tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76835936320073216132024-03-13T06:19:29.522-05:00Things and Stuff................................ pieces of my life shared in snippetsMindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09662565253955618120noreply@blogger.comBlogger388125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7683593632007321613.post-10009989031806214672015-05-20T21:19:00.000-05:002015-05-20T21:19:25.476-05:00Come on in and Look Around Our Vintage Camper Come on in and let me show you around. If you were here in person you could take in everything with one quick glance, but since you aren't here in person, I'll show you a ton of pictures. <br />
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<br />Mindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09662565253955618120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7683593632007321613.post-60501924963458131412015-05-05T21:34:00.000-05:002015-05-05T21:34:57.256-05:00Still No Name Work in Progress<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">So, here are the first touches added to our little accordion of a <a href="http://thangsandstuff.blogspot.com/2015/04/vintage-hi-lo-camper.html" target="_blank">camper</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The blue was a little lighter than I wanted, but we are going to just go with it. On the other hand the red is just the right shade! I wanted to accent with red, yellow, and Jadeite green. However, I'm not sure there is room for all of those colors...we'll see. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It is a little lighter and brighter everywhere.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well, that's what we have so far. </span>Mindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09662565253955618120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7683593632007321613.post-4716976719508413512015-04-21T22:31:00.006-05:002015-04-21T22:39:24.801-05:00Vintage Hi-Lo CamperWe have a new project going. It is one my husband has been wanting for a long time. We both love to camp, but he really prefers a camper to a tent, and honestly, when it gets hot outside I do too. <br />
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He found a 1961 hi-lo recently and brought it home. It's extremely vintage for sure, but he's already started working on it, and we spent a recent getaway shopping to glamp it up when he gets through.<br />
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Apparently she has to be named and there has been quite a bit of discussion on that matter. Right now we are leaning toward Tea-tiny, but the final decision will be made when we see how she turns out.</div>
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Hopefully, she will be looking a great deal better in the not so distant future. I'd love to hear any ideas you might have on decorating or naming her. </div>
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Okay, so, I had about a zillion (only a slight exaggeration) things to do today. This afternoon came, and I only had checked three things off my to do list. I wasn't feeling that great, but I was determined to get at the very least three more done before dinner. However, something caught my eye as I passed the window. There were bluebirds building a new nest in the birdhouse.<br />
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Right on time...the first week of Spring!</h2>
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I know most of the time little doll quilts are just made to hang on the wall, but these little ones are actually for my grand babies to use. I hope they get completely worn out!<br />
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I can't believe I finally completed two of them. I'm thinking they might be addictive. I only have one more to make for each of the girls to have one, then maybe I'll try making one to hang. I hope this one and the next one get as much love as the <a href="http://thangsandstuff.blogspot.com/2014/12/christmas-got-away-from-me.html" target="_blank">previous</a> one I made. The baby has almost given up her blankie and has taken to carrying it with her everywhere. </div>
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It seems like this one fits the dolly nicely. <br />
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Yes, Christmas got away from me. That's exactly what happened. I won't bemoan the fact any more. The truth is just out there, and there isn't any way to reel it in and start over. <br />
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My handmade gifts didn't get finished on time, so store bought ones were given. Now I can just go at my own pace, and someone might get a happy surprise sometime in the new year. <br />
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Here is one such finished gift, a doll quilt made from leftover fabric from the baby of the grand babies' <a href="http://thangsandstuff.blogspot.com/2012/07/another-attempt-at-quilt-making.html" target="_blank">baby quilt</a>, (Is that apostrophe in the right place?) and a piece of embroidery I did a long time ago.<br />
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There is only one drawback to having a large family, at least in my book, and that is the fact that it is almost impossible to finish a handmade gift for everyone by Christmas, especially if you are a procrastinator! Here is a peek at the beginning of what may be Christmas gifts, but could very well end up being birthday gifts instead. </div>
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If that ends up being the case I probably should have started in order of birth months, which, of course, I did not. (sigh)</div>
