June 2009

Father’s Day

June 20, 2009

I am very thankful for all my dad taught me, so in honor of Father’s Day, I wanted to talk about my dad. My dad has taught me so much. One of the most important things he taught me growing up was the value of hard work and money. We had very little growing up. [...]

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Guest Post

June 19, 2009

I did a guest post today at Keeping The Kingdom First. If you would like to read how we keep family movie night frugal and fun you can read my guest post here.

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Zucchini Bread

June 18, 2009

I currently have a lot of zucchini in my garden. I am picking more than we can eat. Zucchini is one of those things that is cheap to plant and you always get more than you need. It is a very frugal thing to grow in your garden. Zucchini is nice right now, but in [...]

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Blueberry Coffee Cake

June 18, 2009

I made this cake recently with fresh blueberries. I have made blueberry coffee cakes before, but this is one of the best I have made. It was really good. It is a recipe from the Cook’s Illustrated America’s Best Lost Recipes cookbook. Cook’s Illustrated rarely fails me. I love their recipes. And this one is [...]

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Blueberries

June 17, 2009

My eleven year old daughter and I went blueberry picking. The farm that we picked the berries at is only a few miles from our house. We both enjoyed our morning together in the blueberry field and we came away with a lot of blueberries. I love fresh from the field berries. They are so much [...]

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Peanut Butter Baked Oatmeal With Chocolate Chips

June 16, 2009

Joy at Fivejs told me that her family loves my peanut butter baked oatmeal, but they make it with chocolate chips in it. I thought this was a great idea. It was of those times I wondered why I had not thought of it. Peanut butter and chocolate make such a great combination, why wouldn’t it be good [...]

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Cold Oven Pound Cake and Strawberries

June 15, 2009

Thank you to everyone that commented on my test posts. I think we now have all the links and feeds working. I say we, but I really need to thank Joy at fivejs.com. She spent several hours today helping me fix the problems. Thank you Joy! Now that things are working better on this site, I [...]

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Test Post

June 15, 2009

This is a test post for feeds.

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Checking Feeds

June 15, 2009

When I switched to WordPress I had some trouble with my feeds. If you are reading this in a reader like google, bloglines, etc. could you please take time to comment and let me know if you read this post. It would help me figure out if the feed is working correctly. Thank you so [...]