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I'm a primitive Addict. I'm Diane I own A Primitive Journey.com and A Primitive Journey community Forum so I can get my prim fix daily and have met such a wonderful array of gals through my forum I'm almost 45 years old married 27 years to my grade school sweetheart we have 2 grown kids
Amanda 26 and Justin 23 we also have 4 grandbabies 4 and under and 3 fur puppys that are all spoiled rotten.
I have a full blessed life...THANK YOU GOD!
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JUDY CONDON BOOKS
Hi all just a quick update to let you all know that I have 2 extra copies of the Judy Condon Book "Welcome Home Simply country" left and available at wholesale for 21.00 each and that includes all air fare.. they will be sold on a 1st come 1st served basis meaning the 1st to pay will get them....Please contact me through my blog if you are interested in them, they would make an awesome christmas gift for a primitive lover on your list too.. Hugs
New Featured Home Posted
The Featured Home for November is Kathy Ball of http://gkprims.com her home is fabulous if your interested in seeing her home click on the attached link you will have to register and I will approve the accounts but its so worth it every month
is a different Featured Home, if you would like to have your Prim home featured on
the site with a link back to your website, blog, etc. Just let me know!
A New Halloween Label is ready
I have added 1 last Halloween Label "Witches Potion #62 "to the box widget to the left it will only be there until saturday so snag it while you can.. Hope you like it..
Judy Condon Book Series
We are now taking orders for a 2nd round of this book, I get them wholesale through Judy and you get them for exactly what they cost me.. $21.00 ea. I have roughly
7 more spots to fill on round 2.. If you are interested please let me know I will
take name in order received and payment through paypal.. These books are a prim lovers dream.. and so full of inspiration..
A Giveaway in Honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Hey all My friend sheila is having a great give away on her blog in honor of breast cancer awareness you can receive 1 entry for each thing you do to help promote the
give away you can tweet about it, follow her blog, follow her on twitter and follow her facebook so head over and get signed up.
A FRIEND IN NEEDS REQUEST...
My Friend Sherry has a special request and I am trying to help her out please visit the link below and Vote for Terry Grahl... Its very important to her and I would love to help her and Sherry out with there request.. PLEASE VOTE!
Yesterday On facebook God presenting me with his answer. and I cried and cried so much. I met Terry Grahl. Do you know her? I saw her on a few of your friends list. She asked me to be her friend and I accepted and I am so glad I did.
http://www.enchantedmakeovers.org/
please visit there and do me a favor she is on a contest on Martha Stewarts blog and needs to win could you VOTE FOR HER please, i am begging you. I never ask you to vote for anyone but this my dear is something I VERY MUCH BELEIVE in and I am going to be joinging forces with her and start helping her in her mission.
Terry is a home decor designer. She is a very good one. She gave up her paying job to commit herself fulltime in making over shelters where abused women and kids are staying in. SOMETHING I HAVE DONE and can agree they all do like some shell of yucky emptyness. i cried when i visited her blog. I cried so hard. GOd has answered my prayers. I know now what I can do. I begged the lord please dont give me something I cant handle but I will do what ever it is you ask of me. And please let it be something I CAN do and do well. I can sew...I can remake. I can spread joy, i can hold a hand. i can give hugs and I can totally help with any make over locally or far away. Every little bit counts and I want to spread joy and I want smiles. And i know this is the way to do it.
Look at the bottom of her blog. Look at the verse she has posted
Octobers Featured Home Tour
Has been added to the gallery its a wonderful Fall Home Tour of a member of our forum
http://aprimitivejourney.proboards.com if you'd like to join us... Hope you will
stop by and view the home tour Kathy did an outstanding job decorating her home just for us.. The link to the gallery is attached to this post... ENJOY! :)
Photos from last Vacation Sept 2009
Hope you enjoy the pictures we took while on vacation out west we went to Wichita
for a weekend visit with hubbies mom who has colon cancer.. :(
Then we went to Denver Colorado, Salt Lake City Utah and Cheyenne,Laramie and Cody Wyoming.. We had a wonderful time and being on the ground looking up at the mountains
in SLC with snow capping them while we were in Tshirts and no jackets I loved that
part..
Last Vacation of this year...
Today we are on our way West with lots to see and do.. 1st stop Wichita Ks to visit
with hubbys mom for the weekend then going to wyoming, Denver Colorado and Salt Lake City Utah tons of fun awaits us.. I will take lots of pictures and post them when we get back home late next week... Until then Diane
Its going to be a Spooktacular Halloween
Here are my gross carcus and brain jars I found the skeltons at Dollar Tree you get 6 on a rope for a buck, the skulls were a bag of 6 for a buck too... I have added these 2 labels to the share box to the left if you would like to make your own carcus
jars for Halloween... Have Fun
Planning a Family Reunion and a new free label
Boy I can't believe its been over 2 weeks since I last blogged time sure can get away with you.. I'm currently planning a long over due family reunion for my mothers
side of the family and this is a 1st for me.. If anyone has any tips or ideas please let me know... seems no one else in the family was interested in putting together a family reunion seeing as how we haven't had one in about 12 years, so I decided it was long over due huh? I've done search after search for family reunion ideas on the net but I'm just not finding much short of all the many programs they want you to buy. Anyways help me if you can.. and I have added another free halloween label to the orange widget box to the left... Have a great weekend everyone....
