Strawberries

Howdy! It use to be that strawberries were an April thru August crop, but now wonderful strawberries can be purchased practically through out the year. There's always frozen strawberries to pull from the freezer section at the market or your personal home stash.

With the week-end coming and snow predicted...strawberries caught my attention. They sound really good to me today.

Strawberries should have a sweet scent to them and be free of whiteness. If they lack a sweet fragrance, they will taste BLAND...strawberries don't store well so freeze them as soon as possible.

Here's the skinny on strawberries:

*Buy bright red in color strawberries with fresh green tops.

*If one strawberry in pack has mold...mold spores have already spread through out package.

*Store unwashed and loosely covered in fridge for 2-3 days.

*When ready to use, wash in strainer under cold water.

*When the cap of strawberry is removed, cells in the strawberry release enzyme ascorbic acid oxidase which destroys Vitamin C. Best to eat them right away.

*Don't soak them. This can cause them to lose their flavor.

*Strawberries are HIGH in Vitamin C and K.

*Strawberries are LOW in calories.

*Healthy source of phytonutrients and antioxidants. These nutrients are known to fight free radicals which are responsible for cell damage that contribute to cancer.

Sounds like a great treat!

~Deanna~

Like This Idea

I like this idea and just wanted to share with you all!

A simple decorating idea as well as a functional way to hold a few extra towels.

Back to SpRiNg Cleaning.

Have a blessed week-end.

Can you believe it...SpRiNg has sprung!!!

~Deanna~

Grandsons...

I just had to brag abit! I love my Granddaughters as well, but for right now here's a few pics of my 3 Grandsons. Each an individual with individual personalities and soon to discover talents.

May you have a delightful day,

~Deanna~

Praise God...I am HIS

It's a little after midnight and I felt that I was to leave this message:

Don't be afraid to move forward.

Don't let fear keep you from being all that God desires you to be.

Praise God! He is Great and worthy to be Praised!!!

Now take a deep breath and Thank God for who He is and whose you are!!!

In Jesus Name, I can have Victory and Peace.
~D~

Saint Patty's Day

Dear Ones,

Wearin' GREEN and thinkin' SpRiNg!

May you all have a very Happy Saint Patrick's Day.

Gonna eat boiled Potatoes, Cabbage and Bacon for Supper.

God bless,

~D~

'Life Just Got A Little Easier' Home Making

HomeHaven Howdy you all!

Home Making Made Easy...is this possible? Yes, it is. This morning my hubby said something that spoke volumes to me. Prophetic.

You've heard that God will take your mess and turn it into a message for you.

That test you're going through will turn into a testimony, because God loves you and will see you through. What was meant for evil, He will turn it into good for those who are called according to His purpose. Win Win Situation.

Well this morning my hubby said, "If you change your attitude...it will change your altitude. Bring you out of the pit onto higher ground."

So a good recipe for making Home Making Easy is.........have the right attitude and your altitude will change.

Bingo! Life just got a little easier.

God Bless and may you have a high flying attitude about life and all those messes.

~DE DE has spoken~

Key Lime Pie and Wearin' Green

Wednesday is that special day to wear green so you won't get pinched. This was a big deal when I was in Grade School. I made sure I was wearing green. Last week in blogland I went overboard on green items and had a blast finding green things to post.

So this week I will take it easy with the green stuff.

Last year I posted a niece's pie recipe and thought I'd share it again. It was so good that I might make one to eat on Wednesday.

Pie Recipe

for Key Lime Pie

can of sweetened condensed milk

tub of cool whip

package of lemon lime flavor Kool-Aid

squeeze of lime

Whip ingredients together and pour into prepared graham cracker pie crust.

Refrigerate an hour before serving.

God bless you and have a sweet week.

SpRiNg is officially coming this week-end!

We made it through a very

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Winter.

Til next time,

~Deanna~

Hush...I'm waxing!

A few weeks ago I bought some microwavable tweezeless Wax to try out in the privacy of my home. My eyebrows have been professionally waxed before and I think I'll keep using them for shaping my eyebrows.

This adventure with waxing at home was for my chin! My daughter worked at an upscale Beauty Spa and said she'd help me wax. Our week-end was way too busy for this and since I'm very goal oriented I was so determined to wax before Monday. Daughter said it's best to have a few days growth before waxing...so, I did this and wasn't about to wait til Monday evening to wax.

At midnight I'm painting turqouise wax on my chin. Should have taken a picture. What an aweful sight. Not sure I will EVER do this again by myself. The wax hardened faster than I could pull it off. When this happens, you've gotta apply fresher wax on top of the hardened wax. I ended up with wax under my nails.

It hurt. Better to work in smaller patches. Ouch.

Life is good and I'm delighted to be a woman. But sure wish I wasn't so hairy!

~Deanna~

SpRiNg

At Home. Come on in. Got some good news? Won't you share with me how you are?

Still cleaning...made great headway this week-end, but have a ways to go. My Hubby is a huge helper. Huge. I sure need his help.

