tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54252254522244598892024-03-13T19:49:08.866-05:00Country Cathyfloweringmamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14458738097507242619noreply@blogger.comBlogger186125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5425225452224459889.post-5879440398493462002013-02-09T19:26:00.000-06:002013-02-09T19:26:49.030-06:00Yum!On Saturdays I get up before 5 in order to get to the campus at Louisville in time for class. Then my work week runs from Sunday through Wednesday. I try to do some cooking on Saturday night for the hubby and the kiddos to have some yummies!<br />
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Potato soup is my personal favorite! </div>
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Potato soup</div>
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(This is as close to scratch as I get!)</div>
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3 pounds potatoes peeled and diced</div>
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2 boxes or 4 cans chicken broth</div>
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1 onion diced</div>
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1 tablespoon celery seed or 1 stalk diced celery</div>
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1 carrot shaved (optional)</div>
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1 can evaporated milk</div>
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1/2 stick butter</div>
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salt and pepper</div>
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1 cup diced Velveeta</div>
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Boil potatoes and onion and celery seed in broth until tender. Stir in the remaining ingredients and top with bacon, ham, chives, sour cream, whatever your heart desires! So yummy!</div>
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My youngest loves chicken noodle soup. Now, I buy generic as frequently as possible but making soup this way is so economical!</div>
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Chicken noodle soup</div>
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2 boxes chicken broth or 4 cans chicken broth</div>
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1 tablespoon celery seed or 1/2 finely diced celery stalk</div>
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1/2 carrot chopped, optional </div>
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1 small can chicken (white) or one cooked chicken breast, shredded</div>
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1/2 package egg noodles</div>
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Bring broth, chicken and celery seed to a boil stir in noodles and cook until al dente. </div>
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Usually I double this recipe because my youngest LOVES it!</div>
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MMmmmm, soup's on! Come on over!</div>
floweringmamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14458738097507242619noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5425225452224459889.post-77304278288433477322013-02-02T20:25:00.000-06:002013-02-02T20:25:07.136-06:00Ethical Frameworks ~~ Help!My work this semester focuses on domestic violence, specifically, domestic violence in rural areas. As part of my analysis, I am to analyze this issue using utilitarianism, deontology and distributive justice. <br />
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Now I can debate potential solutions from all sides utilizing each of the above, but analyzing root causes with each framework is more challenging. <br />
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This is my understanding of the ethical frameworks:<br />
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a<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>mutually beneficial principle of
justice as the foundation for regulating all rights, duties, power and wealth</div>
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policy might influence us, remove from the equation gender, economic level,
profession.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Be totally ignorant to our
own lives, we would make the decision that would best benefit the majority</div>
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If you can provide any input on how each of these frameworks can be used to analyze the problem of domestic violence, I would greatly appreciate it!</div>
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Mmm. Coffee. My husband drinks his black. No cream, no sugar, no nothing. I, on the other hand, like my coffee to be a little fancier. I often pour skim milk into my magic bullet to make fluffy cream then nuke it for a few second to puff it up even more before spooning it onto my coffee. Depending on my mood I may sprinkle cinnamon on top or add a spoonful of vanilla extract.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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More recently, though, I have been going the way of convenience and just using refrigerated creamer. Over Christmas I tried CoffeeMate's warm cinnamon sugar cookie, cafe mocha and peppermint mocha (my favorite).<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Now that the holidays are over, I have reverted to generic french vanilla flavor. My 13 year old has grown fond of coffee made pale with french vanilla creamer. <br />
