Little drops of rain

Canning again

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:04:07 GMT

This weekend I have had Labor Day by laboring. Each day I put up a batch of corn. The third batch is processing now. Jim grew "Peaches and Cream" and I didn't want to lose a bit of it. We now have 38 pints for the winter, and have been eating

Sauerkraut Day

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 04:03:41 GMT

It seems we put somehing up every day now. Today it was sauerkraut. Jim brought in three beautiful heads of cabbage. I did the slicing and he did the crushing and salting. We got seven quarts. They should be done fermenting in three days. How lucky tha

This week we're eating Chinese.

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:12:52 GMT

Jim planted the garden kind of late this year, so we only have one kind of peas - snow peas. He chose them because they come on earlier than other kinds and because you don't have to shell them. I've been picking them all week. There are six large bags

Canning season again

Fri, 31 Aug 2007 21:12:11 GMT

It is truly canning season. In the past three weeks, I have put up 16 quarts of green beans, 25 pints of sweet pickle sticks, 5 pints of dill relish, 6 pints of dill pickles (whole), and 10 pints of sweet zucchini relish. I need to take the dill out of ou

It's cherry season!

Sun, 17 Jun 2007 16:06:35 GMT

We visited some friends, who fed us lunch and invited us to pick cherries. Theirs are some of the only sweet cherries in the area! We got a gallon and will go back Monday for the rest. I have visions of jam, canned cherries, and lots of fresh eati

The birdies are here!

Sun, 04 Mar 2007 17:39:01 GMT

Although I am laid up with a broken ankle, I am so excited! Jim finished remodeling the chicken coop yesterday (it just needs a few tiny things) and brought home 50 parakeets in all colors and markings. I am praying hard that they will flourish in their n

I did it!

Sat, 06 Jan 2007 21:25:41 GMT

I'll send a photo tomorrow, when they're all dry. I made next year's gifts for my friends. After I submitted the jigsaw puzzle ornaments instructions, I got inspired to make some more. I bought a puzzle for .50 at the thrift store and had all the fun o

Got it done!

Thu, 07 Dec 2006 22:45:36 GMT

After four days of frequent interruptions, I finally have the tree done. We had a three-footer for years, but this year bought a six footer. I had forgotten how much work it is to get the lights on, and wasn't sure how many ornaments we had left. But i

Waiting, and waiting, and waiting...

Fri, 01 Dec 2006 23:22:20 GMT

I am catching up my email while the tallow melts. Today is the day I make soap (no matter how slow the tallow melts) for my Christmas baskets. I've already made the other stuff that goes in the baskets. Because it's only three weeks till Christma

We still have lettuce!

Wed, 22 Nov 2006 00:53:49 GMT

My husband put a cold frame over some lettuce that came up late (planted itself) when we started having frosts in September. We are still harvesting yummy buttercrunch lettuce! It even survived one night that was almost zero!

I will send a phot

Coupon coup!

Wed, 22 Nov 2006 00:50:23 GMT

Last Sunday the newspaper coupon insert had two coupons for free items. A candy bar, and a 4-lb bag of dog food. I can't resist a deal like that! I confess to being a bold dumpster diver. I met the newspaper delivery man (an old friend) at the recycling d

Fun shopping and the warranty

Tue, 07 Nov 2006 23:06:47 GMT

I received an unexpected check yesterday. Actually two. One was a $10 rebate for buying "free" cereal. Usually I put that in my savings, but I have been a good girl for too long. I spent some at the grocery store. They have a deal on Jello No

My cooking weekend

Mon, 06 Nov 2006 00:02:08 GMT

The coming week is going to be clogged with have-to's, so I did some cooking ahead. It's all too tempting to want to run to the newly-established Asian Buffet. I started with Tuesday night's Halloween alternative at church. I made 27 burrit

Our 25th anniversary

Fri, 03 Nov 2006 01:04:06 GMT

We had a wonderful 25th wedding anniversary party about a week and a half ago. Since our kids live far away, we did it ourselves. We used a fiesta theme, with giant honeycomb tissue pineapples and little Mexican piggy banks on all the tables. We hung t

Makin' a list...

Mon, 16 Oct 2006 22:15:14 GMT

I started my Christmas list today. Usually I start in January, but I was sick then. I made a list of who, and now I'll start filling in what they get. Since I'm knitting bath mitts, I will make at least two bath baskets, plus one for us. Last year I ga

P.S.

Sun, 15 Oct 2006 23:31:04 GMT

My hearing is better today. Lots of prayer from everyone. Never could get the doctor to call back.

A golden fall gives us joy.

Sun, 15 Oct 2006 23:28:03 GMT

We have two trailers attached to each other. Then, on one side, there is a gap of about 12 feet and it's planted in flowers and a cherry tree and an apple tree. Then another trailer that used to be the kids' bedrooms when they were home. Right now, the

Help! Lost my hearing this am.

Sat, 14 Oct 2006 22:12:59 GMT

Has anyone had this problem? My doctor prescribed quinine for leg cramps. I took it for three days. This morning I woke up with a significant hearing loss. The on-call doctor had never heard of it, but it's all over the internet. It could be permanent.

Awesome "high finance" day!

Thu, 12 Oct 2006 16:23:12 GMT

Yesterday was so cool! I believe I saved or made more than I spent, and considering that it was my fall clothes shopping day, that's pretty great! First off, a breakfast of free cereal! Albertson's had it on sale for $1.50 per box. I had coupons for .5

Frost tonight

Sat, 16 Sep 2006 21:07:40 GMT

The weather man says it will be 39, and we have learned to subtract five or ten degrees. We live in an old river bed, and frost settles here. The wind is howling and it's in the 40's. The garden is keeping my sweet husband busy! So far he has brought

Lots more canning!

Thu, 07 Sep 2006 00:04:55 GMT

This time of year, I get so excited about putting food by! Yesterday I finished the cucumber chunks. I never made them before. They are so good I can't stay out of them! Lots of salt and sugar, though. I also put up apple butter. Today I processed 40 p

Runaway cucumbers

Wed, 30 Aug 2006 23:09:44 GMT

We have gone for years without a decent cucumber. Now our vines are blessing us with tons of cucumbers!! I have already put up 35 pints of sweet pickle sticks, and today I started brining 20 pounds of dill pickles and 10 pounds of cucumber chunks. Ther