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<br />I guess that's all the more incentive to get on the ball....ummm....yeah, right after I decorate and clean the house, make goodies for all the Christmas parties, and do the rest of my shopping. Oh, yeah! I got this, really I do. Mindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09662565253955618120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7683593632007321613.post-3079043572762953472014-11-30T23:18:00.000-06:002014-12-01T21:46:06.587-06:00Thanksgiving Gone Old School<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">We soon started planning and things just kept growing to the point that Wednesday he was constructing a corn hole game, while I sewed up bean bags and made 8 pilgrim skirts and three indian shirts, all while trying to also put together our part of the meal. In the beginning he shunned any idea of food cooked indoors. He kept saying, "Did the pilgrims do it that way?” When I politely pointed out that the pilgrims probably didn’t have a motorized rotisserie, he conceded and let me continue with some of the dishes that are traditional for our family.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thanksgiving is my absolute favorite holiday. It revolves around the things that are dear to me faith and family.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It is that time of year when minds turn to gift giving. Because my mind was headed in that direction this morning, I remembered that I had never shared the gift I put together for my daughter's birthday last spring.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">After seeing this darling tea tray above from <a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/269759/multiuse-planters" target="_blank">Martha Stewart's website</a> she decided she would love to have one like it.<br /><br />Since I've collected ceramic and pottery planters for years, this request delighted me to no end. Most of my planters are shaped like animals or people. They are mostly whimsical. <br /><br />I started collecting them for nostalgic reasons. My mom had two that I remember growing up. One of the was a little duck and it was in our bathroom. She told me it was the first thing she bought when she had her first job and made her first money. Now I'm probably the most sentimental person you know. So every time I see those little planters something about them connects me to my sweet momma.<br /><br />I have never really gotten into the little rectangle planters, but I saw them everywhere when I shopped for the other kind. They were usually very plentiful and a good bit less expensive than the kind I was looking for, so naturally, I thought this was going to be a breeze to put together.<br /><br />I'm thinking everyone else must have come across Martha's ingenious use for these little gems, because the moment I began to look it seemed they were nowhere to be found. When I did find one they were a lot more expensive than I remembered. Not outlandish at all, but still 2 to 4 times what I remembered previously seeing them priced.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I began searching antique shops, thrift stores, Etsy, and Ebay all looking for pieces to make it work.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Finally, I found enough to put it together. I wanted to use all green planters, but believe it or not, I couldn't find enough green ones before her birthday.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I improvised with a yellow planning to switch it out for a green later, but honestly, I didn't think about it again until I saw this picture. I think I need to remedy that.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">My daughter was really pleased with her gift, and we had a little tea party with the children that very afternoon.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Finally, she could resist no longer. There she goes right in the middle of the snap!<br /><br />By the way, I have started a new collection. This one makes me think of my precious daughter. Can you guess what it is?</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Summer days are finally past, and it has been cool enough to get outside and do a little outdoor cooking.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">We really enjoy trying new Dutch oven recipes when we get a chance.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This particular night we tried an onion dip, Cowboy Cornbread, and Hornet's Nest Cake (pictured above). The cake taste a lot like pecan pie. I posted the recipe below. I found it on <a href="http://www.everydaydutchoven.com/2013/06/hornets-nest-cake.html" target="_blank">Every Day Dutch Oven</a> blog. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">On this night we made Skillet Apple Pie, meatloaf, baked potatoes, turnip greens and cornbread. </span></td></tr>
