tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32851887397664071022024-03-18T00:01:10.098-07:00Shirley's World Shirley's World, One Square AcreShirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01561756184685033077noreply@blogger.comBlogger1173125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3285188739766407102.post-78549107136684056872017-05-08T17:22:00.000-07:002017-05-08T17:25:13.631-07:00New Birthday, New Business!!<br />
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I do have a good reason why I haven't been blogging! Really I do. Around last Sept-Oct I started seriously Selling on eBay. A ramped up my eBay store and had a goal to make enough $$ to help pay my bill for my horse's board!. Well I reached and surpassed that goal the past couple months!! Now I have the bug and am making a higher goal. (Not sure what yet, I have to think about that.)</div>
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Anyway. I am selling men's and women's clothes. Yes, I am a reseller. Between the time it takes to source the items, prep and photograph them, bag them for mailing and then listing them one by one on eBay, it is becoming almost a full time job. But one that I really enjoy.</div>
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I've turned my library into my eBay office and shipping room. (I know it looks a little messy but it is organized. (Really it is!)</div>
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Here's my little "photo studio" that I use to photograph the clothing.</div>
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So . . . . . that's what I've been doing every day besides taking care of my dog, Dexter, my 4 cats, 6 chickens and visiting my 2 horses!</div>
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Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01561756184685033077noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3285188739766407102.post-17216653911975571572016-08-18T17:16:00.000-07:002016-08-18T17:16:35.716-07:00Promises, Promises<div style="text-align: center;">
Oh Dear. It's been another month since I've blogged!</div>
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But really, I'll get back to this soon. In the summer it just seems like I should be doing outdoor things while I still can! Plus we've been spending a lot more time at the barn with the horses since my daughter got her new Arab and he is in training.</div>
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I also have to start back selling on eBay too. I like that little extra money! I'm going to investigate Etsy too.</div>
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My vegetable gardens have done really well this year and I'm in the middle of enjoying the harvest from them.</div>
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There's nothing that can match good homegrown, fresh from the garden, tomatoes, greens, carrots or beets!! Soooooo sweet! I've already planted my Fall garden.</div>
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Plus I discovered volunteer plants of potatoes, and butternut squash coming up full force in my huge compost pile!!</div>
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I'm going to have enough squash to last me all winter, for sure!!</div>
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I think it is trying to reach the golf course!!!</div>
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I haven't dug to see if there's any potatoes yet.</div>
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Most of the squash have normal necks but some are round! I don't quite understand?</div>
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It would be great if that plant was acorn squash!!</div>
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My little chicks are nearly full grown and are now 16 weeks old. In 2-3 weeks I might be seeing some eggs from them already!!</div>
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Babies grow up so fast : )</div>
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Here's my little flock.</div>
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We've been going to the barn a lot more because of my daughter's new horse. His name is Adonis and he's a full blooded Polish Arab. She wants to spend as much time as she can with him to bond and he is also under training now. He's 14 and had been a show horse his whole life showing country pleasure and was made to have his head up in the air which he really isn't built for. He has more the frame of a hunt seat horse so he is being taught that he can relax his head and neck, stretch out more and hopefully bring up his top line.</div>
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Now that doesn't mean <u>my</u> two horses are getting neglected!</div>
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Here's Echo with his newly braided mane and my older QH Preacher, loves his grooming time too.</div>
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My new house cats are doing well. The kitten, Kia, is constantly getting into trouble and Maddie the adult has decided she wants to be an indoor/outdoor cat. She is getting along just fine with the barn cats and stays really close to the house.</div>
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One good thing, to report: The kitten, Kia, has already gotten 2 mice!!</div>
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Come on Maddie, get with it!</div>
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Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01561756184685033077noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3285188739766407102.post-66264109161220673392016-07-03T07:21:00.000-07:002016-07-03T07:21:30.851-07:00Catch Up Photos from the Past Two Weeks<div style="text-align: center;">
So much happening this start of summer time!!</div>
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Here are a few photos of what's been going on in Shirley's World.</div>
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The veggie gardens are flourishing.</div>
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Getting plenty of salad greens.</div>
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The big girls still aren't sure about this young-un's.</div>
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Early morning in the chicken yard is so pretty.</div>
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We spent some time with Preacher and Echo at the barn.</div>
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I didn't get a photo of Echo. I'll have to do that today!</div>
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And, of course, in case you didn't here! Cleveland won the World Championship!</div>
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(and everyone is still celebrating!)</div>
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<i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">**Note!!</span></b></i></div>