Diane
100 YEARS OLD TODAY....
Today is my husbands grandmothers 100th birthday we had a huge celebration for her yesterday with people coming from all over to spend the day in celebration with her,
she is such a wonderful person with an amazing spirit about her. She is the first
person I've never known to be 100 years old..
She has been a true inspiration to:
6 children
37 grandchildren
81 great grandchildren
29 great great grandchildren
what an accomplishment...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANDMA BOWLING!
Halloween Labels
I have made 3 new labels just for Halloween and have added them to the Orange download widget to the left Hope you like them and can use them for your projects.
These labels may be added to projects you make for sale, but may not be sold on a CD
or as a label in any form to share this with your friends please send them here to my blog... Thanks Diane
PORCH DECORATING IDEAS
If you enjoy decorating your outdoor spaces you will truly enjoy this site it is full of awesome inspiration.
Front porch designs to jazz your home - from Front-Porch-Ideas-and-More.com
My Newest Creation...
This is my newest creation just added to my website.. I'm in love with this piece
whatcha think??
How to make Orange and Clove Pomanders
Pomanders were originally metal or ivory filigree balls filled with spices fixed with ambergris, hence the name (from the French "pomme d'ambre", or apple of ambergris). Having a bowl of these fragrant oranges (or lemons) near an entryway or on a kitchen table is one of my favorite and easiest holiday decorating traditions. Prep time depends on how the size of the fruit; the smaller, the quicker it will harden and dry. P.S. - don't eat 'em - they're just for fragrance!
6 pomanders (change servings and units)
Ingredients
6 oranges (or lemons)
whole cloves
decorative ribbon
The Spice Mix
4 tablespoons ground cinnamon
4 tablespoons ground cloves
2 tablespoons ground nutmeg
2 tablespoons ground allspice
1/4 cup orrisroot powder (as preservative)
Directions
1 Combine the spice mix ingredients.
2 Wash oranges.
3 Insert cloves into oranges in a decorative pattern (stripes, swirls, whatever strikes your fancy!).
4 Roll cloved oranges in the spice mixture within 24 hours and set in a warm place to dry, turning fruit daily.
5 Drying takes from two weeks to possibly a month.
6 Pomanders are completely dry when they are hard.
7 Remove pomanders from the spice mix, dust off a little, and tie with decorative ribbons. Set out in a bowl, or you can use as Christmas ornaments.
APJ forum
I'm so excited our prim forum has now reached in excess of 500+ members as of today,
so if you haven't yet check out us click on the title of this post and be taken
to our forum so you can register and check us out yourself.. We have awesome members
we are doing a prim ornie swap, chain package exchanges, and have some amazing
prim home tours... Until Next Time Diane
Birthday droop
July 8th was my 45th birthday and I must say its got me kinda down I don't want to get old and crippled up I will go kicking and screaming all the way.. Why does age
effect us so much.. heck I remember 21 like it was just a couple of years ago.. What the heck happened.. I BLINKED.... My kids are grown, my grandbabies are growing like
weeds and people are dying all around me.. This makes me want to start my bucket list
for sure...there is so many things I've yet to see and do.. but yet I seem to be
speeding up with momentum towards the grave... If its a roller coaster I want off now... I feel like for the most part my life has gone by uneventful...(SIGH)
Taco Casserole
TACO CASSEROLE
1 bag of taco chips
1/2 lb. ground meat (your choice), browned and crumbly
1 container of light sour cream
1 bottle of Pace medium picante sauce
1 1/2 c. shredded light Cheddar
Casserole dish for baking
Shredded lettuce, chopped tomatoes, sliced black olives as topping
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Layer in casserole dish the following: crushed taco chips, ground meat, sour cream, picante sauce, shredded Cheddar. Repeat the layers until dish is filled. Cover with foil. Bake in oven until mixture is bubbly, about 30 minutes. Serve with shredded lettuce, chopped tomatoes and sliced black olives as a topping.
Easy Burrito Pie
Burrito Pie
Servings: 16
"Ground beef, refried beans and tomatoes are combined with chiles and taco sauce, then layered in a casserole with tortillas and cheese, and baked."
Ingredients:
2 pounds ground beef
1 onion, chopped
2 teaspoons minced garlic
1 (2 ounce) can black olives, sliced
1 (4 ounce) can diced green chili peppers
1 (10 ounce) can diced tomatoes with green chile peppers
1 (16 ounce) jar taco sauce
2 (16 ounce) cans refried beans
12 (8 inch) flour tortillas
9 ounces shredded Colby cheese
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. In a large skillet over medium heat, saute the ground beef for 5 minutes. Add the onion and garlic, and saute for 5 more minutes. Drain any excess fat, if desired. Mix in the olives, green chile peppers, tomatoes with green chile peppers, taco sauce and refried beans. Stir mixture thoroughly, reduce heat to low, and let simmer for 15 to 20 minutes.
3. Spread a thin layer of the meat mixture in the bottom of a 4 quart casserole dish. Cover with a layer of tortillas followed by more meat mixture, then a layer of cheese. Repeat tortilla, meat, cheese pattern until all the tortillas are used, topping off with a layer of meat mixture and cheese.
4. Bake for 20 to 30 minutes in the preheated oven, or until cheese is slightly brown and bubbly. |
