tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11983163591356644732024-02-18T20:53:08.151-07:00Grammy T's Amazing Adventuresa mmb by Grammy T.Grammy T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09527262160415898239noreply@blogger.comBlogger171125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198316359135664473.post-60466368028385816532018-02-12T10:43:00.000-07:002018-02-13T10:16:13.205-07:00Sometimes You Just Need a Puppy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is Charlie Brown in his little sweater I made him out of an old sweater of mine. I was so cold that day. But since that day I have found out he loves snow. And have crocheted him a little coat that I will show you later.<br />
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Charlie is a Malshi that means his mamma was a Shih Tzu and his daddy a Maltese. They are like little stuffed animals with motors. Really. Absolutely adorable.<br />
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I'll send you another post soon on how he is doing.<br />
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Here is the pattern:<br />
<a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/AZ5eDK288aK7PzW4A2WIP9Zg_vb7Rv9YUZiOYkoNK1wecS0VPJikz7E/" target="_blank"><img alt="DIY Dog Coat from an Old Sweater Sleeve in 4 Easy Steps!" height="200" src="https://i.pinimg.com/564x/b4/23/a7/b423a7975736493ce4a80cf6de95e873.jpg" style="text-align: center;" width="181" /></a>Grammy T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09527262160415898239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198316359135664473.post-15852175031330268422016-08-04T14:55:00.002-06:002016-08-04T14:55:29.524-06:00On The Keto Diet and My Triglycerides Are Crazy Low<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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My Triglycerides are lower than they have ever been. </div>
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Really, I'm not joking. </div>
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I felt a little like a time bomb waiting to happen. </div>
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How did I do this wonderful thing? </div>
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By eating a Ketogenic Diet. </div>
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It's Low Carb with a twist. </div>
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And I love it!!</div>
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Of all of the Low Carb, Keto recipes that I have made </div>
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this is really the best. Or close to the best. </div>
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Sometimes you just need a little something sweet without breaking the bank. </div>
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The carb bank that is. Everyone that tasted it loved it. </div>
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You can go to Carolyn's web pages for more wonderful recipes. </div>
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You won't be sorry. <a href="http://alldayidreamaboutfood.com/2015/08/low-carb-blueberry-zucchini-cake-with-lemon-frosting.html" target="_blank">It's Here.</a> </div>
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And no you can't see or taste the zuchinni. </div>
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I used a 9x13 inch baking pan and it worked great. </div>
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The best low carb cake of the summer! Zucchini, blueberries and lemon come together in a heavenly gluten-free, grain-free dessert. Inspired by <a class="summary-link" href="http://iambaker.net/blueberry-zucchini-cake-with-lemon-buttercream/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #67a39a; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">I Am Baker</a></div>
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Ingredients</div>
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Cake:</div>
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Lemon Frosting:</div>
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Garnish:</div>
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Instructions</div>
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Cake:</div>
<li class="instruction" id="zlrecipe-instruction-1" itemprop="recipeInstructions" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style-type: decimal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Place zucchini in a sieve and sprinkle with salt. Toss to combine. Let drain 1 hour and then press on zucchini to release as much moisture as possible.</li>
<li class="instruction" id="zlrecipe-instruction-2" itemprop="recipeInstructions" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style-type: decimal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Preheat oven to 325F and grease 2 (two) 9-inch round cake pans very well. You can use 8 inch pans as well but your cake will need to bake a little longer. And if your pans are not very non-stick, you may want to line them with parchment paper and grease the parchment.</li>
<li class="instruction" id="zlrecipe-instruction-3" itemprop="recipeInstructions" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style-type: decimal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">In a medium bowl, combine the almond flour, whey protein, baking powder and salt.</li>
<li class="instruction" id="zlrecipe-instruction-4" itemprop="recipeInstructions" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style-type: decimal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">In a large bowl, beat butter with sweetener(s) until well combined. Beat in eggs, lemon zest, zucchini and vanilla extract. Beat in almond flour mixture until well combined. (If your batter is quite dry, add 1/4 cup to 1/2 cup unsweetened almond milk until it is a thick but spreadable batter).</li>
<li class="instruction" id="zlrecipe-instruction-5" itemprop="recipeInstructions" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style-type: decimal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Gently fold in blueberries. Divide batter between prepared pans and spread evenly to the edges. Bake 35 to 45 minutes, until golden brown around the edges and set on the top. Remove and let cool 10 minutes in pan, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.</li>
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Frosting:</div>
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<li class="instruction" id="zlrecipe-instruction-8" itemprop="recipeInstructions" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style-type: decimal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Beat in 3 tbsp lemon juice. Add remaining tbsp if frosting is too thick.</li>
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Serves 16. Each serving has 9.73 g of carbs and 3.11 g of fiber. Total NET CARBS = 6.62 g.</div>
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Food energy: 310kcal Total fat: 26.35g Calories from fat: 237 Cholesterol: 81mg Carbohydrate: 9.73g Total dietary fiber: 3.11g Protein: 8.50g</div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent;">Love,
Grammy T.</span></div>
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Grammy T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09527262160415898239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198316359135664473.post-60781045333849656262016-06-28T02:43:00.003-06:002016-06-28T02:47:28.783-06:00A New Start No Matter How Old you Are<a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/95/Why_We_Get_Fat_And_What_to_Do_About_It_book_cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/95/Why_We_Get_Fat_And_What_to_Do_About_It_book_cover.jpg" width="216" /></span></a><br />
<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I am still enthralled by the Keto Diet that I have been studying about. There is a very touching video by </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPbFOoykP5s" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Kristie</a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">a lady that changed the way she eats and the way she looks. It is about her journey of being very chubby all her life and now at 45 she is finally wearing the clothes she has always wanted to wear. Her story is </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPbFOoykP5s" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">and you should watch it if you also struggle with being heavy or just not feeling good. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Kristie asked a lady that she went to church with to pray for her in her struggles with weight loss. She just couldn't do the things she wanted with her family being as heavy as she was. This lady not only said that she would pray for her but she also brought her the book that had changed her life. Now Kristie dedicates her life sharing how she now cooks for herself and for her family in her YouTube videos called "</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; cursor: pointer; line-height: 24px; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_1744315110" style="font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif;">Cooking Keto with Kristie</a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I have been eating this way for awhile now and I do have more energy and I am loosing weight also. There are so many names for eating this way and so many YouTube videos showing you how to cook this way that you can't go wrong trying it. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We are all getting older all of the time and it isn't fun being old and tired and in pain. This way of eating helps to eliminate the tired and the pain part, the getting old part is just the way it is but we may as well make it as good as possible, not by taking pills etc. but by eating the way we should to feel better. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I hope this post will give you the information that you need to make a new start no matter how old you are. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Love,
