I’ve made my lists (of which there are several) and I’ve been going through my fabric. This year, I plan to fulfill requests that my children have given me, and use up the fabric I already have to do so. I’ve had several requests for clothing this year, including a few very specific things….
Today, I am thankful for a new can opener. Last week I had to buy a new can opener. As I stood at the store, looking at the can openers, I was reminded of a time when we were living on our food storage, and buying nothing, as we had no income. Our can opener…
The temperature dropped ten degrees, making for perfect planting weather. I sowed seeds for lettuce (from ones collected from my garden), white alpine strawberries and pansies. I harvested Swiss chard, Armenian cucumbers, pomegranates, pears, oregano, rosemary, thyme and chives from the garden. We had a rain storm pass through. I turned off all of the…
I cut cucumbers from the garden. I saved seeds from my cucumber to plant in next years’ garden. We picked pears from the garden. I picked a few tomatoes from the garden. I cut oregano from the garden. I cut lavender branches from the garden to enjoy in the house. I used Ebates when…
The paperwhites (above) have started to bloom a month early in the white garden. We ate grape leaves, Swiss chard, beet greens, pears, rosemary, basil, and chives from the garden. I used my solar oven to cook a few meals, including chicken with rice and grapes leaves, which I made twice last week. I said…
I cut garlic chives, onion chives, basil, oregano and cucumbers from the garden. I also picked pears from the garden. I purchased some succulents (in addition to the ones I had purchased the previous week). Succulents tend to be pricey, so I looked for ones that had “babies” in the pots and divided them. I found…
I took a trip to Sam’s Club yesterday with the plan to buy toilet paper, and maybe something else. I came out with 2 large boxes of toilet paper (on sale for $1.50 off per box, taken off at the register), a 5-pound bag of chocolate chips (I’ll make cookies this month, and in the…
I had a good visit to St. Louis. The baby was so very, very good the entire time. I was able to visit with family that I haven’t seen for years, as well as visit the graves of several of my ancestors. Both memorial services went well. I learned, among other things, that my grandmother…
Octavius and I are taking a trip to St. Louis to attend two graveside memorial services. I’ll be seeing relatives that I haven’t seen for 17 years. I’m not taking my computer, and I don’t have a cell phone, so I won’t have internet access until I return late next week. I’m looking…
Since we blessed Octavius in September, I thought short sleeves would be in order. I used the same pattern as I used to make a blessing outfit for Cyrus and Ezrom. This time, I used a linen and cotton blend fabric that I bought several years ago (at 40% off). For the bodice, I cut…
There is no way I can do it all. With a big family comes big messes, and lots of laundry and dishes. The secret is . . . everyone helps! And because everyone helps, they all learn how to do the things they will need to do to keep their own homes running when they…
My schedule has not changed much since I posted it 2 1/2 years ago, but I have made some small changes. I also have a nursing baby now. I can count on him waking every morning at close to the same time (Can I just say “hooray!” that it’s usually around 5:30 a.m.? My poor…