzkOSWrBFT61d8yqfKP6RXjkyPOs6Rl74Lp5b7FR-Cu1NEy5zhTb7uB6mH8LDzkD_RlWaxaH3Xugi/s320/dried%20strawberries.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">They go perfect in the glass jars I bought at a thrift store up north a couple of months ago.</span></span></div><p><br /></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhCO_HCZlSkuwQNwF3vBNLqsH-3i-r7jTwcI4W03He03PemstCeLikogKi-aCgC_BKoGu1GasgkxPN__FQ3Bxcy9ep83xHuwMtgA0JulFn3E4-YJdEcF98oSkuYzSK1oMMxgDOuEG7aU_Ucs-3d4nYpkQS5AMQDk4chE_lly52mxEK7p_Wy8JvZZupzfNA3" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1541" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhCO_HCZlSkuwQNwF3vBNLqsH-3i-r7jTwcI4W03He03PemstCeLikogKi-aCgC_BKoGu1GasgkxPN__FQ3Bxcy9ep83xHuwMtgA0JulFn3E4-YJdEcF98oSkuYzSK1oMMxgDOuEG7aU_Ucs-3d4nYpkQS5AMQDk4chE_lly52mxEK7p_Wy8JvZZupzfNA3" width="319" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />I made low carb strawberry muffins.</span></div><div><br /></div><p><span style="font-size: large;">Right now, I'm making a sugar free strawberry syrup for our pancakes tommorrow. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I also have plans to make a few jars of strawberry jam with tonight or tommorrow morning. 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When it's warm I want to go garage sailing and garden to my hearts content. I don't want to be stuck inside and wishing I had done this cleaning already.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Seems like I've been jumping around a bit during this cleaning I've went from sewing curtains to cleaning out the closets. I've also cleaned the medicine cabinet and organized my pots and pans. I've even <a href="https://www.vickieskitchenandgarden.com/2024/01/its-never-too-late-to-learn.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">sewn my kitchen curtains</a> and hope to use the bird fabric to sew more projects in the kitchen later this week. I haven't been bored at all.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6KWec513R5gW-X85ZDe0cvj1tAFhoOQMrgwDkRCqT4N_c1GbiJVSXYdjC3XQa06Kren_QUaoN8eDaqFoNXVet88HGWa_k5kLWnpnHbZcWWmxtHp_0QQ7UempFqWtnKH_CuyyIZNuiOJ-YY4vpUgtOJWxe8MVQj-VmtoanqOEU4rUM-ZyiMK-7flg-yixH" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="301" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6KWec513R5gW-X85ZDe0cvj1tAFhoOQMrgwDkRCqT4N_c1GbiJVSXYdjC3XQa06Kren_QUaoN8eDaqFoNXVet88HGWa_k5kLWnpnHbZcWWmxtHp_0QQ7UempFqWtnKH_CuyyIZNuiOJ-YY4vpUgtOJWxe8MVQj-VmtoanqOEU4rUM-ZyiMK-7flg-yixH=w302-h400" width="302" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I wish I could get my house spring cleaning done in all one setting but sometimes all I have is little bits of time each day to clean and improve the home. I have to watch it though because sometimes those little things can be a bigger project. You know how that goes.</span></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiw4bVnL4WHoSX51AiWeeKGgRuJEBSdx_GZCnVjKYXhqSbTY1sdWZ2-gEu2Ay8YGqbaaKTebi98PaXNQnfnuZ6r8h6cMsyI03nLHhs53JLySwUb0fvOlxTdC3NhfCCCZ0X4rRiUWMDdnf66JXrv5-XNAQCxYWH641aOpW-mTC_O1zQKF7s76dEsaHf2aVay" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiw4bVnL4WHoSX51AiWeeKGgRuJEBSdx_GZCnVjKYXhqSbTY1sdWZ2-gEu2Ay8YGqbaaKTebi98PaXNQnfnuZ6r8h6cMsyI03nLHhs53JLySwUb0fvOlxTdC3NhfCCCZ0X4rRiUWMDdnf66JXrv5-XNAQCxYWH641aOpW-mTC_O1zQKF7s76dEsaHf2aVay=w195-h400" width="195" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Yesterday, I started cleaning and organizing my pull out pantry. I was into the soup and vegetable can organizing and realized many cans were way out of date (I have my limits on dates). How did this happen? I'm pretty sure it was this thing called life..and death. Last year, there was the death of my last dearest sister that consumed me and I think quite frankly paralazed me some days. Oh, I stumbled through but grieving can be a slow process for sure. I think about her everyday and wish she was here to talk to. I always will. Thank God for my immediate loving family. They keep me going. You know though during that time, I think I just did the basics. I did the dishes, cooked dinner, made a garden, mopped and vacuumed the floors, and most important of all I played with the grandchildren. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">So, with that being said I got busy with what I thought would be a easy job yesterday in the pantry. I have always had the soup cans all upright and we rummage around, picking them up one by one, trying to find what we need. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Trying to find the chicken noodle soup when we are sick was no fun. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0UYGSEmCTrJCLMPVLJt0Y8AmwJRkigv0X6T-Nq9_Arro3BTU7L2Z24fyp8QsP6K44immoc252awk-RDICOdCXzin8k1X7iCfMWJ6N40LdVCRzjfxtz06J5vH5nrlpIp7Wo32qnO3hdeRa0BDePgoPC-VF1EYiaVkyzVmFHWHhqkrQ5DmvBR0UNQfKpFAU" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1417" data-original-width="2048" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0UYGSEmCTrJCLMPVLJt0Y8AmwJRkigv0X6T-Nq9_Arro3BTU7L2Z24fyp8QsP6K44immoc252awk-RDICOdCXzin8k1X7iCfMWJ6N40LdVCRzjfxtz06J5vH5nrlpIp7Wo32qnO3hdeRa0BDePgoPC-VF1EYiaVkyzVmFHWHhqkrQ5DmvBR0UNQfKpFAU" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">In Michigan when you are sick you need the chicken noodle soup, crackers, and Vernors You cannot make it without these three things. Don't worry, I have made sure to pass this vital information down to the next generation.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Disorganization like this can also lead to excess and overspending because when you cannot find what you need you just assume you don't have it. Then you buy more, then the cans can get out of date. Then they get thrown away, are heavy to carry out to the trash, and fill up the landfills. Just sayin.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhEBob6Zlcts-4P03WsvKu9CKX5ESlbzR_h1nNY3dna-s8tna0eMYtAMLhxpIhJsOg7q4pOmd-wMCf8GEnscO94kAO8fS5HQ7e0qBcu1PT_HpbHlbARLXRWTFPThxh8LUHq03Xy8C6xgLJ8-8gQPPuSMSqwRqvheIvJl3FYXcO6GeuDINsp9-E24z6-xC1c" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1541" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhEBob6Zlcts-4P03WsvKu9CKX5ESlbzR_h1nNY3dna-s8tna0eMYtAMLhxpIhJsOg7q4pOmd-wMCf8GEnscO94kAO8fS5HQ7e0qBcu1PT_HpbHlbARLXRWTFPThxh8LUHq03Xy8C6xgLJ8-8gQPPuSMSqwRqvheIvJl3FYXcO6GeuDINsp9-E24z6-xC1c=w302-h400" width="302" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">After trying different ways I decided to lay down the soup cans down flat so we could see what they were. No more picking up each can and hoping to find what we need eventually. It's a simple thing that will help to make life easier and save more money. We need more money. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I still have two more drawers to clean but they are basically organized thank goodness! </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #191919; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline;">Thanks so much for helping to support Vickie's Kitchen and Garden</span><u style="color: #191919; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif;"><span face="" style="color: #333333; line-height: 21.735px;"><span face="" style="color: #191919;">**As a <a href="https://amzn.to/2YdIZVy" rel="nofollow" style="color: #771100; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Amazon affiliate</a><b> I earn a small percentage w</b></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; 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line-height: 18.2px;">Be sure to </span></i></i></i></i></i></i></i></i></span></span></span></span></span></b></u></u><u style="color: #191919; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; text-align: center;"><u><b><span face="" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; line-height: 24.525px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24.525px;"><span face="" style="line-height: 24.525px;"><span face="" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24.525px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24.525px;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24.525px;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24.525px;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24.525px;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24.525px;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24.525px;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24.525px;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24.525px;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box; 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You can also sign up for my email list on the top right hand side of the blog</span></i></span></span></i></i></i></i></i></i></i></i></span></span></span></span></b></u></u></span></p></div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Vickie @Vickie's Kitchen and Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03402367232977896594noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623860601773162733.post-939555571227003862024-01-26T13:28:00.001-05:002024-01-26T13:29:02.945-05:00It's Never too Late to Learn! <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgumIS9SSADuF2JMb9kwfE2QHR-vtrWr8QGc1nPwaXrKvaRvnY0FFw6vZX3OQqrlYnBd3GeJFmDhrtVIcJ7lV_Wf69u8ZfJfl-OjGCLRUsErlHUmwDOjOVzEInuoNWt0OrBJDiqZA5DW7LiJA7cLR3UoNViai-DzL7zZMphJ2ui-DOYojcoxO17ajgleACq" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="957" data-original-width="720" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgumIS9SSADuF2JMb9kwfE2QHR-vtrWr8QGc1nPwaXrKvaRvnY0FFw6vZX3OQqrlYnBd3GeJFmDhrtVIcJ7lV_Wf69u8ZfJfl-OjGCLRUsErlHUmwDOjOVzEInuoNWt0OrBJDiqZA5DW7LiJA7cLR3UoNViai-DzL7zZMphJ2ui-DOYojcoxO17ajgleACq=w302-h400" width="302" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">It all started with this and another bolt of brown fabric I bought at a garage sale. I'm not sure how much I paid but I know it had to be a great deal 😀.