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    Thanksgiving Recipe Ideas

    November 20, 2012 / 8 Comments

    I might be stirring shit up by saying this, but I am not a fan of many traditional Thanksgiving side dishes. I’m sure some people love the canned candied yams topped with melted marshmellows, the green beans with cream of mushroom soup and the crunchy dried onions on top. I know I have heard a friend or two confess that they love cranberries out of a can and think it’s fun how they plop out on a plate, ridges and all. That’s fine I guess, if that is what you like, or grew up with, or whatever. I know I grew up with those dishes and I’m sure I loved…

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    Lilly

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    Gardening… and life and death.

    June 27, 2012 / 4 Comments

    Let me start by saying, my mom is alive and doing well. We did have a hospital scare last week, that had me fretting, missing work (and some blog posting) and thinking a lot about this new phase of life us mid to late thirty-somethings seem to be heading into. Mom and I, when I was around 12 or 13. My mom is 70 and has never been sick, not as long as I can remember anyway. So my whole family was very scared and worried when my mom landed in the ER and then PCU last week. I ended up with most of the week off as a result.…

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    Lilly

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