The spare room has become My ClOsEt and StOrAgE for a little of this and a little of that. I should be praising God that we have this room to use! Eventually this room will return to a actual bedroom with antique oak furniture. The furniture is partially in storage, partialy in this room and that. I know where the pieces of furniture will go once we get that far!!!

Oh Happy Day when it gets that way. The present bathroom will return to a closet and a bedroom into a new old fashioned bathroom. After this happens, the spareroom will be decorated and be a bedroom again. O momma...this will be awesome.

This has been a tough challenge for me. As our house morphs into something different than it is...I have to pray, shed some tears, blogggggg, search decorating magazines, pop some vitamins and sigh!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Redoing a house isn't something new to me, but this assignment here in this old rock house has had challenges like never before.

At a snails pace we are going through

the spare room STUFF. We were successful at

getting the extra stuff out of the room, but will take some muscle sorting through all of it.

I went through my clothing that hangs on racks and put into color families. Like it! Hubby repaired the clothing rod that's in the actual bedroom closet. His clothing hangs in this small closet. Went through his clothing. This helps me take inventory of his clothing and knowing what needs replaced. He has his casual clothing, casual work clothes and dressier things. Looks like he needs some more crisp white shirts and some newer slacks. His shoes need to find their way back into the bottom of the closet.

Tomorrow I will be relocating blankets and sheets from the spare room. I will be unloading video

tapes and movies from the downstairs wardrobe and using this piece

of furniture to hold bedding. The video tapes will go into storage boxes for now. Have plans for my dolls that are in vinyl boxes. Poor babies...some of these dolls have been in boxes for three years. Can't hardly believe it.

It's almost like moving again shuffling things and finding different places to hold order. So, it's kind of like musical chairs figuring where to put this and that until things are placed elsewhere.

We've got a plan and it's the waiting for it all to happen that is a struggle. Yuck.

Until it's finished...I need a staff to order

around to do this and that and that again.

Not gonna happen...sniff sniff. I izz the maid!

As we morph into a finished product...I hope I can post some pictures that show the progress. Until that happens...I hope to stay strong and productive. Monday, I will be doing paperwork and babysitting little Junior Miss.

She's growing and I think it's alright to go from calling her toddler to calling her lil Junior Miss. She's like sunshine. Grandchildren are bright spots in my life.

Not to bore you all with spring cleaning, but it helps me stay focus talking about it. Hope you have some tips to enlighten me with.

Love you all and wish I were done with this SpRiNg ClEaNiNg. Can you believe it, Spring is coming this week! Let it happen.

~Deanna~

Forsythia Wreath

What a great way to wake up this morning!

I got to sleep in and sleep in I did. During the week, I talk about what I hope to get done over the week-ends. On the agenda was putting away the wintery door wreaths and getting the springy ones hung on the doors.

The wreaths (at this point in life) are stored in the detached garage. My Hubby's domain. He doesn't like it when I want to rearrange his territory. Getting into the garage is a major ordeal...if I showed you pictures, you'd vapor lock for sure. So I will spare you. (Aren't I kind???)

Anyways...when I got around to sipping on my coffee, I noticed through the window, my sweetheart walking around outside. When I opened the door to let him inside...there on the door was my bright yellow forsythia wreath! Fantastic!!! He had already done the footwork and took care of the wreaths.

Now you know it doesn't take a whole lot to get me excited about SpRiNg. I was delighted to see what he had done. So surprised and delighted.

What a great way to wake up on a grey and dreary Kansas Saturday.

I am SpRiNg CLEANING this week-end.

Crack the whip and get it done.

I love you all the way from the Prairie.

~D~

Gentle Spring Cleaning

Warm wishes to you in Blogland! Gentle Spring Cleaning begins today with hopes of having noticeable results by Monday. Here's the plan and I pray it becomes a reality that needs to manifest right before our eyes.

The spareroom became a catch-all and needs completely reorganized.

So with that in mind,

1) I will carry most of the clutter from the spare room, place it in the master bedroom and hallway to decide what to keep, pitch, sale or give away

2) Clean the ceiling fan

3) Sweep the floor

4) Wipe down and wash the windows

5) Organize the closet

6)Carry items back into spare room and organize.

Awe...this will be like a breath of fresh air.

It will be awhile before the ceiling is tinned, a light fixture bought and installed, the walls are painted/wall papered, floor repaired, different curtains hung, oak furniture placed in room.

The furniture is in waiting.

Write your plan down and run with it!

May we make quick work of it and call it done.

Have a refreshing week-end and don't forget the Time Change.

So glad you stopped by.

God Bless us real good!

~Deanna~

PS somewhere along the way...I'll take the time to sip on a cold rootbeer...which is my tonic.

Pity I can't get into that dress anymore, but if the hat thingy fits...I'll wear it along with the apron! grins...it's a joke.

Super Moist Chocolate Cake

Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Frosting! It's a very good day when I can find the time to fix a CaKe...especially chocolate cake with frosting.

The Family gave this a thumbs up. Super moist cake and I will for sure fix this again.

It's got my HomeHaven Happy vote.

Betty Crocker Super Moist Cake Mix Triple Chocolate Fudge

I'm so glad that God allowed chocolate to be.

~Deanna~