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Curing Scalp Acne
This might be kinda weird to write about, but maybe some people can relate. It’s those itchy pimples on your scalp that ooze an oily substance when they pop. Yeah gross! Having them once-in-a-while...
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Laundry Rules!
I have a family of five: a husband, a junior boy in high school, a sophomore girl in college, and a senior girl in college. The two college students have had to come home and finish up at local...
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Small Home Decorating Tips
Here are a few tips I have gleaned while trying to scale down to a small home (1400 sq. ft.).FurnitureThe more floor seen—the larger the room will feel—so have furniture that shows the floor....
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Nesting, It's A Chick Thing Book Review
Book Review, part 1: Nesting, It’s A Chick Thing, by Ame Mahler Beanland and Emily Miles Terry.Make it Your Beside Table BookThis book was a lot of fun to read. I could see it being a great...
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Nesting... Book Review: Wabi Sabi Style
Book Review, part 2: Nesting, It’s A Chick Thing, by Ame Mahler Beanland and Emily Miles Terry.“It’s All Good” describes the wabi sabi style in a nut shell. Wabi Sabi, is kind of like Feng Shui, only...
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Perfect, Easy Biscuits
There are a few things that I think every homemaker should be able to do well, and one of those is make perfect biscuits. I found a fabulous recipe for 7up Biscuits using Bisquick from...
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Quick Mix Sausage Balls
These sausage balls are so easy to make and because you can freeze them, you always have something delicious for last-minute company to chow down on or to take to any gathering. The sausage balls...
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Retro Yo-Yo Quilts
Here's what you can do with all those little bitty pieces of fabric you have left over from sewing projects. It's a yo-yo quilt! Yo-yo quilts became popular during the Great Depression, and I fell in...
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Pinterest Recipes I've Tried (and my adaptations)
For the past couple of weeks, I have been using recipes I found through Pinterest to make meal preparation a little more interesting. All of these recipes have been quite a success, though I did make...
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Decorating with Vintage Linens
The bathroom needed a quick curtain when I finally retired some defective plantation blinds. I loved the idea of using vintage doilies, cut work, etc. to decorate simple curtains and took a piece out...
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Vintage 1941 Chocolate Chip Cookies
My favorite cookbook is Better Homes and Gardens. I have two copies, both of which are falling completely apart. One I received as a wedding gift twenty five years ago. My daughter has a third copy....
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Updated Armoire in Vintage Green
Finally! With the help of my husband, I finished this DIY armoire. I painted the whole thing a vintage green with oil-based paint because the wood was not in very good shape. There was a very heavy...
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Relief Society Birthday Ideas
Hey ya'll! This is a picture of a Relief Society celebration I helped to decorate with my good friend. She had a huge collection of clown figurines.1980's Relief Society Dinner with the "Big Top"...
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Vintage Desserts: Brownie Pudding
An avid collector of vintage cookbooks, my overall favorites are Better Homes and Gardens Cookbooks. We have three from various decades in our house (not to mention other BHG specialty cookbooks)....
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Writing Family Histories that Children will Love
One of my favorite authors is Laura Ingalls Wilder, after all, she was one of the first writers whose books I devoured one by one. I really learned to read and have a love of reading because of Little...
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Blog Index, page 4
Family RecordsFamily HistoryFamily Reunion CalendarsHeritage AlbumsNot Your Grandma's Journal!A Book of RemembranceBook of Remembrance: A Sacred Family RecordBook of Remembrance FAQsKid-Sized Personal...
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Big Fish Book Review
Big Fish by Daniel WallaceMy rating: 5 of 5 starsI love getting books sometimes that you end up reading in one sitting. It can be so satisfying to read a book from beginning to end and get the whole...
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Favorite Store-Bought Baking Mixes
and What You Can Make with Them...These hand pies were made with Pioneer Baking Mix. I baked these in the oven with apple pie filling, but they also make great meat pies. So quick and easy! Fill...
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T-Shirt Quilt Tutorials
I made my oldest daughter a t-shirt quilt when she graduated highschool in 2008. That was way before Pinterest, and all I knew about these quilts was a little blip I had read in Country Woman...
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Storing Wheat
Back of the loaf is the snowy flour, And back of the flour, the mill, And back of the mill is the wheat and the shower,The sun and the Father's will. ~AnonymousHere's a good tip on Storing Wheat, from...
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