Posted in Community, Family, Food, Friends, Home, Life, New Hampshire, Nostalgia, tagged 4th of July, Bocce, July 4th, Mike's Red Barn, Salem High School, Salem New Hampshire on July 4, 2008 | No Comments »
The United States of America is 232 years old today! Growing up this was my favorite day during the summer. I remember going over our friend’s house, Jim and Robin’s, to swim, eat lots of food and play games. Jim used to grill sausages, hamburgers and hot dogs while we’d be swimming and then we’d all eat [...]
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Posted in Books, Food, Home, Life, Recipes, tagged Elizabeth Kostova, Rainy day, Sicilian Cooking, Sicilian Food, The Historian, Watermelon Granita on June 29, 2008 | No Comments »
After a week of Vacation Bible School Becks and I skipped church this morning. Instead I made us grits for breakfast and she watched Doris Day/Rock Hudson movies on television while I continued to read The Historian. If I had known this book was about Dracula I probably would not have decided to read it [...]
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Tonight the kids and their parents came to say farewell to Cactus Canyon. The night started off with the children singing the songs they learned during the week for their parents. The teachers and volunteers were then recognized for their help and Kara passed out little handmade bags with pralines inside for all those who [...]
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Tonight was the last night of Vacation Bible School where the kids went to classes, made crafts and had recreation time. For our activity Dan got four large pots, two ladles and divided the kids into two teams. The game was to see who could move more water from one end of the field to [...]
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As we sat eating dinner before Vacation Bible School kicked off for its third night the skies opened up as a thunderstorm moved through the area. The prospects for having recreation outside were looking slim so some room was made in the choir practice room. With the limited space the nights activities were going to [...]
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I raced over to pick Becks up after work so we could hit the CVS on Monroe Street to get her some more anti-nausea medicine. Once we had the prescription we navigated through traffic up to I-10 and then made our way to Indian Springs Baptist Church for the second night of Vacation Bible School. [...]
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Following church Becks and I met her parents at Cafe Marmalade for lunch. It was pouring when we got uptown so I let Becks off at the door and parked around the corner. Walking to the restaurant I noticed that the old coffee shop had been renovated and a paper sign stating “Brick House Cafe [...]
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