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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife Coq au Vin actually means cook with wine in French (I looked it up). |
Monday, June 30, 2014
Recipe of the Week; Simple Chicken Coq au Vin
Sunday, June 29, 2014
Dessert; Cannolis, my way
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife I made one of my husband's favorite desserts today. |
Home Life; Fixing the clothes line
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife You know I like to hang my clothes on the clothes line to dry. Well, sometimes it needs to be re-tightened and in the process it came apart so my son-in-law had to climb the tree to re-hook it. I just thought this was a cute picture. |
Saturday, June 28, 2014
Dessert; Chocolate, Nut Crispy Squares
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife This recipe is courtesy of Ree Drummond. It's a really good treat for kids and adults. In my book, it's also healthy because it has cereal in it. I changed just a few things to make it my own. No baking involved. Recipe to follow. Enjoy! |
Friday, June 27, 2014
Food; Peaches for your cereal
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife It's that time of the year when we can get fresh, sweet, juicy peaches. If you love peaches like I do, then try them in your cereal, it's delicious. Also a bonus, did you know that peaches were good for your complexion and skin tone? |
Gardening; Colorful lilies
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife I love lilies and these just bloomed in my yard and I thought they looked so pretty, I just wanted to share them. |
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
My Grandchildren; Can you get in the pool and not get wet?
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife Our Lexi decided she wanted to go in the pool, but not get wet. She is a funny girl but this was too funny. Well, she stayed dry most of the time, but to get off the raft to her dismay she had to get wet. But it made for cute pictures. |
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
Happenings; 1972 Agnes Flood- The Valley With A Heart
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| Picture taken off the internet 42 years ago one of the worst natural disasters this country has ever seen took place right here in Wyoming Valley. It was the flood of 1972 from a hurricane called Agnes. My first born was only 6 months old at the time. I will never forget that Saturday morning when my husband, baby and I were still asleep and the phone rang and my mother said, "what do you thing about the flood?" I said, "what flood?" She told me the whole valley was flooded and when I told my husband, he said, "probably a few cellars." lol Well, we got up, had breakfast and my husband went out and came back 15 minutes later and said, "I can't explain it, you have to see it." So, with baby in arms, there were no laws about car seats at that time, we went for a ride through Main Street, Jenkins Twp. and way before we got to the 8th Street bridge; nothing but water, as far as the eyes could see. We just stood there with some other people, not even knowing what to say, everyone was just in shock. And to think all that was going on all night and we knew nothing about it. Thank God for the strength and heart He gave the people to pull themselves together and start all over. It never effected us personally but it did thousands of other people. Wyoming Valley was soon knows as the Valley With A Heart. |
Monday, June 23, 2014
Food; Stuffed Peppers
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife I was never really happy with my stuffed peppers because the filling was always sort of hard. But I wanted to make them for a friend of my and her family because she was just operated on and is home but can't stand up yet and also it's a completely gluten free meal, which is how they eat. So I called my sister, Joyce |
Sunday, June 22, 2014
Gardening; First fruits
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife I went outside early this morning and to my surprise I saw zucchini flowers and a couple of little tomatoes. There weren't enough flowers to pick and fry but when there is I will show how I cook the zucchini flowers. Some people even stuff them I tried that once but they are so delicate that they rip easy and I like them better fried anyhow. |
Saturday, June 21, 2014
Gardening; Hostas around your pool are not good
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife When we planted the hosta plants around our pool we thought it was a good idea. |
Friday, June 20, 2014
Nature; bunnies
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife There were three bunnies but I couldn't fit them all in one picture. |
Dessert; Nothing fancy, just pretty cupcakes
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife I just made these cupcakes for my family for tomorrow when they all come over. I know they look ordinary, nothing fancy, but I thought they looked pretty. No recipe, just a yellow cake mix which I put in some Spring Colored Chocolate Chips and some on top and some have just sprinkles on top and some plain because my husband doesn't like the candies. The icing is store bought, chocolate whipped icing. |
Thursday, June 19, 2014
My Family; Frankie at the firehouse
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This is my husband, Frankie. He is the only full time paid fireman at the Pittston Township Volunteer Fire Department.
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Home Life; Small Town America
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife I love where we live. |
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Home Life; Northeast Fair
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife Left to right Ryan D. Joyce, Adam Valkos, Ben Pace, Jonathon Jugus, Frank Alba, & Jonathan Kerestes |
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife Every year our local fire department holds their fair |
My Family; Frank Alba Basketball Star
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| Picture taken from the Pittston Dispatch 1958 Frankie, my husband, is the second one from the left in the first row. |
Nature; Are you sweating yet?
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife You know it's going to be a hot day when it's 10 in the morning and it's already 80 degrees. Pool time!!! |
Monday, June 16, 2014
Recipe of the Week; No Bake Chocolate Cheese Cake
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife My recipe of the week was a no-bake chocolate cheese cake. |
Sunday, June 15, 2014
Saturday, June 14, 2014
Holidays; Flag Day
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife I love our flag. It's the flag of the greatest country in the world. I love what it stands for; peace, freedom, strength and victory. Our country may have it's faults, but it's still a great country and the only country that God has truly blessed. Today is Flag Day; so if you have a flag and I hope everyone does, put them out and show them proudly. GOD BLESS AMERICA!! |
Friday, June 13, 2014
My Family; Helping Marinda pack it up.
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife I went over to my daughter, Marinda's house this afternoon to help her pack up the things in her kitchen cabinets. She and her husband and daughter are moving tomorrow. This a real chore which Marinda knows only too well. We counted them, she moved nine times since she moved out of our home. I hope this is the last time, for her sake, it's no piece of cake. |
Home Life; Never discard the small things in life!
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife Never discard the small things in life! |
Thursday, June 12, 2014
Nature; Birds love bread
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife Seconds after I threw out this bread, the birds were landing to eat it. In the second picture, it was a tiny bird trying to pick up a piece of bread bigger then he was. A larger bird tried to get it off of the smaller bird but was unsuccessful. It seems that birds like the bread better then the birdseed that I put out. I love birds. |
Gardening; Beautiful flowers
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife As you can probably tell, I love flowers. These flowers may seem ordinary to you but to me they are beautiful. Summer is almost upon us and the weather may not show it but the flowers do. I love color and flowers do supply a lot of color. I thank God who created such beauty for us in this world we live in. |
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