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<b>Michele got her new Arabian horse so tune into the next post because he's already at our barn!!!!</b></div>
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Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01561756184685033077noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3285188739766407102.post-84465166680461482912016-06-24T18:03:00.000-07:002016-06-25T06:28:50.576-07:00The Horse News!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><u>Horse News</u></span></b></i></div>
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As some of you know, my daughter Michele has been searching for a horse. She lost her beloved arab, Satire over 4 years ago. It took her a long time to be ready to even start looking at other horses.</div>
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I'd say she's been seriously looking for the past 6-8 months.</div>
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It couldn't be just any arab, it had tall horse shoes to fill.</div>
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It didn't have to look like Satire or of course couldn't replace Satire but it had to be a horse she could comfortable ride without fear and the <i>most important thing</i> of all, she had to see something in it's personality to tell her that she would be able to bond with him and him with her.</div>
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She found a horse nearby that she was interested in.</div>
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She visited and rode him 3 times. and had our trainer come and give her thumbs up.</div>
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But most importantly, she spent a little time with him off line in the arena and saw what she wanted.</div>
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It was time to advance to the important pre-purchase vet exam.</div>
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This horse named, Adonis (a pure Arabian gelding), is 14 years old with an extensive and successful show career.</div>
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So a full exam with x-rays and blood work were done on Wednesday.</div>
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Everything looks extremely good.</div>
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Through this whole exam, which takes well over an hour, this horse had exquisite manners.</div>
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Soooooo, it looks like Michele <i>finally</i> is going to have a special horse in her life again.</div>
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All reports and blood work came back practically perfect.</div>
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Michele has announced it on Facebook so I can now introduce you to the new family member:</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">BR Adonis Afire V</span></b></div>
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Michele is a photographer and photographs equines among other subjects, so you know there will be tons of pictures on her website and her FB page!!</div>
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Here's a link to her website:</div>
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<a href="http://www.mzezulakphotography.com/">http://www.mzezulakphotography.com/</a></div>
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<i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Shirley</span></b></i></div>
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Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01561756184685033077noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3285188739766407102.post-77748612978195089182016-06-23T13:36:00.000-07:002016-06-23T13:36:25.652-07:00The New Cat News!<div style="text-align: center;">
I live in a house built in 1852.</div>
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It has a cellar (unlike new houses with finished basements!).</div>
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The walls in my cellar are made of huge boulders!</div>
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There is no way to really make the cellar mouse and chipmunk proof!</div>
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They can easily get in.</div>
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Luckily I'm not afraid of mice.</div>
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I lost my last mouser cat, Miss Ellie, almost 2 years ago.<br />
So I have been intending on getting a house cat or two.<br />
Yes, Pepsi could be an indoor cat but she's not the hunter. Her mother, Angel (Mama cat) is the hunter. Pepsi just lounges around and waits for mom to bring home a treat now and again!<br />
Mama cat is still pretty feral. <br />
She still won't let me pet her, so there was no getting her into the house. <br />
My girl friend from the barn, volunteers for Kitten Krazy, a cat rescue here in Medina. So she took me over there while I picked out two. (I nearly came home with THREE!!)<br />
Let me introduce you: I got one adult and one kitten.<br />
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This is Maddie<br />
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She's about 4 years old and recently had kittens.<br />
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This is Kia:<br />
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She's 12 weeks old, just a baby.<br />
She's not one of Maddie's kittens but Maddie mothers her.<br />
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Kia is fascinated with the computer screen!<br />
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I'm introducing Dexter to the cats but once they stand up for themselves, which Maddie already did, there won't be a question as to who will be boss of the house. Dexter is a real "chicken"!<br />
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So, there you have it, my new cats.<br />
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I'm still working on integrating the 6 poullets and the 2 hens. That will take a little more finesse!<br />
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I'll let you know how that's going next time!<br />
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<i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Shirley</span></b></i></div>
Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01561756184685033077noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3285188739766407102.post-73419576455875370212016-06-23T11:20:00.000-07:002016-06-23T13:32:34.087-07:00Catch up on Photos!<div style="text-align: center;">
I have been so busy with new things going on that I have not been on the computer except for my phone. I haven't blogged, haven't done my budget and haven't done much reading.</div>
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Also the weather has been beautiful and I spend as much time as I can outside. </div>
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I do still constantly take photos with my iPhone however!</div>
