tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45091963942899584252024-02-06T19:56:46.633-07:00Simply KarinLooking for the fun, beautiful, frugal, delicious, creative things in life.SimplyKarinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01494237364574613096noreply@blogger.comBlogger177125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4509196394289958425.post-6343709084342906392011-09-19T22:23:00.000-06:002011-09-19T22:23:35.730-06:00Spray Starch Fabric Wall Art<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKhrDlaWXMZIgINlHBmGhOh_vnibosA8a0_robhav7bVGtwaAn9Uwq-oA1UEdcijiCNpR4smHBndeSWQgg4SoBkO5oWX10qs8R78Ur6nY0Q2_F7qM4-HAC3esPJ5Ny4_XmqpNqqorkK50i/s1600/DSCN2282.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKhrDlaWXMZIgINlHBmGhOh_vnibosA8a0_robhav7bVGtwaAn9Uwq-oA1UEdcijiCNpR4smHBndeSWQgg4SoBkO5oWX10qs8R78Ur6nY0Q2_F7qM4-HAC3esPJ5Ny4_XmqpNqqorkK50i/s400/DSCN2282.JPG" /></a> <br />
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I've heard about it, I've seen ideas, and just had to try it.<br />
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I was given some spray starch and thought, what will I do with this? (long story)<br />
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Then I remembered hearing something about spraying fabric onto walls like wallpaper but it comes off easily and without any fuss.<br />
(Full disclosure, I haven't tried taking anything off yet)<br />
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So I printed the letter "R" in a giant font, cut it out, traced it onto fabric, cut that out, and sprayed it!<br />
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Slap, smooth, swipe, done!<br />
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This may be a dangerous habit until the spray starch runs out.</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img align="middle" alt="Posted by Picasa" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="-moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; background: 0% 50%; border: 0px currentColor; padding: 0px;" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Thanks for subscribing to Simply Karin! Have a thought? Leave a comment!</div>SimplyKarinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01494237364574613096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4509196394289958425.post-62641310510421447842011-07-06T21:22:00.000-06:002011-07-06T21:22:49.107-06:004th of July Baking<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1PG6RrV-ipI8-9NbqcuXSM9vf0P6BT3Y9vS3fDzN_1019bjxzrW0z7RtnDDF2q1vLLn0T0vubtmaPJAlZepCb6b-pgELpGxbCSIPAYBHTu5NNrbCfxoZisTW818OkuKgsY3ke2y1UQ4L0/s1600/DSCN1731.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1PG6RrV-ipI8-9NbqcuXSM9vf0P6BT3Y9vS3fDzN_1019bjxzrW0z7RtnDDF2q1vLLn0T0vubtmaPJAlZepCb6b-pgELpGxbCSIPAYBHTu5NNrbCfxoZisTW818OkuKgsY3ke2y1UQ4L0/s320/DSCN1731.jpg" /></a><br />Christmas Cookie turned Patriotic</div><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghnI9_gwSkdrz0SNbtbHwTTSB38pqk2oIT-uL7zVGy7lCnSbj9myZ2KT2MohstX-Ucc_BY7tYyFgoqfwrmmN-8zAd2tvw2pzKXspP61He0_kI-6QklqVD_leL9CrCdP5nAzeeOiWltxJiO/s1600/DSCN1734.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghnI9_gwSkdrz0SNbtbHwTTSB38pqk2oIT-uL7zVGy7lCnSbj9myZ2KT2MohstX-Ucc_BY7tYyFgoqfwrmmN-8zAd2tvw2pzKXspP61He0_kI-6QklqVD_leL9CrCdP5nAzeeOiWltxJiO/s320/DSCN1734.jpg" /></a><br />Left over batter with a drop of blue food coloring.<br />I'll be making these again, so fun!</div><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik_7CDyesol-4nC6Avqk9wwyTnrGadjIt-qN4GaKt8vpXvdbUM0C7PiC7uesRbVaN23Z-u49vnAT0aMeI3YYjGkAcfGBF_Zt9xMLl9e8ITnHFWylXnBNodxx66jHrVgchtiyM861j0XLzH/s1600/DSCN1735.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik_7CDyesol-4nC6Avqk9wwyTnrGadjIt-qN4GaKt8vpXvdbUM0C7PiC7uesRbVaN23Z-u49vnAT0aMeI3YYjGkAcfGBF_Zt9xMLl9e8ITnHFWylXnBNodxx66jHrVgchtiyM861j0XLzH/s320/DSCN1735.jpg" /></a><br />1 of 3 layers to make a checkerboard cake. Cake worked perfectly.