</span></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiUlcsbyeg-stsg6InPsjJkJqTbINjS3lZ2kS26k415QuIa0gqnlr-o6rGq8lWeiZFSiEG9D1_P6S175ufJbIqdaROQBfQsr9YNke5c4l-ERm8894VIHaHeKoQMq1X8eA9lY94yIttw1qQ0aYWmBaONfhUYzDWh4MoKkqao-NhrCZmXC4-XZhViodFtzTZZ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="957" data-original-width="720" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiUlcsbyeg-stsg6InPsjJkJqTbINjS3lZ2kS26k415QuIa0gqnlr-o6rGq8lWeiZFSiEG9D1_P6S175ufJbIqdaROQBfQsr9YNke5c4l-ERm8894VIHaHeKoQMq1X8eA9lY94yIttw1qQ0aYWmBaONfhUYzDWh4MoKkqao-NhrCZmXC4-XZhViodFtzTZZ=w302-h400" width="302" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">So, this week I decided to make curtains with it. Sorry for the stuff in front of them but I would have to grab a step ladder and a grabber to get the fruit hanger out of the way. By the way I made a mistake buying that fruit hanger-I should have gotten the two basket one but honestly I was afraid I wouldn't be able to reach my fruit. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Anyhow, I'm making the second pair of window curtains right now. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span>I have never made curtains before so I just followed the pattern from the previous bought curtains. </span><span>It's never too late too learn and mistakes will be made. </span><span> I have had to resew a few things so the seam ripper has become a valuable toool. The bad pair will be on the window that's hardly seen. ha ha</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">So, I still have a lot of bird fabric left and I'm thinking of making a bowl cover and a clothes pin hanging bag. Do you got any suggestions?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Really, that's all I know. What's going with you?</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #191919; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline;">Thanks so much for helping to support Vickie's Kitchen and Garden</span><u style="color: #191919; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif;"><span face="" style="color: #333333; line-height: 21.735px;"><span face="" style="color: #191919;">**As a <a href="https://amzn.to/2YdIZVy" rel="nofollow" style="color: #771100; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Amazon affiliate</a><b> I earn a small percentage w</b></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 21.735px;">hen </span></u><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #191919; font-weight: 700; line-height: 21.735px; 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You can also sign up for my email list on the top right hand side of the blog</span></i></span></span></i></i></i></i></i></i></i></i></span></span></span></span></b></u></u></span></p></div>Vickie @Vickie's Kitchen and Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03402367232977896594noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623860601773162733.post-40731937175854062302024-01-23T09:22:00.003-05:002024-01-23T09:23:10.600-05:00Spring Cleaning Can Be Costly...my Total so Far! <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgbEDSn_lRJZu1Y3Kiq7JpaCAJrCHEzn7bqoorv_jq1jC45GwuqUHDfA780sqFo-Xy7-z82_HEr5NcC5LZb7jc_wo2jLJV0RysszkxSbBFIozFBGquSSBS4_FImDXSlX78_cxSV8diern1HkMco3ONId-KXf80Ff4ro5vUtmSRQ8t51l6XKTegFXDYdkG5m" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1541" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgbEDSn_lRJZu1Y3Kiq7JpaCAJrCHEzn7bqoorv_jq1jC45GwuqUHDfA780sqFo-Xy7-z82_HEr5NcC5LZb7jc_wo2jLJV0RysszkxSbBFIozFBGquSSBS4_FImDXSlX78_cxSV8diern1HkMco3ONId-KXf80Ff4ro5vUtmSRQ8t51l6XKTegFXDYdkG5m=w302-h400" width="302" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">This morning there is ice everywhere I guess ...so bad it closed schools. I refuse to listen to the news and I'm afraid to look outside. The husband will wake up soon, turn on the t.v., and open the blinds....then the nightmare will become reality.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Like so many others we are finally having a winter. Afraid of losing power I've started the dish washer, put in a load of clothes, and put some <a href="https://www.vickieskitchenandgarden.com/2015/02/hamburger-stew.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hamburger Stew</a> in the crockpot. There is no place to go with this sort of weather </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">(</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span>libraries and museums are closed)</span><span> </span><span>so this Spring Cleaning thing has helped me not to go ..well mad.</span></span></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiNON8sqluu82PDR6nWyu12okmc67QDU5XDiOXgcAeb5TDo9R4aGyyGmNs6sRCCQDIrsWDtW-DyyH7kmKMCGNcVR4zKtMZ48M_--OE4RiJ8ZuPHQKgars5JCUaDPy8ZSp8qCMuY-UYco0A5zhiOmKGFViRTh4LkoJ-ulPVunkFUkz8iZrI27lUAHBgualBY" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1541" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiNON8sqluu82PDR6nWyu12okmc67QDU5XDiOXgcAeb5TDo9R4aGyyGmNs6sRCCQDIrsWDtW-DyyH7kmKMCGNcVR4zKtMZ48M_--OE4RiJ8ZuPHQKgars5JCUaDPy8ZSp8qCMuY-UYco0A5zhiOmKGFViRTh4LkoJ-ulPVunkFUkz8iZrI27lUAHBgualBY=w302-h400" width="302" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Mostly, I have been just cleaning, organizing, throwing out, and donating, but along the way I had to buy some things to help the house look and function better. Cleaning my old pretty lace shower curtain didn't work anymore, the stains from the hooks were still there (I put this in front of my vinyl) so I bought </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span>a </span><a href="https://amzn.to/42gJroo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">new shower curtain</a><span>, an </span><a href="https://amzn.to/3Shzl22" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">organizer to hold my plastic wrap and foil, </a><span>I bought a</span><a href="https://amzn.to/42gJroo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> new utility cart, </a><span>and</span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BKY9HW8?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> tape for my label maker.</a></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiF58v5N7AC1XJqrOPZgVwC9woqvWDa70IPDYlYxkzU2s2sTpeulSJz40HF1MHcaPvrw8835D4y00dr43XdMjetT75P9LXroBu5z9XCW16uXYpTJKTTbggVw4FJ0r2I5WIImhOIxnXdtofksxyxb7jSOQ1meEJ5sRPdX8kQY5qgQyyVU2YfoCq3kbpzx4Ca" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1541" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiF58v5N7AC1XJqrOPZgVwC9woqvWDa70IPDYlYxkzU2s2sTpeulSJz40HF1MHcaPvrw8835D4y00dr43XdMjetT75P9LXroBu5z9XCW16uXYpTJKTTbggVw4FJ0r2I5WIImhOIxnXdtofksxyxb7jSOQ1meEJ5sRPdX8kQY5qgQyyVU2YfoCq3kbpzx4Ca=w302-h400" width="302" /></a></div><br /><h1 class="a-size-large a-spacing-none" id="title" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; line-height: 32px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-size: large;">When I see wraps at a estate sale I buy them up. I'm well stocked as you can see.</span></h1><h1 class="a-size-large a-spacing-none" id="title" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; line-height: 32px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></h1><h1 class="a-size-large a-spacing-none" id="title" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; line-height: 32px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-size: large;">I added it all up and I've have spent ....a grand total this month... of $81.19 (with a little savings from credit card earnings and gift cards). </span></h1><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiMpdHqYzFsBWHRGfx2S4p8MY5D4YE3g6TQ-zKWcM6UZziffx1-xW0NZx1o-6tZBaKIaauN6-Ty9L_pXEmjJSQ7cBlcNJKhAB8AArxebrRkphVaRQ2mUJkdGRD3gVurRQQyaMgeRcDBSG--FQ452c6brnOqecmLBmQnNva-1qxJmCMwPyPnU2UYiEXeEvQH" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1120" data-original-width="843" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiMpdHqYzFsBWHRGfx2S4p8MY5D4YE3g6TQ-zKWcM6UZziffx1-xW0NZx1o-6tZBaKIaauN6-Ty9L_pXEmjJSQ7cBlcNJKhAB8AArxebrRkphVaRQ2mUJkdGRD3gVurRQQyaMgeRcDBSG--FQ452c6brnOqecmLBmQnNva-1qxJmCMwPyPnU2UYiEXeEvQH=w302-h400" width="302" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">His favorite spot.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Are you getting your spring cleaning done? I hope to be done by early March so I can get outside as soon as it warms up.<br /></span><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #191919; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline;">Thanks so much for helping to support Vickie's Kitchen and Garden</span><u style="color: #191919; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif;"><span face="" style="color: #333333; line-height: 21.735px;"><span face="" style="color: #191919;">**As a <a href="https://amzn.to/2YdIZVy" rel="nofollow" style="color: #771100; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Amazon affiliate</a><b> I earn a small percentage w</b></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 21.735px;">hen </span></u><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #191919; font-weight: 700; line-height: 21.735px; text-decoration-line: underline;">you </span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-weight: 700; line-height: 21.735px;"><span face="" style="color: #191919; text-decoration-line: underline;">purchase items from one of my links (the item doesn't have to be what I have linked here). </span></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><p><span style="font-size: large;"><u style="color: #191919; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; text-align: center;"><u><b><span face="" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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You can also sign up for my email list on the top right hand side of the blog</span></i></span></span></i></i></i></i></i></i></i></i></span></span></span></span></b></u></u></span></p></div><p><br /></p>Vickie @Vickie's Kitchen and Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03402367232977896594noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623860601773162733.post-13460496767060651872024-01-19T09:24:00.001-05:002024-01-19T09:24:10.745-05:00It's Been a Week, Spring Cleaning, and Saving