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Miss K’s Raw Granola
- Missy
- Homesteading Recipes
- 26 February 2020
If you’ve been around here for the long haul, you might remember 6 years back when I shared a “recipe” for my dear friend’s raw granola. You can find that old post HERE if you need a laugh! I use the word recipe loosely because at the time I didn’t have a way to add […]

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Lunch Lady Peanut Butter Bars
- Missy
- From Scratch Recipes
- 20 June 2017
When my dad was growing up, his mom and grandma were lunch ladies in the local school cafeteria. This was back in the days of from scratch cooking, where everything was homemade and nothing was frozen. Dad still looks back fondly on his memories of school lunch. How could he not with two of the […]

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Big Batch Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Missy
- From Scratch Recipes
- 3 February 2016
Looking for a treat to take to your next pot-luck or even just to fill your freezer? You’ll love this simple, fool proof recipe for big batch chocolate chip cookies!

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My first successful braid of onions. I’m a horri

My first successful braid of onions. I’m a horrible braider (why God gave me 3 girls is anyone’s guess 🤷🏼‍♀️) and have never been able to get them to stay together. The technic is probably all sorts of wrong but I don’t even care. I feel like Ma Ingalls. 🧅

I finally got the rod to hang the pretty drapes th

I finally got the rod to hang the pretty drapes that have been sitting in the corner since Mother’s Day. And yes, I do realize they don’t match the nightstands. Give me a couple weeks and I’ll get things repainted, just you wait! Ok, don’t do that. 🤗 At this point of 2020, we all know it’ll sit like this for months.⁣
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P.S. Somebody should walk that pouty eyed dog. And when I say somebody its me. Yay. So lucky.

You didn’t really think I was done posting pics

You didn’t really think I was done posting pics of sunflowers, did you? Oh... you did. Oopsies. Sorry y’all. ⁣
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If it helps, the weather man says 20s on Tuesday so I’ll be filling my feed with autumn leaves, baked goods, and inside projects all too soon. Just let me enjoy the last few days of flowers & garden veggies.

Moody weather, changing leaves, canning, and cover

Moody weather, changing leaves, canning, and covering the garden with every extra sheet I own. ⁣
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Welcome to fall 🍂

I’m just over here snapping alllllll the sunflow

I’m just over here snapping alllllll the sunflower photos before the freezes come crash the party in a few days. ⁣
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These smokey skies are pretty wild.

There were several times over the years that I pra

There were several times over the years that I prayed about homeschooling my kids. Back when they were littles and still thought I was magic. It would have been the perfect season. But every time I asked God said no. Eventually, I closed that door and moved on. ⁣
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2020 was going to be my year. I finally found my groove! I had big plans for remodeling projects, taking classes & strengthening talents, and even bringing in a real income to finally buy new furniture & a much needed vacation. Then kidneys happened and bam! Here I am, at the most inconvenient moment in my motherhood, helping my sweet girl heal & learn from home. I won’t lie, I have questioned His timing. Judge me if you must. But when it comes down to it, I realize that I can’t see what He can. So each morning I’ll pray over this room, and ask the spirit to be here that she and I might bloom where we’re planted. Even here. Even now.🌻

My folks embarked on a new adventure. After 34 yea

My folks embarked on a new adventure. After 34 years living in the family home, they sold their house to my brother and are moving. The whole family is helping Dad gut the new place and make it into my mama’s dream. Yesterday as I worked, I looked around and realized just how much the current state of the demo mirrored my own life this year. I couldn’t help thinking of this quote by C.S. Lewis...⁣
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“Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you can understand what He is doing. He is getting the drains right and stopping the leaks in the roof and so on; you knew that those jobs needed doing and so you are not surprised. But presently He starts knocking the house about in a way that hurts abominably and does not seem to make any sense. What on earth is He up to? The explanation is that He is building quite a different house from the one you thought of - throwing out a new wing here, putting on an extra floor there, running up towers, making courtyards. You thought you were being made into a decent little cottage: but He is building a palace. He intends to come and live in it Himself.”⁣
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2020 is the year of demolition and rebuilding. For my parents, our family, my daughter, and for me.

Monday got me like...

Monday got me like...

Sunflowers end up facing the sun, but they go thro

Sunflowers end up facing the sun, but they go through a lot of dirt to find their way there. -J.R. Rim⁣
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2020 got me feeling like I’m trying to grow up through a whole bunch of dirt. Maybe you too. If not now, you have or will be soon. Life, right? Just a little Friday morning reminder to keep looking for light. It’s there and it’ll find you, sometimes in the sweetest and simplest of ways. ⁣
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P.S. That surprise sunbeam photobomb made my day.

I having been channeling some major Ouiser Boudrea

I having been channeling some major Ouiser Boudreaux all week. If you get that reference, you know. I feel like I need a serious time out but since my youngest is still quarantined, so am I.⁣
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I wonder if my teenage daughter would notice if I hid away from life and hermited myself in her swing with some chocolate and a big stack of books for a few days? Sure tempting.

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