Simple Farm Wife

Wednesday morning

Been a while since I have posted, I have been down with some sort of bug, I would feel horrible for a few days, then start to feel better, only to wake up the next day and be sick again.   But I am starting to feel better now, just a lingering cough.

Our weather has been so crazy, Monday it was almost 60 degrees, and then the next we have an ice storm, followed by snow lastnight.  I am so ready for Spring.

I did get some plants started indoors, broccoli, tomatoes and I planted watermelon and cantaloupe to see if I can get an early start, the season here isn't long enough. so we'll see!!!

Keeping busy at home today!

I was up at 5 am, just couldn't sleep! So I started baking!! I made some apple cinnamon muffins for breakfast, I made some granola and granola bars that are posted over at Crystals site, made some bread too!

I tackled one of the guest rooms today and have that all cleaned and put fresh sheets on the bed. Tommorrow I am going to tackle either my sewing room or the other guest room.

The sun is shining, but it is bitterly cold outside today, more so when the wind picks up.  But everyday I am itching more and more to get outside and play in my gardens!  Just getting tired of being cooped up, but I figure I will get alot of my house in order so that when the nice weather comes I don't have much to do in the way of Spring cleaning, I can get outside and enjoy it.

I talked to dh this morning and we have decided to do a larger garden this year so we will be purchasing a roto-tiller, I told him that I want something that isn't so big that I can't use it, since I will be the one mainly taking care of the garden while he is in the fields doing hay.

I think it's time for a nice cup of tea and to read for a bit and then do some crocheting before I decide on dinner, I can't decide whether to make chicken parm or baked chicken tonight.

Good Wednesday Morning!

For someone that had insomnia lastnight I was up bright and early this morning and have my chores all done....well all but the kitchen :)

On Wednesdays and Thursdays I waitress at a small diner in the next town, it gives us a little extra income and I enjoy getting out to see people. That's enough for me!   I have my seed order put together and think I will be mailing that out today or tommorrow so I can get some seeds started indoors soon, I am so itching for Spring! I just love to spend hours in my vegetable and flower gardens!

We got a little snow again lastnight, just enough to make everything pretty this morning and coat the roadways. but not enough where dh had to go out to plow anything.

Well off to do my studies for the morning, fold a load of laundry and tackle the kitchen before I have to leave!!

Brrrr it's cold out there!!!!

The temp. says 32 but with the wind howling it seems so much colder than that. 

Today has been a nice day for me, a quiet one and I really needed that to do some reflecting.  I did some Bible study, crocheting, I went to a weight watchers meeting and lost 1.4 pounds this week :)  that made me happy!!!  Did some laundry and housecleaning also. 

Tonight we had dinner at some friends house, it is so nice to be able to get together with them and enjoy their company.

I am getting ready to go to bed as I am not feeling well tonight, I don't know if I ate to much or something I ate isn't agreeing with my stomach tonight, I sure hope I am not coming down with something, so many people have been sick lately and I have been so lucky not to have been sick.

Off to bed to read....have a great night!!!

Our past does shape us

Into the people we are today.....I read that from a book today and I can see how many things in my life have shaped me into the person that I am, some good, some bad, but I have overcome them all, and they have all happened for a reason.

One incident that has shaped my life tremendously in the last few years had been a heartbreaking ordeal where my step daughter had accused me of throwing her down a set of stairs and beating her with a frying pan. WOW, what an eye opener that was.   I was like....ok God.....everything happens for a reason......what is this one?  Here is a child I helped raise when her mother abandoned her and this is the thanks I get in return, not to mention, no abuse ever occured.  After alot of prayer, tears and heartbreak,  we realized that it wasn't me that did anything wrong, here was a child calling out for help of some sort.  She now lives with her mother,  I still love her because she is my husbands daughter, but I have been able to come to terms with separating her from my life completely, At 16 she is a very worldly and materialistic girl who is not happy with her life, I pray for her, but will never be alone with her again.  This unfortunetly has shaped a part of my life that I have become weary of trusting people,  Sometimes I ask God why this has happened, and know that one day He will provide the answers for me.

Template help anyone?

I am wanting to change my background and don't understand where to even start.....any tips or hints?   thanks!!!

Our God is an Awesome God!!!

I was so moved by a poem I just read and want to share it with you.  It was written by a Russell Kelfer.

You are who you are for a reason

You're part of an intricate plan.

Your're a precious and perfect unique design,

Called God's special woman or man.

You look like you look for a reason.

Our God made no mistake.

He knit you together within the womb,

You're just what He wanted to make.

The parents you had were the ones he chose,

And no matter how you feel,

They were custom-designed with God's plan in mind,

And they bear the Master's seal.

No, that trauma  you faced wasn't easy,

And God wept that it hurt you so;

But it was allowed to shape yoir heart

So that into his likeness you'd grow.