<br />Frosting + not enough powereded sugar + warm = no picture</div><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN8mVqWtBhVyD6_8R0Sq_o4BQthKr1DhYnGcHtbG-15UhyphenhyphenCSAHntiLXk3l6SsL_lh7b50CWoThRXcrioGq0bj6dPdLHUo6DPS5oRveIaa2Fr0W3bxcRd-ou7zdfv_coATNvwgtE91ba1eH/s1600/DSCN1737.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN8mVqWtBhVyD6_8R0Sq_o4BQthKr1DhYnGcHtbG-15UhyphenhyphenCSAHntiLXk3l6SsL_lh7b50CWoThRXcrioGq0bj6dPdLHUo6DPS5oRveIaa2Fr0W3bxcRd-ou7zdfv_coATNvwgtE91ba1eH/s320/DSCN1737.jpg" /></a><br />Wedge of Patriotic checkerboard cake</div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Thanks for subscribing to Simply Karin! Have a thought? Leave a comment!</div>SimplyKarinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01494237364574613096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4509196394289958425.post-12094886309264668832011-06-13T07:43:00.000-06:002011-06-13T07:43:13.212-06:00Christmas in June<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">For the 2nd time I purchased my Christmas tree at a garage sale.<br />
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This one, for 5 bucks, is prelit, and is very full and realastic! </div><br />
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Finally, the best part compared to our last tree is that the stand, and the tree both are able to stand up. Not being broken in 2 different places and wanting to constantly fall over means this one is a winner!</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img align="middle" alt="Posted by Picasa" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="-moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; background: 0% 50%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Thanks for subscribing to Simply Karin! Have a thought? Leave a comment!</div>SimplyKarinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01494237364574613096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4509196394289958425.post-3947708372524534862011-06-04T16:19:00.000-06:002011-06-04T16:19:31.228-06:00Earring Holder: Picture Frame<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">I finally hung up a shelf that I put a bunch of screws into the bottom to hang necklaces on. I've also been thinking of ways to try to store my larger earrings so they don't get destroyed or otherwise displaced.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit0ihlYWReX72051DjQtd8QJMRfQdd_Sh7nGfWZ74v6A5ytW8LMD4IgK1Fu5guI_BmdJkREcAXfV7kBKA2geW5dPG6sNYtC00MNxPhvjFzPZ7o_OD2JpNkOYfmN6zQBzkjJvp18RqydvfK/s1600/DSCN1553.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit0ihlYWReX72051DjQtd8QJMRfQdd_Sh7nGfWZ74v6A5ytW8LMD4IgK1Fu5guI_BmdJkREcAXfV7kBKA2geW5dPG6sNYtC00MNxPhvjFzPZ7o_OD2JpNkOYfmN6zQBzkjJvp18RqydvfK/s320/DSCN1553.jpg" /></a> </div>I've had lots of ideas, but while at a garage sale saw this picture frame. It already has a way for the earrings to hang, so even if I don't do anything else to it I could stop. <br />I'd like to get a bar to put across the middle of it, and also hang it so I can put earrings from the bottom section of the frame that is currently resting on the shelf.<br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzing4ZRJ_XZ196JriS9vcyDrXTdlf_zJ6IxKV7un_J94rEJgbnRvTJz9YUk0hP0TW1-kT23ekevzafBf94WBS2BlOoNLYxiMZ8eih1HqU_FMb928ZiYMocTlP4l-uvmxIa7-k_igsLrLb/s1600/DSCN1554.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzing4ZRJ_XZ196JriS9vcyDrXTdlf_zJ6IxKV7un_J94rEJgbnRvTJz9YUk0hP0TW1-kT23ekevzafBf94WBS2BlOoNLYxiMZ8eih1HqU_FMb928ZiYMocTlP4l-uvmxIa7-k_igsLrLb/s320/DSCN1554.jpg" /></a><br /><br />But hey, for a quarter, it's a start!<br /></div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Thanks for subscribing to Simply Karin! Have a thought? Leave a comment!