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Summer’s Here

Posted in Blogroll, Internet, ManMade Market, NC, Rambling, The Writer, tagged archaelogist, archaelogy, blog, blogging, book, chronicles of narnia, hot, indian jones, man made market, ManMade Market, manmademarket, movie, narnia, NC, North Carolina, prince caspian, professinal writing, public history, sci-fi, spring, story, summer, the lion the witch and the wardrobe, weather, winter on May 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »

We’ve had an unusually mild May for NC this year. But with June 1 right a mere few hours away, summer has finally arrived. It’s in the 90s right now. Blah. I told Matthew that summer’s in NC are my winter. I just want to stay inside in the air conditioning for the next four [...]

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In Rememberance

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged country, dead, freedom, holiday, honor, Marine, memorial day, military, remember, sacrifice, service, veteran on May 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »

A Memorial Day, Fourth of July or Veteran’s Day can’t go by without causing me to remember those who have served, are serving and will serve for the freedom of this country. They also can’t go by without causing our home to remember those we know personally who gave the ultimate sacrifice for this country. [...]

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Weekend Project

Posted in Home Sweet Home, tagged closet, DIY, handmade, homemade, homse, House, organization, project, Redo, renovation, shed, shelves, shelving, small, space, storage, weekend on May 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »

WARNING: The pictures you are about to see are of low quality (thank you small spaces) and may cause retinal damage. Proceed with caution.
So I’ve been tossing around the idea of building shelves in one of our two closets for some time now. Yes, you read that right, we have two closets. That’s the downside [...]

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Stormy Weather, Good Eats and a Whatsit

Posted in Home Sweet Home, Rambling, food, tagged avocado, cheese, clouds, conservative, cook, cooked, cooking, crackers, craft, creative circle, domestic, enigma, food, freezer jam, fruit, futile, goat, Google, herb, herbed, herbs, jam, jelli, lazy, Martha Stewart, meat, MREs, mushrooms, mystery, onions, pasta, pie, plant, plants, rain, recipes, ricotta, salad, sautee, sew, sewed, sewing, sewn, shiitake, showers, spring, storm, stormy, strawberry, summer, syrup, tomatoes, traditional, vegetables, vegetarian, water, weather, weekend, wheat, whipped cream on May 19, 2008 | 4 Comments »

We had a good storm last night after a beautiful weekend. My tomato plants were loving it and they’re growing so quickly it’s dumbfounding us.
I’ve been eating some delicious food lately. With Matthew’s work schedule, I have the weekend and Monday nights to make whatever my little heart pleases. Believe it or not, being in [...]

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Support Local Farms!

Posted in Farmer's Market, NC, Travel, Wake Forest, food, fun, tagged agrotourism, avocados, beautiful day, bees, bunn, cat, chickens, color, community supported agriculture, county farm tour, csa, cucumbers, famers, farm, Farmer's Market, field, final exams, franklin county, garden, goat cheese, goats, green, green onions, harvest, hive, honey, kid, local, Local Harvest, louisburg, market, Meadow Lane Farm, mushroom, North Carolina, organic, photo contest, photography, pollen, produce, ricotta, roosters, s & l family farm, shitake, strawberry, tomatoes, tractor, vegetables, Vollmer farm, Wake Forest on May 17, 2008 | 4 Comments »

After some unsuccessful stops at garage sales this morning, I took a trip over to the local farmer’s market for some fresh produce. I snagged some green onions, avocados, tomatoes, cucumbers and locally harvested honey. While there, I saw a flyer for the 5th Annual County Farm Tour . Since Matthew has final exams next week, I thought it [...]

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White Pizza

Posted in food, tagged cheap, cook, cooking, cottage cheese, dinner, easy, eats, extra virgin olive oil, food, frugal, garlic, homemade pizza, meal, mozzarella, parmesan, pizza recipe, quick, recipe, white pizza on May 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »

We’re trying to eat all of our food up before we go grocery shopping. It’s our attempt at being frugal. So, I had some pre-baked pizza crust laying around and decided to make a white pizza- my favorite!

It was not only delicious but easy and quick as well. I brushed EVOO (Extra Virgin Olive Oil) on the [...]

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Shawarma, Tomatoes and Rock Walls

Posted in Farmer's Market, Home Sweet Home, NC, Raleigh, food, fun, tagged bakery, bargain, Charlotte, cheap, cook, cooking, cucumbers, deli, down home, eat, eating, Farmer's Market, fatoush, flowers, food, fried green tomatoes, garden, gardening, gardens, girls, Greek, herbs, Home, House, ikea, irises, landscape, landscaping, lebanese, Michigan, middle east, Middle Eastern, neomonde, North Carolina, patio, plant, plants, porch, price, prices, Raleigh, recipe, recipes, red, restaurant, rock wall, shawarma, soaring, Southern, stone wall, strawberries, table, tabouli, tomato, tomatoes, vine, vines, vintage, wild strawberries on May 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »

It’s been a fun weekend. Yesterday, Leslie, Jennifer and I along with a few other girls from school got together in the morning to talk about one of the girl’s experience living in the Middle East for a few years. Afterwards, we all went to Neomonde, a local Lebanese market and restaurant. I enjoyed a [...]

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What I’m Working On Now.

Posted in Craftiness, Spirit, fun, tagged DIY, art, crafts, Love, homemade, God, Bible, LOST, craft, Jesus, Christ, Christian, project, Christianity, the office, youtube, John 3:16, Luke 10:27, love wins, Son, neighbor, heart, soul, strength, embroider, embroidery, embroidered, sew, sewing, needle, TV, Goodwill, hoop, stitch, stitching, backstitch, multitask, handmade, Word, lightbox, plucking, eyebrows, television, watching, class, wine, drink, print, the message, french knots, death sentence, believe, belief, accuse, acquitted, acquit on May 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Love wins.

I decided to teach myself how to embroider. I’m one of those people (I think they’re called women) who can’t just sit in front of the TV (watching The Office and Lost) and not do anything else. I constantly need to have my hands working on something. In the past I’ve decimated my eyebrows [...]

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I Ain’t Frontin’ (Sp?)

Posted in Moi, NC, Rambling, Wake Forest, food, politics, tagged 1993, barbecue, barbeque, basketball, bbq, biscuite, campaign, chicken, cold, cole slaw, conspiracy, corn, Democrat, elect, election, food, frontin, fuel, grill, grilled, grilling, gubernatorial, independent, left wing, MI, Michigan, NC, North Carolina, Pinckney, pirate, pirates, poll, presidential, primary, race, registration, Republican, Ron Paul, vote, voted, voter, voting on May 6, 2008 | 2 Comments »

I decided this morning that it was irresponsible of me not to vote in the NC primary today. I mean, who knew that North Carolina would play such a role in this election? Not that my vote particularly counted since I didn’t vote democrat, but I figured that this was my one shot to actually vote for who [...]

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Called Home.

Posted in Spirit, tagged called home, Christian, life, missionary, missions on May 4, 2008 | 4 Comments »

Matthew and I just found out that a friend of ours from college was killed yesterday in a car accident. Andrea was a missionary serving the people of Mexico. As Matthew said, the news of her death is bittersweet. We mourn with her mother and sister as they go through this valley, especially in the wake [...]

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