tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10062912327381734152024-03-18T19:43:00.280-07:00Little House In ParadiseSherri B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03956294100834139745noreply@blogger.comBlogger516125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1006291232738173415.post-16292747824561077322014-06-13T17:32:00.001-07:002014-06-13T17:32:42.633-07:00City BeansHello my friends...and happy Friday.
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I am so excited to share with you the green beans at City House. I haven't had a garden here in at least nine years so it feels good to see them poking their little heads up.<br />
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Marching like proud, green soldiers. <br />
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Hope you all have a great weekend and a big Happy Father's Day to all you dads out there.<br />
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xoSherri B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03956294100834139745noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1006291232738173415.post-33896055151112341842014-05-20T14:55:00.000-07:002014-05-20T14:55:15.251-07:00City House LivingHello friends. It has been so long since I have posted, I feel a bit rusty.<br />
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This will be a short post today just to get myself back into the swing of things.<br />
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I have been staying at City House for awhile now and will continue through the summer.<br />
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My leg problem turned out to be a recurrence of the 'C' word.....<br />
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I have already started on the my treatment program which is every three weeks. I had my second one a week ago last Friday.<br />
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I must say that I do not feel too bad so far and have been getting some gardening done and much needed yard work..and the never ending list of projects inside.<br />
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I am not going to dwell on this and after the initial 'total' shock, have come to realize even more than before, that we really just don't know what will happen in our lives next.<br />
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My faith has not been shaken and I have drawn even closer in my walk with Jesus, who knows all and provides a peace that transcends all understanding (Philippians 4:7).<br />
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The thought of telling you this broke my heart and so I kept putting it off. I feel so much better now that I have and can move forward with my blog and come and visit you all.....I have truly missed you so.<br />
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Until next time..much love to you. xoSherri B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03956294100834139745noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1006291232738173415.post-30837621608079464782014-04-20T06:22:00.001-07:002014-04-20T06:22:54.793-07:00HE HAS RISEN<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Matthew 28:6 He is not here; for He is risen, as He said.<br />
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<br />Sherri B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03956294100834139745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1006291232738173415.post-41432269805132368482014-03-07T09:26:00.000-08:002014-03-07T09:26:02.608-08:00Taking a BreakHello my friends. I will be away from my blog for awhile. A pesky knee and back have taken control of my body and I am laying low. I will be having a MRI on my knee Monday and we will see what that brings.<br />
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Wishing you all a very nice weekend.
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I have joined a challenge hosted by Lola Nova. It is simply a stitched page of where you are personally, or artistically, well...it can be anything really. I found it as an encouragement to get going on something, anything as long as it is forcing me to get my heart and thoughts together in an artistic way.<br />
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My journal will be on thankfulness. The first page was a given for me. It is an abstract paper (magazine) piecing of the view from my front porch her at Little House.<br />
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The only actual 'stitching' is the card stock begin attached to the felt page. The paper is the medium that I ended up being led to use.<br />
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The thankfulness part of this is very deep in my heart. I will share it with you now. I didn't tell anyone about this at the time, but a year ago last October when they found I had cervical cancer, the only thing I heard in that phone call was 'stage 4'. So, when I packed up the car and headed for Portland for the real diagnosis at Compass Cancer center, I feared the worse.<br />
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I stood on the porch and looked at that view and felt that I would not be coming back and that would be the last time I saw this.<br />
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As it turned out, the actual cancer was stage 1 and a good prognosis...So thankful, I am. Very thankful indeed for this view. <br />
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I thank the Lord for never leaving my side.<br />
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I am joining the rest of the group over at <a href="http://lolanovablog.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-stitched-journal-project-february.html">Lola Nova's</a>. <br />
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Have a happy weekend. xoSherri B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03956294100834139745noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1006291232738173415.post-84835356412172910482014-02-27T10:40:00.000-08:002014-02-27T10:40:04.317-08:00Mr. Bunny Holds AuditionsIt is way too early to decorate for Easter, but with winter being so brutal to many across our nation, it seems only right that we start dreaming about sunnier times.<br />
