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Month: November 2010

November 23, 2010
Heather L
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First Breadmaking Attempt: Herb Bread

Posted in Gluten Free, and Homemaking

Seeing how I’m still battling with a stomach bug, Munchkin decided that she would step up and help me get started on some of the Thanksgiving preparations.  Since we’re gluten free, part of the process is making bread for the express purpose of making stuffing/dressing.  The bread needs to sit and get a little stale prior to making the stuffing/dressing, so we needed to get started on the process today. Munchkin decided that she would like to learn how to make gluten free bread.  The nice thing about gluten free bread is that you don’t have to concern yourself with…

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November 22, 2010
Heather L
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Thanksgiving Traditions Remembered

Posted in Family, and Holidays

Food, Family, and Football As I was looking for the Pretty, Pretty Princess picture of big T, I had the opportunity to look over many pictures from the past.  It got me thinking about past Thanksgiving traditions. Growing up, Thanksgiving meant that we were heading to my grandparent’s house in PA.  That’s where my Dad’s side of the family got together each year at Thanksgiving.  We would eat a huge Thanksgiving meal, watch A Christmas Story (“You’ll shoot your eye out!”), watch some football, and play lots of card games. We’d also head up to the mountain.  Sometimes, just the…

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November 22, 2010
Heather L
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Review: Bethlehem Skyline Volume 2

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Bethlehem Skyline Vol. 2 A Celebration of Christmas Christmas is a time of joy and wonder that is often mixed with anxiety and stress as the secular and sacred collide. Even believers are sometimes distracted from the true reason for celebration by the mundane demands of life during the hectic holiday season. For many people, music serves as an oasis in the midst of the madness, a way to focus on the miracle of our Savior’s birth and the beauty of God’s plan. Bethlehem Skyline2 opens a doorway to worship and invites everyone to celebrate. Bethlehem Sky Volume 2 is…

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November 22, 2010
Heather L
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Review: The Shadowed Mind

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The Shadowed Mind: A Dinah Harris Mystery After the deadly investigation into the Smithsonian murders, Dinah Harris has finally faced her alcoholism head-on, but this new case is causing her to doubt her resolve.  The reasons behind the serial murders is hitting a little to close to home.  It would be so easy to slip back into her alcoholic tendencies.  Will she be able to maintain her sobriety and find the serial killer or will the shadows from the past be too much to overcome? In the second book in the Dinah Harris trilogy, readers are taken into the world…

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November 22, 2010
Heather L
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Review: Gluten Free Restaurant Guide

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The Essential Gluten-Free Restaurant Guide 5th Edition As the holidays near, food is on our minds more and more.  Families and friends are getting together and going out to eat.  When you’re gluten free, this can be a bit intimidating – especially if you’re new to gluten free eating.  First, you need to find a place where you can go out to eat.  Then, you need to make sure the staff truly understands what it means for a dish to be gluten free.  Cross-contamination is always a concern. When you add in the fact that you often find yourself away…

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