</div>SimplyKarinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01494237364574613096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4509196394289958425.post-80047327097910513742011-03-11T06:00:00.001-07:002011-03-11T06:00:01.916-07:00Home Knit Slippers<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTsNmQvrTDoD8_em4x-RkP54YmhJCoyUnePvxCN4ZkP2vSPrZnB-derkDStiqUde1fnm5ZhdWM0cqAx1BY_IncjyjmGl3lJwtHHbrvXiqPfiE8qLuIxfMt9djtiUf_hVsfbe3tj-9LY4jV/s1600/DSCN0767.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTsNmQvrTDoD8_em4x-RkP54YmhJCoyUnePvxCN4ZkP2vSPrZnB-derkDStiqUde1fnm5ZhdWM0cqAx1BY_IncjyjmGl3lJwtHHbrvXiqPfiE8qLuIxfMt9djtiUf_hVsfbe3tj-9LY4jV/s400/DSCN0767.jpg" /></a><br />
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Great package in the mail. I try to look at knit (I think...I don't even know) products and still don't get how they are made, but glad that someone else knows how to make them!<br />
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My 2nd pair of homemade knit slippers. The most comfortable house sock I've ever had. And these ones have the most adorable hearts on the toes.<br />
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So, I thought we had more vodka but this was it. Use what you've got! The ratio of this amount to one vanilla bean was about what I found online to be appropriate. There are a variety of opinions about the ratio's and wait times, so we'll see. Just google it!</div><br />
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Vanilla Bean from Mountain Mama's. It was $146.00 per pound but since one weighs nothing they just mark it as 0.01 of a pound, so 1.46. Buying several so the scale could actually read it would probably be a more frugal idea.</div><br />
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Glass jar, vodka, and split vanilla bean.<br />
Shake, keep dark, and wait!</div><br />
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One week later (not pictured), it is a nice tea shade. We'll see how long it takes to get a nice dark color. Every day I swish it around it smells delicious!</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img align="middle" alt="Posted by Picasa" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="-moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; background: 0% 50%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Thanks for subscribing to Simply Karin! Have a thought? Leave a comment!</div>SimplyKarinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01494237364574613096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4509196394289958425.post-26883330742055257702011-03-08T06:00:00.000-07:002011-03-08T06:00:15.380-07:00Waldo Canyon Hike<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMspj_7ufzZg3paf9K82n3b5q-eIDWHuuUwKw0y3xtJHiO3iyYC5xDr739diRBwdn9yqc17SYYOCHmbM-jNtBurrr699hMc6ZLMa41xbQc18mthqqFvvDJImzbGaL9XDP4hI_PzNyqs1mi/s1600/DSCN0790.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMspj_7ufzZg3paf9K82n3b5q-eIDWHuuUwKw0y3xtJHiO3iyYC5xDr739diRBwdn9yqc17SYYOCHmbM-jNtBurrr699hMc6ZLMa41xbQc18mthqqFvvDJImzbGaL9XDP4hI_PzNyqs1mi/s400/DSCN0790.jpg" /></a> </div><br />
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7 miles<br />
dropping temeratures<br />
great hike!</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img align="middle" alt="Posted by Picasa" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="-moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; background: 0% 50%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Thanks for subscribing to Simply Karin! Have a thought? Leave a comment!</div>SimplyKarinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01494237364574613096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4509196394289958425.post-14299875184567963962011-03-07T06:00:00.000-07:002011-03-07T06:00:08.457-07:00Grab-n-Go<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgTWziuTpRUVgN9O2_sbR-x5Bm508-C-cZUmUXY7omvpDTRlzLZJTHQfAcXj1B7AJyuPXjAVsvtaHV3k7FyotybHubueB2RBy4j2qf7Hbp1mNQrOhQamx-MpV70t70hFKaIBVwH1cm1RPX/s1600/DSCN0730.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgTWziuTpRUVgN9O2_sbR-x5Bm508-C-cZUmUXY7omvpDTRlzLZJTHQfAcXj1B7AJyuPXjAVsvtaHV3k7FyotybHubueB2RBy4j2qf7Hbp1mNQrOhQamx-MpV70t70hFKaIBVwH1cm1RPX/s400/DSCN0730.jpg" /></a> </div><br />
