Pumpkin Muffins

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• 2 c pumpkin puree
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups white sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 teaspoons ground cloves
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons ground nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2/3 cup vegetable oil
• 3 eggs

• Directions
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• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F 
•  Grease 12 muffin cups or 
• line with paper muffin liners.
• In a large bowl, stir together flour,
•  sugar, baking soda, 
• baking powder, cloves, cinnamon,
•  nutmeg, allspice 
• and salt. In a separate bowl,
•  beat together 2 cups pumpkin puree
• , vegetable oil and eggs. 
• Stir pumpkin mixture into
•  flour mixture until smooth. 
• Scoop batter into 
• prepared muffin cups.
• Bake in preheated
•  oven for 20 to 25 minutes, 
• until a toothpick inserted 
• into the center of a muffin
•  comes out clean.
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Muffin Mon

Tues at the Table

Tempt My Tummy

Another Step Closer

I've talked abt the problems

we've had with trying to paint

 the front of the house

here

Before the metal wrap

new sill

primed

We have been fighting time but this 

weekend my hsb 

was able to get the fishscales painted

and the house is getting another step closer to 

being how I envisioned it

so far

  I think we are getting close

Sweetness and Love

Got a photo today of

one of the females in the litter

right after she got her bath

Isn't she just cuteness?

Don't you just want to snuggle her?

She will be 4 wks old on Monday

we get to pick our Isabella 

this Sat

It's gonna be a long week!

First Bloggerette Swap

So far I have not received my box 
so 

I will post when I do

I thought I would post 

what I sent

BUT

It's odd

 I didn't take many pictures

 of the swap I sent out

I did take pix of covering the box

I made a pattern out of tissue

tested it out

This is a new product

I found

at Joann Fabrics

it is sticky

but doesn't glue 

until you heat it w an iron

It is wonderful

you can reposition it

when ready apply heat

I folded over the seams

to cover raw edges

I really liked the way 

it turned out

I added a rosette flower 

and a quote abt friends on top

of course I didn't take a photo of it!

Inside I put tags

photo frames

a pincushion

jewelry

 faux acorns


doily

some vintage wallpaper

Bingo card

Can't wait to see what everyone else got

there are so many creative ppl out there!

Check it out here

Some Days are Diamonds

Edgar Alan Poe Night

In honor of the season

Tuesday night

our local bookstore

Blue Jacket Books

(Rosi greeting attendees)

held an evening 

with Edgar Allan Poe

abt 25 people attended

people were asked to come and read their favorite

Poe story 

or favorite spookie story

The evening started with

the owner Elizabeth

reading

The Black Cat

followed by:

Haunted Houses

 by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

read by Samantha Siemer

The Haunted Oak

by Paul Laurence Dunbar

read by Rosi Mackey

The Tell Tale Heart- Poe

(my favorite)

read by Rod Varner

Dead Call

William Nolan

(very interesting story!)

read by Cathy Bengson

The Raven - Poe

read by Al Yarcho

There were

 S'more bars

Cider

and cookies 

I didn't take many photos 

I got to involved in 

listening to the stories!

It was a fun night

Spring or Fall or....Cleaning

I've been sort of of MIA
only posting here and there
and haven't done much
crafting

I have been

 reading blogs

and cooking
for events

but...

I was really bad this Spring

I got very little cleaning done

putting it off to the Summer

Well the summer came

I got those nasty little bug bites

(all 400 of them)

that laid me out
so not a thing got done.

 The other day
when I started looking around
I started seeing

 all the cob webs 

dust and dirt

and decided

 I needed to get my rear in gear

and start some cleaning

Soooo

I've been taking one

room at a time and doing

the whole Murphy's Oil Soap
washing windows

and going threw drawers

and making decisions

on what to keep
and what to toss

Part of my motivation

is I need to pup proof the house

it's been over 12 yrs
and I know there 

are some yummy
 looking cords

hanging around

we did buy some of these

hopefully they will help

but its time to get everything 

picked up that I don't want

to have to deal with 

I was feeling guilty 

abt Spring cleaning

 6mo late

until my sister

said

maybe ....

you're 6 month early

Yup.....

That's My Story

and 

I'm Sticking to It!