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With that in mind, Mr. Bunny decided to hold auditions for positions in the decorating scheme, very wise indeed. <br />
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Out they marched from drawers and boxes in closets.<br />
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Some are new this year and have just been adopted from the thrift shops.<br />
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Mr. Bunny is happy about this good turn out and will be doing further auditions as others show up from far away storage units. He says.."This will be a very good Easter indeed".<br />
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See you tomorrow. xoSherri B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03956294100834139745noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1006291232738173415.post-22229043337705101592014-02-13T10:01:00.000-08:002014-02-13T10:01:54.759-08:00Last Minute GoodieI woke up this morning and realized that tomorrow is Valentines Day....Actually I knew it was the big day but had forgotten that if I wanted to send special goodies to the coworkers with the Mister, I would need to do it this morning as there will be no work tomorrow....Oh, what to do? <br />
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Well my friends, I did it...yeah! With the help of the Pioneer Womans recipe for chocolate sheet cake. Not just any chocolate sheet cake but, "<a href="http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2007/06/the_best_chocol/">The Best Chocolate Sheet Cake Ever</a>." If you haven't tried it you must, and I really mean must, you will not be disappointed.<br />
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Luckily I had some Valentines sprinkles and a few things to make an arrangement, I think it will be appreciated.<br />
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And to you, I wish you a very Happy Valentines Day in what ever way you choose to celebrate.<br />
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Much love to you all. xxoo<br />
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<br />Sherri B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03956294100834139745noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1006291232738173415.post-89607570652644370682014-02-12T08:00:00.000-08:002014-02-12T08:00:26.567-08:00A Rare RantPlease bare with me for a short rant. Normally, I try to keep this blog free from downer details but I would be amiss if I didn't share this.<br />
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Isn't it nice that we have a money tree in Washington D.C..? Do you know what fertilizes that money tree?<br />
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Would you like to see all of that 'free money' in action? <br />
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<a href="http://www.usdebtclock.org/#">You can find it right here...go ahead, take a look.</a><br />
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Thanks to the lawmakers in the House of Representatives, a 'Clean Bill' passed, raising the debt ceiling once again, with no strings attached... on it goes to the Senate to be passed then to the President for his signature. <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/02/11/boehner-says-gop-to-advance-clean-debt-limit-hike/">Here is the link for full info.</a><br />
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Can any of you imagine what your financial situation would be if you just kept getting one credit card after another and every time you got to the borrowing limit on the last one, you just go ahead and get another ?!!! Yes, you are right...it all comes to a screeching halt eventually.<br />
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We had better prepare our children and grand children to be hard workers and not mind turning all of it over to the government because 'payback time' is coming.<br />
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Thanks for listening. xo<br />
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<br />Sherri B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03956294100834139745noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1006291232738173415.post-86293272649128006962014-02-11T11:14:00.000-08:002014-02-11T11:16:07.493-08:00Alternate Magazine WinnerHello, I hope your week is going well so far. I am just popping in to make a quick announcement.<br />
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You may remember the magazine giveaway last month for Country Living. The winner was Cindy but, unfortunately, she left no email my efforts to contact her have failed. I feel it has been long enough and so we must move on to another winner.<br />
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This time the winner is ...... <a href="http://lolanovablog.blogspot.com/">Lola Nova</a>! Congratulations my friend! Please email me your address and I will get this ordered right away.<br />
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My sweet hubby has been bringing me flowers on Fridays...the store were he buys the pretty bundles is conveniently located close to the gun shop, so that may have something to do with it. :) <br />
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Have a great day friends..see you later this week. xoSherri B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03956294100834139745noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1006291232738173415.post-20944806616421466292014-02-03T11:44:00.000-08:002014-02-03T11:44:22.727-08:00Introducing AudreyHappy February my friends! Can you even believe how fast January passed by..it seems we were just taking down Christmas lights!<br />
