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I can’t believe it is already the 12th of October! Thanksgiving and Christmas are right around the corner and then – 2014! Wow, this year has flown by. The picture above of Princess Sweetie Pie putting her hands in a fountain was taken August. I intended to do a post about that special day in August, but then, all of…
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Let’s start with a confession – my lists of 42 household inventory items, starting in the kitchen, have grown so long that I’ve had to resort to an Excel Spreadsheet to manage them! By “manage them”, I mean to make sure I don’t duplicate items from list-to-list. It’s a good thing that I started putting these on an Excel…
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I know you already know this, but we went to Bates Nut Farm in Valley Center, California, the opening weekend of their pumpkin patch! A San Diego County “institution,” Bates Nut Farm has been around for around 60 years and open to the public for about 40 years. So, for San Diego County residents, it’s a “destination” for sure! …
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It’s cold here. 60 degrees. Yep; that’s cold for us SoCal people, especially when just a day ago it was 90! More importantly, it’s raining here! Yep, people, we have rain! That’s exciting for us because we don’t get a lot of rain. When my brother and his family visit us from New York, they walk around in shorts and…
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Rosa’s Caramel Flan is rich and decadent, but extremely easy to make! With only 4 ingredients, 10 minutes prep time and 2 hours of baking time, this dessert can feed a crowd at your next party! This lovely dessert is served cold, so make it the day before your party so that it’s nice and cold! Rosa is my neighbor. She’s a wonderful…
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Early fall in Southern California is really an odd time of year for us. While many parts of the country have gorgeous trees in brilliant fall colors and a crisp nip in the air, we still experience hot, summer-like weather. Our recent trip to the pumpkin patch, at Bates Nut Farm in Valley Center, California, was just one of those kind…
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