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Random Thoughts...pecan pie

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My dad loves pecan pie and fishing. I miss him. I miss the Velveeta cheese he would wad up at the end of the fishing hook and the smelly little neon orange fish eggs I had to scoop out of the fish. Gutting was my favorite part. Yes. I am the[...]

Random Thoughts...winter coats.

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I never wear a coat in Arizona. Never. I think I can count on two fingers the times I've worn my fabulous white princess coat. That's not because I am a spoiled high-maintenance chick with twelve designer coats either. This one I got at a yard[...]

Random Thankgiving Day Thoughts

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FIGS!!! TOMATOS!!! My regularly scheduled day off...Thursday....Thanksgiving...Thursday....I don't skip a beat! I took my camera in for service about two months ago and I get an e-mail today, of all days. The day before the[...]

Chick Flicks...(Random Thoughts)

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I have this collection of girl movies that I have labeled really nice so my husband doesn't mess with them. Ace calls them the "cancer-death-love-feelie-touchie-emotional-wreck-movies" Just to be sure we're all on the same page. These would be[...]

Ordinary Miracles - random thoughts

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There are few little things that fascinate me and urge me to feel rejuvenated and give thyself a random retreat a free slice of nature?s beauty and life. Isn't it remarkable!! A tiny pure drop or water dripping in a slow motion from the sharp[...]

Random thoughts...Ace in Alaska

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So, my husband Ace , the one man on earth just insane enough to commit his life to being pleasantly annoyed by me, is in Alaska on a frozen lake doing driver training. Why? Because that just seems like a perfectly logical place to park a[...]

Sugar and Snow...Random Thoughts

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Ace announced this morning that there was snow just 60 miles north of Phoenix...and we should really take the kids to see it. Ironically, that same snow storm had just prevented my old friend Andrea from driving to the valley to visit the gals[...]

Random Thoughts...20 Years ago...

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Random New Years thoughts. 20 years ago posing for a cheer leading picture if you would have told me I was going to be a wife, mother, TV chef, cooking coach, food stylist, cub master, solar cooking advocate, home canning nut, Zumba dancer, new[...]

Random Thoughts...Stinky Cheese Man

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Homemade yogurt. Homemade cream cheese. Homemade cottage cheese. Holy Hannah! When my first baby, Little Man was born, I smelt like cheese for 6 months. Not sure if it was the spit up, or the fact that his little hands would be[...]

Auntie Em's Birthday...Random Thoughts

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Oh my Sunshine Twin Auntie Em had a birthday today. Yes, the girl who always got luscious strawberry shortcake for her birthday. April. It must be nice to have had berries in season. My birthday in November usually meant...spaghetti. I'm not[...]