{"id":320,"date":"2008-07-31T22:40:09","date_gmt":"2008-08-01T02:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.handsful.com\/?p=320"},"modified":"2008-07-31T22:44:50","modified_gmt":"2008-08-01T02:44:50","slug":"i-should-blog-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/archives\/320","title":{"rendered":"I should blog that…"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Puppy love<\/p>\n

This blogging thing is addictive.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s become more than just updating friends\/family on our goings-on here in FL.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s become my scrapbook, journal, record book, etc.\u00c2\u00a0 I automatically evaluate if something that we do\/say\/experience is “blog worthy”.\u00c2\u00a0 Oh, that’s funny…I should blog that.\u00c2\u00a0 Lainey is doing something new…I should blog that.\u00c2\u00a0 Payton has a new goofy face…I should blog THAT.\u00c2\u00a0 lol…\u00c2\u00a0 It doesn’t even matter if anyone else is reading it (though I hope they are…I love comments), it’s just great fun putting our lives on paper<\/span> screen.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

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For instance, here are my african violets.\u00c2\u00a0 I’ve had these two big ones FOREVER.\u00c2\u00a0 I brought them from our old house, so that’s at least 4 years and I know I had them years before that.\u00c2\u00a0 They bloom constantly.\u00c2\u00a0 The little one is my attempt at rooting a cutting.\u00c2\u00a0 I had it in rooting hormone and vermiculite for more than a month, and little tiny roots grew.\u00c2\u00a0 Last week, I put it in the pot with soil, and it seems to be holding it’s own.\u00c2\u00a0 I thought I was going to lose the two big ones, because they had become so overgrown.\u00c2\u00a0 I read up on how to “fix” that online, and I ended up cutting ALL the roots off.\u00c2\u00a0 That was hard to do!\u00c2\u00a0 After weeks of having them re-planted and under bags to increase the humidity, they are thriving now.\u00c2\u00a0 So cool!!<\/p>\n

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Don’t these look yummy?\u00c2\u00a0 They are.\u00c2\u00a0 I’ve tried a few recipes out of Earl “Bubba” Hiers’ cookbook, and so far they’ve been so good.\u00c2\u00a0 Earl is Paula Deen’s brother.\u00c2\u00a0 Not sure of the cookbook’s name, my mom-in-law Kathy had it here when they were visiting and she made some copies from the book for me.\u00c2\u00a0 These are called Star’s Cookies.\u00c2\u00a0 Not sure why they’re named that, but…<\/p>\n

2 sticks butter<\/p>\n

1 cup sugar<\/p>\n

1 cup packed light brown sugar<\/p>\n

2 eggs<\/p>\n

1 tsp vanilla extract<\/p>\n

1\/2 tsp salt<\/p>\n

2 cups uncooked old-fashioned oatmeal<\/p>\n

2 cups all-purpose flour<\/p>\n

1 tsp baking soda<\/p>\n

1\/2 tsp baking powder<\/p>\n

1 cup chopped pecans<\/p>\n

2 cups Rice Krispies<\/p>\n

375 degree oven…cream butter and sugars together until fluffy.\u00c2\u00a0 Add the other ingredients to this mixture and mix.\u00c2\u00a0 Drop by teaspoonfuls onto cookie sheet 2-3 inches apart.\u00c2\u00a0 Bake for 12-15 minutes…although mine browned in 10.\u00c2\u00a0 You MUST let them cool on the sheet about 5 minutes before taking them off to cool on wire racks.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

I usually use a mixture of all-purpose flour and whole wheat, but I only used the all-purpose this time.\u00c2\u00a0 I like to use Sucanat in place of regular brown sugar, too.\u00c2\u00a0 I’ll experiment with ingredients next time.\u00c2\u00a0 Oh, and I had no time to chop pecans this time around…next time, I’ll be sure to\u00c2\u00a0do that.\u00c2\u00a0 I love pecans.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

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We’ve had SO much rain lately, that everytime we think of getting in the pool the sky darkens and storms for the next hour.\u00c2\u00a0 Tonight, they timed it right and took a dip after dinner.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Puppy love This blogging thing is addictive.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s become more than just updating friends\/family on our goings-on here in FL.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s become my scrapbook, journal, record book, etc.\u00c2\u00a0 I automatically evaluate if something that we do\/say\/experience is “blog worthy”.\u00c2\u00a0 Oh, that’s funny…I should blog that.\u00c2\u00a0 Lainey is doing something new…I should blog that.\u00c2\u00a0 Payton has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}