In preparation for a busy and potentially stressful week I've made a bucket o' lunch goodies. Pre-bagged grapes, breads, sandwiches, and other various lunch items. Then in my stupor each morning I can pick a few different items and go. If you've seen my lunches, you konw they don't always go together as a nice ensemble. These might not either, but they will be fast!<br />
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It worked! Lunch was just about the easiest part of my week! Yea for planning a head!<br />
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BIG frosting tip and disposable tube</div><br />
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So this picture has nothing to do with my craft because I don't want to show people who might be the reciepent of my craftyness. But isn't this an adorable fabric swatch! Yea craftyness<br />
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Chocolate Covered Strawberries - didn't last long.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They tripled last month! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">On my to do list: </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">See what comes next if people kept coming at this rate.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">And why?!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Loving this study and an awesome group of women!</div><br />
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Don't you just want this little guy following you around for a few hours?<br />
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Stuff I've Underlined This Week:<br />
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See what happens when we focus more on our battles than on God? Our enemy appears bigger, we appear weaker, and God appears smaller. wow!<br />
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God sometimes stays the encouragement of others purposely so we will learn to find it in Him. (when it seems like we're alone...who should we be looking for?)<br />
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</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img align="middle" alt="Posted by Picasa" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="-moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; background: 0% 50%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Thanks for subscribing to Simply Karin! Have a thought? Leave a comment!</div>SimplyKarinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01494237364574613096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4509196394289958425.post-67377457497967827612011-02-20T20:47:00.000-07:002011-02-20T20:48:03.811-07:00Memorizing<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9hlpupoxlzdI0dJCDI5_Nwt4rbofVB1ab-vKGItckN5NFlMLNEd4lSyr0IY1M9zVMf0jP4PbaZzyv1W5dpSNvlWF4XS5j5a33T4EVo6H1eW0aOuLLUGVB6jydY4F3D1uqh-q4TTeIIFQx/s1600/DSCN0710.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9hlpupoxlzdI0dJCDI5_Nwt4rbofVB1ab-vKGItckN5NFlMLNEd4lSyr0IY1M9zVMf0jP4PbaZzyv1W5dpSNvlWF4XS5j5a33T4EVo6H1eW0aOuLLUGVB6jydY4F3D1uqh-q4TTeIIFQx/s400/DSCN0710.jpg" /></a> </div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Thanks for subscribing to Simply Karin! Have a thought? Leave a comment!</div>SimplyKarinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01494237364574613096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4509196394289958425.post-34792715464715498232011-02-20T13:00:00.000-07:002011-02-20T13:50:49.945-07:00Favorites in February<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigWSXYcibgMbyR4_tEd7pLOSnH5dI0-10MJwF_jtYnPGBcTuqUUAOT4bv3uE5Ljjyql4mP3DF8PqePl0ZRnEzzmjnue5lVo8A3wXcOqUO2s5TdwlR2rVTApmQZVQ1XjX_nrBlI0yWtQj9K/s1600/DSCN0634.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigWSXYcibgMbyR4_tEd7pLOSnH5dI0-10MJwF_jtYnPGBcTuqUUAOT4bv3uE5Ljjyql4mP3DF8PqePl0ZRnEzzmjnue5lVo8A3wXcOqUO2s5TdwlR2rVTApmQZVQ1XjX_nrBlI0yWtQj9K/s400/DSCN0634.jpg" /></a> </div><br />
