This is not a fancy-shmancy flaky buttermilk layered biscuit, but another quick-and-easy-get-it-on-the-table recipe. Better and cheaper than a mix, and fast enough to make every day. With a little elbow grease, you can have fresh homemade biscuits in the oven in about 6 minutes, and on the table in another 12.From my mother-in-law.
Biscuits [...]
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Like Merchant Ships has posted a recipe that I can’t wait to try out:Kitchen Scrap Cookies, using leftover oatmeal, along with almost any leftover bit of a snack that your toddler leaves on the floor. Well, she didn’t mention the floor, but that’s where I find all of *my* toddler’s leftover snack scraps. [...]
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After reading this post on Free Money Finance, I just had to open my big fat mouth. Really, $15,000 for each year, for each child, to age 17? Do they really eat that much?
And if we didn’t have children, wouldn’t we find another way, probably far less fulfilling, to spend our money anyway?
I left a [...]
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Our 4 and 6 year olds have been devouring the Leap Frog videos lately: viewing thirty minutes of cheesy Saturday-morning quality animation on Letter Factory, they learned all the sounds of the letters effortlessly in the space of about 2 weeks. That’s with no effort on my part or theirs. The 19mo watches too, imitating [...]
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Just for the sake of making conversation, I thought I’d mention that I have added my Bloglines reading list to the right sidebar. This is not quite a comprehensive list of every blog I read - there are also my friends and family list on the sidebar, and a few others that Bloglines just won’t [...]
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The Headmistress found this questionaire in an old edition of Woman’s Day, and turned it into a meme for those of us who like to talk about ourselves. Count me in.
1. How many meals does most of your family eat at home each week? How many are in your family?
Every day we [...]
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Check it out! It seems that South Dakota has banned all abortions except where the baby [accidentally] dies while the doctor is trying to save the mother’s life.A few choice bits from the article:
The law, which would punish doctors who perform the operation with a five-year prison term and a $5,000 fine, awaits the signature [...]
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Mom
My sweet southern mother-in-law has started a blog of her own. I suspect this highly hospitable lady will have some great stories to share. If you have a moment, stop in and say hi - she loves company!
Dessert
We’ve discovered a delicious, effortless way to end dinner. It’s like dessert, only easy. Maybe it’s too easy [...]
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Thank you, Lydia, for the tag and the trip down memory lane!
Remove the blog in the top spot from the following list and bump everyone up one place. Then add your blog to the bottom slot, like so:
1) Ink and Incapability2) The Happy Feminist3) Space Station Samara4) Renewed Day by Day5) Life in a Shoe
What [...]
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Since I was tagged by Joan at Daddy’s Roses, I get to do the 4’s meme! I noticed that Lydia tagged me for another meme (thanks Lydia!) which I am working on, but this one looks fast enough to do now.
4 jobs I’ve had
babysitting - a natural for the oldest of 14 children
cleaning houses [...]
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The Southern Poverty Law Center gives us a handy summary of the Chalcedon Foundation’s 40th anniversary conference. Now I wasn’t priveledged to be there but after reading their synopsis, I for one can’t wait to get the tapes!
http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=591
Some quotes from the article:
“To oppose us is to attack God’s law,” Mark Rushdoony testified to nearly 200 [...]
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Q: Why do chicken coupes only have two doors?
A: Because if they had four they’d be a sedan!
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Well it’s official. We are a blogging family. Mom went and entered the blogospere. You can find her her blog here. I look forward to seeing the pictures of our family that she hopes to post (mom - no 3 year old bathtubpics allowed!) as well as reading her recollections of her own childhood.
So stop [...]
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In my experience, there is usually no noticeable difference between the expensive national brand of an item and the inexpensive or store brand. Most national brands seem to be priced higher solely for their packaging and advertising.
On the other hand, I do think that a few name brand items are truly better than the [...]
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Broccoli Cheese Soup - serves 8-10
Makes a flavorful creamy soup that is thinner than the usual “chowder style.” Relatively low-carb and very fast and easy. Try with grilled cheese for a quick dinner that everyone loves!
3 cups chicken broth or hot water
6 cubes bouillion (I prefer the mushy stuff that you measure in [...]
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