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• The Food Network, Upscale Restaurants and Your Kitchen...GIVEAWAY!
  on May 13, 2011 in Illinois travel giveaway Foodie Friday
       When you think of Central Illinois, do you think of cornfields, rich black soil and a flat landscape? That seems to be our "claim to fame" around this part of the country. I doubt that you think of Bobby Flay, Martha Stewart,...
• For A Special Mother
  on May 11, 2011 in family recipe family table settings tablescape thursday
       When thinking about how to set the table for Mother's Day this year, it was easy for my daughter and I to decide what dishes we were going to use. The china belonged to my mother-in-law who died last month. My sister-in-law d...
• Flowers, Treehouses and A Treat!
  on May 10, 2011 in Outdoor Wednesday Wow Us Wednesdays
       You may have noticed that I'm having a hard time keeping up with blogging the past week or so. My daughter was here for 9 days and we put her on a plane back to Orlando yesterday. By the time we got home from Indianapolis,...
• Happy Mother's Day
  on May 7, 2011 in Mother's Day family
       A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine desert us; when trouble thickens around us, sti...
• Bits and Pieces
  on May 5, 2011 in friends family table settings tablescape thursday
       It is Thursday, which generally means a Tablescape on my blog. With my daughter here, we had a plan for how we were going to set the table. We are still going to do that and call it a Mother's Day Table...my guess is that you...
• The Beach Theme is Taking Over the House
  on May 3, 2011 in White Wednesday Wow Us Wednesdays Table Top Tuesday
       I've added a few more beach touches around the house this week. Most of these things you have seen before, just in different locations. I kept the long silver tray that I used for Easter decorating on the coffee table and sim...
• Working On the Front Porch and a Happy Week Ahead!
  on May 2, 2011 in family Met Monday
       With all the rain we have had, I haven't been in a big hurry to get outside and dress the house up for spring. Saturday we finally had a day at home with a few hours of sunshine. We made a trip to our favorite nursery and bou...
• Add A Bit of Green to Your Plate and a Winner!
  on Apr 29, 2011 in giveaway Foodie Friday
       This is so simple that it hardly qualifies as a recipe. My kids always loved vegetables and this is one of the ways I prepared brocoli for the family, before we started roasting most of our vegetables.     ...
• Dessert for Two
  on Apr 28, 2011 in table settings tablescape thursday
       As I prepare to post my tablescape, I am watching the devastation in Alabama on the television. In December, we stayed at a resort between Birmingham and Tuscaloosa on our way home from Florida. It is a beautiful part of the...
• Rain, Rain, Go Away!
  on Apr 27, 2011 in Outdoor Wednesday
  You know that field behind my house that should show the beginnings of something that looks like this?     This was my view yesterday, before the last round of heavy rains came through in the night. Not exactly the beach, is...

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