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My goals for the next two weeks

{ Posted by tractorchick72 }
{ 10:52, Tuesday, October 14, 2008 } { 0 comments } { Link }
My surgery date is getting closer, and I don't feel as if I've gotten enough things done that I need want to have done before then.  So this post is to keep me accountable for the tasks I'm setting for myself.  I was going to put them on my side bar and then put a line through as I finished them, but couldn't figure out how to do so.   IF I can figure it out within the next day or so, I may try again. 

 Anyway, here is my list:
(Yes Amy Jo, before you go hollering at me....I won't do the physically demanding stuff...I will let son do it )


TO DO BEFORE SURGERY ON THE 30TH


KITCHEN

Bake and freeze:

Dinner rolls

Hamburger buns

Hot dog buns

2 dozen banana muffins


Clean out and organize fridge/freezer

Organize food cupboards


CRAFT ROOM

Clean closet/move file cabinet in there

Reorganize room and clean


BEDROOM

Clean closet

Get out winter clothes


OUTSIDE

Rotate tires on car

Cover big AC unit

Remove small bedroom AC unit

Cover Swamp cooler on roof

Fill in gaps in garage with foam insulation

Re caulk pellet stove pipe

Put BBQ in garage

Cover generator on back porch


FOR CRAFT FAIR (24TH)

Make two aprons

Clean/fix Papa's woodwork

Take pictures of woodwork/make album

Price woodwork

Gather towels from friend and decide which ones go

Photograph towel on oven door/bathroom rack and make price/picture sign

Call and reserve booth

 

The outside stuff we'll do this weekend since we are supposed to be nice and warm again (70 ish).  Son will be doing the tires....I'll be supervising LOL  He's never done it before so I get to show him how.  He'll also be the one climbing on the roof, removing the small AC unit and moving the BBQ to the garage.  I can do the other things as they don't require me to do any heavy lifting.  

 

I also need to go in this Friday, get more pellets (son is off school and can pack them for me) and go to the hospital and get my pre admission stuff done.  Then on the 28th is my preop appt and afterwards I will "borrow" money from the savings and get the groceries for November since payday is the day AFTER my surgery.  This way we'll be good to go food wise other than a few perishables Hubby can get easily on his way home from work. 

 

Well, I guess I'd better quit typing about what to do and get to it hadn't I?   Have a wonderful day (week if I don't get back on here) and God Bless.

 

Tricia



I am only one

{ Posted by blessed mom }
{ 10:36, Tuesday, October 14, 2008 } { 0 comments } { Link }

" I am only one,

But still I am one.

I cannot do everything -----

But still I can do something------

And because I cannot do everything

I will not refuse to do something that I can do.

~ E.E. Hale, D.D. ~



TA DA....

{ Posted by Rustic Wheel Acres }
{ 09:20, Tuesday, October 14, 2008 } { 2 comments } { Link }
Ok I promised a few days ago that I would introduce you all to another animal of the property that just seemed to adopt us, but truly I think its the other way around because she is just now getting used to us and will follow us around to see what we are up too on "her land". So without further ado here is our newest adoption....




                      TRISKET
(we named her that as the sellers only called her pony)

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She is quite wet from being out in the rain all day and night, and will only go into her makeshift pen, when we go to feed her, even if we keep the gate open.... such a silly girl...

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Thank you to a Friend

{ Posted by Belle }
{ 11:26, Monday, October 13, 2008 } { 0 comments } { Link }

A good friend gave a wonderful present to my sister and me! She gave us.......

MaryJane's Ideabook, Cookbook, Lifebook: For the Farmgirl in All of Us

MaryJane's

IdeaBook CookBook LifeBook!

Thank you so much to my friend if you are out there reading this post! My mom, sister, and I are really enjoying this book. It was very sweet of you to give it to us!

                                 Thank you!

