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Fantastic Friday…The Dream of a Lifetime
Funny, isn't it, how our preferences change over the years? As a kid, a day like the one described below would have been a dream come true. Today, even more than 7 years ago when this story first posted, the thought of 3 McDonalds meals in 1 day turns my stomach. How...
Chicken and Vegetable Soup
This recipe comes courtesy of my two weeks spent on a candida elimination diet. With my diet limited to twigs, bark, and leaves meat, veggies and nuts, I didn't expect to create a new and tasty recipe. But several days in, I needed to add something new to my basic...
Top Ten Reasons I’m Smiling this Week
10. The frost boil on our little gravel road has healed, and city workers removed the "road closed" barricades. 9. My allergy elimination diet has moved from bark, twigs, and leaves meat, veggies, and nuts to meat, veggies, nuts, rice, and oatmeal. 8. At the library,...
Standing on my Red Card Kids Soap Box
Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.: Matthew 19:14 In the last five years, I’ve spent a considerable amount of time climbing on special needs soap box and preaching the special...
Fantastic Friday: Endings and Beginnings
This Fantastic Friday post, which debuted on Down the Gravel Road, is a look back at the last gathering of the last group of elementary students I taught. They were ready to graduate from high school in May of 2011. This year, many of them are graduating from college....
Slow Cooker Chicken Enchilada Soup
Today's recipe has been on the back burner (no pun intended) for several months. Not because it needs that long to cook. But because in the busyness of the the past several months–weeks spent helping 2 mommies adjust to life with our 2 new grandchildren, book...