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Well, that was a great camping trip! (I don’t have many photos as Cameron took most of them, so here’s one of our site with Wanda and Raymond making breakfast!) We left on Sunday, arrived Sunday night around 6:00 or so, and the fun began. We spent Monday swimming, then went into Spokane on Tuesday...
We’re on a four day road trip of super holiday camping fun, leaving this morning for the wonderful Potholes State Park near Moses Lake, Washington and returning late on July 1st. We’ll be enjoying some fire roasted food, lots of swimming, a short trip for shopping in Spokane, a lot of Dungeons & Dragons, and...
I love my all natural babassu butter body butter! You can find the recipe here! I received an e-mail last night from someone who notes she is a formulator of mostly natural bath and body products, and that she was writing to me “even though I know you have little love for formulators like me”,...
Wow, did I have fun yesterday or what? My friends and I set June 20th as our challenge date for making jam, and we went nuts making all kinds of gooey strawberry concoctions! We bought a 30 pound bucket of local strawberries from the Rotary Club, and they were already washed, cleaned, and packed in...
I went to the doctor’s office this morning, and on my way home I thought I’d stop by a scrapbooking store to see if I could get some ink for my new cupcake stamps! Oops, wrong street (weird, ’cause the store’s named after the street!) I happened to have a frequent buyer card, so I...