Cottage Making Mommy: March 2013

Home desserts , recipes

Sunday, March 31, 2013 / 24 Comments

Grandma's Lemon Poppy Seed Cake

Grandma's Lemon Poppy Seed Cake

Light, lemon flavored, and oh so yummy for Spring. I can't remember a time my grandma didn't have her Lemon Poppy Seed Cake ma...

Home Easter , family life

Saturday, March 30, 2013 / 3 Comments

Happy Easter Weekend

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Just popping in to say Happy Easter Weekend. Everyone around here is under the weather and sick.<br>
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We are hoping to feel better by this afternoon to work on our Easter Dinner and get ready for our Easter Egg hunt tomorrow.<br>
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I have lots of Spring recipes to share with you.. coming soon.<br>
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We are in a big push to finish going through our house that burned down to bring it to the rental to clean it and sort... to move it to the farm....all in the rain.<br>
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Happy Easter Weekend

Just popping in to say Happy Easter Weekend. Everyone around here is under the weather and sick. We are hoping to feel better by this ...

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Thursday, March 28, 2013 / 3 Comments

Tour a Lavender Farm Part 3

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<span style="font-size: large;">Wouldn't you love to have one of these in your home?</span><br>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Check out her wood ceiling and all her pretties.</span><br>
<span style="font-size: large;">I love when decor goes vertical. Back in my old shop we used to hang tree limbs and icicle lights on the ceilings. It used to be an electrical store so we had plenty of outlets.</span><br>
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Tour a Lavender Farm Part 3

Wouldn't you love to have one of these in your home? Check out her wood ceiling and all her pretties. I love when decor goes v...

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Tuesday, March 26, 2013 / 25 Comments

Tour A Lavender Farm With Me Part 2

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<span style="font-size: large;">Isn't this flower cart adorable? Debbie's gate and florals make for a great entryway into her shop.</span><br>
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Tour A Lavender Farm With Me Part 2

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Home decorating , gardening

Monday, March 25, 2013 / 16 Comments

Tour A Lavender Farm With Me Part 1

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<span style="font-size: large;">Today I snuck out of town for a few hours and went to tour an<span style="color: magenta;"> Oklahoma Lavender farm.</span></span><br>
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Tour A Lavender Farm With Me Part 1

Today I snuck out of town for a few hours and went to tour...

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Sunday, March 24, 2013 / No comments

What's Going On Around the Farm #4

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We had some little visitors to the farm this week and it sure was fun.<br />
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Their mommy brought them down and came to play too.<br />
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We all braved the bone chilling weather to get some work and play done.<br />
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Our new doghouse was delivered.<br />
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We thought for awhile it was going to fall off the truck.<br />
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Isn't it cute!!!<br />
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I can so see a pretty sign over the door painted in red and white with paw prints.<br />
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Our carport was installed over the weekend and it matches the dog house.<br />
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Still no electricity...keeping our fingers crossed for new power by the end of the week.<br />
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Two more weeks of a big push and then we get some pretty stuff going.<br />
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Happy Sunday,<br />
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Cottage Making Mommy<br />
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For more farm information go <a href="http://lovingmyheartandhome.blogspot.com/p/our-farm.html">here.</a><br />
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Partying at <a href="http://www.sunnysimplelife.blogspot.com/">Sunny Simple Sundays</a> <a href="http://www.betweennapsontheporch.net/">Metamorphosis Monday</a> <a href="http://www.uncommondesignsonline.com/diy-ideas-monday-funday-link-party-11/">Monday Funday</a><br />
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What's Going On Around the Farm #4

We had some little visitors to the farm this week and it sure was fun. Their mommy brought them down and came to play too. We...

Home family life

Thursday, March 21, 2013 / 17 Comments

Country Living

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I found two of these beautiful Pine trees on our property. Their color leaves me in awe of what incredibly beautiful things God makes.<br />
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So wanna load this cute baby up and save it from the slaughter house. Come live your life out with me you pretty baby.<br />
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Love driving by beautiful old barns like this with the hay blowing in the wind.<br />
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Isn't God incredible.<br />
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I found two of these beautiful Pine trees on our property. Their color leaves me ...