A favorite paper, favorite dishes, favorite tea, and a chocolate cookie!<br />
<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img align="middle" alt="Posted by Picasa" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="-moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; background: 0% 50%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Thanks for subscribing to Simply Karin! Have a thought? Leave a comment!</div>SimplyKarinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01494237364574613096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4509196394289958425.post-8173328530725025502011-02-17T06:00:00.000-07:002011-02-17T06:00:04.569-07:00Book: Double Comfort Safari Club<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTT-j0MyF2QUyc4aZvXaAUTk_fD856ZFb4kOclA1ZSQeESdL43g3UO_jOru2KndyhAvJcA54jQhDXlmjyXZmf027Zf_kZaTRATlXSQ3uFyOa-XoyE3bEBDAJT2UF-MREg9GFVLYgxKBLZD/s1600/DSCN0627.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTT-j0MyF2QUyc4aZvXaAUTk_fD856ZFb4kOclA1ZSQeESdL43g3UO_jOru2KndyhAvJcA54jQhDXlmjyXZmf027Zf_kZaTRATlXSQ3uFyOa-XoyE3bEBDAJT2UF-MREg9GFVLYgxKBLZD/s400/DSCN0627.jpg" /></a><br />
BLAHHHHHHHHH<br />
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I do not know how this cover has to do with the book.<br />
I don't know what made this fit the mystery genre.<br />
I didn't like it.<br />
I was mad enough to finish it to prove how much it wasn't fit for printing.<br />
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Need good book!!!!<br />
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(did like the phrase "matronly air passages")<br />
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grrr......</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img align="middle" alt="Posted by Picasa" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="-moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; background: 0% 50%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Thanks for subscribing to Simply Karin! Have a thought? Leave a comment!</div>SimplyKarinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01494237364574613096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4509196394289958425.post-10514290754500318632011-02-16T06:00:00.000-07:002011-02-16T06:00:13.293-07:00HorseThief Falls<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">It was a beautiful day, but the Horsethief falls seems to have...disappeared in the winter?<br />
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It was some pretty cool wavy ice flowing over rocks and whatever lies under the frozen blanet of ice and snow.<br />
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Outside Divide, CO on HWY 67.</div><br />
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<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqZk5UQQog54qQQucNQfpCBYfa6QJw_O5f-oHqARU8SyQrpyMslHawtULe-PaVBPkv83wvyS623xXKXAil6kN6-q-p28acVSLC1Fr4-e4uXLm0ure2NYIQegCekBKs3bmgowj-dPqxGTGb/s1600/DSCN0673.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqZk5UQQog54qQQucNQfpCBYfa6QJw_O5f-oHqARU8SyQrpyMslHawtULe-PaVBPkv83wvyS623xXKXAil6kN6-q-p28acVSLC1Fr4-e4uXLm0ure2NYIQegCekBKs3bmgowj-dPqxGTGb/s400/DSCN0673.jpg" /></a> </div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img align="middle" alt="Posted by Picasa" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="-moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; background: 0% 50%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Thanks for subscribing to Simply Karin! Have a thought? Leave a comment!