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I have a extremally busy week ahead of me this week! Doctor and dentist appointments, babysitting, school and other things. The dentist appointment I made months ago for Fred and we have to drive up…

Here is the recipe for Spanish rice I thought I posted it earlier, but......who wants to go that far back! 3 T. olive oil 1 medium onion chopped 1 clove garlic minced 1 green pepper…

Well, it had good parts of it! But it seemed like for the most part I was running around trying to get everything done. We started school, but the boys were distracted and I had…

My oldest is 8 now!! I can hardly believe it! He has grown up so much from the colicky baby he was as a little guy! I tried everything to make that guy happy, but…

I almost never watch TV, but last night I saw a piece of "The Bachelor". I was horrified properly!!!! What are earth are we coming to? We play marriage games? We love this girl, no,…

I was thinking last night as I was laying in bed and remembering the night before Hans was born. After the Y2K scare my in-laws left us with tons of food so even though I…

Filling 1 #10 can apple packed in water 1 1/2 c. sugar 1/2 c. clear jel (not instant) 1 t. cinnamon 1/2 t. nutmeg 4 c. water Bring water to boil. Carefully dump clear jel,…

The journey of a apple pie! This one is ready to go in the oven, but below you will see pictures of all stages of it! I am not sure if I got them all…

I tuck the edges of the crust under and seal it together with the bottom crust so it forms a ridge. I do this all around the whole pie and then make it nice and…

It was a very tender crust so started to fall apart as I put it in the pan. You never want to stretch it to put it in, but pressing it into place is okay.