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I am a seasonal coffee drinker, only in the fall and winter. Hubby can drink it year round, very strong in the morning at lunch or before bed. I don't seem to be affected by the caffeine, which honestly, is a little disappointing. <br />
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On Saturdays I have to get up before 5 to travel two hours for class and I set the coffee maker to make 6 cups before bed. Some to drink while getting ready and the rest for the road. I'm always a little sad when I finish my <a href="http://www.amazon.com/bubba-travel-mug-classic-black/dp/B003XFWS7M/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1359159704&sr=8-2&keywords=bubba+mug">Bubba Mug</a> full of coffee before I get to campus.<br />
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The social work master's program is challenging. The quantity of work is phenomenal. I spent my entire last semester stressed and had lots of tears. I know the end result will be worth it. My classes officially start on the 7th and my Saturday classes start next Saturday. Every Saturday up at 4:45 for a two hour drive to school.<br />
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One fourth. Such a small number to so many, but to me the first step towards achieving my goal.</div>
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Rain, blessed rain. I think this is a juvenile robin. Please correct me if I'm wrong.</div>
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<br />floweringmamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14458738097507242619noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5425225452224459889.post-33054145954116175472012-07-20T17:18:00.001-05:002012-07-20T17:18:18.745-05:00Gone but forgotten?Isn't it amazing how you blink and months have passed? I know I am. It seems just like yesterday I was still a full time student. Today, I am a full time social worker and will be starting my master's program in a few weeks. This job has helped me realize how truly fortunate I am.<br />
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The boys will be starting back to school soon. None of us are ready for the hectic mornings, late night projects, and homework. But all of us are ready for ready for a routine again. Summer has consisted of late nights, video games, and braces. Yes, braces.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhMuAZwNdmpvVlyk3EaH8k6G8uaqPAnFmwEMo1QL8Piej3Nv7nNA5YB4XRhrvBhDr7AwraGmyXqWVo7RYQqqTpOl-D6L9qafAa-QJUGIJ7Kaim9Mr6mCTR6dlP7BAfgfgzqiVBNxfUepx5/s1600/outhouse.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhMuAZwNdmpvVlyk3EaH8k6G8uaqPAnFmwEMo1QL8Piej3Nv7nNA5YB4XRhrvBhDr7AwraGmyXqWVo7RYQqqTpOl-D6L9qafAa-QJUGIJ7Kaim9Mr6mCTR6dlP7BAfgfgzqiVBNxfUepx5/s320/outhouse.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These were snapped over the course of the last few years. This outhouse is in Price Cemetery in the Hico community in West Tennessee. I have no idea how long it's been there but I actually remember using it as a small child when we went to cemetery day.</div>floweringmamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14458738097507242619noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5425225452224459889.post-73422661495078649382012-02-18T18:02:00.001-06:002012-02-18T18:03:24.007-06:00DoubtI have to admit, I love checking my email. Yes, I play on facebook a little bit and I blog here, but I love getting email. <br />
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Especially this week. <br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">We are pleased to inform you that you have been admitted to our Master of Science in Social Work.</span><br />
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I thought I would probably get in, but I wasn't sure. There was a lot of self-doubt. Doubt about being able to raise a family, work, and go to school. Doubts about taking on more student loan debt, doubts about my own abilities at grad school level, doubts about missing more time with my children...<br />
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There will always be doubt.<br />
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But this is something I need to do for me. The quantity of paper work, even after being accepted, is unbelievable. <br />
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That being said, it's time I believe in myself.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">“Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt.” </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">― </span><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/947.William_Shakespeare" style="background-color: white; color: #666600; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">William Shakespeare</a>floweringmamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14458738097507242619noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5425225452224459889.post-24288082896368455082012-02-10T21:47:00.000-06:002012-02-10T21:47:46.249-06:00Is it spring? BrrrrrrWe've had gale force winds, tornadoes, and temperatures hovering around 60 degrees. Now Mother Nature decides it's winter. It's spit snow, tiny dry little flakes today and it's damp and windy and cold. There are even daffodils coming up in my yard and they are blooming in my neighbor's!<br />
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I apologize for not posting more, but now that I'm a big girl and have a big girl job, I really just cannot find the time to do a lot of things I used to enjoy. I'm afraid my gardening and canning will be reduced dramatically this summer. <br />
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The flu bug has hit hubby. Between trips to the bathroom he has body aches and chills. I am so glad that the kids and I had our flu shots, I just hope it works! <br />
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As soon as littlest squirt got home, he and I went to get our taxes started then went to get groceries. I think it's been between 3-4 weeks since I did a big grocery visit. Holy cow! Gas here is $3.34 a gallon and a gallon of milk is even more than that! I'm so glad I have a job now to help make ends meet. I should know in 3-4 weeks if I have been accepted to grad school. Even if I'm accepted, I am still on the fence. It is scary to be ...ahem... my age and already be up to my elbows in school loans and doubling that with a masters.<br />
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</span></div><div align="" class="searchquote" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-top: 5px;"><span>Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born.</span></div><div align="" class="searchauthor" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 0.72em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 8px;"><span>Dale E. Turner</span></div>floweringmamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14458738097507242619noreply@blogger.com7Utica, KY 42376, USA37.60339 -87.1188278999999853.8206474999999998 -146.88445289999999 71.3861325 -27.353202899999985tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5425225452224459889.post-35598584418082895322012-01-28T07:59:00.000-06:002012-01-28T07:59:14.119-06:00Random thoughtsYesterday was my last day of training and Sunday is my first day on the job. All alone. All by myself. I had been mapping out all my stops and setting up appointments when I was notified I had to change my schedule. I will have, in total, about 7 hours just in drive time on Sunday. Sigh. Not what I signed up for, but I'll roll with the flow.<br />
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There will be nights when I may not get home until well after dinner time, so I am wildly searching for family friendly crockpot meals. If you have a favorite I would love to try it. I do think they are getting tired of soup, though! I don't mind them eating sandwiches every now and then. And they will eat canned ravioli (gag) but that is only every once in a while. I want them to have healthy, hearty meals. <br />
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If you haven't been over to the <a href="http://www.mennonitegirlscancook.ca/">Mennonite Girls Can Cook</a> blog, you are really missing out! They have the most amazing recipes. I'm headed over there now to see if I can use some of the casserole recipes in the crockpot.<br />
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Is it just this area or has your winter been strange too? It's been mild and windy. Very windy, in fact. We've had tornadoes, sunshine, rain, days at near 60 when it should be in the high 20's / low 30's. This really makes me wonder how this will affect the temperatures later in the year.<br />
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According to the almanac:<br />
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background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Feb 1-5</b><span style="background-color: #ffffcc; font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;">: Snow showers, cold; </span><b style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #ffffcc; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; 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font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;">: Snow, very cold; </span><b style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #ffffcc; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Feb 21-25</b><span style="background-color: #ffffcc; font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;">: Sunny, turning mild; </span><b style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #ffffcc; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; 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</div><div>This past week I did part of my training in the office learning the mounds of paperwork that is required and part of my training out on the road, doing what I will be entrusted to do. I will be doing the same thing again this week. I know, going into this type of work, the burn out rate is high. The turnover rate even higher, yet I still remain eternally optimistic.</div><div><br />
</div><div>If there is just one child, one family that benefits from what I do then I am happy. I know that this job, specifically, is not what I want to do for the rest of my life, but the experience I will gain will be phenomenal.</div><div><br />
</div><div>I am naively optimistic that everyone will want and welcome my help. Realistically this will not be the case. I think that will be the hardest part for me, seeing a family, a mother, a child, a father that chooses to remain content without considering his/her possibilities. It does not make them less than me or me more than them. I just want to show that change is possible.</div><div><br />
</div><div>Once upon a time, I was a single mom. Working full time, going to school, raising 3 boys - it's not easy. I tried to do it without help until I realized I couldn't. I had to rely on family. I had to rely on government assistance. I hated it. It makes me feel weak to have to ask for help. I understand the nuances of change. I really do.</div><div><br />
</div><div>I cannot fathom that I will ever doubt man's ability to change. I just hope that change is for the better.</div>floweringmamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14458738097507242619noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5425225452224459889.post-3161368378188421242012-01-21T15:02:00.001-06:002012-01-21T16:15:19.353-06:00Have you ever just had one of those days?I got up this morning did 3 loads of laundry, cleaned the kitchen and living room, and decided I needed to go to town. Now, when I say "go to town", it's an event, not just a trip to town. <br />
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Both the kiddos needed a haircut and I needed a few groceries. Since when did it cost $30 (total) for two kids haircuts? At Walmart?? <br />
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After my few piddly little bags of groceries, my wallet was $75 lighter. Now I'm not blaming Walmart for the cost of groceries I'm just saying that's where we went. Decided to go to the car wash and vacuum out the winter crud from the car and decided to throw away my walmart receipt. Big mistake.<br />
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Got home, unloaded, sat down and realized I didn't remember bringing in the bag of two whole frozen chickens. The kids helped put the things away so I checked the fridge. Nope. Freezer? Nope. Truck of the car? Nope.<br />
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Of course the customer behind me either didn't notice they got two free whole chickens or they chose to wallow in their good fortune and not turn them into customer service (I called to see if they'd been turned in and they hadn't been and because I couldn't produce my receipt, I'm out of luck). That was enough for at least four dinners for us. I hope the people that got the chickens truly needed them because that's the only thing that's keeping my anger in check.floweringmamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14458738097507242619noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5425225452224459889.post-91448375759606007392012-01-15T09:23:00.001-06:002012-01-15T09:24:33.315-06:00A thin line<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiBlWbyApqoMzRQ4no_sdY-Co7qy1dG3OEDwK4_JRTeuC1uTdSBoit3pfSctYRTN2KpMQt1EiRJien1vnBHtmw81u4bF1pJNduQD4t9LgcC1pTx3Cf9LHcKHPExodurH9JweszwcmU-FwZ/s1600/IMG_4363.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiBlWbyApqoMzRQ4no_sdY-Co7qy1dG3OEDwK4_JRTeuC1uTdSBoit3pfSctYRTN2KpMQt1EiRJien1vnBHtmw81u4bF1pJNduQD4t9LgcC1pTx3Cf9LHcKHPExodurH9JweszwcmU-FwZ/s320/IMG_4363.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When I go home to Tennessee, I always go through a tiny little town, Hazel, Ky. I love it. I don't know if it's the fact that is where my father is from, the nostalgia, but I love going through Hazel. I always drive well under the speed limit to truly enjoy that thin line between Tennessee and Kentucky.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There used to be a diner, a barber, a post office and a grocery store. Now it is an <a href="http://www.hazelky.com/">antique paradise</a>. I can remember visiting Mammar, that's what my sister and I called my dad's mother, and she would let us walk to the grocery store from her house. We always felt so big. We would get into the store and the same woman, whose name escapes me, with her beehive hair was operating the old manual cash register. Molly and I picked out our delicacy and charged it to Mammar's account. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There is <b>nothing</b> like going home.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm not sure I understand what it is that makes going home feel so good. I know when I cross the state line I am nearly home. I breathe slower, deeper. If the weather permits, I drive the rest of the way with the windows down.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've driven the boys past my dad's childhood home, taken them to the cemetery on more than one occasion to "meet" Mammar, and walked the main drag with them. I want them to understand the importance of family and the importance of history.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>floweringmamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14458738097507242619noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5425225452224459889.post-9648342624073983302012-01-12T19:31:00.001-06:002012-01-12T19:52:39.871-06:00Time to grow upMy life as a full time student has ended, for now. I am officially a grown up. And for the big news . . .<br />
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I have a job!! A big girl job! I work for a company in southern Indiana that contracts with the state to provide home based services. I am a case manager / youth counselor. I have not given up my dream of going to grad school and am waiting to see if I am accepted, but for now I wanted to share my good news!<br />
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<img height="247" src="http://graphjam.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/thoughts-at-work.gif" width="400" />floweringmamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14458738097507242619noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5425225452224459889.post-82081501876671658192012-01-06T15:03:00.000-06:002012-01-06T15:03:40.510-06:00Winter HaikuBlizzards, which, cold, snow<br />
Ice, don't eat the yellow snow<br />
Wind, blowing, cold snow<br />
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Merry Christmas!floweringmamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14458738097507242619noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5425225452224459889.post-31265556502642784342011-12-21T23:00:00.000-06:002011-12-21T23:00:11.410-06:00And a sprinkle of sugar . . .<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TUngTQz5uC8/TvK1vT_JswI/AAAAAAAABMo/mqmETOq9sMo/s1600/sugar+cookies.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="263" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TUngTQz5uC8/TvK1vT_JswI/AAAAAAAABMo/mqmETOq9sMo/s320/sugar+cookies.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the first year I haven't made royal icing and tinted many small batches in Christmas colors</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">2/3 cup butter flavored crisco</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">3/4 cup sugar</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">1 tbsp plus 1 tsp milk</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">1 tsp vanilla extract</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">1 tsp lemon extract</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">1 large egg</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">2 cups self rising flour</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lots of request for the red velvet biscotti. Just click on this <a href="http://www.cookiemadness.net/2011/10/red-velvet-biscotti/">link</a></div>floweringmamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14458738097507242619noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5425225452224459889.post-29897547149575609012011-12-13T09:39:00.000-06:002011-12-13T09:39:16.231-06:00It's all over but the partying<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMsLWoaLqFl7YZrGaAEua0ksJFEqV-FQsNOxU_a51S2Os1ov1CdOerwvbqQn68OUJFDiWw6dDfwC1vQ2QE5faqc4KS7QQvFuAMSC9pa7-tGRz8cKFJakIqO3Vn-MuKT3riOXbFI_SgIaI6/s1600/images+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMsLWoaLqFl7YZrGaAEua0ksJFEqV-FQsNOxU_a51S2Os1ov1CdOerwvbqQn68OUJFDiWw6dDfwC1vQ2QE5faqc4KS7QQvFuAMSC9pa7-tGRz8cKFJakIqO3Vn-MuKT3riOXbFI_SgIaI6/s1600/images+%25282%2529.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's official!! As of 8:34 a.m. this morning, I finished my last final as a graduate student. It's bittersweet. I have enjoyed meeting new people and gaining new friends and will miss the "student life" but am so excited to start the next chapter of my life.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then start worrying about getting into grad school!</div>floweringmamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14458738097507242619noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5425225452224459889.post-16612089332658164932011-12-10T15:06:00.001-06:002011-12-10T15:07:52.147-06:00Baking Day ~~ Homemade giftsI talked to my mom and sister earlier today. Sis had gone to mom and dad's for the weekend and was elbow deep in flour. They'd stirred and sifted and baked all morning. I stayed home to study for my last two finals but was able to get a few sweets made this morning.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Do you enjoy receiving homemade gifts? I sure do! I enjoy giving them, but always wonder if the recipient feels the same way. What kind of homemade gifts have you given/received?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've given fleece no sew blankets in school or favorite colors, baked goods, canned goodies like jams or jellies, mustards, etc. I've also made my own vanilla extract but because I couldn't find an affordable source for small glass bottles, I may not be able to give this. I've also given the brown sugar hand scrub and the peppermint hand scrub. I sure wish I knew how to make scarves because that would definitely be a gift!</div>floweringmamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14458738097507242619noreply@blogger.com37tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5425225452224459889.post-1531150695677013072011-12-05T20:49:00.000-06:002011-12-05T20:49:53.278-06:00Archery ClubLittlest squirt is participating in his school's archery club. He really seems to enjoy it.<br />
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</div><div>Mrs. Catherine Mosley was my 2nd grade teacher at Cottage Grove Elementary School. She had the most amazing classroom because she actually had a kitchen stove in it. Every year for Christmas her 2nd grade class, with her help, of course :), made a gingerbread house. I still remember it.</div><div><br />
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</div>floweringmamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14458738097507242619noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5425225452224459889.post-60434579928219798982011-11-26T16:14:00.002-06:002011-11-27T11:42:47.590-06:00It's official - with a recipe!The Christmas season is upon us. The Little One made the first batch of Christmas cookies today but I doubt that they last the night - when homemade cookies are made they barely have a chance to cool down before they're half gone.<br />
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Several Thanksgiving's ago, my parents opened their homes and hearts for the holiday for three students that attended Murray State University. Each from another country, far from home and family, with traditions of their own came that day. It was amazing - listening to their stories and watching how their faces lit up when they spoke of home and their own holiday traditions. I no longer remember their names but I remember their faces and remember how much joy there was that day. There are pictures floating around somewhere that I can't put my fingers on right this minute.<br />
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This year I challenge you to give thanks instead of thanks giving.<br />
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