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Now that the new year has been well established, I thought it a good time to introduce you to my new studio assistant. Any one that has visited here, for any length of time, knows all too well that I have grand(iose) plans and ideas that don't always come to fruition. Miss Distraction stops by for a visit way to often..uninvited I might add, and shortly after that, all plans are lost.<br />
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The Mister set about to find a nice lady to keep me on the straight and narrow and after interviewing several prospects, decided on this nice, straight forward helper. <br />
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I am pleased to introduce to you, the lovely Audrey. She has already been busy sorting and organizing the studio and has three boxes ready for donation. I must say, "Is that the light at the end of the tunnel"?<br />
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In the future, you will be seeing more of Audrey and the projects that we will be doing together. <br />
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I wanted to share this thrift find from last week. <br />
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And...look at this unusual one with a moving part. I looked around the Internet and found that it is a thread cutter. It looks to me like it might be something else also...Any guesses?<br />
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<br />Sherri B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03956294100834139745noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1006291232738173415.post-45090686279140149132014-01-28T10:14:00.000-08:002014-01-28T10:14:08.784-08:00My Very First CookbookYesterday, I took a walk down memory lane. Waaaaay back down memory lane, into the early 1970's, to my very first cookbook.<br />
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Here it is, the Betty Crocker's Cookbook 1969 that I got in the early 70's. It was my only cookbook for years and served me well...as you can see.<br />
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As I have matured in my cooking tastes it has been ignored, for newer and more modern recipes. Lately I have been seeing quite a resurgence in the dishes of the past...with a new spin put on them of course. So I thought, let's take another look inside.<br />
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This favorite, literally fell out of the book as did half of the pages as you can see below.<br />
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Waikiki Meatballs, one of the very first 'exotic' recipes I tried in my newlywed kitchen. I was so proud to stir up something none of the other wives in our circle had made!<br />
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I must confess, I had forgotten how 'not fun' browning meatballs can be and remembered thinking, way back then, that it would be much better if they were meat 'squares' instead of balls.<br />
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I changed it up a bit and switched the green pepper out for a small jar of drained pimentos.<br />
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Here is the end result, and there was a nod of approval from the Mister. In those early years I served it over rice but chose rice noodles this time.<br />
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As I look back, I realize how far our culinary tastes have come in these years. In the 1970's this would have been a special dinner, perhaps for company and now we could easily find something like this in the frozen food section to 'zap' in the microwave on a evening short on time...How times have changed.<br />
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If you are interested, here is the full recipe....short and sweet. <br />
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I did enjoy reliving my first years of cooking and will try to include more of these early recipes into my menus in the future.<br />
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What was your first cookbook and do you ever make any of your early recipes, still?<br />
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Have a great day, my friends. xo Sherri B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03956294100834139745noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1006291232738173415.post-28189487210751828212014-01-25T10:55:00.000-08:002014-01-27T06:54:14.153-08:00Weekend Magazine Special<br />
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Hello friends. Hope your weekend is going well. Just popping in for a quick share which is too good to keep to myself.<br />
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Does it look like I need another magazine subscription? I see you shaking your head back and forth, as in "NO". Well, perhaps not a new magazine, but I never turn my nose up at another year tacked on to one of my existing subscriptions...and for a mere $5.00!<br />
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So, here is the <a href="http://www.discountmags.com/promos/fivejan2014?a=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekend-5dollarsale-2014-01-25&j=1472&e=tsbryant2@yahoo.com&l=47_HTML&u=57503&mid=6220089&jb=1628">link to DiscountMags.com</a>, special weekend deals for that very good price. There are many different types offered this time so you just might find one to suit your interests or perhaps a gift for someone else. <br />
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Enjoy the rest of your weekend. xoSherri B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03956294100834139745noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1006291232738173415.post-56103922046128924102014-01-17T15:07:00.000-08:002014-01-17T15:07:50.417-08:00Mom Chooses a WinnerHello friends and happy Friday. I hope your week has gone well and you have fun plans for the weekend.<br />
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Mom had her procedure at the hospital and as we waited for them to take her back she chose a name for the giveaway.
