Finger licking beef dish

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Tucked in a Tortilla bread with sautéed vegetables, side of salad.

So easy and delicious. And can be served at least as different three dishes.

1- Cut the beef in small strips, sautée with olive oil

2- in a seperate pan sautée onions.

3- in a sauce pan add beef broth and 2 Tbl of taco seasoning. Add the beef . Broth should almost cover the entire beef.

4- let it simmer in medium heat. Taste and try the tenderness of the beef, about 20 minutes.

6- take out the beef add the onions.

Seve with rice, or as a burrito with vegetables, or add to salad for more protein.

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Add beef, beef stock, vegetables,and taco seasoning.

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Intimate garden

Creating peaceful space in your garden for walks, meditating,  watching birds, and cats go by.

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Tiles, and planters add color and charm

Filling in

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Impatiens are great flowers for shady spots.
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Invite birds to your garden by Adding bird baths
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Water fountains are beautiful fixtures and create a soothing relaxing corner.

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Add a few Planters, hanging baskets, statues, chimneas to create interesting focal points.

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Get your Free 🍩🍩🍩Donut

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Lavender Bluberry donuts

Dunkin Donuts, Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, LaMar’s Donuts, Duck Donuts, and many other shops and convenience stores are giving away free doughnuts on June 1 to celebrate National Donut Day 2018.

Why? to celebrate :

First Friday of June of each year, succeeding the Doughnut event created by Salvation Army in Chicago in 1938 to honor their members who served doughnuts to soldiers during WW1.

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Perfect shade plants, Hostas

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Hostas growing under a Redbud tree
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Hostas

Hostas are a natural choice for growing under trees. There are over 2,500 varieties, from petite dwarf types to mammoth varieties spanning several feet across. hostas are rugged and once established, they tolerate almost any soil and will grow for years.

Native to northeast Asia, in 1812 it was named after an Austrian botanist Nicholas Thomas Host. Hostas do flower and the only strongly fragrant species is “Hostas Plantaginea” with white flowers up to four inches long. Flowers open in the evening and close by morning. This species blooms in late summer and is sometimes known as “August Lily”.

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Flowering Hosta

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Gifts for graduates 🎓

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A thoughtful graduation gift, Pelikan Fountain Pen

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So many ideas for graduates from early learning to college, and to mark this memorable day, offering them a thoughtful gift is a good idea.

A gift giving guide:

1- Many schools have graduation ceremonies for little ones starting first grade or graduating from early learning to middle learning. For this group of young scholars asking their parents for gift ideas is the safest step.

2- For our highly enthusiastic high school graduates, excited for a new life, most often in a new city, away from parents :

Gift cards are the most popular and useful which provide a freedom of choice of its own.

3- For college graduates that come in every size and age:

Gift cards are still a good idea, but we can personalize it by offering help with furnishing a new home, helping with professional attire, or helping with expenses to a rejuvenating vacation getaway, before they step into their professional life.

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6 ideas to give every room a fresh look

Playing with colors and textures that represent the season is the easiest way to give a fresh look to any room.

1- Using Baskets

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Basket holding hats, sunglasses, bandanas.. Pick up & go, ready for the beach or the pool

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Metal baskets a cool fresh accent

2- Using Pillows

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Pastels, and blues to remind you of your favorite beach house

3- Using Photos : look for your beach photos and colorful frames

4-  Using Paintings

5- Using Light fixtures

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Easy and less costly to change lamp shades for a new look

6- Using Accent  pieces

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Pottery with floral and bird theme
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Wall accents
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Weathered Pottery

And the important fact in decorating , surround yourself with pieces that make you happy, and help you to relax.

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Time to say Thank You to all our Teachers

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A special card for the best teacher ever

We know we should say thank you all through the year, but a nice gift at the end of the school year is memorable.

Two of our favorites that in previous years made our teachers happy and teary eyes were,

1- A framed picture

For that special coach, or music teacher. Or the science teacher that coordinates the most awesome  field trips, we framed a picture showing them in action with class or with our special student.

2- A gift card

We paid attention during the year to what our teachers do on their time off or what their hobbies are. A gift card from a favorite restaurant or a camping store has always been a thoughtful gift.

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We include a card and have our student to write a special note to each teacher about their favorite event or story from their class. Something they have learned, and will always remember about their teacher.

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