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I Am Watching You
The Maid
Hopeless
It Ends with Us
Unmissing
The All New Ball Book Of Canning And Preserving: Over 200 of the Best Canned, Jammed, Pickled, and Preserved Recipes
Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving
Jurassic World: The Official Cookbook
Halo: The Official Cookbook
Ugly Love
Verity
Where the Crawdads Sing
The Moonlight Child
Becky: The Heartbreaking Story of Becky Watts by Her Father Darren Galsworthy
Freed
Drowning in Stars
Behind Her Eyes
The Girl in the White Van
Regretting You
Defending Jacob


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Focaccia

Focaccia is soooo fun to make esp with kids. I love getting my kids involved in cooking. The younger you get them cooking, the more love they have for it and want to do it. I started my son off at 4 years old.. today he LOVES to cook. I did not do the same with my daughter and she is really not into cooking. So, I decided any children we have going forward, their little butts will be cooking. Anytime my nieces or nephews are over, we cook together (bread, pizza, biscuits, whatever).  You Will Need: 4 Cups Bread Flour (King Arthur) 2 tsp Salt 1 tsp Sugar (honey or agava)  1.5 tsp Yeast 1 tbsp Oil (olive or avocado) 1 3/4 Cups Warm Water  Bake at 445 degrees 10-12 minutes
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Let's Make Soap!

Making soap is such an amazing experiece. Kids love making soap; as long as the soap you are making is already a base, and not one you make with Lye yourself, because Lye is such a powerful chemical that it can burn through your hands and childrens. That is why I use a melt-n-pour soap base instead of from scratch. Here is what you need to get started:
We will need 91% Alcohol (rub), molds, knife, any soap base, cups for melting soap, scents, natural food dyes, and something to mix the soap up. Once you gather all of your ingredients you want to open the soap base, cut the soap into blocks, place in cup, and melt on 15 seconds at a time until the soap is fully melted. 
Once the soap has melted, and you mix in your colors, and scent (making sure to mix it in completely) pour into your molds and spray with the alcohol; spraying with the alcohol is releasing the air bubbles in the soap. Allow to harden 30 mintues to 1 hour before adding your second color. Repeat the process but instead let it stand 1-2 hours. Once cooled completely release from the molds, and your soap is ready to use
Second Pour! Letting sit!
Out of the mold!

And there it is! This is so easy, the hardest part is waiting for the first layer to set up, to pour the next layer! I really hope y'all enjoy this and give it a try! I

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