I am happy to report that all went well and the doctor said she may not need any further procedures for 6 months or more...yeah! <br />
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The winner of the Country Living magazine subscription is....Cindy. Congratulations to you Cindy, please email me with your info and I will get that ordered.<br />
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I realize that these sewing machines have absolutely nothing to do with this giveaway but I just had to share...aren't they lovely?<br />
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There are more machines to drool over if you care to take a gander. You will find the link <a href="http://www.keelersales.com/servlet/Detail?no=659">here</a>.<br />
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Wishing you all a very pleasant weekend. xoSherri B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03956294100834139745noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1006291232738173415.post-61289653149939152412014-01-13T14:38:00.001-08:002014-01-13T17:07:04.998-08:00Magazine GiveawayHappy Monday friends. I hope this finds you all well and having a good new year so far.<br />
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We have been busy with the usual first of the year projects and some flood control thrown in for a bit of interest....I will spare you all of the dirty and muddy details.<br />
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It has been quite awhile since we have had a giveaway and I figured what better time than at the start of a bright new year.<br />
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I know many of you probably already subscribe to Country Living but not to worry as we will just add it as a renewal.<br />
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We will have the drawing on Friday and I will be having my mother pick out the name in the morning before we go to the hospital for another procedure on her esophagus. She will be very pleased to take part in this fun event. <br />
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To enter, you just need to leave a comment. Any comment will be fine, but it would fun be if you have something to share about Country Living Magazine..I will start out by saying that I have been reading this magazine for approximately 24 years..maybe even longer, and I think that I never missed an issue!<br />
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See you soon. xoSherri B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03956294100834139745noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1006291232738173415.post-80457063714961230232014-01-01T09:16:00.000-08:002014-01-01T09:16:33.241-08:00Fresh Start <br />
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Wishing you all a Blessed and Happy New Year. xoSherri B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03956294100834139745noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1006291232738173415.post-52404854424985879872013-12-28T09:33:00.000-08:002013-12-28T11:13:24.290-08:00Happy Girl<br />
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Thank you Santa (Mister)!!<br />
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I must have been a pretty good girl this year!<br />
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Did you get what you asked Santa for?<br />
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Have a wonderful weekend friends....see you next week! xoSherri B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03956294100834139745noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1006291232738173415.post-80507430093174668772013-12-25T14:34:00.000-08:002013-12-25T14:34:26.331-08:00For Unto Us A Child Is Born<br />
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SherriSherri B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03956294100834139745noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1006291232738173415.post-36443127088183371572013-12-16T11:32:00.000-08:002013-12-16T11:32:56.460-08:00The Misters French Bark TutorialHello friends. Happy Monday to you all on this last full week before Christmas.<br />
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Most of my shopping has been completed and only those few last bits need to be done. Have I wrapped yet? Well, let us not discuss that, I have a big helper that does most of it when he arrives at City House...my sweet Mister.<br />
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Speaking of my sweet Mister, he has some sweet things he wanted to pass on to you. He had intended to do a tutorial on peppermint bark for you all but saw the Barefoot Contessa on Saturday do a nice French Chocolate Bark...so he decided to do his own adaptation of it.
So, yesterday afternoon, he tied on his apron and set to it as I followed him around with my camera.<br />
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Let us start with the ingredients and move on to the process. Here is the link to <a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/french-chocolate-bark-recipe/index.html">Barefoot Contessa's recipe</a> that he started with if you care to use this.<br />
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8 ounces semisweet chocolate chips<br />
8 ounces very good bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped<br />
1 cup whole roasted, salted cashews<br />
1 cup chopped dried apricots<br />
1/4 cup chopped dried cherries<br />
1/4 cup dried blueberries<br />
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The first thing that the Mister did was to draw a rectangle 9" x 10" on a piece of parchment paper as a guide to spread the melted chocolate on, making sure to turn the paper over after, to not get pencil lead on the goodies.<br />
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He gathered all of the ingredients and set to work.<br />
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Here is the method he used to melt the chocolate. A medium sized saucepan with a few inches of simmering water in it and a medium sized bowl on top. Make sure to not have a hard boil and the bottom of the bowl should not touch the water.<br />
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He finely chopped the Bittersweet chocolate.....<br />
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He went about chopping his dried apricots in between stirring the melting chocolate.<br />
