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Vanilla Sugar & Vanilla-Cinnamon Spice

Posted in Gluten Free, Homemaking, and Photography

Mmmm… The yummy holiday scents are filling the air due to making some vanilla sugar and vanilla-cinnamon spice for holiday baking (as well as for the rest of the year).  Little flecks of vanilla bean pepper my white kitchen counter and the room smells delightful. Yesterday, when I wrote about the homemade vanilla extract, I said to make sure you didn’t toss those used vanilla beans.  Well, I thought I’d go ahead and show you why it’s a great idea to re-purpose those beans that still have plenty of vanilla flavor in them.  It seems a little funny calling it a recipe…

Homemade Vanilla Extract

Posted in Gluten Free, Homemaking, and Photography

Mmmm… Homemade vanilla extract Back in January, I decided to make some of my own homemade vanilla extract.  Part of the whole process is allowing it to sit – for a long time – in a dark place.  It’s when of those fix it and forget about it type of things.   Well, finally, the time came when we could start using it.  It’s so much better than store bought vanilla extract.  I am so glad that I decided to go ahead and make it. My problem was that I wanted some cute storage containers for the extract, and I…

An Afternoon Drive

Posted in Family, and Photography

Today, D drove for the first time since his surgery.  Since he really enjoys driving, this is a big deal for him.  We didn’t go very far, and I was there “just in case”.  Gradually, we’ll build him back up to his normal driving and what not.  It’s a slower process than he would like, but he’s doing well.  When it comes time for him to head back to work, it looks like he’ll actually be ready this time around.  Last time, I had a few text messages from a Marine saying the I needed to get him back to…

Fun with Cousins

Posted in Family, and Photography

Last night, due to some unknown issues, I had to do a factory reset on my smartphone.  I set out to make sure all of my pics and what not were all backed up “just in case”.  The fun thing about that whole ordeal was that I saw some of the pics on my phone that I took over the summer which I had forgotten about.  I came across this picture of Munchkin and her cousins. I took this right after we picked them up at the airport.  The girls were with us (D and I) while the other adults…