One more week guys and then we can bust out the twinkle lights and Bing Crosby. It's so close but just a week away so I'm gonna take the time to try to stick it out and keep my hands off the Christmas boxes in the garage...
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Mama Hipple's Pumpkin Patch
We haven't quite been able to celebrate fall this year – mainly because the weather stubbornly refuses to drop below 70 and, of course, the big move for my parents has us all in a fluster, making things like trips to the pumpkin patch almost impossible. Don't you fret though, we were still able to get our pumpkin fix for the year...
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Fall Crafting
I've recently been inspired by some instagrams lately, highlighting various fall DIY crafts for the home. They got my "wanna-be creative brain" clicking away. Should I attempt recreating these crafts? Or should I come up with one of my own? I was battling my down-trodden thoughts that I would try to copy these people resulting with an end-product that looked nowhere near as grand as my inspirations. I decided I would mix the two – take some of the basic ideas from the others and adding my own found fall materials...
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Fall Recipes: Mashed Potatoes to Start
With Thanksgiving just around the corner, I figured it's time to conquer some new fall recipes, beginning with phase one of course – mashed potatoes. Starting small is always the better method for me. Although I hope to be a legendary cook one day (in my own household at least), I'm realizing cooking is not one of my born talents. It will be a long while till I combat Julia Child's "Mastering the Art of French Cooking". I looked up an easy recipe, with lots of butter of course, which landed me with Paula Deen's Garlic Mashed Potatoes...
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