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Cleaning

by Natalie November 24, 2009 Holidays

Cleaning, cleaning, cleaning. I’d show you my to-do list, but you’d run away screaming.

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Making Chicken Stock

by Natalie November 23, 2009 Cooking

Here’s how I make chicken stock. First, I save any chicken bones from roasted (or even fried) chicken. Don’t use anything that was grilled (at least if it was grilled over charcoal!). I just keep a Ziploc bag in the freezer and add to it whenever we have bones. Those rotisserie chickens from the grocery [...]

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Potatoes

by Natalie November 22, 2009 Cooking

Potatoes were not in my plan for today. But when I was reorganizing the pantry, I noticed that all of the potatoes in the 15-pound bag that we bought earlier in the week were starting to sprout. Ugh. So, cooking 15 pounds of potatoes became my plan for the day. First I scrubbed them all. [...]

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Whew.

by Natalie November 21, 2009 Crafting

Busy day! My in-laws took the girls last night to spend the night with them, and weren’t bringing them home until after 3 today. The carpet cleaners came first thing this morning. They were quick though, out at 10:00 AM. I had the rest of the day to myself! I thought…”I could clean the playroom.” [...]

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It’s Turkey Day!

by Natalie November 20, 2009 Cooking

You’re thinking I’m almost a whole week off, right? Nope. It’s “Get your Turkey out of the freezer day!” Put it in the refrigerator on a tray of some sort (sometimes there might be a small hole in the bag and it will leak all over your fridge!). I use a cookie sheet lined with [...]

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Thanksgiving shopping list

by Natalie November 19, 2009 Cooking

And also what I already have, so I don’t buy more! For T-day, and stock: Celery – 2 bunches Onions (Have) Apples (if the girls have eaten them all, which is very likely to happen) Oranges Cranberries (Unless Palma is seriously going to show up and bring cranberry sauce, which would be totally awesome!) Orange [...]

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To Do List

by Natalie November 13, 2009 Holidays

Not a complete list, by any means. Clean up Craft Room (Tonight) Pack for weekend at Mom & Dad’s (Tonight) Download any photos on camera and pack up (have to send it to Canon to get fixed – that’s why there have been few pics here the past week or so) Remember to get one [...]

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Thanksgiving count update

by Natalie November 12, 2009 Holidays

I think we’re up to 18. A small year! I may have to find more guests. :)

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Turkey turkey turkey

by Natalie November 6, 2009 Cooking

My mom told me yesterday that Marsh had turkey breasts on sale for $0.88/lb. That’s cheap! They never seem to get below $1.69/lb here. So she picked one up for me, and said she had a whole turkey I could have too. So that gives me 3 turkey breasts and 1 whole turkey. Now I [...]

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NaBloPoMo

by Natalie November 2, 2009 Holidays

It’s time for the annual NaBloPoMo (National Blog Posting Month)! Yes, it really started yesterday, but I had to post a cute picture of my kids in their Halloween costumes, right? So, what’s in store for this month? I will be posting every day! Exciting for those 3 of you out there still reading my [...]

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