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But today we are having a nice rainy day which we have needed.</div>
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So here I am. I'll try to catch up on a few things.</div>
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I'll save the recent news till next post.</div>
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Here are some of the misc. photos from my life from the past couple weeks:</div>
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Molly was broody for about a week but is out of it now.</div>
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Beautiful foxglove.</div>
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This is an ancient large tree with the most interesting bark.</div>
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I think it is an osage orange tree but doesn't drop fruit. Maybe it's just too old to produce any longer.</div>
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It is the home to many little red squirrels. </div>
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I moved the little chicks (now called poullets) out into a cage in the chicken run to introduce them slowly to Molly and Dottie.</div>
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That left me with the mess to clean up in the dining room!!</div>
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Everything was full of dust and had to be wet wiped and EVERYTHING washed in the entire room. </div>
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Took me 2-3 hours!</div>
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We had a little nap after that!!</div>
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At first the little ones kept knocking over their food and water.</div>
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But I figured it out.</div>
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Hopefully this will only be a 2 week arrangement before I can fully integrate them.</div>
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My plan to transfer them into another pen inside the garage at night just didn't work out.</div>
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So I put a tarp over them that I can lower in case of cold nights or storms that could blown rain in on them.</div>
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I always intend on putting these photo posts up on Sunday night or Monday but here it is Wednesday already. It got really chilly and damp out side with a wind that makes it feel freezing to me so this is going to be a computer day!!</div>
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Here's a few photos from last week.</div>
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Michele is looking at this Arab horse to buy. This was her first ride trying him out.</div>
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I finally got my front porch pots filled!!</div>
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Dottie giving me the eye!!</div>
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My first salad from the garden. Aren't those the most beautiful radishes!!</div>
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I just love the month of June in the gardens.</div>
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So why not share them on my blog : ))</div>
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My gardens are booming. June is my very favorite month in the garden.</div>
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The chicks are getting rambunctious!</div>
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They are in the playpen in the dining room and with all their running around and testing their wings out, it has become a very dusty problem.</div>
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I wiped down my entire kitchen and put up plastic on all the openings.</div>
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I hope this will cut down on a lot of the dust getting where it shouldn't be!!</div>
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I will make a note and the next the bunch of babies will be in a brooder in the basement!</div>
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Of course, then that will require a hundred trips up and down my treacherous cellar stairs!</div>
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I may have to rethink that.</div>
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This week, since the temperatures were so warm, I introduced them to the outside.</div>
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I shut them in the coop in the middle of the chicken yard.</div>
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They love being on the grass and the dirt.</div>
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It's getting them there and back that is a back breaking project.</div>
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I still have to work on those details.</div>
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Molly and Dottie getting their first look at the new flock!</div>
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Pepsi needed a little loving while I was watching the baby chicks.</div>
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Here are a few of my flowers in the front gardens.</div>
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Early last week we spent a day at the barn with the horses. Michele took this of me unwrapping a candy for Preacher. I have his full attention!!</div>
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Putting netting on my vegetable garden to try to deter the deer!</div>
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I little added dust bathing "room" for my chicks who are 4 weeks old and growing fast!</div>
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Their names are "officially", Muffy, Violet, Suzie, Blanche, Rose and Coco.</div>
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My forest of ferns.</div>
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The beautiful dandelion.</div>
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One of the first flowers of the spring and the scourge of some people that want those perfect lawns.</div>
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A lot of money is spent trying to kill these beauties with poison weed killers.</div>
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I've developed a whole new love of dandelions since I've let my back property go wild and I have chickens that love to eat them. The greens are eatable and can be used in salads.</div>
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Look at all those seeds waiting for a breeze to plant themselves and give me more beautiful flowers!</div>
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Here are some other "wild things" I found just walking around my yard.</div>
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These are the flowers of the creeping ground ivy. Or as my father used to call it "creeping Joe".</div>