</div>SimplyKarinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01494237364574613096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4509196394289958425.post-86528031749941806032011-02-14T06:00:00.000-07:002011-02-14T06:00:01.682-07:00Oh! Valentine!<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIMszKRJQHcKLRwjDOqaRfMGzbYj5vEQWro087uz5AviFcdjV_M0Dd2MEQpYKfre96XUpEEt4i1CWivjQ1dBa5GHTnl4IKJVLI886pIpcBL5g9SS7jx4bL8Hz1z8Y_xZhMJB4xQDUSHRzv/s1600/DSCN0637.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIMszKRJQHcKLRwjDOqaRfMGzbYj5vEQWro087uz5AviFcdjV_M0Dd2MEQpYKfre96XUpEEt4i1CWivjQ1dBa5GHTnl4IKJVLI886pIpcBL5g9SS7jx4bL8Hz1z8Y_xZhMJB4xQDUSHRzv/s400/DSCN0637.jpg" /></a> </div>It's that time..for class sets of Valentine's! The boxes were decorated, the treats spread out. Now to pass the Valentine's out.<br />
<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTB7htDjgzrBRJFSJQvw8xqRIWUYPlzs87dgjDxZjmZmAEszsY4vjYiA9CP8iZBPaRGOeOMbeSZwym6JDsmBSVGtlGkg0vV8K0a3YlqX0KdC9mcwlg5wer1TFhjmOwaoSnDvH3t1K0TsgE/s1600/DSCN0639.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTB7htDjgzrBRJFSJQvw8xqRIWUYPlzs87dgjDxZjmZmAEszsY4vjYiA9CP8iZBPaRGOeOMbeSZwym6JDsmBSVGtlGkg0vV8K0a3YlqX0KdC9mcwlg5wer1TFhjmOwaoSnDvH3t1K0TsgE/s400/DSCN0639.jpg" /></a> </div>This is the first time I've stamped on ribbon. I've missed so much!<br />
<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7zgqn_kmpHap2saQGh2vJUOkkHZVe2auoGrDYtukvv2YYC9BSGui8NqepEQ9wxPKm_tZ67SPs1BEIh-Q8aCvP-GSlTs2ja2naPOlgGwECv2F6sQcpYQArrzbPtyR9VlI2086NZ_kOFk9R/s1600/DSCN0642.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7zgqn_kmpHap2saQGh2vJUOkkHZVe2auoGrDYtukvv2YYC9BSGui8NqepEQ9wxPKm_tZ67SPs1BEIh-Q8aCvP-GSlTs2ja2naPOlgGwECv2F6sQcpYQArrzbPtyR9VlI2086NZ_kOFk9R/s400/DSCN0642.jpg" /></a> </div><br />
<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDYgragiQbzg0J8O9ybC4Nspu-dLt4qWAzBhjT9BtMbZI76ZtzkX8gr-BWc0elcf7tmQEpLEh2AcOnDafpy8XhNsJk7iJQbZzn0sJ7nifPoP1ZDO21bzSDciSeEUfbb4scWGRxw7iKEtrC/s1600/DSCN0643.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDYgragiQbzg0J8O9ybC4Nspu-dLt4qWAzBhjT9BtMbZI76ZtzkX8gr-BWc0elcf7tmQEpLEh2AcOnDafpy8XhNsJk7iJQbZzn0sJ7nifPoP1ZDO21bzSDciSeEUfbb4scWGRxw7iKEtrC/s400/DSCN0643.jpg" /></a><br />
Everyone needs a little glitter.</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img align="middle" alt="Posted by Picasa" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="-moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; background: 0% 50%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Thanks for subscribing to Simply Karin! Have a thought? Leave a comment!</div>SimplyKarinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01494237364574613096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4509196394289958425.post-58671905232787279662011-02-12T07:42:00.000-07:002011-02-12T07:42:00.506-07:00You Don't Color Code?<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">February Project<br />
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pretty much reorganize the whole house<br />
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color coding is a must!</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img align="middle" alt="Posted by Picasa" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="-moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; background: 0% 50%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Thanks for subscribing to Simply Karin! Have a thought? Leave a comment!</div>SimplyKarinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01494237364574613096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4509196394289958425.post-2903143816066791332011-02-09T06:00:00.000-07:002011-02-09T06:00:03.019-07:00Monkey Bread<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_hKdKOHCmCdfMF1qwGlUPbRjrbM6He_0GkseQcDE-99inJG-trTFN88HneoCQIsnS5SQhV60XYW_Smx6Rx_g2URCmYzjXX5JBbM6kokw9Vw-sN3MFY2wbbgPyZat1NokyX5pNivDGQasx/s1600/DSCN0586.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_hKdKOHCmCdfMF1qwGlUPbRjrbM6He_0GkseQcDE-99inJG-trTFN88HneoCQIsnS5SQhV60XYW_Smx6Rx_g2URCmYzjXX5JBbM6kokw9Vw-sN3MFY2wbbgPyZat1NokyX5pNivDGQasx/s400/DSCN0586.jpg" /></a><br />
