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Aahh... the sweet smell of Christmas
Suburban Homestead | December 20th 2009 by Kendall Hall
Christmas is my favorite time of year. I love the way the house smells when you are baking and I love to give people gifts that I've made. I think its so much more meaningful to give a gift that you put a lot of time and effort into making rather tha read more
From Poetry to Pickles : The Reflections and Original Recipes of…
Living to Serve | December 20th 2009
The first day I picked up this book, I read it all in one sitting. From the opening letter by the Pickle Queen herself, through her reflections on family and farm life, and the mouth watering recipes in between, right down to the Conclusion, Shirl read more
The Kick Inside
First Time Dad at 50 | December 20th 2009 by Nigel Dunn
The kick inside. Not the excellent old album by Kate Bush, who I used to fancy when I was a teenager, but the brutal assaults of our growing baby on my wife's insides.Is this normal?Last night, we lay watching her tummy and it was like seeing one of read more
Green Tomato Pickles - the Search for Lime
Home and Hearth | December 19th 2009 by Vicki Hudson
There were an equal number of green tomatoes to ripening tomatoes after harvesting the holdouts on the spring planted vines. Half the green tomatoes were placed between newspaper in a closed but not sealed cardboard box along with half the ripening t read more
Cheeseburger Soup from Taste of Home
Feels like Home | December 17th 2009 by Tara
This past Saturday, we hung out with our friends. Once a month, we get together and eat spend the day enjoying each others’ company. It’s always a long, laughter-filled day of eating. This month, my friend Linda (who, as you may have noti read more
Fluffy the Cat
Funny Word of the Day | December 17th 2009 by Jessica Kleiman
funny word of the day: fluffyDefinition from Merriam-Webster:fluffy Pronunciation: \ˈflə-fē\Function: adjective Inflected Form(s): fluff·i·er; fluff·i·estDate: circa 1825 1 a : covered with or resembling fluff b : being light and soft or airy read more
Girl Talk: Christmas tips with Zoe Foster!
Girl With a Satchel | December 17th 2009 by erica bartle
So that I might enjoy some blog time off for my birthday, GWAS friend Zoe Foster has ditched her regular online digs in order to amuse us all with some Christmas holiday antics inspired by her latest book, Textbook Romance (Penguin, $24.95). What a t read more
House Of Fine Chocolate Chicago
Your daily chocolate | December 16th 2009 by rama kalesh
That was okay in his book. They have the most amazing drinking chocolate. He would rather his daughter not rot her teeth with sugar. Now we will have a yummy dessert and did not have to bake or transport it! One of my favorite things to do is eat read more
Podcasts, rolling & falling…..
Runnerbelle | December 15th 2009 by Britt
Hi! What a busy day! Hope your Tuesday went well. I headed into work early this morning, again. Still playing a little bit of catch up. Had the usual oats. Thankfully today no packages arrived, well at least no packages that I was interest read more
Teaser!
266 | December 15th 2009
I have a few non-scale victories that I will be posting about tomorrow, but I really have to get to bed right now. Let’s just say that it turned out to be a GREAT day!!!FOOD & BEVERAGES:- 10 glasses of water throughout the day- 1 banana- 1 oran read more
green, prickly, and out of control
cody bear's friends | December 15th 2009
so yes…i’ve chosen this euphorbia (one of the many varieties) to symbolize my day… so, we had an….encounter with some native wildlife on our third walk of the day. it was late. cody bear and pickles and i were just returni read more
“Little Doctor on the Black Horse” Post#5 – Libby Prison -
The Firelands History Blog | December 13th 2009 by Dave Barton
Libby Prison, Richmond, Va., 10/29/63 – “Dear Hattie, Please send me a box of eatables: 5 lbs. Ground coffee, 1 of tea, 20 of brown sugar, 1 ham of dried beef, a small cheese, if you can find it, and as much butter as you’ve a mind to; put read more
Eat! You're Wasting Away!