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Yes, it spreads like crazy but you have to admit it looks very pretty in the spring.</div>
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I found some wild strawberry too.</div>
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So take a walk and look carefully. There's beautiful flowers everywhere.</div>
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I'm sorry I haven't gotten menus on the last couple Mondays</div>
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I fell and injured my knee and wasn't doing much or anything till the past couple days.</div>
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See the whole story on my other blog.</div>
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The link is there on the right or you can just click here:</div>
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Anyway, my baby chicks came just 3 days after my accident but I managed to have someone drive me to the post office and I picked them up.</div>
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Here they were when they first arrived:</div>
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Just little puff balls.</div>
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Sorry about the red (that's the heat light) and it's blurry because they don't hold still for pictures!</div>
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They are already growing so fast and are 2 wks. old today.</div>
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Muffy, the easter egger, was the first to flutter to the top of the water container!</div>
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Out of the brooder for a little exercise.</div>
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This is Suzie (a light brahma)</div>
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There's Muffy again. Getting her wing feathers the fastest.</div>
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They'll be almost too big for the brooder box by next week so I've ordered a Puppy play pen!!</div>
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I'm not sure were it will fit because it's 45 inches in diameter!!</div>
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I'll show it to you when it comes.</div>
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I have picked names for 3 of them so far, (Suzie, Violet and Muffy), but I need 3 more names.</div>
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So if you have any ideas let me know in the comments!</div>
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Everyone should have chickens!</div>
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They are so much fun (with benefits!!)</div>
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(I will attempt to get my menus together and posted by next Monday.</div>
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I've been a lame chicken mama and just eating helter-skelter! : ))</div>
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April 18th - April 24th</div>
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Breakfast: Navel orange, overnight oats</div>
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Lunch: Cottage cheese and peaches</div>
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Supper: Turkey burger and canned yams, salad</div>
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B: Pancakes and eggs</div>
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L: Boost (working outside)</div>
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S: Pizza, applesauce</div>
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B: Navel orange, overnight oats<br />
L: Scrambled eggs and hash-browns<br />
D: Homemade chicken soup (from freezer), yams</div>
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B: Cold cereal and banana</div>
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L: Tomato soup and toast</div>
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D: Spaghetti with sauce</div>
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B: Overnight oats and fruit</div>
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L: Chicken soup<br />
D: Frozen fish, sweet potato fries and snap peas<br />
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B: French toast<br />
L: Tomato soup<br />
D: Left over Pizza and applesauce</div>
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D: Left-overs (Clean out the fridge day)<br />
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My baby chicks are coming next Monday, the 25th!!!</div>
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Watch for the posts about them with lots of photos!!</div>
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<i><b><span style="font-size: medium;">This is a re-post from April of last year. Since April is the time when the hummingbirds return here, I thought it was appropriate to take another look.</span></b></i></div>
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<i><b><span style="font-size: large;">The Ruby-Throated Hummingbird</span></b></i></div>
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These are the amazing tiny birds that migrate up to the eastern part of the US to breed every season.</div>
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They weigh well under an ounce.</div>
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They can fly as fast as 60 mph and can maneuver forwards, backwards, up and down and can hover in one place by making their wings flutter in a figure eight movement.</div>
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They winter in Mexico and Central America!!</div>
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Imagine something so tiny traveling that far!!!</div>
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And they usually come back to the same exact breeding ground and most of the time the same feeders!</div>
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The sound made by their rapidly moving wings gives them their name.</div>
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Some people are concerned for this creature because of their small size but hummingbirds are actually quite hardy. </div>
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They are feisty and fearless and will definitely defend their territories. They are solitary creatures and are not often seen in large groups. At feeders and around their nests they can be extremely aggressive and will chase other birds.</div>
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The adult male has the red throat and slightly forked tail.</div>
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The red is actually not a pigmented color but depends on the light and can sometimes appear black. Both sexes have the iridescent green back.</div>
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The hummingbirds usually appear in Ohio from mid to late April. I always try to have my feeders out by April 15th.</div>
