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<br />Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09012367247510667132noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4852918172567032829.post-22281887731615373152013-05-02T09:58:00.003-07:002013-05-02T09:58:45.349-07:00Best Sugar Cookie Glaze Ever<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I did it - I won the battle of the glaze! This recipe dries shiny and beautiful and hard in an hour. I'm smitten.<br />
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2 1/2 C confectioners sugar (whisked)<br />
2 T + 2 t milk<br />
2 drops food coloring<br />
2 T corn syrup (light)<br />
*tip: dip all cookies in one batch, the glaze hardens pretty fast.<br />
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<br />Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09012367247510667132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4852918172567032829.post-18865381998087566862013-04-29T08:54:00.001-07:002013-04-29T08:54:40.175-07:00Meter Mole<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09012367247510667132noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4852918172567032829.post-68071140584123764342013-04-27T16:51:00.001-07:002013-04-27T16:51:26.373-07:00Charleston SC, Ghost and Graveyard Tour<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09012367247510667132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4852918172567032829.post-17581798890563896082013-04-13T08:13:00.001-07:002013-04-13T08:13:48.251-07:00Instragram Camera Roll<a href="http://instagram.com/ejmcdougall"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Instagram</span></a>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09012367247510667132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4852918172567032829.post-48858914781575162402013-03-26T16:02:00.000-07:002013-03-24T16:02:28.675-07:00Lost and FoundFound these gems while cleaning off the old books in John's office. <br />
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<br />Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09012367247510667132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4852918172567032829.post-48193430492330286212013-03-04T09:17:00.001-08:002013-03-04T09:17:39.513-08:00Freeman Louis MeadMy new nephew. About time I posted a photo. When I'm with this little hunk, I'm too interested in touching him to find the time to snap a photo. In fact, I can't even take credit for this one. Although I think it is my favorite of him so far. <br />
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My parents generously offered to have my Grandma's old sewing machine serviced after she passed...4 weeks and a small fortune later I am back at it and feel so good about how well it is working (for the first time in 15 years really) I think I need to get back to <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/emilystreet/sold?ref=shopinfo_sales_leftnav">my etsy shop</a> a bit this year. 0 items for sale is lame. Excited to change that. These three are for some beautiful babies I am expecting to meet this winter. Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09012367247510667132noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4852918172567032829.post-78053722314925921622013-01-01T12:04:00.004-08:002013-01-01T12:05:31.496-08:00"How did he know?!" Santaaaaaaaa!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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(some new favorites; an oak writing desk from Tookie and Grandpa, Kit Kittridge from Santa, Box of Balloons filled with $ from Meg and Kelcey, and Merry-Okee from Candi (Kelcey's Mom))Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09012367247510667132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4852918172567032829.post-86878230124120180202013-01-01T11:52:00.002-08:002013-01-01T11:56:13.217-08:00Candy Continuum<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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I'm appreciating this little cuss (and the other one) very differently this week. We hope there is peace in your home as well.Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09012367247510667132noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4852918172567032829.post-64167720195408179982012-12-11T11:47:00.004-08:002012-12-11T11:47:59.760-08:00A Nice Time<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<br />Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09012367247510667132noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4852918172567032829.post-17261779731118919442012-11-08T21:09:00.001-08:002012-12-10T23:24:47.658-08:00Frick and Frack 2012-2013This year's mugs are in. Enjoy. Henry did Lucy's hair this year and she insisted it was lovely and so proud that her brother helped her. I didn't have the heart to fix it, even when her teacher asked sweetly that morning, "....and what would like us to do with her hair?"<br />
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When I lapse from the blog for a while, I usually ask myself, "What have we been doing?" I'm sure everyone has a pretty good idea, they're doing it too. But in reading this story to the kids the other night I really connected to this paragraph about a little girl who decides very early on what she wants to do in life.<br />
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I think of this every night now as I pick up their dirty clothes off the floor while they are in the tub, make sure the homework is in the right folder, make lunches for the next day and get ready to read to them.<br />
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I hope to God it doesn't come as fast as this with our kids, but somehow I already see it happening. I'm going to kiss the young, round, fatty parts on their face in the morning.Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09012367247510667132noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4852918172567032829.post-50994251690412200372012-10-23T20:37:00.000-07:002012-10-23T20:37:15.933-07:00Grandma Freeman<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Bidding adieu to my Grandma Freeman this weekend. She was a very lovely lady. She taught me much:<br />
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<li>A 'tummy button' is a much more lady-like body part than a belly button.</li>
<li>One must always watch soap operas when home sick from school.</li>
<li>Cigarettes are good (I know I know, but they are! <i>Disclaimer: no, I am not a smoker</i>).</li>
<li>How to make jam (and of course, blackberry was the best).</li>
<li>Children are the ultimate gift (she had 7, although sometimes I got the impression she loved her Grandchildren even more).</li>
<li>Sometimes what's for dinner, is wonder bread with butter and a hamburger patty with pepper, and that's ok.</li>
<li>Ladybugs are good luck.</li>
<li>Painted nails are lovely.</li>
<li>Christmas time is magic.</li>
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I will miss talking with her, learning from her and feeling the way I did when she was near. Special. She was special too.</div>
Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09012367247510667132noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4852918172567032829.post-46482647357942037732012-09-14T07:30:00.000-07:002012-09-14T07:30:29.016-07:00People PleaseI wish I were a robot. How else would I read this?:<br />
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