Barely Contained | December 10th 2009 by Shelly Payne
I opened the fridge this morning to find one half of one pomegranate, two pickle jars (one pickle in one, no pickles in the other), a jar of pumpkin butter, an un-opened container of spicy brown mustard (I'm sure I had to have it), half a bag of read more
What's for Lunch Wednesday - Sandwich Making Day
Rhythms - The Blog of Wellspring Community School | December 9th 2009 by Kelly Coyle DiNorcia
The children had a great time at this communal feast. Each child brought in an item from a poster that was made by the idea’s originator, Olivia. They each then created a sandwich based on their food preferences. Some of the sandwiches were very i read more
The Four S's-Stuff
Blabbergirl | December 9th 2009 by BG
Blabbergirls live by the Four S's: Study, Spill, Sleep, and all the other Stuff. Stuff, all the things in your life that you love, and you can't go without. Most of the time the Stuff in our life is what we spill over. We can't help it we love it, read more
Sick in Bed
The Homefront Lines | December 8th 2009
Sweet has been sick in bed for the last two days.. Yesterday she played the guitar almost all day. She has been yearning to learn to play and being stuck in bed gave her all the time in the world to learn. She has learned to pluck Jingle Bells, Good read more
Day 6: Check Your Shoes
The Homefront Lines | December 7th 2009
Day 6: Who remembers what day it is? Go check your shoes!After they told me what day it was they all went and checked their shoes. St. Nicholas got tricky this year and hit them in different places than just in their everyday shoes. Tee-hee. After read more
Day 5: Lights
The Homefront Lines | December 6th 2009
Day 5: Drive around and look at Christmas lights.This was the perfect end to our day. (c) 2008-2009 Wicked Pickles-Homefront LinesWe love your comments. Stop on by and leave us one! © 2009 Wicked Pickles-Homefront Lines All Rights Reserved read more
Day 4: Cookies
The Homefront Lines | December 5th 2009
Day 4: It's National Cookie Day. Let's bake some cookies!This didn't happen. The picklets had until 11:00 to get their chores done. They were warned. Timers were set. The chores didn't get done. The cookies didn't get baked. I had to ground t read more
Day 2: Donation
The Homefront Lines | December 3rd 2009
Day 2: Donate 5 toys and 5 pieces of clothing to the church by Grandmas.This one went better than I expected. I had no problem from the one I expected the problems from and opposition from the one I didn't. Go figure.But, in the end the picklets prev read more
Men Do This and Women Do That
The Daily Comics Review | December 2nd 2009 by Bryce
You can all calm down now, I have returned. Wednesdays and Saturdays will give you all the xy you can handle, at least until my own blog returns to the internet. There might even be some Thursday news posts if I can squeeze them in.But none of you read more
Who are these kids, and why are they calling me 'Mom'?
* 2 Under 2 * | December 2nd 2009 by Ninja Mom
[Sigh.]One of those days.Monkey has spent pretty much all day screaming like a little banshee. His bottom hurts, especially when he pees, so I guess my next step is to do some elimination communication until our diaper covers get here. I was changing read more
Day 1: Apple Crisp
The Homefront Lines | December 2nd 2009
Day 1: Celebrate red apple day. Make apple crisp together. 1 to eat and 1 to share.So that is what we did. I didn't have oatmeal so I couldn't make our usual apple crisp recipe but I did find a good one on recipezaar. The picklets all found jobs that read more
Real Time twitter stream in your presentation - Tweetbubbles
LIFE | December 2nd 2009 by Charul Shukla
Twitter is becoming a playground for startups, every other day a new twitter based web services or application is getting launched. Now a Japanese startup named Pickles launched a new Adobe AIR application named as Tweetbubbles for twitter. The ide read more
Pickled Grace
Shattered Prose | December 1st 2009 by Indigo
“A dog is the only thing on earth that will love you more than you love yourself.” Josh BillingsAs I turn the lights on to the Christmas tree, Pickles steps up beside me and nudges my hand. I absently stroke the top of her head. There is a silent read more
Thanksgiving Dinner
Cat Cat | December 1st 2009 by Catherine Looi
.....I can only describe Thanksgiving dinner this year with just one word.AWESOME.To be honest, I have not had a clue what's Thanksgiving is, and why do American celebrate it.I know it's a celebration to be thankful for what we have but what I really read more
George’s Pickles
Antique Mommy | December 1st 2009 by Antique Mommy
It’s going to be photos and recipes this week because it’s that crazy busy time of year. Hall decking leaves little time for my ministry of writing mediocre drivel for the world wide web. Tomorrow or the next day, because I like to be p read more
Toosdae ?'s
Ms Maggie Moo Talks 2 U | December 1st 2009
Happy Toosdae everyone! Did you survive your first day back to work yesterday? It's hard to go back after a long weekend, no? I'm still in the "honeymoon stage" of my job, so I didn't mind so much, but it was still hard to wake up early! Take a b read more
Yummy Polski Ogorki
Living with Cancer | November 30th 2009
Yesterday I craved pickles. I’ve been turned off those babies since I started chemo over a year ago but yesterday was the day. I pulled out a fresh jar and D and I struggled to get it open but once opened, I estimate I had at least five pickles an read more
Raclette: A Cheesy Slice of Heaven
StudentsInEurope.com | November 30th 2009 by Laura
What do you eat on a chilly winter day in Switzerland? The Jan Brady of melted cheese, Raclette is the lesser-known Swiss favorite when compared to its über popular sister, Fondue. However this does not mean it is any less appetizing. Tradi read more
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