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Menu Monday ~ March 10, 2014

March 10, 2014 By Deanna Piercy Leave a Comment

Click here for more menu ideas! Monday: homemade macaroni and cheese with caramelized onions broccoli salad Tuesday: I have been wanting to make homemade bread for weeks but just never seem to get around to it. Today I worked out my schedule for the week and set aside time for baking. I’ve got a meeting…

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Guest Post Friday ~ Chunky Potato and Chicken Soup

March 7, 2014 By Deanna Piercy 2 Comments

Chunky Potato and Chicken Soup by Christine Pappas Ingredients: 1 large onion, roughly diced 2 tablespoons butter 4 cups broth * 5 potatoes, peeled and cubed 3 carrots, peeled and chopped 2 cups cooked chicken, shredded or cubed black pepper 1/3 cup flour 1 cup skim milk fresh minced parsley (or dried parsley) Directions:In a…

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Giving it up for Lent

March 5, 2014 By Deanna Piercy 2 Comments

David and I are getting ready to head to church for the Ash Wednesday service in just a bit so this will be short. I’m giving up chips and French fries for Lent this year but as usual there are more important things I’ll be doing, pondering and focusing on during this Lenten season. They…

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Next year…

March 5, 2014 By Deanna Piercy Leave a Comment

For the past couple of weeks I’ve been living vicariously through my New Orleans friends on Facebook as they have celebrated Carnival season and today, Mardi Gras. It looks like SO MUCH FUN! Even the cops get in on the fun: I swear, I’m going to figure out a way to be there for Mardi…

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Carnival, fun, Mardi Gras, New Orleans

Read Across America Day

March 4, 2014 By Deanna Piercy 2 Comments

Today, March 3rd, is the NEA’s 17th annual “Read Across America Day”. That sounds like a great reason to talk about books. I joined a new, online book club the first of the year. We vote on a book to read each month. So far we’ve selected: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (January) My Mother She…

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Blue Whale of Catoosa, book club, Books, Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck, Read Across America, reading, Route 66

Menu Monday ~ March 3, 2014

March 3, 2014 By Deanna Piercy Leave a Comment

Click here for more menu ideas! Monday:We were hit by another winter storm this weekend and it is COLD! Good day for a nice, hot bowl of soup for dinner. broccoli cheese soup beer bread And because today is Lundi Gras and tomorrow is Mardi Gras, I think I’ll take that King Cake I bought…

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We are done now, right?

March 3, 2014 By Deanna Piercy 1 Comment

Rain, ice, sleet, snow, thundersnow, thundersleet! We have run the gamut of winter weather today. Church was cancelled, roads are treacherous, and area schools have already cancelled classes for tomorrow. Old Man Winter, you’ve had a good run but it’s time for you to scoot on out of here. Deal? 

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: ice, sleet, snow, thundersleet, thundersnow, winter

Hope Springs Eternal

February 27, 2014 By Deanna Piercy Leave a Comment

Look! Look! The first daffodil of the year! And more to come! David was out of town on business overnight so the task of taking Shiloh on his early morning walk fell to me (I also had to make my own tea this morning – yes, he spoils me). I didn’t check the temperature but…

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: daffodils, Spring, springtime, weather

Making time for everything

February 25, 2014 By Deanna Piercy 12 Comments

Free printable available here.  I’ve been resisting it for a quite awhile but the time has come. I’m going to have to bite the bullet and make a daily schedule for myself. I’ve done it in the past during busy seasons of life: attending nursing school when I had a toddler and kindergartner  working as…

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Filed Under: Home & Garden, Homemaking Tagged With: homemaking, housework, routines, schedules, volunteer work, work, writing

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