I'll be back Monday and give you a taste of a few of my favorites in the Big Apple. This trip I am hoping to hit a few new street fairs.
It's cracks me up every time I make these. They think we are having "steak"! My kids are meat lovers. And I often think we need to raise us some cattle to help offset the cost of all the meat they can put away.
Marinated Grilled Pork Chops!
I came across this last year online and thought it sounded good.
Just before I head to bed I marinate the chops in soy sauce, olive oil, minced onion, oregano, basil, cumin, garlic powder and a bit of white vinegar. I don't measure but just sprinkle until I think it looks good. Cover with foil and let set in refrigerator until dinner the next evening. You want them to marinate as long as possible.
I have to admit I have somewhat of a ribbon/gift wrapping fetish. So I have spools of ribbon for just about everything. And came up with a easy and inexpensive way to do some seasonal decorating with them.
Using different texture of ribbons works the best. I love combining netting, wire edged , and a loose formed ribbon.
I typically just tie it around whatever catches my eye.
Sometimes I do bows...
Sometimes I don't...
And, sometimes I do them both.
It's fun to find all the different ways you can use them.
And this is my latest victim that has scummed to my spray adhesive and glitter. My house is starting to shimmer everywhere, like one of those Mother Day's cards that you find has kindly graced all your nooks n' crannies with a faint dusting of glitter.
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I am a true lover of all books. Though, over the years, life has played a bigger role and I have dwindled in the number I get to read. I still enjoy all the great places they take me and the adventures I go on.
When Hannah was a baby I started reading to her all the time. Not just books but what ever was around us. Sadly, she has yet to share in my love. Granted she likes the concept of the books. Checking them out, buying them, caring them all around. Hannah just cant sit still longer than a chapter. She is my constant work in progress.
My entire family loves old children's books. The illustrations and colors are amazing. The kiddos especially like the library books with the old dewey decimal system. It's exciting to look over the library cards and see who read the book before them.
It's fun for mom and dad to reminisce over all the books we remember from our childhood. And the kids find it hard to believe that we are THAT old! 
Most of these I have picked up over the years at local garage sales, Goodwill, and our city's annual library book sale. 
This is one of my favorites...mainly for the cover alone. I was able to pick this one up at a local sale for $.50. 
We hope that this year we will see some snow to play in rather than our normal ice fall that we get.
A few weeks ago {while on one of my grab -and-go Target runs} my kiddos discovered these...
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