Calling All My Blogging Friends...

Hello!  How are you doing?  I have some big, big news to share with you!  Alexandra (my youngest sister who made me that fabulous apron for my birthday!) just announced that she is moving to Tanzania in Africa!  She has heard the Lord's calling and has answered!  Being a Special Education teacher, she will move there in August to aid in the development of Special Education programs in village schools where there currently are none.

Leaving all that is familiar behind and taking this huge leap of faith to help in Africa, she admits that she is nervous, but she moves forward within the Lord's will so she need not be afraid.  I am very proud of her for being so brave, but a little sad to say good-bye as well! 

Because she is volunteering there and will have to leave her job here behind, she will be furiously saving and raising funds.  We came up with a fun project that we think might help her.  We are putting together a cookbook!  But we need lots and lots of recipes, and even between all my extended family and friends, we can't gather enough recipes to fill it, so I am coming to you for help (she doesn't know it yet!)  How neat to have recipes compiled together from many different places in one book.  What do you think?  Would you be willing to pull a favorite recipe from your stash and share it for our cookbook?


It is very easy to pass along your favorite recipe, simply go to cookbookfundraiser.com.


Under contributor:  Type your name.

Under email:  Type your email.

Under username:  Type matthewseventeentwenty

 Under password:  Type goodfood


Next, just find and click on the Add a New Recipe link, and it is very self-explanatory from there.  Please feel free to add as many recipes as you like!  The more the merrier!  We will be selling these cookbooks later right here in my online shop.

I would like to THANK YOU very much for helping us!  Please let me give back a small token in return to show my appreciation!  We all love antique linens so how about one large French monogrammed tea towel to one of you?  Simply go add a recipe then come back here to let me know which delicious one you added.  Giveaway ends February 1.  I will select one winner by random.  Want more chances?  Just add more recipes and leave a comment for each one.


On another note,  I also want to thank Jennifer Rizzo for nominating our Christmas home as one of the top twelve finalists for her 2013 Holiday House Walk!  If you have a free moment head on over to her blog and check out the other finalists.  Wow, so much talent and inspiration there!

Well, that should do it for me!  I'll leave you to go through your recipes and thank you, thank you, thank you again!




Maria ~Rusty Hinge




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