Herbed Slow Cooker Chicken

This is an easy, quick prep recipe that tastes wonderful!  It is easy to double the recipe, and you can use thighs and drumsticks, too. Hope you enjoy it. 1 T olive oil 1 t paprika 1/2 t garlic powder 1/2 t seasoned salt 1/2 t dried thyme 1/2 t dried basil 1/2 t pepper…

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Garage Sale

We have been planning this for 2 weeks, and we did it today.  We sold a bunch of stuff in our attic that we don’t use anymore at a garage sale.  We did pretty well, considering we had some furniture.  We made about $400 when it was all through.  It was a little irritating though,…

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Slow cooker

I got this really nice cookbook from my neighbor. I have been using it a lot this summer, because I really hate to heat up the kitchen in the summer. It is so great to have a slow cooker. It’s like I put a bunch of stuff in the pot, mix it and let it…

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Scarf

I started this nifty little thing last night at about 9:30 or so. It is a combination of “eyelash” yarn and a bright multi-colored regular yarn. I finished it this morning. Isn’t it cute? If I can keep this up, all my Christmas presents will be done by October! Ha, ha. Seriously though, if there…

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Alexander

These are some pictures we took of Alex doing his favorite things. Up in the school/piano room looking cool. Sitting with Millie our cat. A close up. Doing some skateboarding tricks outside on our driveway. Showing off his two skateboards. One is for tricks, one is for riding. Don’t you love the t-shirt? Riding… Great…

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4th of July Production

Elizabeth got to perform in the 4th of July program at our church. She also had a pretty awesome solo. Stay tuned for some pictures of Alex next. Elizabeth holding the “R” in freedom. She had a speaking part as well. Singing. She sang her solo “I Lift My Lamp.” Isn’t she beautiful?

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Piano RecitalGreat Bridge Presbyterian Church in Chesapeake

We had our piano recital on May 17. I had 6 students. Here are some of the pictures from that event. The program was designed by Mr. David Rohr. Great Bridge Presbyterian Church in Chesapeake. A lovely Steinway baby grand piano to play on. It was brand NEW! The sound was awesome! Mrs. Rohr, Rebekah,…

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Here again?

Life is weird. Not the kind of weird you say because you have basically given up trying to figure it out weird. Weird as in full of wonder weird. Like the fact that I am blogging again. Or that I am actually quite happy to live in my skin. Weird like how I have been…

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