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what we enjoyed the most was just being together! I hope we get to do it all again really soon!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The next leg of my September journey started when I left Utah and headed to meet my husband and several of his family members in South Carolina. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They had all attended the wedding of our nephew at the Biltmore Estate while I was out west. It was one of those times when I truly wished I could have been two places at once.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Once we all arrived we had so much fun just hanging out together and catching up with each other. We ate some very tasty meals, and enjoyed shopping and checking out some of the local scenery.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The trees are my favorite part of this area of South Carolina. The strong and graceful boughs of the ancient oaks reaching up toward heaven, and outward as if in welcome just draw me. Those laced with ghostly wisps of moss are hauntingly beautiful. The moss sways to and fro in the gentle breezes like paper fans in warm southern church services a few years back.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I really loved </span><a href="http://www.coastalliving.com/lifestyle/so-you-want-to-live-in/want-to-live-edisto-island" style="font-size: x-large;" target="_blank">Edisto Island</a><span style="font-size: large;">!</span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was like nothing I've ever seen. The beach was blanketed inches deep with shells, and the trees grew right up to the edge of the beach, so unlike any other beach I've visited. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Should you ever get the chance to do anything with the people of this company by all means JUMP at the chance. They were some of the most genuine, engaging, kind and co-operative people I have ever met. I was especially blown away by their humility and the way they worked so well together. The trip was full of Redmond employees, many of whom work together on a regular basis, and never, once did I sense any tension between them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Getting to meet Angelina was such a delight. She is just as sweet and inspiring in person as she has been online and in all of our correspondence and phone conversations. She is easily one of the most creative people I know, and so generous with her knowledge and her ideas! If you follow her <a href="http://jojoandeloise.com/" target="_blank">blog</a> and have seen her many tutorials you will know just what I mean!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Kim, who works with Redmond, and her husband, Guy, were our guides from Herber to Lake Powell. They were so much fun and made the trip just delightful. They kept us informed, entertained, and anticipated our every whim.</span> <br />
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<span style="text-align: start;"> <span style="font-size: large;">We toured one of the salt mines and were encouraged to take some of the salt rocks home with us. The different colors in the rocks are different mineral contents in the salt. I learned so much about salt. You can read about the Redmond's Real Salt <a href="http://www.realsalt.com/real-salt-answers/" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large; text-align: start;">There just aren't enough words to describe the wonders of Lake Powell, </span><span style="font-size: large;">the luxurious boats where we stayed, the enlightening lessons we learned, the amazing food we were served, the caliber of people we hung out with, nor the fabulous excursions and adventures we experienced! </span></div>
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Happy Saturday! I hope it is beautiful wherever you are, and that you are getting to spend your weekend just as you'd hoped you would.<br />
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I finally finished the Little Red Riding Hood embroidery that I started way too long ago. (You may remember it from <a href="http://thangsandstuff.blogspot.com/2012/03/stitching-little-red.html" target="_blank">here</a>.) <b>I know this is a wonky mess</b>, but it really ended up being a series of little experiments. I say I'm finished, but in truth, I'm thinking of adding a little cloud or two to the background before I completely quit the hand stitching. This has been a project that has kept growing. I started out to do just a quick outline of the picture, but then what is Red Riding Hood without a really red cape? I had to fill it in somehow, so I attempted a small chain stitch. After I did, the tree called for more detail. I stitched in just a little bit (I don't even know if that is a legitimate stitch.) to suggest a bark like texture, but it didn't look right with just a few here and there. So, of course, I went ahead and filled in the whole trunk. You know where that led... those green globs of leaves had to be filled as well. That resulted in a wonky, haphazard mess, but I just left it that way. This was just for fun and to get me back into the swing of embroidery. It still keeps wanting to grow, now it seems to need a little background. Especially since it got a stain on it that needs covering somehow. Oh, well, I'll see what I can do with that and then try to figure out what I'm going to do with it when I'm finished stitching. Any ideas? I'm leaning toward making a small quilted wallhanging.Mindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09662565253955618120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7683593632007321613.post-63470530340863140012013-11-12T20:00:00.000-06:002013-11-12T20:00:03.982-06:00A Little Sewing and a Show Like No Other<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-neY8EcKDvvY/UoBVaKNaNuI/AAAAAAAAFjI/q37Zih6VzNI/s1600/DSC03440.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-neY8EcKDvvY/UoBVaKNaNuI/AAAAAAAAFjI/q37Zih6VzNI/s400/DSC03440.JPG" width="400" /></a>My sewing seems to come in spurts. So here is part of the result of my latest spurt. I've made several diaper bags lately, but this is the only one I took time to photograph. <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> This bag I did from a<a href="http://verypurpleperson.com/2010/04/reversible-bag-pattern/" target="_blank"> tutorial</a> I found on Pinterest. It is reversible, and I actually up-cycled the outer layer from a pair of pants. The reverse side is small red gingham. It needed a little something so I embroidered a little flower based off a design I found in <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/121630650/decorative-stitchery-60s-sunset-book" target="_blank">this</a> book.</span></div>
