Homemade Crab Soup by JB

Homemade crab soup is a staple in our home. And by the way JB is my husband. This crab soup recipe is not for the faint at heart. It requires some time and preparation. There will be an easier option to prepare this homemade crab soup later in the recipe. Living in the Mid-Atlantic region […]

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Get Those Charitable Donations Together for 2016

Now is the time of year that I usually get those clothes and household items ready to donate to the Goodwill for tax time. I actually try to do it at least one time in the spring, but focus on making sure it is complete before 12/31 of every year. I completed my season changeover […]

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Autumn Foods and Crafts…Just Visit Your Local Farm

I live in a region, where we have a lot of produce farms. Those farms produce their best foods this time of year. It’s not just about getting pumpkins and cornstalks. How about fall squash or apples? Many of these farmers depend on local customer support, often spread by word of mouth. Quite honestly, I […]

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Banana Muffins Made with Almond Milk

Banana muffins can be a great little treat.  I don’t know about other people, but I get tired of throwing away perfectly good bananas just because they get to ripe. Bananas are probably the one food that gets a bad rap when they get to mushy and sweet to eat. This is the perfect reason […]

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October Starts Many Traditions

I won’t hesitate to say that fall is my favorite time of the year. The crisp air, the vivid colors, the smell of fireplaces being started up for the first time, and wonderful scents being created in kitchens everywhere, just give me that comfy feeling. I could never live where I can’t see a transition […]

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Procrastination at Our Age…..Really Not a Good Thing

I never used to be one to keep putting things off. If anything, I would always get after my kids or husband to just do it. Why pushing my husband led to him going to the doctor who discovered he had prostate cancer almost 6 years ago. Did I say that he is the worst […]

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Change of Seasons….Change of Wardrobe

Switching over my clothes to fit the season, has now become a comical tradition around here. My poor husband gets stuck with the honors of going up to the attic to get my bins down. It has become a joke now, which we laugh at, since I have about 5 bins and he has 2. […]

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Store Bought Rotisserie Chicken…Good Bang for the Buck

So every Sunday, I start thinking ahead to the lunches I want to take to work for the days I go in. I try to keep it healthy, so deli meats usually aren’t part of the equation. I get tired of tuna, and can’t eat peanut butter because of my allergy. Several months back for […]

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Online Shopping..I’m In!

I have shared in several previous blogs how much I don’t like shopping anymore. I suppose I should have included the part of leaving the house to do it. It’s that part of getting dressed and looking fairly presentable to interact with the inconsiderate and rude public in said stores. So I am off from […]

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Marriage Takes Work..More than Less

In case you hadn’t read or heard the news today, another Hollywood super couple is kaput. So begins the speculations about what happened. Only they know. The relationship began about 12 years ago, the marriage only lasted 2 years. So what was it? Infidelity, irreconcilable differences, pure laziness in trying to work it out. Well, […]

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