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About apronsandappetites.com

I love laughing... children... photography... writing bad poetry and probably blogs... collecting people for a lifetime... and their stories... dancing... playing cards. I love words; they're delicious! I love lying in my hammock in my backyard and watching traffic from the swing on my front porch. I love that Christ so totally loves me.

Saying Goodbye

Steve and I have been busy this year with his mom.  A really neat lady. We’ve been moving her into an assisted living facility, moving her to the hospital, moving her to the nursing home for the one night before … Continue reading

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The Mystery of the Frozen Fruit

Blackberry pies.  Steve’s mom had some frozen blackberries, so I made these two pies a few weeks ago.  Every night we had a bowl of blackberry pie and three scoops of vanilla ice cream.  It was so good!  I gained … Continue reading

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Suicide: Selfish Action or Despairing Reaction?

Odd.  Just this past week I got out my Purpose Driven Life Devotional to use it again, needing to understand life better, trying to wrap my head around our purpose. And now, ever since Sunday morning at church, when our associate … Continue reading

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Not the BUS!!!

Kate has been wanting to ride the bus for a long, long time.  Since our county K-12 school sits out in the middle of nowhere, trying to center it in the county, everyone has to ride the bus to and … Continue reading

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From Romance to Recliners

That was a fun night.   We hadn’t been married just a couple of weeks. And now… today is March 18, 2013.  This is where we went today:  the furniture store. I have never had a recliner in my entire … Continue reading

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Looking for Spring

Summer is and (I’m fairly certain) always will be my favorite season of the year.  I don’t want to miss Autumn or Winter or Spring because they make me appreciate summer so much more.  And actually I like those seasons, … Continue reading

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Wow, it’s chili tonight!

Today is March 5, just a couple of weeks till spring, yet we had a blizzard.  I’m talking big, fat snowflakes.  And lots of them.  Of course, it wasn’t really warm enough to stick, so tonight it just looks like … Continue reading

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The Family Tree

A small hobby of mine (meaning I’m not very good at it) is gathering information to fill out the big family tree.  You know the kind:  big, strong oak with huge branches all over, extending up to the heavens and … Continue reading

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My favorite croc back in the news!!

Where has the time gone?!  I start these posts, have to quit for whatever reason, and then it’s a month or more before I get back to it. For the past couple of years I’ve been keeping up with the … Continue reading

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My Harlequin Romance

A few days ago Steve and I received an awesome wedding gift in the mail.  My cousin out in Utah makes cards, and she sent us a whole batch of them… from Christmas and Easter cards to birthday cards.  They … Continue reading

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