Money! <p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7RSlUSw5dVK6ctPIYS27l9sVNEInlUZdSB1hnfIM0Ebr6hqhZWBER0dNaaMs1BOi5qUrXXO-65PsrrntseyvnqtH1zV8egz8To0EiC-tItWndF8Ao4Aza7IWC59wTKkzb91P3OTIaBthVydpRLEHz_dyGmjw-pwqpvU8y3QqhutHahOE29XyyXcKwlJ9P" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="368" data-original-width="400" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7RSlUSw5dVK6ctPIYS27l9sVNEInlUZdSB1hnfIM0Ebr6hqhZWBER0dNaaMs1BOi5qUrXXO-65PsrrntseyvnqtH1zV8egz8To0EiC-tItWndF8Ao4Aza7IWC59wTKkzb91P3OTIaBthVydpRLEHz_dyGmjw-pwqpvU8y3QqhutHahOE29XyyXcKwlJ9P=w400-h368" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span>It's been a week, probably just like yours, snow then ice or ice then snow, wild roads, kids off school, dripping the faucets so they won't freeze, frozen chicken coop doors, snow shoveling, warming boots up by the heat vents, </span><span>building fires in the fireplace, forgotten and frozen pop cans in the car, and finally my bones creaking (that if I can make them move). </span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjHwwxtj8JjzPPpyEFqz1vmdXYDkZ10HNXdvRHTaiQ4NdSY6KTw_JdGVTecxTkxL1ybepp5RBiN9g26kqlIB6bLAfB5AW1scSx9NTbqCJeB1KX4RdVm3ho9prQWfLRFTWqluttv3Ic9nOom7ufyy71FbJVxF-_fErqSMsImqpGQ7V27IqsdXJ9uGH1uWRRN" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1541" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjHwwxtj8JjzPPpyEFqz1vmdXYDkZ10HNXdvRHTaiQ4NdSY6KTw_JdGVTecxTkxL1ybepp5RBiN9g26kqlIB6bLAfB5AW1scSx9NTbqCJeB1KX4RdVm3ho9prQWfLRFTWqluttv3Ic9nOom7ufyy71FbJVxF-_fErqSMsImqpGQ7V27IqsdXJ9uGH1uWRRN=w302-h400" width="302" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">This picture is this morning so we will shovel just a little bit.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I've been Spring cleaning these past couple of weeks because spring will be here before we know it! I deep clean something everyday ..some days I count taking the donations to the thrift store as cleaning and take a break. Keeping up the organization is the key but that starts to go down hill during gardening and holiday season. It would be a disaster though if I never did this in the winter months.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Saving Money:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I've been making next year's Christmas presents. I can't show them here because you know people read my blog. So glad to have a good start.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I have enough Mperks from Meijer that today we will fill up there with .50 off a gallon of gas.</span></p><p><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: large;">How did you save money this past week?</b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #191919; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline;">Thanks so much for helping to support Vickie's Kitchen and Garden</span><u style="color: #191919; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif;"><span face="" style="color: #333333; line-height: 21.735px;"><span face="" style="color: #191919;">**As a <a href="https://amzn.to/2YdIZVy" rel="nofollow" style="color: #771100; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Amazon affiliate</a><b> I earn a small percentage w</b></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 21.735px;">hen </span></u><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #191919; font-weight: 700; line-height: 21.735px; text-decoration-line: underline;">you </span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-weight: 700; line-height: 21.735px;"><span face="" style="color: #191919; text-decoration-line: underline;">purchase items from one of my links (the item doesn't have to be what I have linked here). </span></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><p><span style="font-size: large;"><u style="color: #191919; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; text-align: center;"><u><b><span face="" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; line-height: 24.525px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24.525px;"><span face="" style="line-height: 24.525px;"><span face="" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24.525px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24.525px;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24.525px;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24.525px;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24.525px;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24.525px;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24.525px;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box; 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You can also sign up for my email list on the top right hand side of the blog.</span></i></span></span></i></i></i></i></i></i></i></i></span></span></span></span></b></u></u></span></p></div><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Vickie @Vickie's Kitchen and Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03402367232977896594noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623860601773162733.post-31828923517484391582024-01-17T06:50:00.002-05:002024-01-17T06:51:32.006-05:00Are You Bored Yet? Free Things to do in the Winter!<p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWcvIy8xxW-e5jrcQ4dYlB5U9s9wMLrmcAeZMBGgRWFVXPNAaIYTBbXAvqx4auVtciYWUWzqCYrVmBeJzShGX-6f5ts-QKXJ8fDkEYC3oK_wP0zT6oLxyOXSrFtQiCyOm6KmZI26_Y9SMx9xGk7OAdSRiLq9TgcUfD2VcbrTDWkZ_QB5CbpVhI8E4gnuOJ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="244" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWcvIy8xxW-e5jrcQ4dYlB5U9s9wMLrmcAeZMBGgRWFVXPNAaIYTBbXAvqx4auVtciYWUWzqCYrVmBeJzShGX-6f5ts-QKXJ8fDkEYC3oK_wP0zT6oLxyOXSrFtQiCyOm6KmZI26_Y9SMx9xGk7OAdSRiLq9TgcUfD2VcbrTDWkZ_QB5CbpVhI8E4gnuOJ=w305-h400" width="305" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Here are some ideas for things to do for Free when you bored in the winter: Warning: Make sure you call first to the place you are going. If the schools are closed for bad weather most of the time the activities will be closed also. Make sure to call or go on their website to see if they open. Depending on the weather you might want to stay off the roads! </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">This list also comes with another warning ... if you think about it, free sometimes is not totally free. If you have to drive then consider the gas, if you have to take the bus consider the fare, etc. Consider staying closer to home for the free things if this is a problem. The kids are going to get hungry, are you going to dine out? Even Mcdonald's now can break a budget. Consider taking a lunch.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Here is a list of my favorite free things to do in the winter:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-cj_XWRYk_3lq0pVKqtDWI39pwsTy5CGrSGPBwTJiAIYvx9BIwjFHetCmE-UEk6srtxuDxdOkPIIVuhemP7zYv9Qx7hHGKXdmelSSwSMnH9gPTiSkUiZ8xVSfhnTj1JgIkxkEO0IZg-KYZvw-jUYHxpBTgO_BvY8zkir0ECUlYtwx_IrHRWMFqF-eAdZ_" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-cj_XWRYk_3lq0pVKqtDWI39pwsTy5CGrSGPBwTJiAIYvx9BIwjFHetCmE-UEk6srtxuDxdOkPIIVuhemP7zYv9Qx7hHGKXdmelSSwSMnH9gPTiSkUiZ8xVSfhnTj1JgIkxkEO0IZg-KYZvw-jUYHxpBTgO_BvY8zkir0ECUlYtwx_IrHRWMFqF-eAdZ_=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b>The Library:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">A vast of resources, libraries are one of my favorite places! </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">On line winter reading challenge! Yeah, I'm on it! Prize is a $50 Meijer Gift Card</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">There is a story time for the preschoolers. I've used this resource for my children and grandchildren. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Free or low cost passes to our favorite museums are on the libraries website.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Hold on before you spend big bucks on how to do books, consider checking and seeing if they have them at your local library. Then if you like it and need in your home for reference then buy your book to keep on your shelves.</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Nature preserves:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi6W8jycMjANmJUCfXp8Mh3NHUt1domPhonEyo_RxDY2aARroiU2xdeK87ZgTO4MFGDEzGkCLAQqMRYPIYdl-S80r7Xs_SAbbfPErYDUDE_vR-QCTYO52XrK7cOCfNiVVwJe9BQMz5DZ4ZaIzU6XY6NDh150-ZpavW6OHmLWuCrUFAdEdI7fjgZkDBcyEzm" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="300" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi6W8jycMjANmJUCfXp8Mh3NHUt1domPhonEyo_RxDY2aARroiU2xdeK87ZgTO4MFGDEzGkCLAQqMRYPIYdl-S80r7Xs_SAbbfPErYDUDE_vR-QCTYO52XrK7cOCfNiVVwJe9BQMz5DZ4ZaIzU6XY6NDh150-ZpavW6OHmLWuCrUFAdEdI7fjgZkDBcyEzm=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Nature preserves have a lot of great things to do like:</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Hiking trails that are both education and fun. If they have a map it's even more fun. Look for unique birds or other animals.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Don't forget to go in the Visitor centers. Ours has a lot of educational things to enjoy inside, like a active bee hive. The bees come inside to a container and you get to watch their activity.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Sometimes free or low cost programs are offered like night owl watch, star gazing parties, story hour etc.</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Pet outlets</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Watch for free dog wash days. Our pet store has them it seems like once a month. The mess is theirs and if you have kids they would love to watch too.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Baking:</b></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgb3FquKmM7_zRjO_CLqxMt8FYLqu1UTndx1UsgCvybYvy72lW2efDSdYdV4QQDO1t6TTmtI1aero_GMTNgWyZVHcEttD2Q5askvTLTaRPgjFP7Y007u-mmmcJXhDo93wHTb-SEsSImDUjlz308D1cn3FJf3iaIli56ZkFB8sZT1rzxO1nhxXg-TM-Pg-tL" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="341" data-original-width="400" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgb3FquKmM7_zRjO_CLqxMt8FYLqu1UTndx1UsgCvybYvy72lW2efDSdYdV4QQDO1t6TTmtI1aero_GMTNgWyZVHcEttD2Q5askvTLTaRPgjFP7Y007u-mmmcJXhDo93wHTb-SEsSImDUjlz308D1cn3FJf3iaIli56ZkFB8sZT1rzxO1nhxXg-TM-Pg-tL" width="282" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Stay home and have a baking day! It will even help warm up the house with the oven going. I have a list of <a href="https://www.vickieskitchenandgarden.com/p/recipes.