Grammy T. </span>Grammy T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09527262160415898239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198316359135664473.post-40030257608114225012016-06-16T10:36:00.001-06:002016-06-16T11:04:31.232-06:00Diet Cauliflower Tattie Mash<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When we were in Ireland Tommy Tynan our bus driver/guide called mashed potatoes Tatties. In fact the Haggis</span><span style="font-size: large;"> we had in Scotland tasted delish on those tatties. Well I've been craving mashed potatoes but decided to do Cauliflower Tattie Mash instead. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had some left over taco meat so replaced Haggis with that and then I made my "</span><span style="font-size: large;">Tatties".</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here is the recipe:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">2 - bags of frozen cauliflower cooked until very tender in the microwave for about 6 minutes each bag.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">4 Tbls. butter</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">4 tbls. grated cheese, I use Parmesan, Dubliner (in honor of Tommy) or sharp Cheddar. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">3 Tbls. of homemade ranch dressing that is made with heavy whipping cream and mayo.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Pepper to taste, it already has lots of salt from the other ingredients but that is up to you.</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Dump all of the above in your food processor and whip. Dump in a bowl and top with a big pat of butter. Walaaa you have it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So yummy, so filling and you are getting your veggies in the evening which helps with a good nights sleep. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Love,
Grammy T.</span></div>
Grammy T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09527262160415898239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198316359135664473.post-3907820948761663622016-06-14T10:19:00.000-06:002016-06-14T10:19:41.449-06:00Diet Fudge Recipe <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I've been living the love of the Keto diet now for a couple of weeks and have a few updates for you. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">1. Eat what you like. You will be more apt to succeed if you do and I found if I ate my favorite Keno friendly veggies at night with lots of butter and salt and pepper I had a good nights sleep. For those of you that haven't had a good nights sleep being on keto then that might be your answer too. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">2.I have lost 5 pounds, yeah me but think I could do even better if I don't go hog wild on the protein. So I have reset my macros (see the My Fitness Pal App for your phone) to be 15% protein, 10% carbs and 75% fat which means all things naturally fat like butter, coconut oil, bacon grease and olive oil. No corn oil type stuff. Did you know that the turkey growers tried to fatten up there turkeys in the 1940's with margarine and killed them? The turkey's that is. So don't kill yourself with that stuff. Do what the pioneers did and eat the butter and the bacon and the bacon grease. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">3. If I'm not hungry I don't eat. That simple. My daddy always said we eat to keep from getting hungry not just because we're hungry. But I'll take that up with him at a later date. So in the morning I am not hungry for hours so I drink my keto lemonade which is a little lemon juice, Himalayan salt and water. If I get a little hungry I make a bullet hot cocoa which is fun with whip cream, butter, cocoa powder, sweetner like splenda or stevia (not sugar) hot water and whipped to a froth. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I'm going to give you another fun fat bomb recipe. I also am going to make these for my hubby who is a diabetic for Fathers Day. </span><br />
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<a href="http://thenourishedcaveman.com/macadamia-chocolate-fat-bombs/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Fudgy Macadamia Chocolate Fat Bomb</span></a></div>
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<li class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc inside; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">2 oz (58gr) Cocoa Butter (if you make a lot of chocolate<a href="http://amzn.to/10fDk34" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank"> this one</a> is the most convenient)</span></li>
<li class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc inside; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">2 Tbs <a href="http://amzn.to/12Jf2Qm" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank">unsweetened cocoa powder</a></span></li>
<li class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc inside; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">2 Tbs <a href="http://amzn.to/1xgeq23" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank">Swerve</a></span></li>
<li class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc inside; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">4 oz (112gr) Chopped macadamias <a href="http://amzn.to/1A0GUhN" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank">(bulk is cheaper!)</a></span></li>
<li class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc inside; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">¼ cup Heavy cream or coconut oil for dairy free option</span></li>
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<li class="instruction" itemprop="recipeInstructions" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; list-style: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Add cocoa powder to the sauce pan.</span></li>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Have fun trying some of these recipes and let me know how you are doing on your own keto diet. </span><br />
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Grammy T. </span>Grammy T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09527262160415898239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198316359135664473.post-74191736669389534252016-05-27T12:31:00.002-06:002016-05-27T12:39:02.451-06:00One Of The Bests Of Keto Dieting<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>O</b></span>ne of the funnest and yummy recipes that have tried are the <b>Cream Cheese Pancakes (Low Carb and Gluten Free)</b>. </span><span style="color: #423d3d; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 1.2;">My hubby and I both loved them. We had them with bacon and sugar free maple syrup. He happens to be diabetic so these recipes are good for him too. You can find the recipe </span><a href="http://www.ibreatheimhungry.com/2012/01/cream-cheese-pancakes.html" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 1.2;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="color: #423d3d; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 1.2;">. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>O</b></span>ne of the best websites is on the <span style="color: #cc0000;"><a href="http://www.sugar-and-sweetener-guide.com/all-sweetener-list.html" target="_blank"><b>All Sweetener List</b></a> </span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">for well just what it says - sweeteners.</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms" , "marker felt" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> It has a huge list of what is good and what is not good. A must see. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>O</b></span>ne of the best websites on Keto Dieting is by Martina </span><a href="http://ketodietapp.com/Blog/post/2013/11/10/All-You-Need-to-Know-About-Carbs-on-Low-Carb-Ketogenic-Diet" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank"><b>All You need To Know About Carbs</b></a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">. Go see her there you will love her. She is blonde and cute and a major brainiac when it come the Keto Diet. She has an app that makes life a lot simpler and cookbooks too. Here is her <a href="http://ketodietapp.com/Blog/page/KetoDiet-Buddy" target="_blank"><b>KetoDiet Buddy - Easy Way to Calculate Your Macros on a Ketogenic Diet.</b></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>O</b></span>ne of the best All around websites with recipes that are gluten free and low carb is right here at <a href="http://www.ibreatheimhungry.com/recipes" target="_blank"><b>I Breathe I'm Hungry</b></a>. Ok, so how can you go wrong when you look at all of that great food to eat? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Happy Ketoing everyone.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Love,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Grammy T. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">xoxoxo</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I told you I'd be right back. And remember I told you I had three other things I'm excited about right now. Because I figure if I can't be excited about something 'shoot me now' . :)</span>Grammy T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09527262160415898239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198316359135664473.post-44899427358719636462016-05-25T13:39:00.000-06:002016-05-25T13:52:11.287-06:00Time For a Keto Diet<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">What have I been up to you ask. Well three or four things really. So I'll tell you all about them one at a time so as not to exhaust you. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">First off I am on a Keto Diet and I Love it!!! </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">What is a </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 29.3333px;">the ketogenic diet? It is a high fat, moderate protein, low carb diet. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 29.3333px;">It's a diet that causes ketones to be produced by the liver, shifting the body's metabolism away from glucose and towards fat utilization. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It has been making my skin itch because of the liver thing but I can fix it quick by rinsing off in the shower. That works and I take milk thistle and dandelion root. And that is helping. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I drink lot's of water like it is my job. I drink a hot drink called Pero with butter, coconut oil, heavy cream and no cal sweetner then whipped to a froth. Yumm and it makes me use the restroom regularly which is nice too. