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Mom’s Delicious Zucchini Bread Recipe

Posted on by Kimberly Anne
zucchini Bread on plate

It’s zucchini season in California. At least in my backyard. I have been busy making muffins, brownies, bread, and cookies using the harvest from our garden. This is one of the rare times I will share a recipe. Why? Because I don’t have many original recipes. I’m a big fan of Betty Crocker. I love to bake, but I am a picky eater.

I grew up on this recipe. It was my mom’s, and I’ve never found anything better. But, of course, that is my prejudiced opinion. But you be the judge. Unfortunately, my mom has passed away, so I cannot ask her where she got the recipe, but I believe it was passed down from her mother.

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Loving Succulents

Posted on by Kimberly Anne
Succulents

When did I start loving succulents? I think it was about fifteen years ago when I decided to expand my collection of succulents from one Christmas Cactus to a total of three different cactus plants. After a while, I decided my plants were boring. So I sold the two I had in a Facebook group and kept my Christmas Cactus.

I changed my mind about five years later and expanded my cactus and succulent collection. Since I wanted to move someday and take them with me, I kept them all in pots. I had fallen in love with them.

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Visiting Three States a Year

Posted on by Kimberly Anne
Map of the United States

If you aren’t aware of my plan to visit three states a year, from reading other posts, now is your time to learn more about it. Visiting all the states in the United States is part of my bucket list. Visiting three states a year is doable. Once I am on the east coast, I will increase the number, since the states are smaller.

At this moment I have made it halfway. I have 25 states to go. If you calculate that out at three states a year, I have a little over eight years to go. I hope to finish it in five years.

Have you ever considered visiting every state, country, or province where you live? It’s a fun adventure, that I think you should start now.

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2022 Goals – April Update

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April Goals update


Here is my 2022 Goals April update:

  1. Goal: Lose 5 more pounds. I am maintaining my weight, but currently not losing. I need to get more serious about losing weight.
  2. Goal: Ancestry: Contact at least two cousins. I have reached out to 2 cousins but have not heard from them. I tried someone else. Most of these cousins are a lot younger than me, and I’m thinking that may be why they are not responding since I’m old. A great excuse isn’t it?
  3. Goal: Read 30 books. I have read 15 books. I’m still reading about four books at the same time. They are mostly books about writing. They are going slow.
  4. Goal: Get through at least my second and third drafts of the book I wrote in 2021. Finish the first draft of my second book. I have joined a group that will really help me with this. And I have a writing coach now, so that should help. She and I talked on the 31st of January and I’m excited. I am finished with my second draft and moving on to the third. I have found out that I should not work on the first draft of my second book. It is non-fiction and those should be written after they have been accepted. I did start looking for an agent to represent me.
  5. Goal: Visit three states that I have not visited before. We are going to New Mexico, Wyoming, and North Dakota this year. We made most of the plans for the New Mexico trip in 2021 since we are going with a group. I still need to find any other things that I would like to do while we are at the “must-see” spots. I need to plan the other trip. We visited New Mexico so we have one state complete.
  6. Goal: Complete 2 quilts. I plan to finish a quilt for my son-in-law and one for my daughter-in-law. I already had the pattern for my son-in-law. In January, I bought some of the fabric for this one. I bought a pattern and most of the fabric for my daughter-in-law in 2021. I didn’t make much progress this month, but I believe I have purchased all the fabric I need.
  7. Goal: Walk 1000 miles. I have attempted this for 4 years and never reached it. I need to be really serious about this, this year. The fifth attempt must work. So far this year, I have walked 205 miles. April was a good month until the end of the month. I’m not feeling very good. Yes, it’s currently May, but I had a lot of tests run to figure out why I’m not feeling very good. So unfortunately my miles may not be very good in May.

April was good for my walking and travel goals. How are you doing on your goals? Let me know below. Keep working toward your goals. We can do this.