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Hummingbird feeders are increasingly popular with Ohio residents and many people believe they have the same birds coming back every year. Banding experiments prove this can be correct but many new ones also come.</div>
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Peak activity periods at feeders are early morning and late evening. Many see increased activity before and after thunderstorms also.</div>
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The ruby-throated hummingbirds are polygamous and the male and female only associate during mating. The females build the nests, incubate the tiny, usually two, eggs till they are hatched and fledge. (What a gal!!)</div>
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The young hatch in 14-16 days and will fledge about 21 days after hatching.</div>
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The hummingbirds nest is amazing.</div>
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It is so tiny, about the size of a ping-pong ball.</div>
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The inside is made of soft cotton and plant down and then plant parts are woven and intertwined with spiderweb silk to hold it all together. Plant lichen is stuck to the sticky silk on the outside to camouflage it making it almost impossible to find.</div>
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I hope you will be so lucky as to attract some hummingbirds to your house. </div>
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Put those feeders out there along with some flowers that they collect nectar from.</div>
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Favorite Plants For Attracting Hummingbirds</h2>
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<tr valign="top"><td>Fuchsia</td><td>Bee Balm</td><td>Coral Honeysuckle</td><td>Butterfly Bush</td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td>Impatients</td><td>Canna</td><td>Cypress Vine</td><td>Flowering Quince</td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td>Jacobiana</td><td>Cardinal Flower</td><td>Morning Glory</td><td>Lantana</td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td>Jewelweed</td><td>Coral Bells</td><td>Scarlet Runner</td><td>Manzanita</td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td>Petunia</td><td>Four O'Clocks</td><td>Trumpet Creeper</td><td>Mimosa</td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td>Salvia</td><td>Foxglove</td><td>Canary creeper</td><td>Red Buckey</td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td>Shrimp Plant</td><td>Hosta</td><td>Carolina jasmine</td><td>Tree Tobacco</td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td>Snapdragon</td><td>Lupine</td><td>Glory vine</td><td>Turks Cap</td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td>Nicotiana</td><td>Columbine</td><td>Cypress vine</td><td>Weigela</td></tr>
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They are the most amazing little birds.</div>
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Added note: Here's a YouTube video of a Nature Documentary on the World of the Hummingbird that is just fantastic.</div>
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Hope you take the time to watch it.</div>
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When we first moved out to this house and I got my gardens underway, I had some great big vegetable gardens and worked on establishing perennial gardens all around.</div>
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These are some of my vegetable gardens probably in mid-summer.</div>
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They were a lot of work and I was really the sole gardener. </div>
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My husband never had that gene!</div>
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Of course I was younger then!!</div>
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My 4 X 8 raised garden beds now, pale in comparison!</div>
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This was June 17th, 2009</div>
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Just some of the weekly produce from that garden!!<br />
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Here's another spring planting.</div>
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The date on this was April 30th, 2000</div>
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Same garden June 26th, 2000</div>
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Gardening is like a miracle happening before your very eyes.</div>
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Breakfast: Navel orange, overnight oats</div>
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Supper: Roasted chicken, potato and veg.</div>
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B: Potato pancakes and egg</div>
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B: Overnight oats and fruit<br />
L: Chicken soup<br />
D: Roasted chicken with gravy and veg.</div>
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B: French toast (spelt bread)</div>
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B: Navel orange and overnight oats</div>
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D: Fish, broccoli and sweet pot. fries</div>
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B: Gluten free pancakes and egg <br />
L: Eat at barn<br />
D: Mac & cheese and green salad</div>
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B: Overnight oats with fruit<br />
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D: left overs, clean out fridge</div>
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<span class="s1">MONDAY</span>: 4/4</div>
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Breakfast: Orange, scrambled eggs with potatoes</div>
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Lunch: Meatloaf sandwich, applesauce</div>
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Supper: Chili, cornbread</div>
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<span class="s1">TUESDAY</span>: 4/5</div>
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B: Orange, Overnight oats</div>
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L: Chili tortilla and sour cream</div>
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S: Braised chicken breast, butternut squash</div>
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<span class="s1">WEDNESDAY</span>: 4/6</div>
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B: Waffle and egg, blueberries<br />
L: Yogurt and applesauce<br />
D: Chili, cornbread</div>
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<span class="s1">THURSDAY</span>: 4/7</div>
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B: Overnight oats and fruit</div>
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L: Almond butter and banana </div>
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D: Leftover chicken with veg.</div>
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<span class="s1">FRIDAY</span>: 4/8</div>