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">my favorite recipes</a> here but my <a href="https://www.vickieskitchenandgarden.com/2016/10/old-fashioned-apple-pie.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">apple pie recipe is here.</a> Husband will be disappointed today though because we are making a cake.</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Sledding:</b></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj5eeiK1B-Z_1rX40Ne4N0WkfqU86kRCpeiZojaJjS8hmopsL3uNuOtGP14Wh8Ra5ZpUICgcKzdI3kjRJZuNlaFXQUPlF3Yy0mOZNdfQp1oWM3-Pm2RYVbklK7Xqtu6j9-nHa3nZq9LFN6HWsmBeDofpf6YrHF8S7QILy-Sim8NwWwyMvEQGpUnICyWddpD" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj5eeiK1B-Z_1rX40Ne4N0WkfqU86kRCpeiZojaJjS8hmopsL3uNuOtGP14Wh8Ra5ZpUICgcKzdI3kjRJZuNlaFXQUPlF3Yy0mOZNdfQp1oWM3-Pm2RYVbklK7Xqtu6j9-nHa3nZq9LFN6HWsmBeDofpf6YrHF8S7QILy-Sim8NwWwyMvEQGpUnICyWddpD=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">We have went sledding a lot over the years with the grandchildren. We have a sledding hill that is not too far from us. This is not an good activity for us today because of the -20 windchill. Too cold for us and them! </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Stay safe and warm!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">What fun activities do you have for winter?</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #191919; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline;">Thanks so much for helping to support Vickie's Kitchen and Garden</span><u style="color: #191919; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif;"><span face="" style="color: #333333; line-height: 21.735px;"><span face="" style="color: #191919;">**As a <a href="https://amzn.to/2YdIZVy" rel="nofollow" style="color: #771100; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Amazon affiliate</a><b> I earn a small percentage w</b></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; 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You can also sign up for my email list on the top right hand side of the blog.</span></i></span></span></i></i></i></i></i></i></i></i></span></span></span></span></b></u></u></span></p></div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Vickie @Vickie's Kitchen and Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03402367232977896594noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623860601773162733.post-55643736806346930862024-01-12T10:14:00.000-05:002024-01-12T10:14:17.115-05:00Waiting for the Snow, Making Pasties, and Getting Books at the Library! <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjvVphWXRNWdBgI25NQebjl3DmItYF4ApaYokFwmqN4ZQOw4HJnPgBq5KcZVp4M7JlkpHWgO89CWiuQGprJ0sqiJa3nxYVVah1mx2fSeQ2dNRQ6Ebqb896DKQCIGGbEcFNo0dHXDB96JHmYTBb3O1NEtqYtX5Fhwe1oZ-TL7d2hM7n_vpIkzTvyusl1UcxL" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1541" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjvVphWXRNWdBgI25NQebjl3DmItYF4ApaYokFwmqN4ZQOw4HJnPgBq5KcZVp4M7JlkpHWgO89CWiuQGprJ0sqiJa3nxYVVah1mx2fSeQ2dNRQ6Ebqb896DKQCIGGbEcFNo0dHXDB96JHmYTBb3O1NEtqYtX5Fhwe1oZ-TL7d2hM7n_vpIkzTvyusl1UcxL=w302-h400" width="302" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">You know, I don't know how much snow we will get, the totals are all over the place. I do know it will be enough for sledding. I found the sleds yesterday in the backyard and made sure to get them ready to go. They have a snow day today as most of Michigan does and I know they are sleeping in this morning.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgYlDAngVnTYiw9zFfDVGiwfwxIARIn53pNLvFyuuSqhiCqhdZGgNVUzcIIEtAaN5Gi-RcF6iwI1KTTtLwFRZKgwIojQAsHRS6y-k1baWaYzZ8tGvPng8J4qBW0DhMR-l9pJmKfWxq7IC7DRmLnnuDixtYO338j9WBUtCc035e2Eoe8wU96-kXp73WFKe-G" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1541" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgYlDAngVnTYiw9zFfDVGiwfwxIARIn53pNLvFyuuSqhiCqhdZGgNVUzcIIEtAaN5Gi-RcF6iwI1KTTtLwFRZKgwIojQAsHRS6y-k1baWaYzZ8tGvPng8J4qBW0DhMR-l9pJmKfWxq7IC7DRmLnnuDixtYO338j9WBUtCc035e2Eoe8wU96-kXp73WFKe-G=w302-h400" width="302" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />I found this small bag of mealworms for $1.00 on Marketplace. We were by his house going to Aldi's to pick up milk and other things for us and a neighbor before the storm. I don't think we will get out much after it starts, except to shovel.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgr_kYHNiziPjWd18DjHtraszLYiJy2kIGH7ww0WVXFEIm9hDThBLUNjnJKaheEFEp5S5x-s9dWVojtFHT0QGAPD0UKvvkIbYE-kCXcaxqX57RdiZuN1jlfwasRe0wp6WH9QdK7jdhtiybu02ik5pV7oVqfxAVf-8Q9KO3takm6sCyDQfvSYJ0nmXSs-DkO" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="960" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgr_kYHNiziPjWd18DjHtraszLYiJy2kIGH7ww0WVXFEIm9hDThBLUNjnJKaheEFEp5S5x-s9dWVojtFHT0QGAPD0UKvvkIbYE-kCXcaxqX57RdiZuN1jlfwasRe0wp6WH9QdK7jdhtiybu02ik5pV7oVqfxAVf-8Q9KO3takm6sCyDQfvSYJ0nmXSs-DkO=w400-h340" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Along with fiction, I love to read non fiction books that help me with gardening, cookbooks, and health. Sometimes I find them at garage sales, most of the time I buy them. I get hooked on some when I listen or read reviews and can't wait to buy them. There was one I was extremely interested in after listening to a review and decided I would see if it was at the library. It was. They sent it from another branch and held it for me. I saved $10.00 because most of the stuff I already knew well except for raising Angora rabbits and selling their fur for yarn. So, I did learn something and now of course I want to raise Angora rabbits. If you interested the book was <a href="https://amzn.to/47zW7b1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Made from Scratch: Discovering the Pleasure of a Homemade Life by Jenna Woginrich. </a>Great for beginner homesteaders.</span><p></p><div class="celwidget" data-cel-widget="titleblock_feature_div" data-csa-c-asin="" data-csa-c-content-id="titleblock" data-csa-c-id="pwptzb-sqxbmr-1l87sw-iyyqfg" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row="false" data-csa-c-slot-id="titleblock_feature_div" data-csa-c-type="widget" data-feature-name="titleblock" id="titleblock_feature_div" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div class="a-section a-spacing-none" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgkYMsEFelgbNguS4v1psYngn_PoLoWRjXHAZXOl1ux3f1Q5h-YSQXQLYiY3AISDiUbbV7K8CLiOj41To2wbn8lRlYpxcofp5i6b0kenejjaSmq-3uPOlNLAx25a51vEImMy8_ftGKi4CuU20Nfyj-Jl0ZK2K0YrPbHJ10Zk33WD-qst3sodlQlGmTUDbkk" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: x-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1541" data-original-width="2048" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgkYMsEFelgbNguS4v1psYngn_PoLoWRjXHAZXOl1ux3f1Q5h-YSQXQLYiY3AISDiUbbV7K8CLiOj41To2wbn8lRlYpxcofp5i6b0kenejjaSmq-3uPOlNLAx25a51vEImMy8_ftGKi4CuU20Nfyj-Jl0ZK2K0YrPbHJ10Zk33WD-qst3sodlQlGmTUDbkk=w400-h301" width="400" /></a></div><h1 class="a-spacing-none a-text-normal" id="title" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 28px; font-weight: 400 !important; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"></h1></div></div><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br />I'm following an Michigan U.P. facebook group -yep I'm a troll following the yoopers. Anyhow, I found their recipe for the pasties and made some with leftover pork roast. I'm almost ashamed of how they look but they were very good. I'll get better at making it pretty, I hope. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The pasties were made by the wives of miners in the Upper Pennisula of Michigan. They were great for lunch because they could hold them in their hands.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgPyyX4p0n2N46eUPNht1fm9A27N2xqz2AXyiJ3PQzNHYavkukeOG0nHWWoI5rjEx9ynQ7JakiyH6YhdI0i35inEnOnmg7hYQhMcfGDqH6_m47MFOe5kkubtOOcm6FmZUE3x7RIdmOlsCHmKWtHiJriu8-LsTg-mzKxZNLutXaDJCWQJISxaXeBwpF35tRN" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1118" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgPyyX4p0n2N46eUPNht1fm9A27N2xqz2AXyiJ3PQzNHYavkukeOG0nHWWoI5rjEx9ynQ7JakiyH6YhdI0i35inEnOnmg7hYQhMcfGDqH6_m47MFOe5kkubtOOcm6FmZUE3x7RIdmOlsCHmKWtHiJriu8-LsTg-mzKxZNLutXaDJCWQJISxaXeBwpF35tRN=w218-h400" width="218" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Though he visits regularly, they never seem to talk deeply, and Jennie longs for real connection and romance. Chastened, Matt offers a solution. For two months, they’ll share letters filled with their hopes and dreams. Soon, Jennie is falling for Matt in earnest . . . but will he ever propose again?<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">S.W.A.K * Charlotte Hubbard</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Quiet, gentle Fannie Kurtz knows that fun-loving Eddie Brubaker is the man she wants to marry someday. When he starts receiving letters in pink envelopes, she realizes she has some competition. Maybe it’s time she wrote a love note or two of her own? But a mix-up could jeopardize this romance before it starts, unless she keeps faith in Gott’s plan . . .<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /> <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">The Wrong Valentine * Rosalind Lauer</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Young widow Martha Lambright is grateful to be working at her mother-in-law’s restaurant, even if seeing the kitchen gals giggle over Valentine cards gives her a pang. But when Mose Troyer, the former bad boy who drives Martha to and from work each day, finds a Valentine he mistakenly believes is for him, it begins a tender exchange that could lead to a wonderful future . . .