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Kimberly is Running 5 km in the BRIGHT Run for Breast Cancer Research

My daughter is Running 5 km in the BRIGHT Run for Breast Cancer Research on September 6th! *** Support Kimberly with a Pledge for the 5 km Bright Run for Breast Cancer! Using PayPal – Please include your address with postal/zip code for a tax receipt. Every little bit helps! This is important to all of us. We all know some one or love some one who is or has suffered from the ravages of cancer. Research is the only hope for a cure. [ ... ]

Help! Company is Coming…And It’s a Surprise!

I imagine this has happened to most of us. .. My husband was notorious for bringing company home without letting me know, or more often, he would give me a couple of hours notice. Of course, when he would call to tell me about our unexpected guests, they would already be in his company and I wouldn’t want to embarrass him or them, by freaking out on the phone. But, sometimes there were a few choice words. However, in the end, all was forgiven and we usually had a wonderful time. Easy for you, you say. Where to begin? [ ... ]

Late Summer Gardening Solutions

Over the years, I have been heartily complimented on my beautiful gardens. The gardens included a rose garden with approximately 20 rose bushes in it, an iris garden which is breathtaking in the spring, various lovely perennials in the summer – too many to mention, an area full of holly bushes, specialty gardens with Korean spice trees, lilac trees, wisterias, smoke bushes, and of course my ever present bi-annuals complimented with numerous varieties of annuals situated throughout the property, in addition to many types of evergreen trees, evergreen bushes, pink chains, maples [ ... ]

Grandma’s Cookin’ Poem

*** I’m moving my posts from Grandma’s Kitchen to my new blog, so that you have access to my older posts…Ingrid Turner Today will be my default blog from now on. *** December 31, 2006 Friendship Poems 5 – Grandma’s Cookin’ By Dr. Mary E. Waters Who is she? Grandma is any senior citizen you choose to call grandma or big ma ma. Grandma was the elderly woman that served as a surrogate while you were away in college. She looked out for you when you were just starting out on [ ... ]

More Of My Great Recipes

*** I’m moving my posts from Grandma’s Kitchen to my new blog, so that you have access to my older posts…Ingrid Turner Today will be my default blog from now on. *** December 28, 2006 Hello Everyone! I wanted to update you on some of my recipes online, which I have collaborated with my daughter, Kimberly on. They are posted on: CookingWithKimberly.com Some of these fabulous and delicious recipes include: 1. Canadian Fried Chicken 2. Coconut Chicken Fingers 3. Silver Dollar Potatoes 4. Traditional Prime [ ... ]

Crepes: Kasper German Pancake Recipe

*** I’m moving my posts from Grandma’s Kitchen to my new blog, so that you have access to my older posts…Ingrid Turner Today will be my default blog from now on. *** December 5, 2006 Hello and thank you for coming back to my blog today. The first thing I want to share is this Crepes Recipe. For those of you who don’t know what this is, it is a “dinner plate sized” thin pancake. Why is this the first tidbit I wanted to share with you? Well, not only [ ... ]

Grandma’s Home Cooking – Just What Your Mouth Ordered

*** I’m moving my posts from Grandma’s Kitchen to my new blog, so that you have access to my older posts…Ingrid Turner Today will be my default blog from now on. *** December 5, 2006 Hello and thank you for coming to my blog. I welcome you. My name is Ingrid Turner and I have some wonderful tips, tricks, and techniques for making some of the best home cooked meals your mouth can handle. I will be delivering this information often so check back with us on a regular basis. I can’t wait [ ... ]

C’ELLE – Save yourself or those you love from future disease

I recently discovered some information that I would like to share with you regarding an innovative science. This science empowers women to begin taking charge of their future health. You do your best to stay healthy. You try to exercise, eat right, get enough sleep, and perhaps take nutritional supplements to feel and be at your best. But what can you do to protect yourself for the future, against diseases and medical problems that may arise later in life? Until now, you could only hope for the best. The capabilities of a woman’s body are miraculous. Every month holds a miracle! There [ ... ]

Our Little Furry “People” that We Love

Yesterday, I concluded my blog mentioning that I was about to give our little dogs a treat. A perfect segue into the great and wonderful things we feed our animals. I don’t know about you but in our house, we consider our dogs as little furry people whom we love. We love to cook special foods for them including baking little cookie/biscuit treats. After all, they like a change from the same old same old dog kibble. Just as we don’t like to eat the same things every day, our dogs enjoy [ ... ]

What a Wonderful Day!

Well folks, I have made myself a promise – to “blog in” every day with a little tidbit for my family and friends… Firstly, let’s get acquainted. I am a widow whose husband and sister succumbed to cancer over the past few years. I live in my own home which keeps me quite occupied. Here I live with my sweet little dogs Precious (a miniature schnauzer) and Sugar (a rescued westie and poodle cross breed). Since I am also a cancer survivor, my children check up on me very often. My family loves me, I know, but they also think I need [ ... ]