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Menu Monday ~ May 19, 2014

May 19, 2014 By Deanna Piercy Leave a Comment

Click here for more menu ideas! This is going to be a crazy week as we prepare for the 7th annual Happyland Music Festival in our backyard. Over 100 people will be on our property camping out and enjoying 25 musical acts, plus karaoke, over the course of the three day weekend. Yes, we are…

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Guest Post Friday ~ Garlic Garbanzo Bean Soup

May 16, 2014 By Deanna Piercy Leave a Comment

Garlic Garbanzo Bean Soup by Virginia Bell Ingredients: 1lb (2 and 1/2 cups) dried garbanzo beans (or 4 [15 oz] cans) 2 cups chopped onion 1 cup sliced carrot 1/2 cup chopped celery 12-14 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed (or about 3 Tbsp minced) 2 tablespoons olive oil (or if you want it to taste…

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Signs of the South

May 14, 2014 By Deanna Piercy Leave a Comment

Outside a drive-thru restaurant in rural Oklahoma Seen in a parking lot New Orleans: Gotta love a place where you can shoot pool, drink a beer AND do your laundry. This one, seen in Austin, really spoke to me. 

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Menu Monday ~ May 12, 2014

May 12, 2014 By Deanna Piercy Leave a Comment

Click here for more menu ideas! Monday: I’ve got a busy day ahead of me. There’s a chance I may be going somewhere this afternoon for a few hours (business-related) but even if I don’t, I simply MUST clean this house! In either case, an easy meal will be in order. gumbo (I’ll prep the…

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Happy Mother’s Day!

May 12, 2014 By Deanna Piercy Leave a Comment

My kids obviously know about my passion for flowers. Lisa and Justin had the irises on the left sent to me Friday morning. Chris brought home the bouquet on the right after work that evening. Aren’t they pretty? My sweet husband bought this gorgeous journal, wrote a beautiful tribute on the first page then passed…

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Eight years ago today…

May 6, 2014 By Deanna Piercy 2 Comments

I forget this almost every year. Today is my “blogoversary”. Eight years ago today I started this blog, although it had a different name initially. If you’d like to read my first post, here is the link. And now I’m going to climb into my bed with the freshly washed sheets and read myself to…

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Menu Monday ~ May 5, 2014

May 5, 2014 By Deanna Piercy Leave a Comment

Click here for more menu ideas! Monday: Happy Cinco de Mayo!  tacos Mexican rice chips and salsa salad Margarita (for me – maybe), Corona beers for the guys Tuesday: homemade macaroni and cheese with caramelized onions salad asparagus Wednesday: casserole made with leftover (frozen) homemade spaghetti sauce green beans salad Thursday: We will probably eat…

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Guest Post Friday ~ Butter Chicken

May 2, 2014 By Deanna Piercy Leave a Comment

Butter Chicken by Glena Ferguson Have you ever found a recipe that you just HAD to make?  Just looking at it makes your mouth water and you KNOW your family will LOVE it. I found this recipe for Butter Chicken several YEARS ago on The Pioneer Woman.  I was going to make it the next…

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Menu Monday ~ April 28, 2014

April 28, 2014 By Deanna Piercy Leave a Comment

Click here for more menu ideas! Well, we survived our trip to New Orleans and are trying to get back into our usual routine, whatever that means these days. Our Happyland Music Alliance business is going better than we ever expected but it’s keeping us very busy. I hope each of you is doing well…

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