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B: Orange, gluten free pancakes</div>
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L: Tomato soup and croutons <br />
D: Fish (from freezer), green beans, sweet potato</div>
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<span class="s1">SATURDAY</span>: 4/9</div>
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B: Overnight oats with fruit<br />
L: Grilled cheese<br />
D: Pizza</div>
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B: Waffles and fruit<br />
L: Pizza<br />
D: left overs (Clean out fridge)<br />
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I was going through the thousands of photos I have in my iPhoto and noticed all these pictures of my son, Carl, on different holidays, putting the kids new toys together.</div>
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So I collected them up and made this little post.</div>
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I thought it was cute!</div>
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And SOMETIMES he has to put things together for me!!!</div>
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I walked around my gardens this morning and did some Snapchats about what's left of my big herb garden I used to have.</div>
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It's garden season coming up and I'm getting the itch to start.</div>
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Too bad it's turning cold for the next week.</div>
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Well it will give me some good reading time.</div>
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I have a lot of herb gardening books and just garden books in general.</div>
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I would like to bring back my big herb garden behind the barn (garage).</div>
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This is what it was like about 10 or12 years ago.</div>
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It may be too big of a task for me to restart it now but I can begin small and hopefully my handyman will help with the heavy digging parts!</div>
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In the meantime, I'll start re-learning about herbs from all these books.</div>
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Well . . . . . . .,</div>
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maybe not so well this past month!</div>
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I did somewhat better on my grocery budget, only going over $35.00.</div>
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(Well, that's better than in the past!)</div>
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I can do much better though.</div>
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The other things were unexpected expenses.</div>
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Things I should have accounted for but just forgot, like: </div>
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Easter!! Candy and presents for my grandkids!!</div>
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That made my misc. budget go over by $68.00.</div>
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The BeeGon annual spraying. That made my house maintenance budget go over by $99.00</div>
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And the biggest amount was Pets!</div>
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I went over by $190. and I had to use a credit card for the brooder chicken hutch I bought!!</div>
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<b><span class="s1">MONDAY</span>: 3/28</b></div>
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Breakfast: Overnight oats</div>
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Lunch: Tomato soup</div>
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Supper: Spaghetti and green salad</div>
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<b><span class="s1">TUESDAY</span>: 3/29</b></div>
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B: OJ, waffle and egg</div>
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L: Celery and apple slices with almond butter</div>
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S: Crockpot chicken and biscuits</div>
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<b><span class="s1">WEDNESDAY</span>: 3/30</b></div>
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B: Overnight oats<br />
L: grilled cheese<br />
D: Meatloaf (from freezer), potato and creamed corn</div>
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<b><span class="s1">FRIDAY</span>: 4/1</b></div>
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L: P&J sandwich<br />
D: Fish (from freezer), baked sweet pot. fries, canned veg.</div>
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<b><span class="s1">SATURDAY</span>: 4/2</b></div>
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B: Pancakes and canned peaches<br />
L: Cottage cheese and peaches<br />
D: Meatloaf sandwich and salad</div>
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<b><span class="s1">SUNDAY</span>: 4/3</b></div>
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B: Overnight oats<br />
L: Left overs or Boost<br />
D: Left overs (Clean the fridge out night)<br />
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Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01561756184685033077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3285188739766407102.post-39269830884559920632016-03-21T07:00:00.000-07:002016-03-21T07:00:19.126-07:00Menu plan for March 21-March 27<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<u>This is my menu for the week of March 21st </u></div>
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<span class="s1">MONDAY</span>: 3/21</div>
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Breakfast: OJ and Overnight oats</div>
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Lunch: Tomato soup</div>
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Supper: Chicken, mashed cauliflower and green beans</div>
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<span class="s1">TUESDAY</span>: 3/22</div>
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B: Sliced cantaloupe, french toast</div>
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L: Chicken salad on lettuce</div>
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S: Pizza, applesauce</div>
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<span class="s1">WEDNESDAY</span>: 3/23</div>
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B: Cantaloupe, Overnight oats<br />
L: Tomato soup<br />
D: Chicken, brown rice and peas</div>
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<span class="s1">THURSDAY</span>: 3/24</div>
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B: Cold cereal with sliced banana</div>
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L: Green salad with chicken</div>
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D: Veg. pizza, canned fruit</div>
