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The Gift that Keeps on Giving…

Posted in Homekeeping on 31 July, 2008 | 4 Comments »

The Dreaded Summer Cold! Thanks girls! I REALLLY appreciate it! I feel like my head might explode -that will be a mess! I have a sniffle in my snuffle. AND Husband comes home tonight so I am working double time to get bed linens changed, bathroom spic and span, general housekeeping done. I got a [...]

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I did a little something GREEN today…

Posted in Go Green!, Green Tip of The Day, Homekeeping, tagged go green! No Junk Mail on 30 July, 2008 | 5 Comments »

baby steps…baby steps. When my daughters read this they are going laugh hysterically. Knowing what a BIG step this is for me, they should not make fun of me or snicker behind my back when I am having withdrawal. I have spent the last 2 hours filling out forms to stop junk mail. Yep…Catalogs. Lovely, [...]

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Daring Bakers July Challenge!

Posted in Challenge, Recipes, tagged baking, cake recipes, Daring Bakers on 30 July, 2008 | 16 Comments »

WOW and what a challenge it was!
This month’s Daring Bakers Challenge was hosted by Chris at Melecotte.

Quite frankly, Rachel was the big player in this. I was the assistant ~ And not a very good one at that! I pretty much watched and handed her stuff.
But it was wonderfully rich and delicious!

Filbert Gateau with [...]

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Recipe of the Day: Homemade Soft Pretzels

Posted in Homekeeping on 30 July, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Rachel got this recipe from MarthaStewart.com. They turned out DELICIOUS! And beautiful. She sprinkled half of them with spicy citrus sea salt and the other half with cinnamon and sugar! Follow the link above to get the printable recipe directly from MarthaStewart.com.
Makes 16.

2 cups warm water, 100 degrees to 110 degrees
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon active [...]

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Winner of the Green Bag Giveaway Announced!

Posted in Homekeeping on 30 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Bernadette! Yeah! Your name/number (21) was drawn this morning! Well Yeah! for your sister! You stated in your comment that if you won the bag would go to your sister so congrats to both of you!

If I were to be the lucky winner of your beautiful ‘green’ bag, I would pass it along [...]

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Everyone Needs River Rocks in Their Shower

Posted in Homekeeping on 27 July, 2008 | 9 Comments »

Or at least I do! I think this is so cool. I would definitely go for it.

Of course I would also live in a Hobbit House.

Since that is never ever gonna happen, I think I will show husband the river rocks…he’s just weird enough he will probably like them too!

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Poor, poor pumpkins

Posted in Homekeeping, tagged Gardening, pumpkins on 27 July, 2008 | 4 Comments »

I have no excuse for letting my pumpkin patch get so out of control. None what so ever. Now it is a massive undertaking.

I really cant believe I am sharing this picture. Makes me ashamed of my lazy self. I LOVE my pumpkins every Autumn. Others love my pumpkins as well. I am about half [...]

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Soap Tutorial Added!

Posted in Homekeeping on 26 July, 2008 | 1 Comment »

So many of my former (and beloved) customers visit me here at NotQuiteJuneCleaver so I thought I would add a page of promised tutorials. I have the first one up (look for the tab labeled “Tutorials” ~ a basic soap recipe and instructions. You know where to find me if you have any questions!

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We’re off to see the Wizard!

Posted in Homekeeping on 25 July, 2008 | 8 Comments »

Not really…off to see the dreaded mammogram machine. I really dislike this yearly task. I am always sore for a week or more afterwards. There has to be a better way. I think if smashing “something” between two pieces glass attached to an EXTREMELY heavy machine until the tissue being examined was nearly paper thin, [...]

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