                                      Belle



Rainy Monday

{ Posted by Heritage Hill Homestead }
{ 07:37, Monday, October 13, 2008 } { 0 comments } { Link }

It has been gloomy and dreary all day long.........and tomorrow is supposed to be the same or worse.  Yuck!  I really need sunshine to have any ambition at all, so as you can imagine, I haven't gotten much done today.  I have a "few" indoor projects I could be doing, maybe tomorrow some of them will inspire me, I sure hope so.

We actually didn't buy anything at the auction Saturday except 4 roller pigeons.  There was lots of critters there for sale, but nothing that really interested us, so we left about 1/2 way through the sale. 

Got home that evening and found out a lady wanted pies made for Sunday........so I spent Saturday night baking.  Remember I just said I was glad the pressure of baking every Friday was over for the summer??  Well, I had an order for 3 pies on Friday afternoon, and then made 6 more on Saturday night.

We had a pot-luck dinner at church yesterday.  A friend and neighbor gave me some eggplant and a recipe last week, so I tried it out.  It turned out good.  As always there was lots of good food there.

We have an interim pastor right now, he has been there about 6 weeks.  I can see the Lord working through him and it is exciting!  He is such a caring man and really stresses prayer.  Almost every Sunday there have been people going forward for baptism ( our church is Baptist) and to join the church.  You would not think people would make those kinds of decisions without a full time pastor.  There is just a different attitude, very exciting indeed!

Hubby has been working, until the rain, on getting the garden worked up.  It will be quite a bit bigger next year.  We also need to have a spot ready for some blackberry plants.  Some friends asked if we wanted some starts next spring.....of course I said yes!  They will have to be someplace safe from goat escapes.  Not sure there is any such place???

I know there are mixed feelings about Oprah, but I saw advertised today that her show tomorrow, Tuesday, might be interesting.  It is Where does our food come from, or something close to that.   They showed some free range chickens.  Don't know what it will include, but I thought it might be of interest to watch and see how they present the topic.  It may make us small producers look bad or it may bring us some great advertisement............

The weather man said there are frost warnings for the north-west part of Kansas tonight.........yikes, I know it is coming soon enough but I am not ready! 

Country Blessings,

Marilyn~at Heritage Hill Homestead



Trade days weekend!

{ Posted by Leigh-Ann }
{ 04:41, Monday, October 13, 2008 } { 0 comments } { Link }
Well, we headed off to Trade Days Saturday morning not really planning on coming home with a lot of anything. Well, the best laid plans and all that!!
There are now 3 rabbits living here and Jeff found an AWESOME deal on his cockatiels. He found an older lady selling them for an incredible price...he was able to get a pair for 1/3 the cost of one at the pet store.
After we came home with all of the new friends (it was getting to hot to leave them in the car. We agreed to head back yesterday morning so that everyone could really look around...not just in the animal aisle) we headed up to the city to get the cockatiel cage that we agreed to get him after he could afford his cockatiels!!  We also ran by TSC to get rabbit stuff.
Yesterday afternoon we headed back to Lowe's and picked up supplies for Mark and Jeff to build the rabbit house we designed on the fly! We used a corner by the clothesline that was a pain to mow. I'll have to take a picture of the new house and those that now live there. Jeff and I moved the rabbits out of the sunporch this morning.
The boy rabbit is named "Charlie Chaplin" because of the mustache he has. I still need to come up with names for the 2 ladies.
It seems like things never slow down around here. In fact, I don't think we'd know what to do if they did!!