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<span class="s1">FRIDAY</span>: 3/25</div>
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B: Overnight oats with blueberries</div>
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L: Egg salad sandwich <br />
D: Frozen fish (haddock), rice, broccoli <br />
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<span class="s1">SATURDAY</span>: 3/26</div>
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B: Scrambled eggs and hash browns<br />
L: Almond butter and jelly sandwich<br />
D: Spaghetti and green salad</div>
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<span class="s1">SUNDAY</span>: 3/27</div>
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B: Overnight oats<br />
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D: Left-overs (Clean out the fridge night)<br />
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<span class="s1">MONDAY</span>: 3/14</div>
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Breakfast: Oatmeal</div>
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Lunch: Perogie and cabbage</div>
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Supper: Chicken/Broccoli Alfredo, Applesauce</div>
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<span class="s1">TUESDAY</span>: 3/15</div>
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B: Scrambled Eggs and chicken sausage, toast</div>
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L: Tomato Soup </div>
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S: Left-over Alfredo</div>
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<span class="s1">WEDNESDAY</span>: 3/16</div>
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B: Overnight Oats</div>
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L: Homemade chicken soup from freezer</div>
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D: Meatloaf, potato and vegetable (from pantry or freezer)</div>
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<span class="s1">THURSDAY</span>: 3/17</div>
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B: Waffle and egg</div>
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L: Almond butter and banana sandwich</div>
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D: Braised chicken breast, leftover potato and veg.</div>
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<span class="s1">FRIDAY</span>: 3/18</div>
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B: Overnight Oats</div>
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L: Fresh fruit and yogurt</div>
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D: Left-over meatloaf</div>
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B: Pancakes</div>
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L: Chicken Soup </div>
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D: Pizza </div>
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B: Eggs on toast</div>
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L: Pizza</div>
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D: Clean out fridge leftovers</div>
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This only thing I have to buy this week are some organic bananas, and some other fresh fruits and maybe some sherbet.</div>
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What are you having this week??</div>
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Leave me a comment : ))</div>
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Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01561756184685033077noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3285188739766407102.post-28509641545150350322016-03-12T07:07:00.000-08:002016-03-12T07:11:46.191-08:00A Word About Menu Making<div style="text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;">*It doesn't have to be set in stone!!*</span></b></div>
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My meal plan for this past week is a prime example.</div>
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On Tues. I was supposed to fix cabbage soup for supper.</div>
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Well, I knew, I just didn't feel like eating cabbage that evening, so I just had left-overs from Monday's meal. Worked out just fine.</div>
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Later in the week, I was supposed to make egg salad which I didn't because I didn't want to use up all my girl's eggs!</div>
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So instead, I made barbecue chicken from the meat of the roasted chicken I had from Monday.</div>
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I wrapped the barbecue chicken up in a tortilla with some lettuce and sour cream and YUMMMM.</div>
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Friday I boiled my cabbage with some potatoes but when I looked in the freezer for the fish that I had written on my menu, low and behold the fish turned out to be breaded chicken. Worked out just fine and I finished another bag of frozen breaded stuff.</div>
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So, be flexible! </div>
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Something that isn't as easy for me as it used to be but it turned out good in this case.</div>
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So tomorrow night I will write next week's menu and post it on Monday.</div>
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Still using things from my pantry and freezer!</div>
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How is your menu planning coming along??</div>
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Is it helping you with your food budget?</div>
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<i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Oh, and don't forget to move your clocks ahead an hour tonight</span></b></i></div>
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1. I colored my hair blond from when I was in my 20's till just last year.</div>
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2. I lost my right eye in a golfing accident when I was in my early 40's and have a prothesis.</div>
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3. I love building fires in my fireplace.</div>
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4. I secretly would love to try living in one of those tiny houses.</div>
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5. I want more chickens. I'm getting more chickens!</div>
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6. I was not a good wife for many reasons.</div>
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7. I want to learn to speak with an English accent but so far haven't mastered it.</div>
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8. I love hanging clothes to dry out on the clothesline.</div>
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9. I can't even lift 40 lbs. any more.</div>
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10. I believe old farm houses should be white with dark shutters.</div>