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">What is a Ketosis Diet good for? It's good for high triglycerides, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The first time I got acquainted with high protein low carb diets was when I was pregnant with my second baby. The doctor said I was on the verge of having toxemia and that unless I went on the high protein, low carb diet he gave me he was going to put me in the hospital. So I obeyed him and I lost 10 pounds in a week. I'm sure it was a lot of water but still it kept me out of the hospital and I did really good on it until I delivered my baby girl. The second time was when I was pregnant with my fifth baby, yes I have lots of kids. I needed to loose the water weight and keep myself from the hospital again so I went on a low carb high protein diet and did really good and again lost 10 pounds in a week. After that I ate lots of egg and cheese omelettes with hot sauce for my two other pregnancies. That kept me faraway from toxemia because we need the extra protein when we are pregnant. Just like my ewes needed extra protein when they were about to lamb. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I always did love sweets and those are not good for me. I found a few websites with lots of help and recipes etc. One is "I Breathe I'm Hungry". Look at this lemon pie which fits into my diet regime!! Click the picture to get the recipe and she has lot's more. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Oh how many calories a day? I like to eat 800-1200 a day. that's all I need but I'm never hungry with this Kenosis way of eating. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Well I think that is good for today. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Love,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Grammy T.</span>Grammy T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09527262160415898239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198316359135664473.post-33059236309133132422015-08-22T11:30:00.000-06:002015-08-22T13:43:32.800-06:00Greek Yogurt And All It's Whey<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have started making my own Greek Yogurt and it is so yummy. It's uses are endless. It is so creamy and just right for breakfast with blueberries or other fruit and it can be used as sour cream in a myriad of recipes. But along with the creamy Greek Yogurt comes a lot of whey. And you mustn't</span><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> just throw that away down the drain because it is not good for the fish that it would eventually come in contact with.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is how I make my Greek yogurt:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I buy a gallon of vitamin D milk for $2.25 at Smith's in Utah.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I put the milk in a large pot and set that pot in another larger pot to make a double boiler. It heats faster that way and you don't get any scorch to the milk, which makes a grainier yogurt. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I heat the milk to 180 degrees and then put it in my freezer covered until it comes back down to 110 degrees. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At that point I can add my live culture which is about 3 Tablespoons of yogurt or </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1/2 cup of the whey I </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">saved from my last batch of yogurt. Or sometimes I mix the two and add that. I put my covered pot in the oven that has the light on so it stays at about 110 degrees and I wait for about 8 to 12 hours. I use 12 hours if I've shut the light off and it is a bit cooler in the oven. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Remember don't jiggle it or stir it or anything like. I don't touch it for 12 hours.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #073763;">Then I put it in a strainer covered with a thin dish cloth that I set in a larger bowl. I like to keep it higher than the bottom so it doesn't sit in the whey. I tried using cheesecloth doubled but it ran through it. It probably would have been fine if I would have tripled it. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #073763;">I clip up my ends of the cloth with clothes pins and make sure they are folded to the inside or it will drip out on your counter or frig. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I set it in the frig for a few hours and then I put it in containers and wha-la I have the yummiest Greek yogurt I've ever tasted. I saved my Greek yogurt containers that I had gotten at the store. </span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMzjRilwZO82Unp5OFN3Lb2nJz4Lvi97jfhLg7DnjH7dYZ8xCV84fbi6QA0O_YR8EzI8-wXX9oS9MkP3CPxE0FX9A76xeuQG1Ni0FG-aJL5NVOuwbhW2qONDxnbI3S4UOjZja7Duh4SIrh/s1600/whey2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></a><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Brand that Costco sells is a good price but gave me a stomach ache so I knew it had some raw milk or cream added to it after the rest was cultured. If your lactose in tolerant the cultured yogurt won't bother you. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The brand Greek God's Greek Yogurt didn't give me a stomach ache either. It was $4.50 at Walmart. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But mine is $2.25 from my kitchen and gives me almost twice as much. Plus I have Whey. </span><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What to do with it all?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I figured that if you can buy powdered whey for shakes and smoothies I'd try my liquid whey. So </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have used it in my smoothies and it works out great. It is loaded with proteins and minerals. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One muscle builder guy said; "Whey is really rich in protein and contains nine amino acids that would help to gain muscle mass. " I'll pass on the muscle mass but it might be cuter than fat mass. :) <span style="line-height: 19.0120010375977px;">In fact </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.3300018310547px; orphans: 4;">Cheese-makers have developed a lucrative business selling whey protein for use in body-building supplements and as a food ingredient. And Greek yogurt makers are eager to follow suit.</span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 19.0120010375977px;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I diluted it and watered the plant on my front porch. It was looking a bit sad. Now it is a very happy healthy looking plant. </span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 19.0120010375977px;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is fantastic in baked goods like bread, cupcakes and even pancakes. </span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 19.0120010375977px;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now it's your turn. What do you use whey for. Any kind of whey. Just give us some ideas that have worked for you. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So I didn't want to do it, that Lo Carb diet. Now truth be told I'd been having hot red burning feet at night for awhile and knew what it meant. It usually means too much sugar in the blood. And I knew what I had to do. Also my stomach was puffing way out and was very uncomfortable. And I have high triglycerides and I felt like a big mess. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But while looking at Facebook the other day I ran into a recipe for those Cheese Biscuits like they have at Red Lobster. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Back to my story. On Facebook I went to the page of the girl with the recipe and I found a video about how she has lost 108 pounds from eating low carb. And she also shows the most gorgeous recipes that are way over the top full of carbs for picnics and church socials. She's a very smart marketer because she sells weight loss pills too and has over 1,350,000 followers! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway back to her lo carb video's:</span><br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/just1courtney/videos/vb.1036045651/10205039129551350/?type=3&theater" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Shopping for Low Carb #2. Love the simplicity of it. This is the video that got me started. .</span></a><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/just1courtney/videos/vb.1036045651/10203206683581346/?type=3&theater" target="_blank">I love this frozen with 3 drops of doTerra lemon essential oil or lemon juice. Danny loves them with blueberries. A fun little</a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/just1courtney/videos/vb.1036045651/10203206683581346/?type=3&theater" target="_blank"> one carb dessert.</a> </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I don't do Courtney's pills but I thank her for the big fat push that I need to get me back on the diet a doctor put me on when I was on my mission in Florida. And if you have trouble with diabetics this is for you also. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How do I feel now after 5 days on the low carb? My feet don't burn anymore and my tummy is better and I don't feel like a mess anymore. :)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now that I shared this awesomeness I can, </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Grammy T. </span>Grammy T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09527262160415898239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198316359135664473.post-75310504245649605362015-05-04T23:15:00.001-06:002015-05-04T23:16:15.272-06:00I Love Pattern Jam<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Have you heard of Pattern Jam?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> It is a really fun website that you can design </span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I chose the Argyle pattern so that I could enter a contest. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">walah you can enter. </span></div>
