Vanilla Ice Cream? How Boring!

Today is National Vanilla Ice Cream Day. I will be honest, my original plan for today was to ignore the National Day completely. But then a light came on. Don’t you just love it when that happens?

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Who Was This Woman Mary?

Hollywood and the whole of the entertainment industry has always been given certain creative licensing. They are masters at weave shimmering threads of speculation into an otherwise gray tapestry of fact.

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Is This Really Junk Food?

Today we celebrate Junk Food Day, as we have a few times in the past now. Of our four chats regarding junk food, half have involved beefy burgers, and three of the four were served on bread or a bun. That just leaves one Junk Food Day that wasn’t really about Junk Food as we typically think.

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Greetings Pennsylvania

If I had to pick another place and time to have been alive, I would be torn between two. The first is the American Civil War. The second are the days leading up to World War II. While I realize that I view these moments in history through rose-colored glasses, I cannot help but to be drawn to them.

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Love Those Catholic Friday Suppers!

One thing is for sure, I love being a Catholic. When people talk about the idea of separation of Church and State, that our elected officials need to park their faith at the door, it just never made much sense to me. It’s not like a jacket that I can take off when I go indoors. Faith is a part of your being. Or at lease it should be.

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Keeping Thursday Casual

Casual. The whole point of today’s post was how to keep things around the dinner table casual. That is until I came across a photo taken 30 years ago today. I knew today’s post needed to go in another direction.

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Remembering Summers Long Gone

This year has really been one heck of a roller coaster ride. Those who know me know I’m not a fan of roller coasters. Give me spinning tea cups any day. I don’t mind being dizzy since that’s my natural state. I do not like the ups and downs of a roller coaster life.

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Tuesday and Our Lady of Carmel

Today we celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Carmel. The Carmelites date back even before Christ, established by the Prophet Elijah. It is a part of the rich Oral Traditions of the Catholic Faith.

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The Luckies Man Alive – Really?

About a month ago, while scrolling through Face Book I saw that a somewhat recognizable actor turned house flipper had wished his somewhat recognizable wife turned interior designer a Happy Birthday. How nice.

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Good Morning Grand Marnier Day!

Today is National Grand Marnier Day. I was all in favor of whipping up my favorite dessert – a Grand Marnier Soufflé served with a Crème Anglaise or Vanilla Custard Sauce. Yeah, that’s my favorite. It’s not Hubby’s favorite when it comes to Soufflés. He prefers a Chocolate Soufflé with a light Dove Chocolate Sauce.

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Celebrating Delaware Day

There is so much of this country I have yet to see. I truly wish I had more time to explore every back road and small town. All most of us can do is dream a little and research a lot.

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Gotta Wonder Sometimes

Have you ever checked into a hotel, been shown your room and immediately wondered what were they thinking?

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One of These is Not Like the Other

Welcome to another Catholic Friday. Okay, so it’s Friday for everyone on this side of the date line, not just a Friday for Catholics. Today isn’t just Friday, it’s Different Colored Eyes Day. It’s also a bunch of other things as well that we aren’t even going to talk about.

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Good Morning Blueberry Muffins!

Good morning and welcome to the 11th day of July. Time is flying by so quickly. Today is the Feast Day of Saint Benedict, Abbot. Every day within the Catholic Church is a feast day. Like so many saints of old, little is knows about him beyond the establishment of the great order which bears his name.

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Live and Learn

Hubby and I like to visit “Little Mexico” a few times a year, usually in the spring and early fall. The rest of the time it’s either too blistering hot or too wet to visit this huge flea market just south-west of us. We call it Little Mexico because it’s a lot like visiting Mexico.

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