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They had a stage set up with props, and upon seating me the promised back scratch commenced. However, the actress of this one child show, staring Sweet Cheeks, developed a serious case of stage fright. </div>
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The play was cancelled, and I started back to the kitchen to finish my work. As I made my way to the doorway the crew began to invite me, gently at first and then more insistently, to fill in and put on a show for them. I agreed and did an impromptu monolog that brought a great deal of laughter. </div>
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When they saw that I was willing to make a complete fool of myself they began to open up and lose their stage fright. They all wanted to participate and asked if I would pull out the dress-up box.</div>
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<br /><br />Mindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09662565253955618120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7683593632007321613.post-30107158859680879522013-10-30T20:30:00.000-05:002013-10-30T20:30:00.862-05:00More of the Beach<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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It is usually still warm enough for wading around looking for minnows, hermit crabs, and other various sea creatures.</div>
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The adventurous types might even take a splashy jog through the water. Incase you're wondering, I'm not that brand of adventurous, something about the word "jog" just doesn't appeal to my adventure seeking (or any other) side. </div>
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If you are hot natured, or under 12 years of age you might even swim in October at the beach or at least have a seat and let the waters wash over your legs. </div>
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What is it about kids that makes them want to be covered in sand, or if that isn't available, plain ole dirt? The grands couldn't get enough of it last week.<br />
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Meanwhile, at the beach house there was lots of baby lovin' going on with sweet little baby girls everywhere! </div>
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Mindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09662565253955618120noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7683593632007321613.post-41815880431210376082013-10-14T22:09:00.001-05:002013-10-14T22:09:59.379-05:00Catching Up I'm back once again. I'm becoming like Jack, the music plays, life goes on, and suddenly I pop back up and surprise you again. My blogging has become consistently inconsistent. <br />
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I've done a bit of sewing through the summer, but I hardly have any pictures to show for it. I made a couple of aprons, 3 sunsuits from vintage patterns, a few little dresses, and one for myself, a couple of diaper bags, some bibs, hot pads, and these quick little market bags that I made from <a href="http://whipup.net/?s=market+bags" target="_blank">this tutorial</a>.<br />
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What is it about water that draws children? It doesn't matter if it is a mud puddle, lake, or a watering can sitting on the porch, they seem to be instinctively pulled to it like a thirsty desert traveler. </div>
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There was a swimming area in the lake, but before we could find it little toes were itching to get wet, so we walked down to the lake's edge in front of the cabin and tested the waters. </div>
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Afterwards, we came back to the cabin and Gran proceeded to teach Spidey how to grill burgers. The smoke did a number on him though. He decided he would wait until he turned ten to try and learn that particular skill.<br />
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We started out this weekend on another adventure with two of our grandchildren. We chose to make the travel time a good bit shorter and picked a place with a cabin this time. The kids loved it and so did we!</div>
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It had a playground which was a real plus in their eyes! They discovered that pine straw makes a slide go faster, a little trick I remember my dad teaching me when I was a child. <br />
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The lake was beautiful, of course, and we all enjoyed just being outside soaking in the beauty.<br />
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There was even a few moments of stillness...<br />
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Most of our camping time was spent in the creek. The creek bottom is covered in rock of various sizes, and all of them are slippery. I have bruises peppering my body from my many falls. </div>
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The girls loved going up and down the creek, and since they have a much lower center of gravity coupled with a youthful, nimble body, they were able to scurry around much easier than we were. They both banged their knees a few times, but jumped right up and hustled back and forth like nothing ever happened.</div>