Blessings,
Leigh-Ann


Pumpkin Cornbread

{ Posted by blessed mom }
{ 02:27, Monday, October 13, 2008 } { 7 comments } { Link }

We love pumpkin around here!  A friend of mine posted this recipe on her blog. We tried it last night and it was fantastic!! It's almost good enough to serve for desert!!  This recipe is from www.recipegirl.com

1/2 cup flour

1/2 whole wheat flour

1 TBS baking powder

1 tsp salt

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/4 tsp nutmeg

1 cup cornmeal

2 eggs

1 cup canned pumpkin puree

2/3 cup brown sugar

1/4 cup oil

1 TBS molasses

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Generously grease a 10 inch square baking dish.  Combine dry ingredients and set aside.  Beat eggs, whisk in pumpkin sugar and oil and molasses.  Make a well in the dry ingredients and add pumpkin mixture and blend just enough, do not overmix. Bake for 30 minutes.

Enjoy!

~ gloria ~

 



The Truth About Halloween -- a Resource for Those who do not participate in Halloween

{ Posted by blessed mom }
{ 01:30, Monday, October 13, 2008 } { 2 comments } { Link }

It's that time of year again...... many children may be decending upon your home in a few short weeks..... asking for candy and donning their newest costumes for this year's Halloween.

For those of us who feel convicted that they do not wish to participate in this day I have a wonderful resource that I have used in the past in lieu of handing out candy to kids. 

The Truth about Halloween is a little booklet that is produced by  www.rodandstaffbooks.com

It outlines the history of Halloween and why many Christians choose to not participate in this day's activities. You can purchase these in quanities for very little.

Many people may not realize the history or roots of Halloween and may be caught off guard by your choice to not participate in this activity. This booklet is a great way to present the facts in a  kind way.

We feel very blessed this year that  we attend a Church that does not sponsor Halloween activities. For years we battled this with our prior Church. It always deeply disturbed me that a church would sponsor "spook allies" or parade their children around dressed as witches and vampires!!    I am so thankful to be in fellowship with other believers who have been convicted in their hearts concerning this  day.  Our church instead focuses on the blessings of the harvest season and we sponsor a harvest fellowship meal in November.  Most the families who attend our Church also homeschool and share the same values. So we are truly blessed!  Thank yoiu Jesus for bringing us into this precious fellowship with others who share and believe our activities should reflect godliness!!

I know this is a personal choice and many who read this may participate in Halloween activities -- but I wanted to lovingly and kindly present this resource to those who are tired of explaining to their friends and family "why" they have chosen to not engage in Halloween actitivies.

~ gloria ~

 



Caramel Apple Butter

{ Posted by SimpleFolk }
{ 10:28, Monday, October 13, 2008 } { 5 comments } { Link }

Caramel Apple Butter 

 3 lbs apples

1/2 cup water or apple juice (I use unsweetened apple juice)

2 cups white sugar

1/4 teaspoon ground ginger

1/2 teaspoon ground cloves

1 teaspoon cinnamon

21 caramels

 Peel, core and chop apples. Add apples and water/apple juice into a large pot.  (I used my crock pot.) Over medium high heat cook apples until just tender. Remove apples with a slotted spoon and puree using a food mill, food processor or whatever you have on hand. Discard leftover juice in pot. Return puree to pot. Add the sugar stirring well. Return to medium high heat and cook until mixture bubbles.

  *Reduce heat and simmer, stirring frequently until butter is thick and has a spreadable consistency. Add the ginger, cloves and cinnamon, stirring well. Add the caramels. Turn the heat up to medium low, stirring constantly until caramels are melted. Ladle butter into clean hot jars leaving 1/2 inch head space. Seal. Process in a boiling water bath canner 10 minutes for pints, 5 minutes for half pints.

  *Using a frozen saucer place a spoonful of butter in center. If no rim of liquid forms, your butter is done.

I got this recipe from Grandma Rosie last year and it was wonderful! Do try it. :-)

 



The Best Thing You Will See All Day!!

{ Posted by Kim Wolf<>< }
{ 10:24, 2008-Oct-13 } { 2 comments } { Link }

You HAVE to watch this video!  Be careful, you'll catch yourself smiling through the whole thing!

http://www.maniacworld.com/twin-baby-moose-in-sprinkler.html

Blessings from Ohio, Kim Wolf<><



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