</span></span></div><div style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="6pzqsw-hq743l-vjm05u-mnrgov" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 36px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="6pzqsw-hq743l-vjm05u-mnrgov" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 36px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: large;"><b>My review: </b></span></span></div><div style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="6pzqsw-hq743l-vjm05u-mnrgov" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 36px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: large;">Falling in love can be complicated a lot of times as proven by these three books. I loved reading each story and now I'm excited for Valentine's Day. I want to spread the spirit of love and make Valentines for my husband and everyone! </span></span></div><div style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="6pzqsw-hq743l-vjm05u-mnrgov" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 36px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="6pzqsw-hq743l-vjm05u-mnrgov" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 36px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: 700;">Love Letter Courtship * Shelley Shepard Gray</span></span></span></div><div style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>It was just expected for them to marry but did she really know him and did he know her? </span><span> How in the world </span>could they ever discover each other and find that love?</span></div><div style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">The solution, the revealed secrets, and the unconditional love that Jennie's parents showed Matt, set the stage for a great read. </span></div><div style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: 700;">S.W.A.K * Charlotte Hubbard</span></div><div style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">What a great mix up of Fannie's. I actually had to go back a couple of pages in Charlotte Hubbards book S.W.A.K. to make sure I got the names right! It was then I knew this book was going to get interesting! I also had to look up what S.W.A.K. meant (sealed with a kiss) but I didn't do that until I had read the book. It didn't deter me at all that I didn't know, I just kept reading. </span></div><div style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I loved that the elders were looking out for Eddie and he was willing to listen. We all need advice sometimes and it can really help. I'm glad that they were there.</span></div><div style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Great read! </span></div><div style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="6pzqsw-hq743l-vjm05u-mnrgov" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 36px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="6pzqsw-hq743l-vjm05u-mnrgov" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 36px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: 700;">The Wrong Valentine * Rosalind Lauer</span></span></span></div><div style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="6pzqsw-hq743l-vjm05u-mnrgov" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 36px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: large;">Rosalind Lauer is a new to me author. She wrote a beautiful story about young widow hopefully finding love again. Could she find the perfect husband? Is there a perfect husband? The Valentine mix up set the stage for an page turner.</span></span></div><div style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I loved the thoughts of valentines for everyone...not just your husband/boyfriend. 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Thanks so much for helping to support Vickie's Kitchen and Garden</span></span></span></div><div style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="6pzqsw-hq743l-vjm05u-mnrgov" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 36px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br /></span></span></div></div></div>Vickie @Vickie's Kitchen and Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03402367232977896594noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623860601773162733.post-21111538474891603512024-01-05T09:20:00.003-05:002024-01-05T09:27:39.434-05:00The Ways We Saved this Past Week 1/5/24! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlYh_9Qq4IfbBb2ilfcozOkIyQGYdam_Jo-9MHyI6mKvMt5JoFxZDe8mhZ6qlhSaUKDpJQ7DU8ccTH2cuA4Gp08H63rS_ehRUkDDHQMzKQFV8SpmmnqsZsrJNhQ7WTc8mgLSu0Qcin0N07gxFLQnmlOsbdDLNYabrm4wNUE8GzDeEW_ae9kKUjhUc-OV_7" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1541" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlYh_9Qq4IfbBb2ilfcozOkIyQGYdam_Jo-9MHyI6mKvMt5JoFxZDe8mhZ6qlhSaUKDpJQ7DU8ccTH2cuA4Gp08H63rS_ehRUkDDHQMzKQFV8SpmmnqsZsrJNhQ7WTc8mgLSu0Qcin0N07gxFLQnmlOsbdDLNYabrm4wNUE8GzDeEW_ae9kKUjhUc-OV_7=w302-h400" width="302" /></a></div><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: large;">We bought two garden boxes for $10 each from an ad on Marketplace. To me they look like shipping boxes and they did have a lid that I didn't want. Looking forward to gardening season in 6 months.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiU7gqUvF-BwvgYXMVUyvFANLhpjV68ZVAnKnpiI0PpXd9gKZE9eIJNMnA-MYU8JGPLbC9sVoHEfZsy_vV9K7tE7NYqRafU2iwPXgFrs1vv_4_Q0yYYYN1SNpxsSfOUnPOZlx-lYWHIOu7G5wVBPKP7w6rGeLgIiyBagSVyHQBEPZ9R1LRrmfrCPuCiCGp1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1541" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiU7gqUvF-BwvgYXMVUyvFANLhpjV68ZVAnKnpiI0PpXd9gKZE9eIJNMnA-MYU8JGPLbC9sVoHEfZsy_vV9K7tE7NYqRafU2iwPXgFrs1vv_4_Q0yYYYN1SNpxsSfOUnPOZlx-lYWHIOu7G5wVBPKP7w6rGeLgIiyBagSVyHQBEPZ9R1LRrmfrCPuCiCGp1=w302-h400" width="302" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I made a copycat Outback Steakhouse steak seasoning from a free book last week. We tried it out and it was perfect. Yeah! </span></p><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">I signed up for the Winter Reading Challenge at the local library. The grand prize is a $50 meijer gift card.</span></h1><div><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: normal;"> So far I've crocheted 5 dish scrubbies for our kitchen and finished embroidering one pillowcase.</span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjt-_JCwvY6tbcZaysS4yfoUZiL0PP2MBekOcEJyrKA_ETCsYMmcNkRc0C3mVI9CNdGUm8UlowsVRcwmT6Q0i9qv2AnVw51XKBAGstw1QqKdtSOQyVhSx2C8lBkuw9z_ARnDwsOFtoPVgGiGqmRrpxCWfyfaBlQXMFEED1uJ0C4MkLmIwjGv_VjWboat8Tr" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1541" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjt-_JCwvY6tbcZaysS4yfoUZiL0PP2MBekOcEJyrKA_ETCsYMmcNkRc0C3mVI9CNdGUm8UlowsVRcwmT6Q0i9qv2AnVw51XKBAGstw1QqKdtSOQyVhSx2C8lBkuw9z_ARnDwsOFtoPVgGiGqmRrpxCWfyfaBlQXMFEED1uJ0C4MkLmIwjGv_VjWboat8Tr=w302-h400" width="302" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">We went to Traverse City for my Birthday in December -just a short one night getaway. It was the perfect present. You can get a motel room for cheap on the off -season. It was only $67 for a motel in the summer that's close to $300. We never go north too much in the winter because of the snow but Michigan was snowless at the time. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span>Keep in mind if you do this, attractions will probably be closed. </span><span> </span><span>We had a great walk on the beach looking for rocks but the sand dunes were closed for the season. Then we had the best fried perch dinner and then went for dessert at Traverse City Pie Company. The next morning on the way out we stopped at the local Goodwill and another thrift store. We had the best time just the two of us.</span></span></p><p><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #191919; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline;">Thanks so much for helping to support Vickie's Kitchen and Garden</span><u style="color: #191919; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif;"><span face="" style="color: #333333; line-height: 21.735px;"><span face="" style="color: #191919;">**As a <a href="https://amzn.to/2YdIZVy" rel="nofollow" style="color: #771100; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Amazon affiliate</a><b> I earn a small percentage w</b></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 21.735px;">hen </span></u><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #191919; font-weight: 700; 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Goals for 2024!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqGoThhnB1dzs3pN5Y7tXlk6Enit3A5g-xDykDCixWBf28ufU5v5nzqkTkm845fKbKTvUGqCK_6QzfSN3A0pXzNxjiuKOjLQX9MpVBx8dPW9gVinwpqeqer560t_x7y2GJkKgcdxfLOV3itufxQ6PGPZTXiGREXZPxAlAaSrK9a_bk_l-FDnSHlxYMa907" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqGoThhnB1dzs3pN5Y7tXlk6Enit3A5g-xDykDCixWBf28ufU5v5nzqkTkm845fKbKTvUGqCK_6QzfSN3A0pXzNxjiuKOjLQX9MpVBx8dPW9gVinwpqeqer560t_x7y2GJkKgcdxfLOV3itufxQ6PGPZTXiGREXZPxAlAaSrK9a_bk_l-FDnSHlxYMa907=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></div><p> </p><p><br /><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's going to be a great one guys. We need to stay positive and do the best we can. At least I'm going to give it a go. One of the ways I love to look forward to the new year is kind of look back on the old goals to see what I did accomplish and expand from there.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">So here are my goals this year: </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">My #1 goal is to be the best wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and aunt I can.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sometimes I fail but I keep trying! </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">2. </span><span style="font-size: large;"> <b>Get healthier, lose weight, and exercise! </b> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: large;">Me: Get back to watching my weight and eating better. Christmas was so good but bad at the same time. I need to watch every holiday but between Thanksgiving and Christmas I get out of control.