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Grammy T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09527262160415898239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198316359135664473.post-1624094141280410302015-04-28T09:47:00.000-06:002015-05-30T09:56:08.375-06:00Let's Make a Sleeve<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of the quilts I'll be hanging is from the </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This quilt was quilted by me and Stacey Simmons</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">it is for my sister in law</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> but the real show quilt is being quilted by </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sewnicetocreate.blogspot.com/2015/04/orange-peel-by-janice-thompson.html" target="_blank">Stacey Simmons and can be seen here at Stacey's Studio</a>.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So now lets's make a hanging sleeve, a four inch quilt hanging sleeve to be exact. When quilts are hung at quilt shows they have to have a hanging sleeve on them. I have never made a sleeve until now and I really love the way that <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NO70_ENjQk" target="_blank">this video</a> shows us how to do it. It is so easy when done this way. <br /><br />Cut 81/2 inches by the width of your quilt top. So 81/2 by 60 as an example.<br />Now follow the instructions in the video and walaa you have a quilt sleeve.<br /><br />Never fear my little Quilty's "If there is a will, there is a way."<br /><br />Love,<br />Grammy T.</span></td></tr>
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Grammy T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09527262160415898239noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198316359135664473.post-76281749702310377472015-04-01T08:18:00.000-06:002015-04-03T11:08:34.124-06:00Remember When<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They really are so cute. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've had a lot of people tell me that they have tried them and </span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Let's try them again and let me know what you think. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Happy Easter Week.</span></div>
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Grammy T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09527262160415898239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198316359135664473.post-1396672154157787342015-02-19T14:16:00.000-07:002015-02-09T16:19:09.219-07:00#BFPTqal From The Book "Blocks From The Past" <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These are blocks for the <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"tn":"*N","type":104}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/bfptqal" style="background-color: white; cursor: pointer; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;">#BFPTqal</a> challenge. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The above are:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5. Windblown Square</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">7. Friendship Album</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The book we are using is on the right side at the top.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have done two more but will show them next time. I did the Churn Dash Wrong. I will still use it in my son's quilt but I will make another Churn Dash the right way and show you the difference. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I do love this challenge it has been fun and challenging for me. It makes me think of all of the quilts from the past in America that used these blocks. The pieces are little and use very little fabric. So I have used scrapes except for the black borders. </span></div>
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Grammy T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09527262160415898239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198316359135664473.post-23696018007254696332015-01-18T10:40:00.001-07:002015-02-07T13:11:50.834-07:00Teach Yourself Blocks from the Past QAL or #BFPTqal or #NMQGsampler Challenge<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm excited to be able to get started on this fun sampler Quilt Along. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm a little behind but I will post my progress. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can join me in this so please do. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is how.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First off, get a copy of the book, </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by Marie Henry. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is available from many online stores and </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now follow the schedule below.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is the fabric I am thinking of using because </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I want this quilt to be for my son Tim. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So it has to be guyish. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm all about stash busting right now and am using </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am still quilting the "Scrappy Mess" I am making for my son Todd </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b>#1 Make a sampler quilt over the next six months (January-June). It can be any size you like, with as many blocks as you like (at least more than one).<br style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;" />#2 Bring your blocks in to share with the guild each month.<br style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;" />#3 Be BRAVE and have FUN!!!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Week 8 February 23 </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>p. 19,20,66</b></span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Terry) </span><a href="http://www.natalie-ever-after.blogspot.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">natalie-ever-after.blogspot.com</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Week 9 March 2 </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>p. 21,22,67</b></span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Ginny) </span><a href="http://myquiltdiet.blogspot.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">myquiltdiet.blogspot.com</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Week 10 March 9 </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>p. 23,24,68</b></span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Maggie) </span><a href="http://shortcookie.blogspot.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">shortcookie.blogspot.com</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Week 11 March 16 </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>p. 25,26,69</b></span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Emily) </span><a href="http://www.simplegirlsimplelife.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Simplegirlsimplelife.com</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Week 12 March 23 </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>p. 27,28,70</b></span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Barbie) </span><a href="http://thequiltingmill.blogspot.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">thequiltingmill.blogspot.com</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Week 13 March 30 </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>p. 29,30,72</b></span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Tiffany) </span><a href="http://sewinsomethin.blogspot.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sewinsomethin.blogspot.com</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Week 14 April 6 </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>p. 33,34,74</b></span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Maggie) </span><a href="http://shortcookie.blogspot.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">shortcookie.blogspot.com</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Week 15 April 13</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b> p. 35,36,75</b></span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Natalie) </span><a href="http://www.natalie-ever-after.blogspot.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">natalie-ever-after.blogspot.com</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Week 16 April 20 </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>p. 37,39,76</b></span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Katie) </span><a href="http://ocouss.blogspot.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ocouss.blogspot.com</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Week 17 April 27</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b> p. 40,41,77</b></span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Marion) </span><a href="http://myquiltdiet.blogspot.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">myquiltdiet.blogspot.com</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Week 18 May 4 </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>p. 42,43,78</b></span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Barbie) </span><a href="http://thequiltingmill.blogspot.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">thequiltingmill.blogspot.com</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Week 19 May 11 </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>p. 44,45,79</b></span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Konda) </span><a href="http://www.moosequilts.com/blog" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">moosequilts.com/blog</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Week 20 May 18 </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>p. 46,47,80</b></span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Machelle) </span><a href="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/2b/f9/f0/2bf9f05c0fa85237cad11350b8f09d6a.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">cherrytreecottagequilts.blogspot.com</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Week 21 May 25 </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>p. 48,49,81</b></span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Stacy) </span><a href="http://sewnicetocreate.blogspot.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sewnicetocreate.blogspot.com</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Week 22 June 1 </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>p. 50,51,82</b></span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Barbie) </span><a href="http://thequiltingmill.blogspot.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">thequiltingmill.blogspot.com</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Week 23 June 8 </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>p. 53, 83, 91</b></span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(Natalie) </span><a href="http://www.natalie-ever-after.blogspot.