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.
Last night we had egg rolls for supper. When I was at the store, I only picked up one package of egg roll wrappers since it was just our son and I eating. But I’m so used to making a double batch now that when I was chopping up veggies, I chopped up the usual amount. And that meant that…
This past Christmas, Dave and I decided rather than buying each other gifts, we’d take that money and buy a reading chair for the corner of our bedroom. It took us a while to find a chair that would be comfortable for both of us; short enough for me, tall enough for him. We finally found one in February, but…
Just before Christmas 08, I came across a box of miscellaneous Easter decorations at our local thrift store. You’d think that Easter would have been the last thing on my mind, but one thing I’ve learned over the years is to think ahead. Our children are long past eagerly waiting for Easter Bunny, but I still like to give them…