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Saturday, March 12, 2016

My Week in Review #51

It is that time of the week again-- to share all about your week! I love reading about your adventures.

Lisa's post is linked in at spot #1. Chareen is linked up at spot #4 . Come check out what we have been up to in our homeschools!

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Friday, March 11, 2016

My Week in Review/THMJ/Weekly Wrap-Up

I haven't done a My Week in Review post in some time. It has been so crazy busy. I'm sure you know what that is like. Kiddo 1 has been taking college classes, Kiddos 1 and 2 are taking some pretty intensive CLEP review classes, all of the kids have been enjoying their Taekwondo and bowling. I still teach classes at church weekly and my older kids serve as teen helpers. Sometimes, I can't keep it all straight! :-)

Here are some photo highlights of the last couple weeks:

Kiddo #4 had a spring ceramics class. I can't wait to see the finished product next month! It will be curved and stand upright.

Here are some great shots from bowling and Taekwondo

In the collage below, are a couple of photos of the chicks we hatched with a 4-H project and with the warm weather now upon us, I shared a couple from Snowmaggedon, which wasn't that long ago! :-) Kiddo is almost 6 feet tall, so look at how much snow we got!

Hope you have a wonderful weekend and God bless!

Stay tuned for next week when the kiddos will be attending a cooking with herbs class. :-)

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Frugal Mommas Friday Linkup #25

The Friday Home Linkup with Frugal Mommas is here! We're going green for spring!! We'd love to see your great recipes, DIY, spring cleaning, homeschool projects, frugal living, crafting and other ideas for home life - especially if it has a "going green" feel to it. Are you up-cycling or reusing things in your home? Frugal living, for the most part, IS green living. So, come on and show us what you've got! We have new featured bloggers each week for the Friday Home Linkup. Whether or not you blog, you are sure to find a terrific resource that will be helpful to your family life and home.

Friday Home Linkup 25

At Frugal Mommas, we are all about “Abundant Family Living on a Frugal Budget” We are passionate about sharing ideas, how-to's, and encouragement to help you run your home and family life to the best of your ability. Of course, like everyone else, we love the pretty pictures on Pinterest, but we know that everyone is not a professional blogger. It's ok if your recipe or DIY isn't picture perfect. We want you to be inspired by our ideas and those who link up. We want you to enjoy abundant living - without the pressure to "measure up" to "Pinterest Perfect". Let's encourage one another to be good stewards of our resources and to do our best in our home and family lives. We're setting small goals along the way and gaining lots of inspiration from all of you who link up each week. Thank you for participating with us.

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We were thrilled this week to see all the fun Saint Patrick's Day recipes, crafts, and activities!

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Kitchen Floor Crafts - Kids Irish Wreath

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Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Try a New Recipe Tuesday- March 8

I cannot believe that Try a New Recipe Tuesday is 4 years old now! Thank you for joining in, supporting and sharing my little recipe linkup! It is much appreciated. :-)

In the first spot below, I am linking up my Banana Bread in the Breadmaker recipe. A delicious and easy recipe that does not require the oven. :-)

The most viewed post from last week's hop was:

Meyer Lemon Loaf from Don't Sweat the Recipe

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Sunday, March 6, 2016

Banana Bread in the Breadmaker

I have made banana bread in the oven before, but never in the breadmaker. I decided to try this version when we were in the middle of Snowmageddon here and my daughter was using the oven to bake her delicious Chocolate Marshmallow cupcakes (you can see them here), Seeing how fast it was gobbled up, I would say that my family has enjoyed it! :-)

Ingredients

2 large eggs

1/3 cup butter

1 ounce milk

2 medium bananas, mashed

1 1/3 cups bread flour (I use King Arthur's brand)

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup packed brown sugar

1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder (I use aluminum free)

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt (I always use iodized sea salt)

1 teaspoon vanilla extract (pure, not artificial)

1/2-1 teaspoon cinnamon (according to your taste)

1/4-1/2 teaspoon nutmeg (according to your taste)

1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional)- I didn't use these

Be sure ingredients are at room temperature. Mix wet ingredients first and then add dry ingredients. Put into your bread maker and set it at the cake/quick bread setting.

Enjoy!

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Saturday, March 5, 2016

My Week in Review #50

Do you blog about your homeschooling week? Are you looking for different ideas to implement in your homeschool? You have come to the right place! :-)

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Friday, March 4, 2016

Frugal Mommas Friday Linkup #24

The Friday Home Linkup with Frugal Mommas is here! We want to welcome you to come and find and share great recipes, DIY, homeschool, frugal living, crafting and other ideas for home life. Thanks for stopping by and joining in the fun. Add your favorite posts. The team at Frugal Mommas is pinning and sharing them as you participate. We have new featured bloggers each week for the Friday Home Linkup. Whether or not you blog, you are sure to find a terrific resource that will be helpful to your family life and home.

Friday Home Linkup 24

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Kelli Becton - owner/blogger- Frugal Mommas & Adventure Homeschool
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Lisa - owner/blogger - Home to 4 Kiddos
Michelle - owner/blogger - Blooming with Joy (tea & gifts)
Susie - owner/blogger - The Chelsea Project Blog

Featured Blogs this Week - Congratulations! Please visit and Pin our featured bloggers from the Friday Home Linkup. This week - we were inspired by so many great posts, but the transformation of the laundry room by Our Home Made Easy - really grabbed our attention. We are always on the look out for great DIY, money saving tips, home and garden, homeschooling & family recipes. The homemade waffle recipes from Stuffed Veggies made us drool and gets an honorable mention! We were also impressed by the 4 Money Saving Tips by Loggers Wife.

Our Home Made Easy

Weekend Laundry Room Makeover DIY

Friday Home Linkup - Laundry Room Makover

4 Money Saving Tips - Loggers Wife

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