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">natalie-ever-after.blogspot.com</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Week 24 June 15 </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>p. 55,84,92</b></span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Tiffany) </span><a href="http://sewinsomethin.blogspot.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sewinsomethin.blogspot.com</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Week 25 June 22 </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>p. 56, 86, 93 </b></span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(Marion) </span><a href="http://myquiltdiet.blogspot.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">myquiltdiet.blogspot.com</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Week 26 June 29 </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>p. 87,88,94</b></span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Katie) </span><a href="http://ocouss.blogspot.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ocouss.blogspot.com</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Week 27 July 6 </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Sashing and setting</b></span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Natalie) </span><a href="http://www.natalie-ever-after.blogspot.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">natalie-ever-after.blogspot.com</span></a></span></span></div>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-434c79b8-c532-d8fe-5a85-24df31eabcbb"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Week 28 July 13 <b> Wrap up</b> (Marion) </span><a href="http://myquiltdiet.blogspot.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">myquiltdiet.blogspot.com</span></a></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Grammy T.</span>Grammy T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09527262160415898239noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198316359135664473.post-80104260308501122692015-01-02T13:14:00.000-07:002015-01-07T13:33:01.117-07:00A Place For Everything And Everything In It's Place<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Happy 2015</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And yes it's time, </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">time to;</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i>Have a place for everything and put everything in it's place.</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That was on of my daddy's favorite sayings. And the older I get, and I am getting really old, I realize the wisdom in this old saying. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My dads garden shed was organized. Did he buy fancy things to organize it, no.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He used what he had like the jars in the picture screwed to the board above of the shelves he had built out of scraps. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The saying appeared in a story published by the Religious Tract Society </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">in 1799 - <em style="line-height: 23.3999996185303px;">The Naughty Girl Won</em><span style="line-height: 23.3999996185303px;">:</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Before, however, Lucy had been an hour in the house she had contrived a place for everything and put everything in its place."</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So there you have it, naughty girl or not it is a great saying.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 23.3999996185303px; text-align: start;">The phrase is typical of the uplifting homilies that were promoted </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 23.3999996185303px; text-align: start;">during the Victorian era (beginning 1837), e.g. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 23.3999996185303px; text-align: start;">'cleanliness is next to godliness' </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 23.3999996185303px; text-align: start;">(circa 1880s).</span> </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And I loved this idea;</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 27.2000007629395px; text-align: start;">“First then, while you are little boys, let there be order in everything. Try and have a place for everything and everything in its place. If your father has things in that way, see that you place everything back after using it. Hours, days, yea, months and years, are wasted by too many in hunting tools and farming implements; time thus wasted is time needlessly lost, precious time that will never return…I mention this first because it </span><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 27.2000007629395px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;">is first in importance. </em><span style="line-height: 27.2000007629395px; text-align: start;">It governs your every act through life. If you start life thus and have a place for everything, you cannot fail to make good farmers.” -</span><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 27.2000007629395px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;">Report of the Secretary of the Iowa State Agricultural Society</em><span style="line-height: 27.2000007629395px; text-align: start;">, 1865</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 27.2000007629395px; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So if you want to be a good farmer or just an organized housewife </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 27.2000007629395px; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and not a raving idiot just </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><i><b><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 27.2000007629395px; text-align: start;">"</span>Have a place for everything and put everything in it's place."</span></b></i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So this is the deal kids, if you keep things picked up and </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">organized your house won't look dirty. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It may be dirty but it won't look it. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It will look nicer and then it is actually easy to </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">clean houses that are organized. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here are a few more organizing ideas for the New Year that you can do without spending much money:</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And they have lots more </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then do another room.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then see how good you feel.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For the junk and clutter get four plastic bags.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Take the bags out and put the things where they go.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now doesn't your room or drawer or closet look nice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now you can clean it and it will be a cinch. </span></div>
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</span></span>Grammy T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09527262160415898239noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198316359135664473.post-79807466496268036582014-12-25T20:10:00.000-07:002014-12-26T13:35:36.647-07:00What Is The Redneck Version Of "See You Later" In German?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I met them in Germany </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">in 1963. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He was from North Carolina and </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">she had been born in Austria and </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I loved them to pieces. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">His name was Joe and hers Maria. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He spoke pigeon German with a southern accent. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He said cute things like, Kooken Due Spate for </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">‘see you later‘, </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He could fix anything with gummy fudgey </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and he called me and Maria Schatzie. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and would not give her Hitler relics away </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to those American soldiers for bubble gum, nope. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She buried hers. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She knew she had been brainwashed and felt bad about it. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While at youth camp they had gone hungry and </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">her toes froze. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wish I could see them again right now. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I would hug their necks and cry, </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love them so much.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you see them tell them I love them. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Love,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Grammy T.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;">The old man sat in his gas station on a cold Christmas Eve. He hadn't been anywhere in years since his wife had passed away. It was just another day to him. He didn't hate Christmas, just couldn't find a reason to celebrate. He was sitting there looking at the snow that had been falling for the last hour and wondering what it was all about when the door opened and a homeless man stepped through.<span class="yiv160201362ecxApple-converted-space" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;"> </span><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" />Instead of throwing the man out, Old George as he was known by his customers, told the man to come and sit by the heater and warm up. "Thank you, but I don't mean to intrude," said the stranger. "I see you're busy, I'll just go."<span class="yiv160201362ecxApple-converted-space" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;"> </span><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" />"Not without something hot in your belly." George said.