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Today starts the week-long Ultimate Blog Party hosted by 5 Minutes for Mom!!!!!! I’d like to give a special shout-out to all my new visitors! In honor of the party, I’m going to tell you a little about me and my blog!

10 Things about Ramblings-n-Writings and its owner…

I started blogging in September after coming across some very intriguing blogs and realizing I could do this too! I didn’t seriously start blogging until late January and am now anticipating my 100th post this month!!! (This is post 82, I think.)
The name of my blog explains what you will find on a regular basis – random writings on random topics.
However, in light of #2, the actual focus of my blog is on the ‘writing’ part. I want to encourage writers out there and provide tools and resources that help them. But don’t worry, even if you aren’t a writer, you will enjoy the book reviews, blog suggestions, and

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Today is Works For Me Wednesday: Backwards Edition over at Rocks in My Dryer. Typically, bloggers offer advice on things that work for them. However, in Backwards Edition, bloggers ask questions to get readers’ help. Here’s my question:

How long does food keep in the refrigerator? I’m thinking of things like store-bought salad dressing, homemade potato salad, lunchmeat, sour cream once it is open, vegetables, leftover cooked vegetables, etc. Also, what is the recommended length of time food keeps in the freezer?

I know there are rules out there for how long things should be kept or how soon they should be eaten after making. I know that vacuum-sealed food keeps longer in the freezer, but what about make-ahead dishes, homemade pizza dough etc? Can pasta

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A few days ago, Crystal posted a link on her blog for a free 12-month subscription to Focus on the Family magazine. While I am familiar with Focus on the Family, I am not familiar with the magazine and really can’t vouch for the contents. According to the subscription form, Focus publishes 5 different magazines: General Adult Audience Version, Parents, Single Parents, Couples, Midlife & Beyond. All 5 versions are available for free subscriptions, and it appears you can subscribe to more than one at a time.

Seeing Crystal’s link reminded me of another magazine some of you may be interested in: Dr. Charles Stanley’s In Touch Ministries Magazine. (At the bottom of the page is the “Subscribe to Our Free Magazine” button.) I’ve been receiving this particular magazine for about a year now and look forward to finding it in the mailbox each month. Each magazine consists of theme-related articles as well as a devotional for

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I came across the Know & Tell Friday meme at To Know Him (a blog I came across surfing through other blogs). Each Friday, Know & Tell asks questions for participants to answer on their blogs. Some questions are lighthearted, and others are more challenging, causing us to look a little deeper. So, here goes my first Know & Tell…

Question 1: I can’t bear the sound of _____. Plastic snack bags (like chip or pretzel bags) crinkling while I’m sleeping because someone is having a snackQuestion 2: I would love to time-travel back to _____. Civil War era, Victorian EnglandQuestion 3: Shop alone, shop with mom, or shop with friends? Mainly shop alone although I haven’t shopped with my mom in foreverQuestion 4: Worst movie ever? I don’t remember the name of the movie, but it’s about two people who go deep sea diving but get left behind in the middle of the ocean with sharks.

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Crystal at Biblical Womanhood has been posting weekly challenges to make our homes a haven mainly through organization and not putting off those things that we tend to ignore. This week’s challenge was to organize a drawer. I contemplated what drawer I could organize, but we really don’t have that many drawers in our home unless you count the ones in the dresser and those are fairly neat. Then, I went to get some garlic powder today and I realized I found the perfect drawer to organize! Whenever we’re cooking and need spices, I’m reminded of a treasure hunt as we dig for the correct container. Here’s the “before” photo…

Scary, isn’t it? In about 5 minutes, I had everything organized as well as found one container with an expiration date of almost a year ago. Oops! That container went in the trash, and I also marked the calendar to check the dates again in about three

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