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  Repost from FB  ... I went to the food bank today hoping I’d leave with enough to make a few actual meals for the week—something simple, filling, and realistic that would help me get through the next several days without stressing over every single bite. And before anyone says it, yes—I’m grateful. I stood in line patiently. I smiled. I said thank you. Because I know there are people volunteering their time, donating what they can, and trying to help however possible. I don’t take that lightly at all. But when I got home and started unloading everything onto the table, I just kind of stopped and stared at it for a minute. Rows of canned goods. Beans. Soup. Tomatoes. Ravioli. Corn. Peas. Chili. Pasta. Rice. Peanut butter. Sugar. Flour. A lot of shelf-stable items. A lot of “ingredients.” And the overwhelming thought in my head was: What do I actually make with all this? Because surviving and eating well are not always the same thing. People imagine food assistance as relief—a...

  Book overview Love Inspired Suspense   brings you three full-length stories in one collection. Enjoy action-packed stories in the Pacific Northwest K-9 Unit series featuring canine crime-stoppers solving thrilling mysteries that will keep you on the edge of your seat! This box set includes: UNDERCOVER OPERATION by  USA Today  bestselling author Maggie K. Black K-9 officer Asher Gilmore and trainer Peyton Burns have two tasks: rescue three stolen bloodhound puppies and expose a drug ring. To outwit the criminals, they must go undercover as married smugglers with the help of an underwater-detection dog. But infiltrating the crime ring proves more dangerous than expected… SNOWBOUND ESCAPE by  USA Today  bestselling author Dana Mentink After months of tracking a colleague falsely accused of double homicide, officer Tanner Ford and his K-9 partner finally locate crime tech Mara Gilmore—but the real murderer is closing in. Forced to run into a frozen wilderness...

 

  Day 6  After the meal ws finished it was time to clean up the kitchen   However when GrandMa  cooked   she cleaned  as she went because  she only had a few pots and pans to cook in.  Therefore to wash cook and then wash again in order to have enough pots to be able to cook all the food she had prepared.   GrandMa never let anyone bring food  any food, she cooked it all.  Breakfast and supper were the only meals she cooked that way.  For lunch it was leftovers or a lite lunch of bologna and crackers.   After each meal was cooked and eaten the men women and children had to wash plates to be ready for the next meal.  GrandMa  didn't  believe  in eating from a paper plate.  She brought her best out for the bes , using the best of what she had mattered to GrandMa even though it was worn and faded.   Grandma always had a way of making everyone feel special.   I k...

  I enjoyed this one as part of a collection  Rescuing valuable stolen puppies requires a K-9 officer to go deep undercover K-9 officer Asher Gilmore and trainer Peyton Burns have two tasks: rescue three stolen bloodhound puppies and expose a drug ring. To outwit the criminal masterminds, they must go undercover as married smugglers with the help of an underwater-detection dog. But infiltrating the crime ring proves more dangerous than expected, putting the operation, the puppies and their own lives at risk. From Love Inspired Suspense: Courage. Danger. Faith. Pacific Northwest K-9 Unit Book 1: Shielding the Baby by Laura Scott Book 2: Scent of Truth by Valerie Hansen Book 3: Explosive Trail by Terri Reed Book 4: Olympic Mountain Pursuit by Jodie Bailey Book 5: Threat Detection by Sharon Dunn Book 6: Cold Case Revenge by Jessica R. Patch Book 7: Undercover Operation by Maggie K. Black Book 8: Snowbound Escape by Dana Mentink   And I thought  I purchase the audio col...

  I got blooms on Mothers Day  . . .  

  And I thought  . . .  I enjoyed back tracking to book 1 in a newly found favorite  series.  The character Gemma Doyle a British  lady living in the U.S. is a great character.   In book 1 the background of Gemma's relationship with  her ex police Detective  Ryan is explained.    Gemma ends up being a person interest in the murder of an older woman because  she happens to find the body.   As the police Detective  Estrada searches for evidence of Gemma's involvement in first 1 and then 2 murders Gemma does her own sleuthing.  A favorite  scene was when Gemma got creative  and bribed a couple of high school boys to use thier phone to report murder #2 anonymously not wanting more attention drawn to herself.   As always this was a fast paced read for me.  I enjoyed an audio version. 

My meals from the week.   I was glad to use alot from my freezer  and pantry to make healthy meals.  I finished off my precooked Grits and went back to Cheerios (store brand) no sugar.  I do put cinnamon sugar on my grits.  I had some soup bones with a bunch of meat I pulled out of one on my pots of beans. Added some carrots  and potatoes and served over a biscuit.   My crime scene.  I dropped a full plastic glass of Hibiscus Tea.  I try to drink 2 full glasses a day. I have to add sugar about 1/4 cup  to 2 quarts. Lunch 1 day I pulled the end of my frozen chili out if freezer.  Goulash I was out of tomato sauce.  My store brand Rotel was fire roasted and too hot and frozen cauliflower.  Mussels from freezer spaghetti and the goulash I always  boil too much macaroni.  I do like with butter. Cornbread cooked in  Air fryer.  The rest of Mac Cheese.    So good ! Another serving of those...