<span class="yiv160201362ecxApple-converted-space" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;"> </span><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" />He turned and opened a wide mouth Thermos and handed it to the stranger. "It ain't much, but it's hot and tasty. Stew ... Made it myself. When you're done, there's coffee and it's fresh."<span class="yiv160201362ecxApple-converted-space" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;"> </span><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" />Just at that moment he heard the "ding" of the driveway bell. "Excuse me, be right back," George said. There in the driveway was an old '53 Chevy. Steam was rolling out of the front.. The driver was panicked. "Mister can you help me!" said the driver, with a deep Spanish accent. "My wife is with child and my car is broken." George opened the hood. It was bad. The block looked cracked from the cold, the car was dead.<span class="yiv160201362ecxApple-converted-space" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;"> </span><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" />"You ain't going in this thing," George said as he turned away.<span class="yiv160201362ecxApple-converted-space" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;"> </span><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" />"But Mister, please help ..." The door of the office closed behind George as he went inside. He went to the office wall and got the keys to his old truck, and went back outside. He walked around the building, opened the garage, started the truck and drove it around to where the couple was waiting. "Here, take my truck," he said. "She ain't the best thing you ever looked at, but she runs real good."<br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" />George helped put the woman in the truck and watched as it sped off into the night. He turned and walked back inside the office. "Glad I gave 'em the truck, their tires were shot too. That 'ol truck has brand new ." George thought he was talking to the stranger, but the man had gone. The Thermos was on the desk, empty, with a used coffee cup beside it. "Well, at least he got something in his belly," George thought.<span class="yiv160201362ecxApple-converted-space" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;"> </span><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" />George went back outside to see if the old Chevy would start. It cranked slowly, but it started. He pulled it into the garage where the truck had been. He thought he would tinker with it for something to do. Christmas Eve meant no customers. He discovered the the block hadn't cracked, it was just the bottom hose on the radiator. "Well, shoot, I can fix this," he said to himself. So he put a new one on.<span class="yiv160201362ecxApple-converted-space" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;"> </span><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" />"Those tires ain't gonna get 'em through the winter either." He took the snow treads off of his wife's old Lincoln. They were like new and he wasn't going to drive the car anyway.<span class="yiv160201362ecxApple-converted-space" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;"> </span><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" />As he was working, he heard shots being fired. He ran outside and beside a police car an officer lay on the cold ground. Bleeding from the left shoulder, the officer moaned, "Please help me."<span class="yiv160201362ecxApple-converted-space" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;"> </span><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" />George helped the officer inside as he remembered the training he had received in the Army as a medic. He knew the wound needed attention. "Pressure to stop the bleeding," he thought. The uniform company had been there that morning and had left clean shop towels. He used those and duct tape to bind the wound. "Hey, they say duct tape can fix anythin'," he said, trying to make the policeman feel at ease.<span class="yiv160201362ecxApple-converted-space" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;"> </span><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" />"Something for pain," George thought. All he had was the pills he used for his back. "These ought to work." He put some water in a cup and gave the policeman the pills. "You hang in there, I'm going to get you an ambulance."<span class="yiv160201362ecxApple-converted-space" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;"> </span><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" />The phone was dead. "Maybe I can get one of your buddies on that there talk box out in your car." He went out only to find that a bullet had gone into the dashboard destroying the two way radio.<span class="yiv160201362ecxApple-converted-space" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;"> </span><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" />He went back in to find the policeman sitting up. "Thanks," said the officer. "You could have left me there. The guy that shot me is still in the area."<span class="yiv160201362ecxApple-converted-space" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;"> </span><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" />George sat down beside him, "I would never leave an injured man in the Army and I ain't gonna leave you." George pulled back the bandage to check for bleeding. "Looks worse than what it is. Bullet passed right through 'ya. Good thing it missed the important stuff though. I think with time your gonna be right as rain."<span class="yiv160201362ecxApple-converted-space" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;"> </span><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" />George got up and poured a cup of coffee. "How do you take it?" he asked.<span class="yiv160201362ecxApple-converted-space" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;"> </span><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" />"None for me," said the officer..<span class="yiv160201362ecxApple-converted-space" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;"> </span><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" />"Oh, yer gonna drink this. Best in the city. Too bad I ain't got no donuts." The officer laughed and winced at the same time.<span class="yiv160201362ecxApple-converted-space" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;"> </span><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" />The front door of the office flew open. In burst a young man with a gun. "Give me all your cash! Do it now!" the young man yelled. His hand was shaking and George could tell that he had never done anything like this before.<span class="yiv160201362ecxApple-converted-space" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;"> </span><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" />"That's the guy that shot me!" exclaimed the officer.<span class="yiv160201362ecxApple-converted-space" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;"> </span><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" />"Son, why are you doing this?" asked George, "You need to put the cannon away. Somebody else might get hurt."<span class="yiv160201362ecxApple-converted-space" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;"> </span><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" />The young man was confused. "Shut up old man, or I'll shoot you, too. Now give me the cash!"<span class="yiv160201362ecxApple-converted-space" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;"> </span><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" />The cop was reaching for his gun. "Put that thing away," George said to the cop, "we got one too many in here now."<span class="yiv160201362ecxApple-converted-space" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;"> </span><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" />He turned his attention to the young man. "Son, it's Christmas Eve. If you need money, well then, here. It ain't much but it's all I got. Now put that pea shooter away."<span class="yiv160201362ecxApple-converted-space" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;"> </span><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" />George pulled $150 out of his pocket and handed it to the young man, reaching for the barrel of the gun at the same time. The young man released his grip on the gun, fell to his knees and began to cry. "I'm not very good at this am I? All I wanted was to buy something for my wife and son," he went on. "I've lost my job, my rent is due, my car got repossessed last week."<span class="yiv160201362ecxApple-converted-space" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;"> </span><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" />George handed the gun to the cop. "Son, we all get in a bit of squeeze now and then. The road gets hard sometimes, but we make it through the best we can."<span class="yiv160201362ecxApple-converted-space" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;"> </span><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" />He got the young man to his feet, and sat him down on a chair across from the cop. "Sometimes we do stupid things." George handed the young man a cup of coffee. "Bein' stupid is one of the things that makes us human. Comin' in here with a gun ain't the answer. Now sit there and get warm and we'll sort this thing out."<span class="yiv160201362ecxApple-converted-space" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;"> </span><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" />The young man had stopped crying. He looked over to the cop. "Sorry I shot you. It just went off. I'm sorry officer."<span class="yiv160201362ecxApple-converted-space" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;"> </span><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" />"Shut up and drink your coffee " the cop said.<span class="yiv160201362ecxApple-converted-space" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;"> </span><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" />George could hear the sounds of sirens outside. A police car and an ambulance skidded to a halt. Two cops came through the door, guns drawn. "Chuck! You ok?" one of the cops asked the wounded officer.<span class="yiv160201362ecxApple-converted-space" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;"> </span><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" />"Not bad for a guy who took a bullet. How did you find me?"