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More than just okay: March 2013

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More than just okay. Saturday, March 16, 2013. Whole Wheat Cinnamon Rolls. 2 cups of whole wheat flour - I grind my o wn so it's very fresh. I al so grind hard *white* wheat. Wheat varieties can be hard or soft, red or white, with differing gluten and prot ein level s - all of which will affect your outco mes . Nothing's easy is it. 1 1 /2 to 2 cups al l purpose white flour - I use store brand. 2 ta blespoons uns alted butter - I *do* use butter , not margarine. 1 1/2 teaspoon salt. 55 ounce cup. Tha...

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More than just okay: Drama Camp

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More than just okay. Tuesday, August 4, 2015. While working on Fiddler with our community theater group, I discovered that they were having a drama camp for grade schoolers. It was the week after swim lessons were over. Perfect timing for Miss Adventure. She was agreeable for drama camp to be her bir thday present. It was a perfect fit. Made to measure . . . The students put on a play about the Trojan/Spartan war. Miss Adventure p layed King Men e. I demand a fight with Paris! She di d very well.

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More than just okay: July 2014

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More than just okay. Monday, July 28, 2014. It has been just over a year since we started this project. We had a space in the basement that we converted to a bedroom for Miss Adventure. Mr. Wonderful finally had things ready for the Chemist to begin around the first of June. And 60 hours of painting later, she was finished. I didn't get as many in progress photos as I wanted, but there are a few. Here is the earliest photo of progress I have. Little by little, the chemist added layers . . .

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More than just okay: May 2014

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More than just okay. Tuesday, May 20, 2014. Graduation Family Get Together. After graduation, Geologist Ben invited all who could to come to a cook out in the back yard of the house he shares with 3 other students. We enjoyed the lunch and the chance to sit and chat. The chemist was a dear and kept the littles with her that day so that Mr. Wonderful and I could enjoy the time without worry. Geologist Ben with Grandma Hamill. Geologist humor. :-D. But soon the clouds gave way to a bright sun. Food service...

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More than just okay: July 2015

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More than just okay. Wednesday, July 29, 2015. Miss Adventure requested a rainbow cake for her bir thday. (A 6 layer cake with each layer being a different color.) I decided I could try it. I mean, I wat ched t he Great Brit ish Bake-Off. How hard could it be? I decided to use two white cake mixes, each split three ways. (One day I hope to make a cake from scratch, but until t hat golden day I still use box mixes.) I carefully weighed the batter , subtracting out the weight of the mixing bowl. Two layers...

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More than just okay: Corn!

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More than just okay. Thursday, August 6, 2015. Morning this past week, I went out and purchased seven dozen ears of corns. I need ed to put up corn, but with swim lessons, drama camp, and the fair, I just hadn't done it yet. But the corn stand closes for the season on S aturday, so this was. But have frozen pizzas for lunch and blue-box macaroni for supper. Oh, the irony.). I had things a littl e more organized t his year. Would n't that be so cool? The connection to past genera tions. Pretty f. View my ...

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More than just okay: February 2015

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More than just okay. Sunday, February 22, 2015. What a joy. A dear friend invited me to accompany her to the symphony last night. I forget how much I love live music. There is something about it that transcends recorded music. Just what I needed amidst the chaos of moving my parents. And guess what I found in a closet at my parents. Yay Joys to help sustain. :-). More than just okay. Saturday, February 21, 2015. More than just okay. Friday, February 20, 2015. I'm actually relieved for the snow and ice fo...

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More than just okay: March 2015

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More than just okay. Monday, March 30, 2015. Last Fri day, my little guy's PE class put on a program with other special needs classes in the district. They showed off th eir swimming skills. My little guy loves to swim. We were fortunate enough to have a private pool when he was younger where he learned to love the water. He even joined in some water wrestling. Amazing. It involves playing with other boys in a loud and s plashy way. For an auti stic young man, it is big. My little fish. What a guy! We ha...

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More than just okay: Eating from the Garden

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More than just okay. Monday, August 10, 2015. Eating from the Garden. Yesterday was a very good day for actually eating from the garden. I made lasagne, making the sauce from paste tomatoes I harvested from the garden. :-) And fresh herbs went into the sauce as well - basil, oregano, and parsley. The salad (lettuce from the store, it's just too hot for lettuce here now) had green onions and carrots from the garden. And the vine had died anyway, I picked. And it was just right! So I purchased three 2 poun...

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More than just okay: 21 Ways

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More than just okay. Tuesday, August 11, 2015. Whilst surfing the net I ran across an article titled "21 Simple Ways to H elp Save the Planet." I'm always keen to find new ways I can lighten my foot print, so I eagerly began reading. 3 Us e public transporta tion. Did I mention we were in the burbs, in the mid-west, in a small town. Public transportatio n, with the exception o f the limited taxi service (which is worse tha n my own vehicle because it must fir st drive to me), just does not exist&...6 Don...