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Month: November 2011

Gluten Free Pie CrustGluten Free pumpkin pie slice
December 1, 2011
Heather L
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Gluten Free Pie Crust

Posted in Gluten Free, Homemaking, and Photography

Finally, a yummy, flaky gluten free pie crust. Ingredients: 3/4 C Brown Rice Flour 1 1/2 C Sweet Rice Flour 1/4 C Potato Starch (not flour) 1 tsp. salt 3/4 C + 2 Tbsp Butter (allow to sit on counter for a few minutes to soften) 2 eggs 1/4 C cold water Directions: 1. Combine all dry ingredients in mixing bowl. 2. Add butter and mix (I use my Kitchenaid stand mixer) until you have a crumbly mixture. 3. Add in the eggs and mix until combined with the dry ingredients. 4. Slowly add in the water until the dough…

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Artistic PursuitsArtistic Pursuits
November 30, 2011
Heather L
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Artistic Pursuits

Posted in Reviews

Artistic Pursuits Senior High Book 1 ($42.95) is designed to be a one year course worth one high school credit.  It uses three grades of drawing pencils, vine charcoal and compressed charcoal. The contents of the course include: Space Line Texture Shape Form Value Contrast and Unity Balance Rhythm Depth by Overlapping Depth by Position and Size One and Two Point Perspective Atmospheric Perspective Proportion, the Face Proportion, the Figure Clothing the Figure While Munchkin adores drawing and art, we don’t always get around to it in school because it usually takes too much preparation time for me.  Artistic Pursuits…

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Wreaths of MaineWreath
November 29, 2011
Heather L
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Wreaths of Maine

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Living in the Arizona desert, I find myself missing the aromatic smell of fresh pine.  When we lived on the East Coast, we pretty much always had pine trees in our yard.  While I didn’t always care for the tree sap, I did enjoy the fragrance.  All those memories surrounding pine trees, seemed to flood back into my mind when I opened my box from Wreaths of Maine.  Inside the box was a beautifully packaged Balsam Fir Christmas wreath. To keep the bow looking pretty, it’s packaged inside of the wreath. The recipient of the wreath can then place it…

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STP Multipurpose Motor Treatment #engineluv #CBiasSTP Shop
November 29, 2011
Devildog
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STP Multipurpose Motor Treatment #engineluv #CBias

Posted in In the Garage, and Reviews

I’m pleased to have D doing his first guest post today… When I first heard of writing about STP’s Multipurpose Motor Treatment I thought it was a good fit as I am always purchasing additives and stabilizers for my toys and vehicles. I had never heard of this product, so I was curious as to what it was. As it turns out, this product can complete several different things: fuel system cleaner motor oil treatment engine flush 2 and 4 stroke small engine fuel system cleaner I am continually purchasing fuel stabilizer for my generators (one for the house and…

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Back to Work He GoesDecorating Tree
November 29, 2011
Heather L
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Back to Work He Goes

Posted in Family, Holidays, Military Life, and Photography

Today was D’s first day back to work after his surgery.  Thanks to a long Thanksgiving weekend, it was only a half day of work.  He was pretty wiped and hurting by the time he came home, but overall things went pretty well.  We keep thinking back to the previous back surgery and find ourselves so grateful that it all went better this time around.  Last time he went back to work, I was receiving text messages from a concerned Marine saying that he really needed to go back to the doctor prior to coming back to work.  This time,…

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