<span class="yiv160201362ecxApple-converted-space" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;"> </span><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" />"GPS locator in the car. Best thing since sliced bread. Who did this?" the other cop asked as he approached the young man.<span class="yiv160201362ecxApple-converted-space" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;"> </span><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" />Chuck answered him, "I don't know. The guy ran off into the dark. Just dropped his gun and ran."<span class="yiv160201362ecxApple-converted-space" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;"> </span><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" />George and the young man both looked puzzled at each other.<span class="yiv160201362ecxApple-converted-space" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;"> </span><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" />"That guy work here?" the wounded cop continued.<span class="yiv160201362ecxApple-converted-space" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;"> </span><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" />"Yep," George said, "just hired him this morning. Boy lost his job."<span class="yiv160201362ecxApple-converted-space" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;"> </span><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" />The paramedics came in and loaded Chuck onto the stretcher. The young man leaned over the wounded cop and whispered, "Why?"<span class="yiv160201362ecxApple-converted-space" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;"> </span><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" />Chuck just said, "Merry Christmas boy ... and you too, George, and thanks for everything."<span class="yiv160201362ecxApple-converted-space" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;"> </span><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" />"Well, looks like you got one doozy of a break there. That ought to solve some of your problems."<span class="yiv160201362ecxApple-converted-space" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;"> </span><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" />George went into the back room and came out with a box. He pulled out a ring box. "Here you go, something for the little woman. I don't think Martha would mind. She said it would come in handy some day."<span class="yiv160201362ecxApple-converted-space" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;"> </span><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" />The young man looked inside to see the biggest diamond ring he ever saw. "I can't take this," said the young man. "It means something to you."<span class="yiv160201362ecxApple-converted-space" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;"> </span><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" />"And now it means something to you," replied George. "I got my memories. That's all I need."<span class="yiv160201362ecxApple-converted-space" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;"> </span><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" />George reached into the box again. An airplane, a car and a truck appeared next. They were toys that the oil company had left for him to sell. "Here's something for that little man of yours."<span class="yiv160201362ecxApple-converted-space" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;"> </span><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" />The young man began to cry again as he handed back the $150 that the old man had handed him earlier.<span class="yiv160201362ecxApple-converted-space" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;"> </span><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" />"And what are you supposed to buy Christmas dinner with? You keep that too," George said. "Now git home to your family."<span class="yiv160201362ecxApple-converted-space" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;"> </span><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" />The young man turned with tears streaming down his face. "I'll be here in the morning for work, if that job offer is still good."<span class="yiv160201362ecxApple-converted-space" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;"> </span><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" />"Nope. I'm closed Christmas day," George said. "See ya the day after."<span class="yiv160201362ecxApple-converted-space" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;"> </span><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" />George turned around to find that the stranger had returned. "Where'd you come from? I thought you left?"<span class="yiv160201362ecxApple-converted-space" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;"> </span><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" />"I have been here. I have always been here," said the stranger. "You say you don't celebrate Christmas. Why?"<span class="yiv160201362ecxApple-converted-space" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;"> </span><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" />"Well, after my wife passed away, I just couldn't see what all the bother was. Puttin' up a tree and all seemed a waste of a good pine tree. Bakin' cookies like I used to with Martha just wasn't the same by myself and besides I was gettin' a little chubby."<span class="yiv160201362ecxApple-converted-space" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;"> </span><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" />The stranger put his hand on George's shoulder. "But you do celebrate the holiday, George. You gave me food and drink and warmed me when I was cold and hungry. The woman with child will bear a son and he will become a great doctor.<span class="yiv160201362ecxApple-converted-space" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;"> </span><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" />The policeman you helped will go on to save 19 people from being killed by terrorists. The young man who tried to rob you will make you a rich man and not take any for himself. "That is the spirit of the season and you keep it as good as any man."<span class="yiv160201362ecxApple-converted-space" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;"> </span><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" />George was taken aback by all this stranger had said. "And how do you know all this?" asked the old man.<span class="yiv160201362ecxApple-converted-space" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;"> </span><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" />"Trust me, George. I have the inside track on this sort of thing. And when your days are done you will be with Martha again."<span class="yiv160201362ecxApple-converted-space" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;"> </span><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" />The stranger moved toward the door. "If you will excuse me, George, I have to go now. I have to go home where there is a big celebration planned."<span class="yiv160201362ecxApple-converted-space" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;"> </span><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" />George watched as the old leather jacket and the torn pants that the stranger was wearing turned into a white robe. A golden light began to fill the room.<span class="yiv160201362ecxApple-converted-space" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;"> </span><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" />"You see, George ... it's my birthday. Merry Christmas."<span class="yiv160201362ecxApple-converted-space" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;"> </span><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;" />George fell to his knees and replied, "Happy Birthday, Lord Jesus"</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">I did a post on Nami-Nami's </span></span><span style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://grammytsamazingadventures.blogspot.com/2011/03/estonian-soda-bread-recipe-it-is-good.html" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4em;" target="_blank">Estonian Soda Bread Recipe</a><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4em;">. That blog post has been viewed by people from all around the world. I found her because I had some leftover </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">sauerkraut</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4em;"><span style="background-color: white;"> that I wanted to use in a recipe. I found some soup. But today I found this gorgeous cake by David Lebovitz</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">.</span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4em; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"> His cookbook is found on Amazon and is called </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; line-height: 1.3;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1580084958/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1580084958&linkCode=as2&tag=gratsamaadv-20&linkId=J4WSTTGIH24WU6R7%22%3EThe%20Great%20Book%20of%20Chocolate%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=gratsamaadv-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1580084958%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20!important;%20margin:0px%20!important;%22%20/%3E" target="_blank">The Great Book of Chocolate</a>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">In this recipe you can go to the <a href="http://www.metric-conversions.org/weight/grams-to-ounces.htm" target="_blank">Grams to Ounces</a> page to calculate the ingredients. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">100 grams sauerkraut</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">50 grams unsweetened cocoa powder</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">280 grams plain/all-purpose flour</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">1 tsp baking soda</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">0.25 tsp salt</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">150 g unsalted butter, at room temperature</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">300 g caster sugar</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">3 large eggs, at room temperature</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">250 ml milk, cold</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">100 grams dark chocolate (I used Fazer's 71% chocolate)</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">50 grams unsalted butter</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">1 tsp light syrup (Dansukker) or light corn syrup</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Preheat the oven to 160°C. Butter a 3-litre Bundt or tube cake pan.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Rinse the sauerkraut in cold water, gently squeeze dry and chop finely.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Sift together the cocoa powder, flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Beat the butter and sugar until light and creamy. Add eggs, one by one, beating after each addition.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Stir in one-third of the dry ingredients, then half of the milk. Then stir in another third of the dry ingredients, then the remaining milk. Finally, mix in the remaining dry ingredients, vanilla extract and the chopped sauerkraut.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool completely then invert onto a serving plate.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Beautiful way to use your leftovers.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanksgiving is over and we have a ton of cranberry relish.</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now what. </span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, let's make a cake.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.cdkitchen.com/recipes/recs/2313/Thanksgiving-Cranberry-Sauce-C118510.shtml" target="_blank">This is the winner</a>;</span><br />