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Finding that he didn't need to chop the blueberries, he decided to take a sampling to make sure they were good.<br />
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When the chocolate was almost all melted he took it off of the stove and stirred a bit more until it was smooth and then poured it on to the sheet and smoothed it out to the 9 x 10 markings.<br />
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After letting it set for at least 2 hrs. he took to cutting it in to pieces.<br />
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Finally he put them in their little papers and into a festive tin....he will be sharing it at work on Thursday.<br />
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Well friends, I hope you enjoyed the tutorial and perhaps may even be able to put it to use someday. I must say it was very easy to make and I will be doing some batches also to add to my Christmas goodie tins.<br />
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xoSherri B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03956294100834139745noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1006291232738173415.post-22170739512829836922013-12-11T09:01:00.000-08:002013-12-11T09:01:28.885-08:00Happy Thrift FindHello friends, I hope all is well with you and your Christmas preparations are running smoothly.<br />
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I am plugging along having fun finishing up my decorating here at Little House and will begin the baking process, in full, tomorrow. The Mister promises to help with a simple tutorial of Peppermint
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Yesterday, while on a quick trip to the thrift shops, I saw this treasure hanging in the window of the Red Door (one of my very favorite shops). It is about 6 feet tall and I could just see it, with all of it's retro beauty, hanging on a wall at City House!<br />
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As you can see, it is made entirely of notions...thread, pompoms and trim...very interesting. I am smitten indeed.<br />
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Must be off now to get the rest of the Christmas cards addressed....Do you have all of yours done yet?<br />
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Much love to you all. xo<br />
<br />Sherri B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03956294100834139745noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1006291232738173415.post-24838866122252059252013-11-25T09:07:00.000-08:002013-11-25T09:07:38.946-08:00Cold Weather WinnerGood morning my friends. Here we are at Thanksgiving week, it is hard to believe that in a few short weeks Christmas will be upon us.<br />
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It is still very goosebumpily here in the Northwest, unusual for this time of the year when rain, rain, rain is the norm. We are not complaining and will happily take the blue skies that go along with this weather system.<br />
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On to the winner of the Cold Weather Cookbook....It is Jen from the cozy blog '<a href="http://reflectionsinthewindow.blogspot.com/">Reflections in the Window</a>', I am a happy new follower of hers now.. Congratulations Jen, please send my your info.<br />
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I'm sure you all have many preparations going on for this busy week. We will be going to City House where the Mister will be putting up the lights on the house and helping me get the tree up inside and boxes of decorations pulled out from their hiding places. I will only be coming down one more time before Christmas so we need to get a head start on it. <br />
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Daughter Kami will be hosting the big feast and it will be a good one...I have so much to be thankful for.<br />
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<br />Sherri B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03956294100834139745noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1006291232738173415.post-39932274048881762502013-11-20T10:10:00.002-08:002013-11-20T10:13:35.706-08:00Cold Weather GiveawayHello friends, how is your week going? My week has been good but a definite cold snap is upon us here in the Pacific Northwest and seems will be with us for the rest of the week. When I said good by to the mister this morning at 6:45, it was a chilly 25..burr!<br />
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This past weekend we went thrifting and of course checked out the cookbook section, as you know I don't have enough on my shelves..Ha! Anyway, I hit a gold mine and now have a duplicate situation and would like to share with you.<br />
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I do hope you will not be offended by me offering a second hand book but could just not pass this one up in this almost new condition.<br />
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If you are not familiar with the author Sarah Leah Chase you can check out this link to Amazon.com <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cold-Weather-Cooking-Sarah-Leah-Chase/dp/0894807528/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1384970376&sr=1-2&keywords=sarah+leah+chase+cookbooks">here</a>, where you can check out the inside of the book. Sarah has several more books that you may own or have heard of. Nantucket Open House Cookbook is the summer version of this one and came about as a result of her very successful deli shop on the Island named Que Sara Sarah. She is good friends with Ina Garten who we know so well as Barefoot Contessa.<br />
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Have a happy day. xo Sherri B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03956294100834139745noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1006291232738173415.post-12195294894306712072013-11-08T11:36:00.001-08:002013-11-08T11:36:27.610-08:00Happy AnniversaryHappy Friday friends! I hope you all have had a nice week.<br />
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Today is our wedding anniversary...Happy Anniversary honey, I love you!<br />
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Wishing you all a very happy weekend...See you next week. xo<br />