  Penny's Devotional  My Grandpa had a particular way of letting Grandma know when he was finished with his meal, if he wanted more. or if he didn't like what he ate.  He had a silent system that no doubt came down from his English mother, he would turn his upside down coffee cup upright to let her know he wanted more coffee. She would notice and pour his coffee.   He would place his meal on a large plate, take his bread and sop up his plate until every crumb was gone, and his plate would be so clean you could eat off it again.  He would then turn his plate upside-down and place his dessert in the center of the back of the plate.  Then he would take a sweet bread, to sop up the remaining dessert.  He then placed his messy,  unfolded napkin on to  the upside-down plate.  If he didn't want more coffee he would turn his cup upside-down and leave the table.  This meant he he was pleased with the meal and would not return.  If ...

  And I thought . . .  I am binging this series.  I have loved each and every title.  Each book is written  as a standalone but is a series.    Book 3 is 6 months after the bookore murders. A current and a years old murder. . Can has recovered from his broken leg and with the help of Jane has begun going out to restaurants with Jane and her landlord Vince the retired reporter who is not quit retired.  Bayley Janes daughter returns  for  a visit  Her romance with Taylor is going strong and Taylor has become a regular in the cast.   As in the previous book a current murder has ties with an death.    Word has gotten around  town of Cam and Jane hobbies.   The search for Cams father who is missing in Peru continues.  The current  investigation keeps everyone busy scouring for clues.  This is a great series.  Available on Amazon.   https://www.amazon.com/Deadly-Clue-Hunter-...

This beautiful poem by the Homespun Wife cause me to conjure up images of Grandma.  Join me later this morning as we visit Grandma's Kitchen.    . . . Give me a house with a nice country porch With a winding dirt drive and a blue screen door Give me some windows and curtains with lace And a soft yellow cat that's warm to embrace Give me a house with a clothesline and breeze With daisies that keep company with a stand of strong trees I'll take a brown barn in the woods out back And an old-fashioned mailbox near a full firewood stack Give me a house with some quilts and fresh bread A well-worn Bible and a billowy bed Give me a house that is blessed from above With mercy and grace and plenty of love © 'Give Me A House,' by The Homespun Wife by Colleen Eubanks  Grandma's  Cookbook JJ  https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1J5mQLp1pN/ JJ

  Grandma's Kitchen A Devotional Study by  Penny Whittemore  . . .  As we gathered in Grandma's house there was a certain ordering which we would eat.  The men ate first,  followed by the children and women.  However the babies ate while Grandma was cooking.  You see Grandma didn't just let cook in her kitchen.  Herself and my dad were the only people I ever saw in her kitchen.   When my dad came back from the war , he stayed with his parents,  so I assumed he knew his manners while in his mother's kitchen. She also would  allow only certain people to was the dishes, usually my dad, grandpa, my mom and occasionally myself.   Grandma was a plain and simple woman who loved more than we could even imagine.  She raised her chosen during the Great  Depression era and did everything  and did everything  she could to open her home upto her two sisters and their families to all live together while the...

  And I thought . . .  I had just finished  the audio version of book 1 so I was thrilled  to find book 2.   I must say I have really enjoyed these characters.  It is easy to tell there is planned to be a series with several installments.  Everything is wrapped up and tidied all questions answered and then a new ? posed at the end that  appears to indicate an adventure for Jane and Cam is coming up in book 3.  All the cast from book 1 returns  in book two.  Jeans daughter  Bailey joins in for a visit.   I suspect  she'll make more appearances.   The hired driver/would be writer gets Bailey's attention much to Jean's relief.   And Jean is glad that Bailey  realizes any interest in Cam even though he is rich and handsome is not in the cards.  Bailey methodically turns Cam in the direction  of Lauren his assistant.   A bit of romance may be impending in the next stor...

                                   Welcome  Friends                                             To                                Grandma's Kitchen  A devotional series written by Penny Whittemore.   In this series Penny shares and reflects on her memories of her Gradma Kelly.    Join us this month for a sweet journey.                                        Day 1     I remember Grandma's Kitchen with fondness. Above her stove hung a dish in the shape of a leaf  with gold trim  it read " Friends are like the leaves they come and go . . . "  I can...

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  Reprint from  Dru's Book Musings  https://drusbookmusing.com/may-03-2026/ May 4 Tides, Lies, and Alibis by Taffy Beach (Cozy Mystery) *first book in a new series* In 1998 Manatee Bay, Florida, sunshine and small-town secrets go hand in hand—and no one knows that better than artist Kate MacGregor, the last heir to a faded Florida dynasty with a grand house and an empty bank account. When the Spring Berry Festival takes an unexpected turn, Kate’s lifelong friend Cindy—owner of the local gossip center, High Tides Bakery and Café—lands at the center of a scandal. Her signature “Immaculate Confection” strawberry cream puff entry in the Berry Bake-off is suddenly a “murder weapon,” and Kate decides it’s time to put her quick instincts and tactless charm to good use. Format: Digital Last Seen in Sea Isle by Jane Kelly (Traditional Mystery) Meg Daniels should know by now that wherever she goes, mystery follows. Her fiancé is taking classes at Stockton University and has befrien...

  Images today that I shared in my ladies group.   Each Sunday I cohost Pour Out Your Praise.  Many of our members are homebound  or unable to go to church like me.   So we have a virtual church.  Our beautiful  flowers grown and arranged by My Grand Daughter Libby.      Our verse of the day.  I always include a church image.  One of the devo's from this morning by  Marsha Harwood.  You may remember  her as a blogger.     God's Glory  By  Marsha Harwood   Thirty-One Days of May, Day 3. Each day in May I’m post a “May you” blessing. MAY you know the gift of His salvation.      Have A Blessed Day