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">I've said this before and this is true today. I just don't care around the holidays and I need to care! oh well I'm back on the band wagon and I'm doing fasting again. So far so good, I'll let you know my progress.</span></p><p style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"> I hope to start walking at the church's track at least two times a week (it's not close). If the weather isn't bad I'll walk at home. In the summer there is no need to exercise with the amount of gardening we do.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">3. <span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Create: Sewing/Crafting</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Crochet enough <a href="https://www.vickieskitchenandgarden.com/2015/03/how-to-crochet-dish-scrubbie.html?spref=pi" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">dish scrubbies</a> for the whole year this month- I think I'll do 15 this year.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjpfQbPOCQv5106AahqSfZPJWnSARo3RIFzYrT50hmGM4kxfeoTRnzP3tMnao3jTQBW-o9bgTdO6vW9cxzLXc9oTp58YWEsBQYC3bOzYEbnfy6ogMpg-b2vWqZlirB3ucYYRHyQ2Xrrkhpy8nD2F8MZ7IE7TxLwVmvpL5q0OT1WwcqJReeFcqIlTQ6KmM7Z" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="" data-original-height="306" data-original-width="400" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjpfQbPOCQv5106AahqSfZPJWnSARo3RIFzYrT50hmGM4kxfeoTRnzP3tMnao3jTQBW-o9bgTdO6vW9cxzLXc9oTp58YWEsBQYC3bOzYEbnfy6ogMpg-b2vWqZlirB3ucYYRHyQ2Xrrkhpy8nD2F8MZ7IE7TxLwVmvpL5q0OT1WwcqJReeFcqIlTQ6KmM7Z" width="314" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Finish some embroidery and sewing projects.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Start making more Christmas presents.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">4. Organizing: I've already started and I'm getting some done! </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgP2S_ttz2jPHvXbHwTPBs4NnGNR_RYTVG245vE3b-caPdV0sbptHTxalSnCBQ8CoyNolQhkhAaR9kWhaDJhB0vyu2xN5c0LO7u88m6Dv0P9af8I4o3khRahsZJqea1WgkTj8BQQcb6prp_elDbnP7fYBysf9daGSJ1OhHHiiey26dbuRcxNgqq4U7wmKQl" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="957" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgP2S_ttz2jPHvXbHwTPBs4NnGNR_RYTVG245vE3b-caPdV0sbptHTxalSnCBQ8CoyNolQhkhAaR9kWhaDJhB0vyu2xN5c0LO7u88m6Dv0P9af8I4o3khRahsZJqea1WgkTj8BQQcb6prp_elDbnP7fYBysf9daGSJ1OhHHiiey26dbuRcxNgqq4U7wmKQl=w187-h400" width="187" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> This <a href="https://amzn.to/3trCDaA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">3 tier rolling cart i</a>s for my corner, I put it up yesterday (easy), and it fits perfectly. No more water bottles and other things in the floor. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhdYjwrKeUtwu9fgFG1N1sarG_yRDe8ej437beGu_rFa9bbibVbEGe504zaGOGkK9g5TubqrKajOP85R52bPUTTE4LvGfpREyQ2Gf-2uwZAUkVGnQDBbV3e3WulgKCPR-7LKAEGX-9a9UUc7ZuXzd3xCVNKLunvgNGVIj7QRUhEeOANwFjoVggdzu7iK9Ks" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1541" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhdYjwrKeUtwu9fgFG1N1sarG_yRDe8ej437beGu_rFa9bbibVbEGe504zaGOGkK9g5TubqrKajOP85R52bPUTTE4LvGfpREyQ2Gf-2uwZAUkVGnQDBbV3e3WulgKCPR-7LKAEGX-9a9UUc7ZuXzd3xCVNKLunvgNGVIj7QRUhEeOANwFjoVggdzu7iK9Ks" width="319" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Organize my herb cabinet. I bought these at a Goodwill for $15.00 when we took a trip up north recently for my birthday. So far, in one jar I've put in my elderberry.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Organize the pots and pans so they won't fall out at me. Last year I bought something to help me but it will only help if you use it.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Spring Cleaning one room at a time. I like to start in January so I'll be done by gardening season. I hope to buy blinds for our bedroom, the big picture window blind will not work.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Have a garage sale in April... I'm not sure about this-I'm still thinking donate and sell on Marketplace. I ordered a bag from <a href="https://www.thredup.com/r/KAP66F" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">thredup</a> to see if they will buy some of my clothes. The jury is still out.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Start seedlings in the house for this years garden -some in Febuary and some in March.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I hope to have a more productive garden this year. Last year wasn't bad but with the drought we had in July a lot of things didn't do as well. </span></p><p><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: large;">5. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"> I love my readers and I hope to keep improving this blog b</b><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">y: </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Just posting more regular but not everyday. Twice a week seems to be good for me (I hope it is for you). I love the comments on my posts too! If you like Free and low-cost Kindle books I post them throughout the day on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/vickieskitchenandgarden" rel="nofollow" style="color: #992211; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">my Facebook page here</a>.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thank you all for a great year! 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You can also sign up for my email list on the top right hand side of the blog.</span></i></span></span></i></i></i></i></i></i></i></i></span></span></span></span></b></u></u></span></p></div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Vickie @Vickie's Kitchen and Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03402367232977896594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623860601773162733.post-44378321584708989062023-12-29T05:38:00.004-05:002023-12-29T05:39:03.638-05:00In the Kitchen: Learn how to Make Do with half, Using Substitutions, and Making it Instead of Buying! <p><span style="font-size: large;">I hope you have had a wonderful Christmas (we did) and you enjoy the New Year! </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgJEetjuBC7r8njeLsRlIq3mTtO20puGVpkzyvKgUESLVL1Gsxv0xx4AIfgsMDDLdZbJ7cPKocCC6PJnrm-Zc1fCWi5Z6XofhMns4BCGdEUuYRwQRTPykDqTo7N0P82Z79CnvjrUdrmNf_yFy3XyNAHyx96ZEMCSRBD1NsdZSshe4vSRmsDc1yawwp5pwk/s2048/chickens%20on%20their%20cage.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgJEetjuBC7r8njeLsRlIq3mTtO20puGVpkzyvKgUESLVL1Gsxv0xx4AIfgsMDDLdZbJ7cPKocCC6PJnrm-Zc1fCWi5Z6XofhMns4BCGdEUuYRwQRTPykDqTo7N0P82Z79CnvjrUdrmNf_yFy3XyNAHyx96ZEMCSRBD1NsdZSshe4vSRmsDc1yawwp5pwk/w300-h400/chickens%20on%20their%20cage.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">The birds have been taking a long break and all I have in my fridge right now are 3 eggs. At least one out of four will lay so everyday I come back in the house feeling like I've won a prize. </span> </span></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7gZpjp9JTn_7HdFqCXdVLi70kZzaV34oe2ABm1OuNLQwDeEI7NtGXuwD914qXEUJCDnYZoXaCZr3XBcDJBFnqeT5CEniAB5usmffOaKqDgcHDieqflZzG-P9Rvr0XqaJ8Qo34vEpiattZ1NcgRwDN_-CP2FueJtlsqn2uWI_bE6opW30nUpCzjjEOa8uj/s2048/chickens%20in%20the%20garden.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7gZpjp9JTn_7HdFqCXdVLi70kZzaV34oe2ABm1OuNLQwDeEI7NtGXuwD914qXEUJCDnYZoXaCZr3XBcDJBFnqeT5CEniAB5usmffOaKqDgcHDieqflZzG-P9Rvr0XqaJ8Qo34vEpiattZ1NcgRwDN_-CP2FueJtlsqn2uWI_bE6opW30nUpCzjjEOa8uj/w300-h400/chickens%20in%20the%20garden.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">How did my egg situation get like this? Well, I decided not to lime my extra eggs this year. Instead I gave some extra eggs to the neighbors, my daughter, and the rest we used up ourselves (Thanksgiving cooking). Now, my goal is to depend on <b>my</b> eggs though and not buy any from the store as long as possible. So, I'm making do and saving up my eggs for recipes I know that will be coming up the next week. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLEtEWm3zNjQxw9d9yzoNvwzOLEvRqvKmoC0sFwsXMU_4DCk7UJeK2eZkKQJA2MqHkv-uonERVyyHYg8KkCzyCpmBlkGdtw2xlgD5_kcmcUcD8uVTkSIouXrW4TqBy9rWBdNW2w99LmfXtRRRzJupHtl_BYF-d2j0YzVI8l3IABZAdcZBljopcBs4_VRVa" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="722" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLEtEWm3zNjQxw9d9yzoNvwzOLEvRqvKmoC0sFwsXMU_4DCk7UJeK2eZkKQJA2MqHkv-uonERVyyHYg8KkCzyCpmBlkGdtw2xlgD5_kcmcUcD8uVTkSIouXrW4TqBy9rWBdNW2w99LmfXtRRRzJupHtl_BYF-d2j0YzVI8l3IABZAdcZBljopcBs4_VRVa=w302-h400" width="302" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">This morning I decided to make egg bites and the recipe calls for 5 eggs. I feel, of course that you need real eggs in eggs bites so I'm going with just making a half of a recipe and use 3. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Making half of a recipe is great for when you don't have quite enough ingredients or for a recipe you are just not sure of. Ingredients are high and to throw a bad recipe away is a killer on your budget. </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Of course you want to make sure that you have enough for your family. My recipe this morning will make enough breakfast for a family of 6 and we have 3 so cutting it in half will be perfect for us. Actually, one person in our family probably will not eat this breakfast, so we will have some leftovers that I can freeze or use up this coming week. Some mornings are busy, so looking in the fridge or freezer to find a breakfast already made just feels like a life saver. It can be a big budget saver too...buying take out egg bites just for one person, can be very expensive.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Making it:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">My mind is made up to do this recipe this morning. You know how you get a recipe in your head and you just have to make it? Well, of course, I'm missing another ingredient, cottage cheese. I have milk though and I just printed a make it yourself cottage cheese recipe. