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Monthly Archives: October 2015
Shrimp Florentine
After posting about my marathon meal preparation I got a request for the Shrimp Florentine recipe. So here you go Susan, The original recipe came from this Better Homes & Garden cookbook. However I made a few adjustments. 1 lb. … Continue reading
5 Frugal Things
There were two cents waiting for me when I got to the self-checkout machine at the grocery store. The Pacific Northwest had an unusually warm and long summer. Short days, cool temperatures and rain, all proof that summer has past. When the … Continue reading
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Tagged found money, mending, Netflix, rain boots, rubber boots, shoe goo, tracfone
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stumped again
Here are a couple of other things I can’t figure out. This green spikey thing I guess it could be a hair brush for a GIANT. Then there’s this, it looks like a bar of soap, but the label reads On … Continue reading
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Show & Tell
Last week I told you I was back to being retired. Well, On Friday a customer called who HAD to have a two tiered birthday cake for her son on Sunday. Our policy is 2-weeks notice for tiered cakes, but … Continue reading
I’m stumped
I find thrifting entertaining. Sometimes though I get stumped. I was at Goodwill when I found an object that I can not identify. It was with the figurines. It’s pretty. It’s about 9″ tall and 2 1/2″ in diameter. The … Continue reading
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Five Frugal Things
Despite being tempted on several occasions, I have refrained from turning on the furnace. I just wear layers and huddle in my blanket. I batched errands including a trip to the grocery store where I bought a marked down sirloin … Continue reading
Frugal House Numbers
When I had a covered back porch added to the my 3 bedroom rambler, I purchased not only the light fixtures for the porch but for the front of the house too. I didn’t want a hodge-podge of styles. The new lamps had … Continue reading
Show & Tell Sunday
my favorite customers are the ones that bring in an inspiration piece and ask us to design a cake from it. here are a few examples:
