Well, friends – it has come to pass. My computer that is. I think it is on its last leg. I am stopping my laptop off to the Pooter-Fixing-Man to see if he can work his magic. If not, then I guess I will be taking advantage of some of those awesome computer deals I keep hearing about. So if…
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My Latest Blog Posts
New Year’s Menu recipe #2…
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Creamed Collards (this ain’t your mama’s collard recipe) If you like Creamed Spinach, you will equally like Creamed Collards. I have made creamed-style collards for many years, and even the most serious of anti-collard eatin’ Yanks who have ventured below the Mason Dixie line can manage to eat these. (You can always fib and say its creamed kale, or creamed…
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Barb’s Southern New Year’s Menu
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New Year’s Day….Southern Style Here in the South, if’n your table doesn’t feature black-eyed peas and collard greens – well, you just might get run outta Dixie on the back of a blind mule cart. Besides, eating black-eyed peas and money guarantees you will have money and good health in the coming year. Oh, I know it may not work…
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And to All a Good Night…
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(This pic was taken about an hour ago with the Christmas Teddy sent from Mommy and Daddy) My husband is getting ready to pop some champagne. The glasses are chilled. It’s a few minutes after midnight on Christmas Eve. He proposed to me and my son a few minutes after midnight on Christmas Eve in the snow in front of…
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My Fruit Bowl Runneth Over…
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It’s no secret in my family how much I love fruit. I am particularly crazy about oranges, and I absolutely adore clementines – which are available only at Christmas. I am like a kid at a candy store when I see those small wooden boxes at the grocery store, filled with those delectable orange globes of sweetness. Yum! Yum! So,…
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An Easier Arrangement…and then some…
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As part of our shopping trip, we stepped into Michael’s for a few minutes. I could not believe that the Christmas shelves were almost empty and the employees were busy putting out Valentine decor. Is it really such a sin to allow us to enjoy one Holiday before we are forced to think about another? (one of my top 10…
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After midnight…we’re gonna let it all hang out…
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So what does one do at 12 midnight when they can’t sleep and nothing is of interest on TV? They go into their yard – barefoot and in their nightgown toting some sheers – and cut a basketfull of greenery and herbs. Isn’t that what you do? LOL On my shopping and lunch outing with my mother and Aunt yesterday,…
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The Newest Craze – Wreaths on Mirrors…
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Okay – maybe not a “craze” exactly, but I have definitely seen more of this design feature in catalogs and in online pics more than ever before. I have admit, I myself have fallen into this “craze” – for lack of a better word. Remember the fall pheasant feather wreath I hung in my foyer for Thanksgiving? It has been…
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It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like….."Christmas?"
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My friend called me today from Colorado Springs, Colorado. She said it was a “balmy” two degrees there today. I remember those days well, from when we lived in Colorado for three, wonderful years. She was just a little peeved to hear I was outside in the yard, much less without a coat. We were all outside enjoying a little…
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