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjm9qlLwAqrU6bslPMZsEiiM-kS7BIbgTc7fbxVpRpovrEYnCWMTjA4sInSzn8ZqI1d2WWOwtiKg0KZLhG79xAc-0D2fBsDRlmWcHQBrEUwB3w3GbcpghRf_aH9J5CvwUliIQqL3FCK6t6dXvCmCed8hQXHsQ3w2CW78tTMhLlAeORuoxdf3P0qdy7szMW_" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="807" data-original-width="960" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjm9qlLwAqrU6bslPMZsEiiM-kS7BIbgTc7fbxVpRpovrEYnCWMTjA4sInSzn8ZqI1d2WWOwtiKg0KZLhG79xAc-0D2fBsDRlmWcHQBrEUwB3w3GbcpghRf_aH9J5CvwUliIQqL3FCK6t6dXvCmCed8hQXHsQ3w2CW78tTMhLlAeORuoxdf3P0qdy7szMW_=w400-h336" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Using Substitutions:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Substituting can be great too. Instead of bacon this recipe I'm going to use some of the leftover ham that we have from Christmas. Husband will love this! </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span>This could be a great way to problem solve if you decide to do a No Spend January. </span><span> L</span><span>earning how to make do and get what you want at the same time is a big part of that whole scenario. Deprived is one thing you and your family don't want to feel like during that time.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span>Do you plan on a No Spend January this year?</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #191919; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline;">Thanks so much for helping to support Vickie's Kitchen and Garden</span><u style="color: #191919; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif;"><span face="" style="color: #333333; line-height: 21.735px;"><span face="" style="color: #191919;">**As a <a href="https://amzn.to/2YdIZVy" rel="nofollow" style="color: #771100; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Amazon affiliate</a><b> I earn a small percentage w</b></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 21.735px;">hen </span></u><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #191919; 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You can also sign up for my email list on the top right hand side of the blog.</span></i></span></span></i></i></i></i></i></i></i></i></span></span></span></span></b></u></u></span></p></div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Vickie @Vickie's Kitchen and Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03402367232977896594noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623860601773162733.post-32816049204340441382023-12-22T06:42:00.002-05:002023-12-22T06:42:41.214-05:00The Merry Christmas Edition: Cat presents, Good Deals, and Holiday Food! <p><span style="font-size: large;"><b> Merry Christmas Edition! </b></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg0_gRpnmKhk9SI0sfwUndSAFxiCyhqBLK312ffmOftR7sSWg98b6FqDEw97cbu0PHtzfntX9Vt0XykAGCXhVsuUVC6_-zC93Bv2gr7RLMe9ENRejMORi6URf3BZfRon6WVW0cXNElgbKJLFwdr_KxM9vztjbB5o4OVDMO-DtycdLXtvlSQzzPVCSnyTPoe" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1541" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg0_gRpnmKhk9SI0sfwUndSAFxiCyhqBLK312ffmOftR7sSWg98b6FqDEw97cbu0PHtzfntX9Vt0XykAGCXhVsuUVC6_-zC93Bv2gr7RLMe9ENRejMORi6URf3BZfRon6WVW0cXNElgbKJLFwdr_KxM9vztjbB5o4OVDMO-DtycdLXtvlSQzzPVCSnyTPoe" width="319" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />I thought I was all set and then I realized almost forgot the cat's some presents! Oh man, my cat would be very sad without a present or two or three. So, I made him two fish (with material I had on hand), one filled with catnip and the other with crinkley aluminum foil inside. For some reason I have a jar a catnip in the closet and it came in very handy. I plan on making a couple more presents (that are no cost) for him that I saw on you tube.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Great Deals! </b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Our best deal this week came from Meijer on Flashfood. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjLcLBn9rz5FjryUKRqWhIDFzJeqSnWwZUTXxpaosGmCQ9BXwpJBvXdm5GJpVWvDk2nd-UwcFtNUn1qfF43Ts7E4-wJha7cdvBxN7VAK8X1uvxwR7CCSxxh28H7KHR4-BtK2wo9J_J5Dq9xEQ2nfwuUGU07wc_7wGeOW31gbcLbyU6GSq6WiqNWNQUQMOK4" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1541" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjLcLBn9rz5FjryUKRqWhIDFzJeqSnWwZUTXxpaosGmCQ9BXwpJBvXdm5GJpVWvDk2nd-UwcFtNUn1qfF43Ts7E4-wJha7cdvBxN7VAK8X1uvxwR7CCSxxh28H7KHR4-BtK2wo9J_J5Dq9xEQ2nfwuUGU07wc_7wGeOW31gbcLbyU6GSq6WiqNWNQUQMOK4=w302-h400" width="302" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />A deli block of cheddar cheese for $15.80 (5.25 lbs) and my husband's favorite Krakus deli ham (5.58 lbs) for $22.31 after a $5.00 flash food credit! Now for the slicing.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Dinner! </b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">What's been on the dinner table this week (I took some pics but I couldn't tell you what day):</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEinZAB-0vIR9n9bT81FS6ruV8XM7oOr23DaI5CAHNpWPS2fnVYK_T3adyyTqh1gkN9Xq7y24W57JLjrunQaY13oph7IlywuGn1l4kXyixLtwz6nVt_c6rqez78S8tuM6BFyUvxxRjDL3vsCzhoTYrInaMJTygclDZClbD5GHLzKe4zWCPM6usnEkQWq0YCr" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1541" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEinZAB-0vIR9n9bT81FS6ruV8XM7oOr23DaI5CAHNpWPS2fnVYK_T3adyyTqh1gkN9Xq7y24W57JLjrunQaY13oph7IlywuGn1l4kXyixLtwz6nVt_c6rqez78S8tuM6BFyUvxxRjDL3vsCzhoTYrInaMJTygclDZClbD5GHLzKe4zWCPM6usnEkQWq0YCr=w302-h400" width="302" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />I made a side salad that has come in pretty handy this week.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgWzohKLLB7oOIjE0EFze_u5J2e__DgaXOadGQ8uW7hD5TRKhPY_U6IlQ-IE36LhvGBIR4_fqdwrWcHS9G9KOECprMfXDcezqMQum7xzZpD3zd-fqiuiZ3Emw0SsXFYbTln3CsroP6qZFx9z5ugAH59kI4fb6x7rM1tXBwcR7IWcYAGssMyEGAT-NWSdckJ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1541" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgWzohKLLB7oOIjE0EFze_u5J2e__DgaXOadGQ8uW7hD5TRKhPY_U6IlQ-IE36LhvGBIR4_fqdwrWcHS9G9KOECprMfXDcezqMQum7xzZpD3zd-fqiuiZ3Emw0SsXFYbTln3CsroP6qZFx9z5ugAH59kI4fb6x7rM1tXBwcR7IWcYAGssMyEGAT-NWSdckJ" width="319" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Fish and Chips one day.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgPrlFLOq8ak-cOCgqrKLyQ--LFtOMhZ-hyJ7v8u3wV1WakfOP-eYdQA8FdMvJbMxbKe1uP6W9tepesC1ktyrGEUcA_iZlKILhwpfHMOjdsbsls-0To88pEiNyYzPyHcIifEzppTQiDFcEpGpya01dQ5Z0JjdSQwB1OkxVOo4DQoaPdSJyzaz0VSGRVIxsZ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1541" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgPrlFLOq8ak-cOCgqrKLyQ--LFtOMhZ-hyJ7v8u3wV1WakfOP-eYdQA8FdMvJbMxbKe1uP6W9tepesC1ktyrGEUcA_iZlKILhwpfHMOjdsbsls-0To88pEiNyYzPyHcIifEzppTQiDFcEpGpya01dQ5Z0JjdSQwB1OkxVOo4DQoaPdSJyzaz0VSGRVIxsZ=w302-h400" width="302" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Breakfast for dinner, scrambled eggs, bacon, <a href="https://www.vickieskitchenandgarden.com/2014/10/recipe-fried-apples_23.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">fried apples</a>, and toast (I almost forgot to take this pic) yesterday.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The rest of the days that I remember were pizza (free with coupon for my birthday) and Spaghetti. It's been a busy week! </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Today will be the grand kids opening presents so we are having some cookies and cheese burgers.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgRvrTVAXkr9eeRxoYUlxVasaYvuHLkAQbyg37r2FwQnqfm254SEHwQyd765w40H1egANfopoYqLLzRYHRh8UXiUYcYc9YKB0gTWs6KJNK-ugSJu5ua6m9e2y464oeCE1o0s6MbURh5zYfaeZ6MgSZKtnEQBGtbniJUTxi2uKp52tgWdEgWaHIRRHWH860W" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1541" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgRvrTVAXkr9eeRxoYUlxVasaYvuHLkAQbyg37r2FwQnqfm254SEHwQyd765w40H1egANfopoYqLLzRYHRh8UXiUYcYc9YKB0gTWs6KJNK-ugSJu5ua6m9e2y464oeCE1o0s6MbURh5zYfaeZ6MgSZKtnEQBGtbniJUTxi2uKp52tgWdEgWaHIRRHWH860W=w302-h400" width="302" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">The boys disappeared last night watching t.v. and us girls had a sugar cookie decorating and taste testing party. This morning I'm making <a href="https://www.vickieskitchenandgarden.com/2018/04/recipe-no-bake-cookies.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">No bake cookies</a> real quick before they come. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Then after the mess was mostly cleaned up, we played cards,<a href="https://amzn.to/41xxKJq" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> old Maid, Slap Jack, and Go Fish</a>. We had a blast and laughed so hard. 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Click on the tour banner to see the rest of the stops and for more entries make sure to comment along the way.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Prayer-Warrior-Suspenseful-Christian-Fantasy-ebook/dp/B08X6MX6JH/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1DJZMYFW8WGUT&keywords=the+prayer+warrior&qid=1703025937&s=digital-text&sprefix=the+prayer+warrior%2Cdigital-text%2C98&sr=1-1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg1t7xt8TgOatG6-KOlyzI0hs7EPoq6WaAbMpLhxudyDAnp8p6jNcJ1598bWg7u_Bw4rw4AOvxG83ZQAnps0Vd_iFHi6YbUp9o5HzijyenQCMR9l1C_kYeJFkTFDl_UsGYk-ogIbbOvJJ8eIXuoa60Hq-iG9BDmZ6BRx4BBe2UX5BptfgxLTa9EL6TEwK--=w267-h400" width="267" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Prayer-Warrior-Suspenseful-Christian-Fantasy-ebook/dp/B08X6MX6JH/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1DJZMYFW8WGUT&keywords=the+prayer+warrior&qid=1703025937&s=digital-text&sprefix=the+prayer+warrior%2Cdigital-text%2C98&sr=1-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Prayer Warrior by D. Tina Batten and Traci Wooden-Carlisle</a></span><p></p><p><br /></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span>There
is a thin line between the natural and the spiritual realm.</span></span></span></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span><br />
</span></span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span>Ms.