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Sunday, March 17, 2013 / 6 Comments

What's Going On Around the Farm #3

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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I've learned all types of interesting information like the difference between a track hoe and a backhoe.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Other useless information like what a tinhorn is has filled my last 7 days. By the way, it's those long pipe like things that lay in the ditch to keep water draining off your property. Now your ready to be a participant on Jeopardy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We officially have an entrance for the nursery customers to come onto our property. This is progress people... Can I hear a woot woot.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Totally thought the bulldozer dude was going to come today like he said and he got sick and couldn't make it. My fridge is full of hundreds of plants wrapped in wet paper towels and trash bags trying to keep them alive while waiting to go in the ground.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Tommy learned how quickly Cedar burns.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hoping for seven more days of pushing hard and we can get where we need to be to start the more fun stuff of painting, decorating, gardening, and planting grass seed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Tomorrow Tommy is going to help me mow so we can work our way into the next 2 1/2 acres while we wait for the guys to come back out on Tuesday.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was freezing today and nice every other day. Nothing like a sunburned face in the freezing cold. People look at you like where are you from forgetting that it was 70 degrees the day  before.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Enough Chatting for me now so I'm going back to work.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Have a Great Week.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Partying at <a href="http://makingtheworldcuter.com/2013/03/adorable-easter-ideas/">Making the World Cuter</a> <a href="http://alifeinbalance.net/?utm_source=Motivation%20Monday&utm_campaign=4cc5025276-Motivation_Monday_is_Up_3_4_2013&utm_medium=email">Motivation Monday</a> <a href="http://www.keepingitsimplecrafts.com/">Keeping It Simple</a> <a href="http://www.creatingreallyawesomefreethings.com/">Monday Funday</a> <a href="http://smilingsally.blogspot.com/">Blue Monday</a> <a href="http://www.cozylittlehouse.com/">Tweak It Tuesday</a> <a href="http://romantichome.blogspot.com/">Show and Tell</a> <a href="http://sunnysimplelife.blogspot.com/2013/03/sunny-simple-sunday-link-party_23.html">Sunny Simple Sunday</a> <a href="http://sewmanyways.blogspot.com/2013/03/sew-darn-crafty-linky-partyweek-107.html">Sew Darn Crafty</a></span></div>

What's Going On Around the Farm #3

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<span style="font-size: large;">No garden is complete without roses. Any size, every size, every color.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What are your favorite flowers to plant in your garden?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">For more garden posts go <a href="http://lovingmyheartandhome.blogspot.com/p/blooming-in-garden.html">here.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Happy Gardening,</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Valerie</span><br />
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Partying at <a href="http://www.sunnysimplelife.blogspot.com/">Sunny Simple Sundays</a> <a href="http://thetablescaper.blogspot.com/">Seasonal Sundays</a> <a href="http://www.iheartnaptime.net/sundae-scoop-link-party-71/">Sundae Scoop</a> <a href="http://www.cozylittlehouse.com/">Tweak It Tuesday</a> <a href="http://romantichome.blogspot.com/">Show and Tell</a> <a href="http://frenchcountrycottage.blogspot.com/2013/03/feathered-nest-friday_21.html">Feathered Nest Friday</a> <a href="http://www.tidymom.net/">I'm Lovin It</a> <a href="http://diyshowoff.com/2013/03/24/that-diy-party-9/">That DIY Party</a><br />
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Thursday, March 14, 2013 / 5 Comments