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Sift together dry ingredients. Add remaining cranberry sauce, nuts, mayonnaise and orange rind. Mix well. Stir in orange juice.<br />
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Grease a 9 x 3 1/2-inch tube pan. Line bottom with wax paper. Bake at 350 degrees F for 1 1/4 hours.<br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think it will turn out really nice for a boy that needs a </span></div>
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Grammy T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09527262160415898239noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198316359135664473.post-51800888243788629342014-11-09T23:01:00.000-07:002014-11-09T23:12:59.556-07:00UFO's Finished <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Hollyhocks quilt pattern is from <a href="http://stitchesandsewforth.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2013-07-30T13:54:00-07:00&max-results=7&start=14&by-date=false" target="_blank">Stitches and Sew Forth.</a> Just call Becky for that and she will send it. She also has a mystery quilt every month that is a wonderful deal. That is how I got Hollyhocks. Her kits range from $29.00 to $39.00. That is for all fabric except the back and the pattern. You really can't go wrong.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Solids Challenge quilt is Turning Ten by Tricia Cobbs. The pattern is on the right side of the blog. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Apron is Strawberry Licorice and the pattern is on the right of this blog in the sidelines. It's at Amazon.com. You can also see the Tutorial at <a href="http://sewmuchgood.blogspot.com/search/label/Tutorials" target="_blank">Sew Much Good.</a></span><br />
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Grammy T. </span>Grammy T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09527262160415898239noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198316359135664473.post-57564739523669374262014-11-08T09:29:00.000-07:002014-11-08T09:29:22.759-07:00Thanksgiving Decorations and Creepy Lice<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: 'Bradley hand', sans-serif;">When I was in beauty college </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Bradley hand', sans-serif;">I'd never thought much about lice at all really. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Bradley hand', sans-serif;">It makes me itch to tell you about it. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Bradley hand', sans-serif;">Our instructors all bleached their hair that night to kill any unseen threat. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Bradley hand', sans-serif;">That was such a relief. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Bradley hand', sans-serif;">Such a relief.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Bradley hand', sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Bradley hand', sans-serif;">Grammy T.</span></div>
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Grammy T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09527262160415898239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198316359135664473.post-5105834350995076162014-11-03T21:31:00.000-07:002014-11-03T21:32:01.750-07:00A 10 year old boy, A BB gun, Little Mice and a Big Picture Window, OOPS!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN">I have this adorable big family and m</span><span lang="EN">y grandchildren can do some outrageous things at times. </span>In the year 2000 six of them were born. They are now 10 years old. Two of them, the boys, were born on the same day in California but in different towns and hospitals. Two of the girls are twins so of course they were born on the same day and the other two, the oldest of the group and the youngest of the group are girls and were born in the same hospital months apart. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The boys really are unique. To show you just how adorable they can be, later in the day yesterday, one of the boys, we’ll call him Tucker for the heck of it, went mouse hunting with his bigger brothers and their BB Guns, yep BB Guns. The mice had found the chicken feed from the adorable coop the boys father had built at Easter time and were having a feast. No problem….the boys will rid the neighborhood of these pesky little critters one little mouse at a time by shooting them. Great thinking right? Well, as the story goes the big boys did the shooting, let’s just call those big boys Tanner and Tyler for the lack of good judgment, and our youngest, Tucker was being very good and didn't aim at the mice at all. Not At All. Heck no, but he did accidentally pulled the trigger and shoot the window, the picture window. I have to tell you that I am so glad that I wasn’t around when their folks got home. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fortunately for these Cowboy Casanova’s their dad had some time to think about it before <em>attacking</em> the problem. What did I do when I found out? I cracked up totally and completely. I was still laughing at prayer time, which puzzled my husband a bit.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Remember Tim when you took my new queen sized mattress out to the backyard so that you and all of the other kids in the world could have a soft landing when you and they jumped from the roof. Yep, I still remember too. And remember your BB Gun escapades in Idaho? Well, me too honey. And as far as I am concerned, I love you to pieces and you will always be my little boy. And it isn’t the problems we have in this ol’ life that matters it is how we handle them.</span></span><br />
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Grammy T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09527262160415898239noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198316359135664473.post-78769152162809510792014-11-02T22:12:00.000-07:002014-11-03T09:57:40.112-07:00How The Heck Are They Called "The GOOD Old Days?”<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I was pregnant with Timmy, Little Grandma came to town. She lived in Idaho and traveled to see all of her children and their children. She had 125 grandchildren at the time. You see she had 14 children and twelve were living in 1967. The folks called and asked if she could come over and help me make a quilt for the baby. She brought the fabric, batting, frame and yarn. We called her Little Grandma because she was truly little, 4 feet 10 ½ inches to be exact. She had snow white hair that she wore in a cute little bun on the top of her head. When she took her hair down at night it was very long, down to her waist. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While we sat tying that little quilt she told me about making bread and keeping the yeast start on the top of the wood burning stove and how she would add flour and water from the potatoes to it. She always had yeast that way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She told me about the olden days when she had baby’s. She told me how her tiny baby Rosetta had died because the midwife had told her not to give her any liquids for her fever. As we know now that was not good advice. The baby seemed much better at bedtime so she put the baby next to her in bed to keep her warm but in the morning she found that the baby had died. She explained that they always slept with the baby to keep them from freezing from the cold in the night.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She told me that her twelve year old Leo had Rheumatic Fever and got so sick that the doctor told her to put his bed in the front room so that he could see all of his family before he died. He did die and that was so sad for them all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I asked her “How could you stand loosing those babies, your heart must have broke.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She said “You have to handle it, you just have to handle it.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I understand now but how in the heck are they called "The GOOD old Days?”</span><br />
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Grammy T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09527262160415898239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198316359135664473.post-40909022168142671782014-11-01T06:51:00.000-06:002014-11-01T06:51:52.511-06:00Remember My Story<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Remember my story about the </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://grammytsamazingadventures.blogspot.com/2014/10/heavenly-father-sent-us-two-black-cows.html" target="_blank">two cows that came visiting</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">in the middle of the night?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well I just had to share this darling picture. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you love cows you will love this. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Love,
Grammy T.</span></div>
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