Every year, since they were little, I have handmade a new Christmas ornament for each of our three children. Many of the ornaments were crocheted, some were cross stitched on plastic canvas and others made of felt. This year, I was a little late in finishing their ornaments just as I’m a little late in posting holidays wishes here. The…
It’s been months since I posted an Independence Days update. And this would be a very long post if I tried to detail everything that we’ve accomplished in that time. Instead I’m going to tell you about how our sweet potato experiment turned out. Back in June, when I brought home my four little sweet potatoes slips I wasn’t at…
On this 11th day of the 11th month, let us take a moment and remember the sacrifices made by our armed forces both past and present. And to one very special veteran, I want to remind him how very proud I am of his years of service to our country.
Way back at the end of April, Amandajean over on crazy mom quilts started hosting a one-a-day 9 patch quilt along. I figured one quilt block per day was certainly doable, so I signed up. By the end of the 10 weeks, I had the seventy 9 patch quilt blocks completed. And there they sat on the top of that…
Crystal over at Money Saving Mom and FishMama from Life As Mom are hosting a couple of freezer cooking days. I plan to do most of my baking and cooking tomorrow but this is what I’ve got on the agenda for this afternoon. Cut up and peel pumpkins we used for jack-o-lanterns Steam pumpkin pieces, cool a bit and then…
Last fall, I had Dave ask our landlord if we could put up a clothesline in the backyard. The answer was… yes, as long as it can’t be seen from the street. As you can imagine, that limited our options considerably. I had hoped to put up two posts, one at the back the house and one at the back…
Back in April, Amandajean from Crazy Mom Quilts started a one-a-day quilt along, in which participants would complete one 9 patch quilt block per day resulting, at the end of 10 weeks, with 70 finished scrappy 9 patch blocks. I soon discovered that I didn’t have nearly enough fabric scraps to make a truly scrappy quilt as I had purged…
In a bid to beat the heat of the day, we got up early this morning and headed out for our local blueberry u-pick farm. An hour and a half later, we were back home with 3 gallons of sweet tasting organic blueberries. After washing and sorting, we saved out a good sized bowl for desserts and snacks for the…
Whenever we move to a new area, one of the things we do is try out and if we like them, adopt new dishes. While living in Germany we added spaetzle and zwiebel kuchen, among others. During our time in Hawaii, spam musubi became a favourite. I have to confess though that since moving to the Southern States I have…
Congress has asked for a moment of silence at 3 pm (whichever time zone you’re in) so while you’re celebrating with family and friends take a moment to reflect and remember the sacrifices made by our veterans.