A Southern Funeral for Grandma

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Today my family joined together to celebrate the life of my precious grandmother, Ruth.<br />
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My grandmother was affectionately known as, "the hat lady." Never in her 90 years on earth did she go to church without a hat and gloves and we chose as a family to honor her memory by wearing her hats. Young and old graced the church with a colorful array of hats.<br />
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It was a lovely and quaint service nestled in her home church of almost 50 years. A delightful lunch complete with homemade goodies was served afterwards.<br />
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Mom, Grandma, and Grandpa are safely nestled in Heaven with Jesus. Words can't express the shear amount of loss I feel in my closest loved ones being gone. I know Grandma would be proud we all gathered.<br />
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What a handsome bunch here my niece, 2 nephews, and brother.<br />
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Tommy my "adopted" nephew kept us laughing all day.<br />
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The sun shined beautifully and for that I am so grateful.<br />
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My heart is heavy with loss but also full of joy to be part of the life of such a treasured love one who made the world such a better place.<br />
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You taught me so much, loved us all fiercely, and were the epitome of a true southern lady.<br />
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Grandma you will forever be in my heart.<br />
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Valerie<br />
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P.S. For those of you fortunate enough to still have those older loved ones take a little time to make a phone call, swing by for a quick visit, and send them a card. You never know how much you'll miss them until they are gone.It is after all our loved ones that really make our houses a place we can call home.<br />
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Celebrating at <a href="http://romantichome.blogspot.com/">Show and Tell</a> <a href="http://www.cozylittlehouse.com/">Tweak It Tuesday</a></div>

A Southern Funeral for Grandma

Today my family joined together to celebrate the life of my precious grandmother, Ruth. My grandmother was affectionately known a...

The Beginnings of the Veggie Garden

The Beginnings of the Veggie Garden

I have been so patient waiting for the fellas to finish up their projects. If I don't start planting I will never get done in tim...

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Friday, March 8, 2013 / No comments

What's Going on Around the Farm

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Hi Ya'll! We've been busy working trying to get the grunt work done so I can do the fun job of making the farm pretty.<br />
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The boys have been busy tearing down the old farmhouse and installing a new septic for our new houses.<br />
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Our well should be done in the next few days, it's taking forever.<br />
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I can't plant until I have water. Pretty basic stuff, huh.<br />
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Keeping myself distracted from Grandma's death the other day and my mom's death a few month's ago has pretty much been my priority.<br />
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Hoping all this farm work is going to help me lose weight so we can work on getting pregnant.<br />
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I have so many beautiful gardens planned to honor my mom and grandma's love of flowers that they passed onto me.<br />
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Mr.wade's mom loved roses so I am going to order in 100 types of rose bushes to honor her.<br />
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My wonderful neighbor lost his wife two years ago and she continues to get a subscription to Country Living Magazine so he was kind enough to bring it to me yesterday and told me, "look forward to it every month."<br />
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Our neighbors have started to see more of us at the farm and have begun stopping by. Everyone has a project that they are excited about and that makes the atmosphere really happy.<br />
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They pull up in trucks w/ trailers, on dirt bikes, and 4 wheelers, too fun.<br />
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I ordered 150 plants overnight and am just waiting for the dozers and semi's to move so I can plant once they are delivered.<br />
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Mom and Grandma would both be out there telling me their ideas if they were here. I'm sure they will be peaking down from heaven, checking on us and our planting.<br />
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I hope you all have a beautiful weekend.<br />
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For more Gardening stuff go <a href="http://lovingmyheartandhome.blogspot.com/p/blooming-in-garden.html">here.</a> Looking to learn more about our farm go <a href="http://lovingmyheartandhome.blogspot.com/p/our-farm.html">here.</a><br />
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Give lots of kisses to your loved ones, especially the older ones!!!<br />
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Hugs,<br />
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Valerie<br />
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Partying at <a href="http://romantichome.blogspot.com/">Show and Tell Friday</a> <a href="http://frenchcountrycottage.blogspot.com/2013/03/feathered-nest-friday.html">Feathered Nest Friday</a> <a href="http://www.ladybirdln.com/">Weekend Show-Off Party</a> <a href="http://shabbynest.blogspot.com/2013/03/frugal-friday.html">Frugal Friday</a> <a href="http://www.simplysweethome.com/2013/03/friday-favorites-week-157/">Friday Favorites</a> <a href="http://www.alittleknickknack.com/">EBTKS</a> <a href="http://www.simplydesigning.net/2013/03/simply-link-party_7.html">Simply Link Party</a> <a href="http://www.serenitynowblog.com/2013/03/weekend-bloggy-reading-link-up_8.html">Serenity Now</a> <a href="http://deborahjeansdandelionhouse.blogspot.com/">Farmgirl Friday</a> <a href="http://sunnysimplelife.blogspot.com/2013/03/sunny-simple-sunday.html">Sunny Simple Sundays</a></div>

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