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Thursday, November 12, 2026

FUNTASTIC FRIDAY LINK PARTY AND THE HOLIDAYS ARE UPON US

Hello and here we are again, another Funtastic Friday! This week has been beautiful! The wweather warmed back up into the 60s during the day (but 30s at night), sunny and no wind. No wind is fine with me. I know they call Chicago the "windy city" but I believe that parts of Nevada woudl give Chicago a run for its money.

My husband had cement poured today for a "mow strip" to go under our new white vinyl fence that will be placed soon. Thankfully, we have good friends at church who showed up in force and were a big help. Count your blessings and and friends are (usually) blessings.

This week, aside from from my daily routine, I have been sewing a few more of the BEARY MERRY CHRISTMAS ADVENT CALENDARS to give as gifts. Since the calendar begins on December 1st, I am pushing through! I have 4 to gift, with one already completed. Anyone else making gifts to give this Christmas?

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How to Preserve Hand Written Recipes by 3 Boys and a Dog

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Butterscotch Martini by Cindy's Online Recipe Box

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Preserving Leaves with Mod Podge by Fresh Vintage by Lisa

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Roasted Whole Caramelized Carrots by Cooking with K

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Soup Mix in a Jar by Walking on Sunshine Recipes

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Thursday, November 5, 2026

FUNTASTIC FRIDAY LINK PARTY 617 AND THANKSGIVING CREATIVITY

Hello and welcome to another Funtastic Friday! How was your Halloween? Did you stay home and answer the door to Trick-or-Treaters or have other plans? Maybe stayed you home but sat in the dark watching a scary movie or show.

We had quite a few kids to the door and it started raining about 7 here (official time for treating is 5 to 8 pm in our town). Kids were still coming in the rain, though. It wasn't pouring down when it started but by 8 it was. Our last group was right about 8 and we had given out most of the candy so turned off the porch light. Then we watched a scary movie lol. Have you seen GOOD BOY that was released last year? Being a lover of all things dog, we saw it in the theater last year and then once more on Prime. It is now streaming on Disney+ so watched it again. I love Indy, the dog! This isn't a typical slasher, bloody horror movie. The movie is told from the perspective of what Indy sees and experiences, as his owner to takes him to a possibly haunted house and is also suffering from an unnamed illness. If you love dogs and a bit of a scare, this is a good movie to watch.

I took my Halloween decorations down on Monday and my husband had the inflatables put away, too. Thanksgiving is out and on display at our house. I know some go right to Christmas which is fine but I like to give Thanksgiving it's due!

Last week, I ordered Teddy some goggles to wear when he runs errands or goes for rides with us. I have considered them for a while to protect his eyes and finally ordered a medium-priced pair (in case he is not onboard with this). He only wears them when in a vehicle and he has been pretty good about leaving them on. Here is Teddy, in all his goggle-y glory:

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Thursday, October 29, 2026

FUNTASTIC FRIDAY LINK PARTY AND HALLOWEEN WEEKEND

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Hello to all and welcome!

Happy almost Halloween!

I am pretty well-prepared for Halloween: Full-sized candy bars--check

Treats for little ones: check

Mini-sized candy bars (for back-up)

Costume for poodle Teddy: Ideas are being considered

Pumpkin carved: No, but it has been assigned to #4 son

How are your Halloween preparations going? It is nice that it is on a Saturday, too.

Saturday is also Nevada Day! On October 31, 1864, Nevada became a state. Our state motto is "Battle Born", being that Nevada was admitted to the Union during the Civil War. Many businesses, state offices and schools are closed tomorrow in celebration of Nevada Day (the last Friday in October is the legal day off for Nevada Day). Federal offices will be open, though. Condolences to Nevada's Federal employees lol.

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Thursday, October 22, 2026

FUNTASTIC FRIDAY LINK PARTY AND PUMPKIN DINNER

Welcome to another week of Funtastic Friday! I needed to get this post done early as we are heading to the big city of Reno, Nevada tonight--my husband has an early morning procedure and getting up at 3 a.m. to leave for Reno by 4 a.m. is not one of my favorite things to do. It is a little over 2 hours to get to Reno and we need to be there by 6:30--thus, heading in tonight. Sometimes we stay with one of our two sons who live there but I felt better getting a hotel room since we have to be up and going so early.

Probably get some Hobby Lobby and Costco in while we are there.

We did decide to have our Silkie, Susie, cremated as I just wasn't sure what to do. I hate to leave a pet behind if we sell our place, so we get them cremated to go with us (this was our first chicken, tho). However, I don't think that will be feasible in the future as we still have eight more chickens and the cost to do so was $250, without the urn. I was a bit surprised since she is so small and our vet office said that is what they charge across the board. The vet office doesn't do the work, they are just the pick-up site for a pet crematorium in Reno, who comes to town once a week to the vet offices to pick up/return deceased pets. Being an animal lover gets expensive....Well, we will figure it out but hopefully this won't happen again for quite some time. Thank you to all who offered condolences last week 💖

I am sharing an oldie but goodie this week-- DINNER IN A PUMPKIN

I started making this when my older kids were small and it is a favorite still. They all have the recipe and most of them make it every year. I used to make it on Halloween itself but lately I seem to make it on a night other than that--Halloween gets busy and I am old lol. It is quite tasty and nutritious, especially if you scoop up some of the baked pumpkin with the meat mixture. Maybe give it a try!