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I took the cinnamon rolls from <a href="http://simplykarinco.blogspot.com/2010/12/cinnamon-rolls.html">this post</a> and made it into monkey bread. Less work, just as good. <br />
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Bonus: didn't seem like it needed frosting because it wasn't a cinnamon roll! </div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img align="middle" alt="Posted by Picasa" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="-moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; background: 0% 50%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Thanks for subscribing to Simply Karin! Have a thought? Leave a comment!</div>SimplyKarinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01494237364574613096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4509196394289958425.post-37504294815295113542011-02-05T06:00:00.000-07:002011-02-05T06:00:00.927-07:00Salsa Cups<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqcD-F-aP0gKpfqqGj8Axkw3Un0j78mO_FnDlOgP5tCMXvrWBi00oCajqsIuEC5f5LGsScClVXFXW6XzDvvMwqAtiK-0XtetYtPMCoW42GlUnVwY7EMTFdkG1XlzTB1sCRiW4KsmIyjnXY/s1600/DSCN0543.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqcD-F-aP0gKpfqqGj8Axkw3Un0j78mO_FnDlOgP5tCMXvrWBi00oCajqsIuEC5f5LGsScClVXFXW6XzDvvMwqAtiK-0XtetYtPMCoW42GlUnVwY7EMTFdkG1XlzTB1sCRiW4KsmIyjnXY/s400/DSCN0543.jpg" /></a> </div>Home baked tortilla cups<br />
<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRZ5eqtVxWtWs29phEfjnPzKyfFgQNVmcHJN6Hrwosl1r6new5uyqEfz3-8b32Q3Z3JIwqpx0R9ZduOIYQvZK-zlX4o45U8GBLViKAIvVLix5TqxclYMJKvwaPq7A2Ul3cs95ysCqfzYZz/s1600/DSCN0541.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRZ5eqtVxWtWs29phEfjnPzKyfFgQNVmcHJN6Hrwosl1r6new5uyqEfz3-8b32Q3Z3JIwqpx0R9ZduOIYQvZK-zlX4o45U8GBLViKAIvVLix5TqxclYMJKvwaPq7A2Ul3cs95ysCqfzYZz/s400/DSCN0541.jpg" /></a> </div>Home Made Salsa<br />
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<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img align="middle" alt="Posted by Picasa" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="-moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; background: 0% 50%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Thanks for subscribing to Simply Karin! Have a thought? Leave a comment!</div>SimplyKarinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01494237364574613096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4509196394289958425.post-15450839510767312902011-02-04T06:00:00.000-07:002011-02-04T06:00:01.581-07:00Funny FamilyMost people project themselves as "better" in public and then regress to a bit more of who they are at home.<br />
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Let's see if I can project a bit of my true self out there!<br />
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Setting the scene.<br />
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My bachelor uncle who is a retired dairy farmer who still lives on the working farm doesn't care much what other people think. And he'll tell you that. And he'll tell you a whole lot more. <br />
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He doesn't do many things the 'normal' way, and certainly doesn't live in the 21st century. His home is heated with a wood stove, his meals are meat, bread and potatoes, just to start.<br />
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Growing up we loved going to visit him and see the farm. Where else could you see someone use a drawer handle to uncap a bottle of beer, watch home made root beer spray ALL over the kitchen when it was overdone, and see spills either cleaned up by the dog or covered up with newspaper. <br />