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Gran and I used a stick to help us balance in the creek. Sweet Cheeks and Scooter were tickled pink when Gran cut them one too.</div>
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I loved the moments when they were holding hands and helping each other. </div>
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Floating down the little ripples was their favorite part.</div>
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Happy times!Mindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09662565253955618120noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7683593632007321613.post-24361996423106289742013-09-02T12:03:00.001-05:002013-09-02T12:03:40.955-05:00First Time Campers<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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We have big plans of taking all of our grandchildren camping, but we are not so brave as to attempt taking them all at one time. A couple of years ago we took the <a href="http://thangsandstuff.blogspot.com/2010/07/we-took-angel-eyes-on-her-first-tent.html" target="_blank">oldest</a> and this weekend we took two more. It was their first camping trip and the anticipation was great! Sweet Cheeks backed out the day before the trip. She got homesick just thinking about being away from her parents and other siblings, but when the day arrived she braved up and decided to go. They both had a blast and the homesickness did not show up again until we were fifteen minutes from home on the return trip.</div>
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The ride was a very long one, but we arrived a little before dark, so they got to scope out the site. Of course, they wanted to see the creek first.</div>
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We cooked a little in the Dutch ovens, and did a little exploring. A huge fuzzy red and black ant entertained us for a while. He moved too fast to get a good picture. <br />
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Dragonflies kept drinking water off our skin when we were in the creek, and butterflies were plentiful. The sweetest lavendar one seemed to follow us everywhere. <br />
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We marveled over plants and various flowers while the birds sang to us from overhead. We tried desperately to escape the mosquitos, but they always managed to out manuver us, so we brought a few bites home with our souvenirs.<br />
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It was too hot to really enjoy the fire, but what is camping without a fire, so we did build one. We didn't sit around it though.<br />
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My mom has been a little under the weather, and Daddy decided to make lunch the other day when I was there. I'm so very glad I was there!<br />
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Before my parents sold their business and retired they often traveled to Europe to buy antiques. I was married when they began traveling overseas instead of buying their merchandise stateside. My brothers have all traveled overseas with my parents, but I never got that opportunity. Every time they went to Belgium they came back talking about the incredible waffles they bought on the streets there, making my mouth water.<br />
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Daddy tried often to recreate the recipe, but never was satisfied until recently. Sugar waffles also called Liege Waffles have an unique ingredient that makes all of the difference in the world in the outcome of the waffles. The product is Lars Belgian Pearl Sugar. It's $16 a pound plus shipping so I don't think we will make this a weekly addition to our menus. It's a good thing too since they are very calorie dense. However, if you are going to splurge this is certainly the way to go!<br />
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One other word of warning, you may spend a great deal of time trying to clean your waffle iron afterwards. The sugar melts into the waffles and oozes into the iron making a sticky mess, but I think you should at least experience this one time in your life! <br />
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I personally can't compare these to the waffles in Belgium, but my family says they taste the same. If the ones in Belgium are any better I don't think I could stand it.<br />
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My pictures are poor quality phone pics. I was too busy drooling and eating to break out the real camera.<br />
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By the way, if you need an excuse to give in to this yumminess August 24 is National Waffle Day. Mark your calendar and get out that Belgian Waffle Iron! <br />
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Dissolve yeast in warm milk. </div>
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Gradually add all ingredients except the sugar to the flour. </div>
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Let dough rise until double in bulk (about 30 minutes)</div>
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Divide dough into small patties about 3-4 oz. each</div>
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Bake in heated and greased waffle iron.</div>
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These will be extremely hot, and the melted sugar will burn you in a heartbeat so be very careful!</div>
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