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11. I wear long underwear from Oct. till May.</div>
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12. All seats seem to have gotten lower.</div>
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13. I have always bitten my fingernails.</div>
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14. I sucked my thumb till the first grade. (Probably relates to #13!)</div>
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15. I got a curly perm when I was in my 30's and looked like a sheep.</div>
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16. I'm an introvert.</div>
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17. I don't feel comfortable in crowds or large gatherings, like parties etc.</div>
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18. I've saved years of "Country Living" magazines.</div>
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19. I can't kill a mouse, not even with a trap.</div>
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20. I had an antique shop for 15 years called "Woods & Goods".</div>
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21. I've never lived on a written budget till now.</div>
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22. I hate the wind. (And so does my dog Dexter.)</div>
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23. My favorite movie is "You've Got Mail" and have watched it at least a dozen times.</div>
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24. I like primitive style antiques the most.</div>
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25. I am addicted to sugar.</div>
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26. I love picket fences.</div>
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27. My favorite salty snacks are pretzels.</div>
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28. I don't like pop except for root beer.</div>
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29. One of the first things I wanted when we moved to the country was a swing hanging from the Oak tree.</div>
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30. I love not having close neighbors.</div>
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31. I don't think I could ever sleep in the winter without my electric blanket.</div>
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32. I'm a morning person.</div>
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33. I've always had dogs except when in college.</div>
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34. I have panic attacks.</div>
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35. My first paying job in high school was setting type for street signs in Erie, PA.</div>
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36. I was a tom-boy when I was young.</div>
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37. My mother said my first word was "sorky" which meant horsey.</div>
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38. I like routine. More-so since I've gotten older.</div>
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39. I'm afraid to fly and won't fly anymore.</div>
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40. I wish I had visited England.</div>
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41. I am uncomfortable leaving "my world" which includes Medina, my kids houses and the barn.</div>
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42. I see a psychologist ever couple weeks and have for years.</div>
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43. I'm a Taurus but don't believe in astrology.</div>
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44. I love getting massages and foot reflexology.</div>
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45. I take pretzels up to bed for a snack.</div>
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46. My favorite comfort meal is meatloaf, a baked potato and creamed corn.</div>
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47. I had a crush on Tab Hunter when I was young.</div>
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48. I made pot holders on a little loom when I was little and sold them around the neighborhood.</div>
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49. I took piano lessons for over 10 years. However now I can't play!</div>
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50. When I was little, I stole flowers out of Mr. Lichtenwalder's garden and sold them. My parents found out and I had to go tell him and give him the 25 cents!</div>
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<b><i>There!! Some of my true confessions!!</i></b></div>
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<b><u>This is my menu for the week of March 7th-13th</u></b></div>
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<u>MONDAY 3/7</u> :</div>
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Breakfast: Overnight Oats</div>
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Lunch: Tomato soup</div>
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Supper: Roasted chicken slices, steamed green beans (frozen)</div>
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<u>TUESDAY 3/8</u>:</div>
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B: Egg and chicken sausage sandwich</div>
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L: Fruit and yogurt</div>
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S: cabbage soup</div>
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<u>WEDNESDAY 3/9</u>:</div>
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B: Overnight Oats<br />
L: Chicken salad sandwich on romain</div>
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D: Chili from freezer and cornbread </div>
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<u>THURSDAY 3/10</u>:</div>
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B: French toast and chicken sausage slices</div>
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L: Egg salad on lettuce</div>
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D: Left over chili </div>
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<u>FRIDAY 3/11</u>:</div>
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B: Overnight Oats</div>
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L: Egg salad sandwich<br />
D: Frozen fish, potato, boiled, buttered cabbage<br />
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<u>SATURDAY 3/12</u>:</div>
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B: Almond butter and banana sandwich<br />
L: Lunch at barn<br />
D: Chicken and broccoli alfredo</div>
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<u>SUNDAY 3/13</u>:</div>
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B: Pancakes (gluten free)<br />
L: Chili on tortilla</div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">**Let me know what you think.</span></div>
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