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So when my sister takes the new baby over the river and through the woods to visit, I hoped his first visit would be as exciting as I remember our's being as a kid.<br />
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He wasn't let down....as his mother said,<br />
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"You can't say I'm a bad mother for letting a dirty man put my baby on top of a knife with butter all over it..."<br />
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Let's dissect that though...<br />
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Uncle held the baby, then when he got tired of holding him didn't ask if someone else would hold him, just put him in the most convenient place possible. Wa-la!<br />
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So where does that lead us?<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Really, I've seen worse there so this can't be look at as ALL that messy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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A few looked great</div><br />
<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4AYL-YhGPrNfPg-LZ29tAGRUUW-DpM5Pn-4D6yY4pck_6XEbd1VqWj1o5zafBdYp_fJIEqwNYyAigwE9Y2vLFGhgNgXemhtYB35r9zetgQawM6k9FAwETNJ538xbpHqekfBdYerVKzMMd/s1600/DSCN0571.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4AYL-YhGPrNfPg-LZ29tAGRUUW-DpM5Pn-4D6yY4pck_6XEbd1VqWj1o5zafBdYp_fJIEqwNYyAigwE9Y2vLFGhgNgXemhtYB35r9zetgQawM6k9FAwETNJ538xbpHqekfBdYerVKzMMd/s400/DSCN0571.jpg" /></a> </div>Some were spreading their oozy goodness everywhere.<br />
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I've made empanadas before using pie crust instead of a specific dough...and that worked better. The crust here was too try and not pliable enough.<br />
<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img align="middle" alt="Posted by Picasa" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="-moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; background: 0% 50%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Thanks for subscribing to Simply Karin! Have a thought? Leave a comment!</div>SimplyKarinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01494237364574613096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4509196394289958425.post-86552461573484497812011-02-01T18:05:00.000-07:002011-02-01T18:05:44.796-07:00Pizza<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">More Kitchen Goodies</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">Home Made Pizza Dough</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH12SFCvhcNLKVoTGshVGHWQU1cDNqrxSwt4F3Qy1XYQoltmouuMoYvZNqY1owmSIexoXs1t3aJIPH3rJ_eiRDrKHg-Xvju0Wo8GpDm1TB-ne38tCcwX6lymlBxDdXnXDL_u4lJz3Fs9af/s1600/DSCN0566.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH12SFCvhcNLKVoTGshVGHWQU1cDNqrxSwt4F3Qy1XYQoltmouuMoYvZNqY1owmSIexoXs1t3aJIPH3rJ_eiRDrKHg-Xvju0Wo8GpDm1TB-ne38tCcwX6lymlBxDdXnXDL_u4lJz3Fs9af/s400/DSCN0566.jpg" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Yeast rising</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi90o-QULUt0JaPFfClBhyphenhyphenttZdXZ01CAd_O0n2CCA_W5Q47Qgcm0x7URDykIkosN7qFwJ5RowEPL8JHchApbfXojBG-vTVCAoX5H8I92I64tQURWHMh6OPmWWBK6S6aDLXNkcPym9GL05Ve/s1600/DSCN0568.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi90o-QULUt0JaPFfClBhyphenhyphenttZdXZ01CAd_O0n2CCA_W5Q47Qgcm0x7URDykIkosN7qFwJ5RowEPL8JHchApbfXojBG-vTVCAoX5H8I92I64tQURWHMh6OPmWWBK6S6aDLXNkcPym9GL05Ve/s400/DSCN0568.jpg" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Homemade sauce with fresh tomatos</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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