You are who you are for a reason,

You've been formed by the Master's rod.

You are who you are, beloved,

Because there is a God!

Productive Monday morning!

We woke up this morning to find that the woodstove pooped out on us lastnight so since dh didn't have time to get that going this morning I got it going and it is finally starting to warm up in here!

I had to run into town to do a few errands today and a Dr. appt.   and now that I am back home, I have some bread rising for dinner, a cake in the oven, laundry drying and I am making some scalloped potatoes and ham for dinner tonight.

My pantry was a mess and after reading a few other blogs about pantries, I decided it was time I went in and tackled mine, now I have everything straightened up in there, swept and cleaned the shelves, looks great...and didn't take long to accomplish, after I finished in there I cleaned the laundry room real well.  Tommorrow I will tackle the kitchen floor and appliances and clean out some of the cabinets.   I don't know where all this energy is coming from, but who am I to complain!!!

Sunday on Winndy Hill Farm

A very very cold day here today, 16 degrees, so we are keeping the woodstove at a high roar today! The wind is blowing and we have hand some snow showers.  Even the cows don't seem to be moving none to fast.

Jimmy is logging today, so Leslie and I went to do our weekly shopping and treated ourselves to breakfast out.   I picked up a book " The Purpose Driven Life"  I am really looking forward to reading it and spending more time with my Bible than I have been.

I have been spending my afternoon crocheting and doing laundry. 

For dinner tonight is ham, mashed potatoes, peas and homemade baking powder biscuits, Dessert will be apple crisp.

I don't care for winter to much, but I do enjoy these cold cold days to cuddle up under a warm quilt and relax.

Wonderful Saturday!

The sun is shining and it isn't as cold out as I thought it would be.   I have been rather lazy today, so much I really want to do, but just don't have the energy to do them, sure hope I am not coming down with something.   

I did manage to go to WalMart and buy yarn for an afghan that I am making my mother for her birthday next month and fill the tank with gas. since it is cheaper once you get over to the Vermont line. NY gas prices are horrible.

I have some laundry to finish up and I really would like to get into the pantry and do some straightening up.

Tonight for dinner is Sloppy Joes, I am going to make them and put them in the crockpot.  I am working for friends of ours tonight that have their own meat butchering business and I help them out on weekends, it is a little extra income for us also.

Well off to make lunch and fold laundry!

Waht kind of Sandwich are you?

You Are a Ham Sandwich

You are quiet, understated, and a great comfort to all of your friends. Over time, you have proven yourself as loyal and steadfast. And you are by no means boring. You do well in any situation - from fancy to laid back. Your best friend: The Turkey Sandwich Your mortal enemy: The Grilled Cheese Sandwich

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The Heart of my Home...My kitchen

Do you ever walk into someones house and see that their kitchen is for show?  I guess it is all preference to each likings....I myself love my large farmhouse kitchen! I call it a "working kitchen"  I have my flours and sugars in large glass jars on the counters, my bread machine and crockpot....everything that I use day to day is within reach so I don't have to go digging it out, My kitchen isn 't for show, it is the heart of our home, I love to prepare our meals everyday, the family all gathers here when the come over.  It is the coziest room next to the family room in the house!  Many tears of joy and sadness have been shared over tea and coffee in this room.  My husbands mother and grandmother prepared meals and served them in here, I consider myself blessed to have such a wonderful large kitchen passed down to me!

Today I has been my baking day, no wonder I have been reflecting so much on my kitchen!  I have made 3 loaves of banana bread, pumpkin spice muffins, 3 loaves of wheat bread and a chocolate cream pie for dessert tonight. and I have a beef stew in the crockpot for dinner.

I have been spending some time reading others blogs this morning and have really enjoyed seeing that there are so many others here that I can relate to. Now off to finish some laundry and do some reading.

Ever feel like you have lost God? or am I the one who is lost?

A Simple Farm Wife!!

I just love living out in the country!  I haven't always lived out here though, but have always lived in a smaller town.  I went through a not so nice divorce when my ex husband decided he didn't want a wife anymore, so I was living in a small town near my mother when I met my "farmer"   and we were married a year later!  Farm life took alot of adjusting and especially since he had 3 children, you can only imagine merging 6 children under one roof....but we did!  The rewards of my life as a farm wife have been more than I can count....money may be shorter than most other professions, but we are happy!  I do alot of gardening in the summer and freeze and can almost everything, we raise our own beef and raise pigs during the summer months.  What I don't grow on the farm I get at the local farmers market and store in the basement during the winter months.   I bake almost everything from scratch.  Living off the land is something I wouldn't trade for anything.  The hard work and simplicity of it all, makes my life so complete. Who would have imagined 15 years ago if someone had told me that this was they way I would prefer my life to be!!