I am grateful for friends around the world that I have made online in the last few years.
What are you thankful for today?
I am grateful for friends around the world that I have made online in the last few years.
What are you thankful for today?
I canned 6 quarts of giardinera pickles. Winter made several gifts for her sisters for Christmas gifts using fabric I already had and some free downloadable patterns. I cut two pomegranates from my tree. I harvested my only butternut squash this year, and cut one Armenian cucumber from the garden, and cut a but of…
I’m so excited to offer this free printable on the website. I’ve been working on it for a really long time, so I just kept making new bookmarks, and giving them to my children, and to their friends when they had birthdays. This means that this isn’t just one free printable, there are several, with more planned…
Here’s what I’m aiming to accomplish this week, in addition to my regular workload: Garden:1. Weed front and backyard 2. Prune hedges in backyard 3. Plant more zinnia seeds in places where none came up 4. Prune blackberry bushes 5. Cut grape vines back (they are growing all over where they should not be) 6….
We enjoyed grapefruit and lemons from the garden. I made grapefruit cleaner with grapefruit peels from the garden and vinegar. It will be ready to use in 3 weeks. I made French bread and wheat crackers. I baked tarts. I cut both boys’ hair. Rather than buying a butterfly kit, I showed the children a…
I sewed a seam that had come undone on a dress. I took apart an old, broken earring to which I had lost the match over 20 years ago. I added a jump ring and a chain and turned it into a necklace. I made blueberry muffins, French bread, and Italian dressing. I roasted a…
I picked peaches, Mission figs, Bartlett pears, grapes, and apples from the garden this week. We enjoyed some mushrooms that a friend gave to me (she received them in her CSA and she doesn’t like mushrooms). I took some photos of the children. I found a free online typing instruction course for Winter to use…
I am thankful for the work and care of the people who post regularly on the facebook page of the historical society from the small town where my parents grew up. This brings back my parents and grandparents in my mind as I see reminders of the good lives they lived, even just doing ordinary things.
I am thankful for the people that comment here who make up a wonderful, supportive and encouraging community. Of course, none of this would be possible without you, Brandy, so I am thankful for you. Likewise for my friends far and wide.
I am grateful that technology has allowed me to teach from my home.
I am thankful for helping hands that put together a funeral luncheon for a woman in our community. Sweet people to work with, help out, and get to know better.
I am thankful for living in a wonderful community with kind neighbors.