V., a humble servant of the Lord, has been placed on assignment at
Center of Hope Christian Academy.</span></span></span></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span><br />
<br />
</span></span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span>By
day, she serves as a trusted counselor for students, giving them a
safe haven to pour out their innermost feelings while providing
professional and honest truth wrapped in a firm kindness and love
that inevitably draws them closer to Jesus. Not to be outdone, the
faculty also bends her ear from time to time.</span></span></span></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span><br />
<br />
</span></span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span>By
night, Ms. V. enters the spiritual realm and takes her place on the
battlefield as one of God’s faithful prayer warriors. She wields
her whispering sword, slicing through the enemy’s plans to bind the
precious hearts under her charge.</span></span></span></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span><br />
</span></span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span>Her
assignment’s burden on her physical body is taxing, but can she
withstand the strain and remain victorious?</span></span></span></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span><br />
</span></span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span>Saving
souls is her true mission, but at what cost?</span></span></span></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span><br />
<br />
</span></span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span>Readers
are in for a journey of spiritual intrigue and biblical insight as
they experience the ramifications of each character’s life-altering
decision.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Read a Excerpt:</b></span></span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;">“<span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">You’ve
been talking about your relationship with Kevin, and I understand
your struggle, but what have you been talking to Jesus about lately?”</span></span></span></span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Porch
bit her lower lip for a moment, a sign Ms. V. had come to understand
as Porcha’s way of considering whether or not to exaggerate the
truth.</span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;">“<span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">I
can’t help you if you don’t tell me the truth.” Ms. V. reminded
her softly.</span></span></span></span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Porcha
let out a deep breath.</span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;">“<span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">I
haven’t really been talking to Jesus. I mean. I say my prayers in
the morning and before I go to sleep, but He’s gone quiet. I don’t
hear Him like I used to.” Porcha’s sniffles turned back into
sobs.</span></span></span></span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;">“<span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">Sshh,
honey calm down. Why does this make you cry so hard?”</span></span></span></span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;">“<span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">I
think He’s left me. It used to be so easy to talk to Him.”</span></span></span></span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;">“<span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">Ahh.
No. God has promised never to leave us nor forsake us, and He has yet
to break any of His promises. I am absolutely sure He wouldn’t
begin with you, especially if you’ve been wanting to talk to Him.”</span></span></span></span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;">“<span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">Then
why can’t I hear Him?” Porcha asked in a near whine.</span></span></span></span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">My Review:</span></span></span></span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">Somehow this book scared me. I know that's silly but the spiritual realm word kind of put me off. I forced myself into cracking open the book and was greatly surprised. Ms. V charactor is a loving kind counselor to everyone and was someone I would hope to be like. She encourages listening to God and talking to him every night about their cares and troubles.</span></span></span></span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">Through the stories I've read about real-life circumstances, she encourages people to treat others with kindness, to stand up for what is right, and to revisit what is right in the eyes of God.</span></span></span></span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">I'm only on my fifth short story so far but now the book has drawn me in and I can't wait to finish it to see what happens.</span></span></span></span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></span></span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjoiur4H1ug0bojfRz563fgYLyPCqB7chFTjc4QkvkyCeHHJV0MvH6q7lHPtLdzZ0Ts5LpRnsodUBjIbjeljz2a0j2tFHv9TsaHqy770DVZcZxfwiGI9QEeRJBNScleCKdICzXiJ3vIHGurT9ImE1A9OR25M4Kv5PrxOVWZasQmXjslSyusLB2KPYvST1Gg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="357" data-original-width="606" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjoiur4H1ug0bojfRz563fgYLyPCqB7chFTjc4QkvkyCeHHJV0MvH6q7lHPtLdzZ0Ts5LpRnsodUBjIbjeljz2a0j2tFHv9TsaHqy770DVZcZxfwiGI9QEeRJBNScleCKdICzXiJ3vIHGurT9ImE1A9OR25M4Kv5PrxOVWZasQmXjslSyusLB2KPYvST1Gg" width="320" /></a></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;">Author bios:</span><p></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><span style="text-align: justify;">Tina Batten</span></span></span></span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;">D.
“Tina” Batten is a loving mother, wife, sister, daughter and Mima
to her grandchildren. She is a gifted visual storyteller who is
passionate about bringing encouraging messages of inspiration and
hope to the world.</span></p><p align="justify" class="western" style="line-height: 111%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span><span style="color: black;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span>Tina
Batten, a writer for over eighteen years of various dramatic works of
performing art via stage, and film, encompasses</span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span> unique
ways of creating fascinating story concepts that touch the heart of
most who view or read her work</span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span>.
She is both honored and thrilled to have teamed up with long-time
friend, sister in the gospel and co-author Tracy on this phenomenal
collaborative book project. With such a humble heart and desire to
bring people together in love and unity, Tina Batten will continue
her work as a visual storyteller </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span>spreading
the good news of Jesus Christ one project after the other. </span></span></span></span></span>
</span></p><p align="justify" class="western" style="line-height: 111%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large; text-align: left;">As
Always, D. “Tina” Batten gives God All the Glory!</span></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 118%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span><a href="http://www.sisterbatten.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a>, </span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/sisterbatten/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">IG</a><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span>, </span></span><a href="https://twitter.com/sisterbatten" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></span></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 118%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 118%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Traci
Wooden-Carlisle</span></b></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 118%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in;">
</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Traci
Wooden-Carlisle began writing to publish in 2011 and enjoys writing
stories that provoke thought and evoke emotions. Her desire is to
draw readers into the lives of her characters and share messages of
God’s love, His faithfulness and peace. The messages in her books
speak to her way before they speak to her readers.</span></span></div></div><p align="justify" class="western" style="line-height: 118%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large; text-align: left;">Traci
lives in San Diego with her husband, David. When she isn’t writing
she does some light traveling or assists people with their physical
fitness, creates graphics, designs pretty things for her jewelry
business and swag for author</span></p><p align="justify" class="western" style="line-height: 118%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.25in;"><span><span style="color: black;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span><a href="http://www.tawcarlisle.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a>, </span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: blue; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.25in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span><u><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/Author_TraciWCarlisle" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Goodreads</a>, </u></span></span></span><span style="color: blue; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.25in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span><u><a href="http://www.facebook.com/traciwoodencarlisle" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a>: </u></span></span></span><span style="color: blue; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.25in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span><u><a href="http://www.instagram.com/tawcarlisle" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a></u></span></span></span></span></p><p align="justify" class="western" style="line-height: 118%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.25in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></p><p align="justify" class="western" style="line-height: 118%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p><p align="justify" class="western" style="line-height: 118%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: blue; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.25in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span><span style="font-size: large;">Giveaway!</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></span></span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
</p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span><span style="color: black;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Traci
Wooden-Carlisle and D. Tina Batten will be awarding $25 Amazon or
Barnes and Noble GC to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter
during the tour.</span></span></span></span></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 105%; margin-bottom: 0.11in;">
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Opinions are 100% my own.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></div><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></span></span></span></span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><div style="font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><u style="color: #191919; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif;"><span face="" style="color: #333333; line-height: 21.735px;"><span face="" style="color: #191919;">**As a <a href="https://amzn.to/2YdIZVy" rel="nofollow" style="color: #771100; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Amazon affiliate</a><b> I earn a small percentage w</b></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 21.735px;">hen </span></u><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #191919; font-weight: 700; line-height: 21.735px; text-decoration-line: underline;">you </span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-weight: 700; line-height: 21.735px;"><span face="" style="color: #191919; text-decoration-line: underline;">purchase items from one of my links (the item doesn't have to be what I have linked here). 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line-height: 24.525px;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24.525px;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24.525px;"><span face="" style="color: #414141; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18.2px;">ollow me</span><span face="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: #414141;"> on </span></i></span></span></i></i></i></i></i></i></i></i></span></span></span></span></span><span face="" style="color: #666666; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.525px;"><span face="" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24.525px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24.525px;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24.525px;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24.525px;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24.525px;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24.525px;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box; 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