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"I know how to fix that" he said."and will tell you the secret if you help me out with a problem I have been having".<br />
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After a short while, he came out of the garage and put this down and said...."When you have a problem like this, it has a tendency not to ever just go away by itself. In other words you need to take some kind of action yourself....and, it has been my experience that a good karate chop always does the trick". <br />
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In return, I helped Frederick out with his problem...He requested that the bird feeder be moved to the window box right at his favorite spot...ha!<br />
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Thank you all for being so patient with me during my black hole period. Off I go to do some visiting. xo <br />
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<br />Sherri B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03956294100834139745noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1006291232738173415.post-88669740290225019442013-10-18T11:06:00.001-07:002013-10-18T11:06:18.346-07:00Fall Giveaway WinnerHappy Friday, my friends, I do hope you had a nice week and have some fun plans for the weekend.<br />
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Our Fall here in the Pacific Northwest is turning out to be on of the prettiest that I can remember. I took a quick shot of our hill here at Little House, before I left to go south. <br />
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The drive down I-5 was nothing short of spectacular and it seemed that the further south I went the more intense the colors were. I so wish I could have taken some shots while I drove.<br />
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Before I get to the winner of the book, I want to share the package I received in a mug exchange that Stephanie, from <a href="http://theenchantingrose.blogspot.com/2013/10/tea-cup-mug-exchange-linkup.html">The Enchanting Rose</a>, organized.<br />
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This is the sweetest mug...Made in England and with a garden theme too, which thrills me. It is from Sandra at the blog, <a href="http://ravenhillcottage.blogspot.com/">Ravenhill Cottage</a> which is as lovely as the package full of treats she sent.<br />
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Sandra tucked in some extra treats to go with the mug. As you can see, she made sure I could try out the mug with some special tea (raspberry, yum).<br />
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And, something that I always appreciate, a hand made item that will definitely get a lot of use in my kitchen...a dish cloth!!<br />
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This journal will be put to use right away as I have been meaning to pick one up to keep track of menus and recipes that have turned out especially well.<br />
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Thank you Sandra for a package full of joy....I will treasure these things. Also, a big thanks to Stephanie for hosting this fun exchange!<br />
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Now on to the winner of , Simple Sewing with Lola Nova.....<br />
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The winner is....Kimberly from the happy blog...<a href="http://campandcottageliving.blogspot.com/">Camp and Cottage Living</a>. Congratulations to you my friend. Please send me your address and I will get that ordered for you right away, Enjoy!!<br />
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Thanks to all of you who stopped by and entered. <br />
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Wishing you all a most beautiful and happy weekend. xo <br />
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<br />Sherri B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03956294100834139745noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1006291232738173415.post-35207797097631441422013-10-14T14:52:00.000-07:002013-10-14T14:52:08.572-07:00Fall Book GiveawayHello my friends I hope you all had a nice weekend and are ready for a brand new week.<br />
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First off, I want to wish all of our Canadian friends a very Happy Thanksgiving...Enjoy!<br />
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For those of you who have been reading my blog for awhile, you will know that I like to have a giveaway at about this time of year..before the holidays are upon us.<br />
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This time, I have chosen a very special book for the giveaway, and it is from our very own Lola Nova -Whatever Lola wants, blog. <br />
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Simply Sewing with Lola Nova, was released last Fall in the UK and just now released here in the US.<br />
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When it first came out, I couldn't wait an entire year for it to get here so I ordered a copy last Fall<br />
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A bit of a confession is in order, I do believe....This fabric above, is from a sheet set that I had for sale<br />
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You can imagine my delight when I saw that Lola had used a piece of it (above) for project in her<br />
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This adorable bag is just one example of the many wonderful projects offered, along with special tips<br />
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Congratulations to Lola Nova on the success of her fist book. You can visit Lola at her blog <a href="http://lolanovablog.blogspot.com/">here</a>. If you would like to take a look and check out a few pages, you can go to the Amazon page <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_5_13?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=simple%20sewing%20with%20lola%20nova&sprefix=simple+sewing%2Cstripbooks%2C274">here</a>.<br />
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To Enter Giveaway:<br />
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Just leave a comment by Thursday night. I will be announcing the winner on Friday.<br />
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Have a happy day my friends. xo<br />
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