Simple Gifts

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When it comes to Christmas, I need simple. (Oh, is Christmas really coming so soon?)  I don’t need lists and lists of things to do, expensive gifts to buy, and people to please.  My goal this Christmas is to do simple.  Family, good food, meaningful gifts, and togetherness.

I started searching for ways

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Thanksgiving Blessings

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One dear family of friends, offered to let us glean from their abundance of apples. Every year, we can applesauce, and free apples was a huge blessing.  My boys were very excited at the prospect of an adventurous morning in the trees. They enlisted big sister J (16) to help them reach

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Thanksgiving Weekly Wrap-Up

Thanksgiving 2009

This was, by far, the very best Thanksgiving our family has ever had! We piled in the van and drove 800 miles southeast to Utah, to see our daughter J. We had a lot of laughs, some tears, and a really great time.  As of today (Saturday) we’re not back home yet.

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My Family Favorite

Today at Classic Housewife, the theme is family recipes. We are going out of state for the holiday this year, and space and time preclude my making my family’s traditional Green Bean Casserole. While I won’t get to make or eat this particular one this year, I still want to share it

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Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

I just wanted to tell everyone good morning, and I hope that your day is wonderful!

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