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This Week’s Goals

This Week’s Goals

We took last week off of school when it became obvious on Monday that our week was going to go a bit differently than I thought. We finished butchering chickens on Monday, I spent several days cutting them up for the freezer, and we had an impromptu garage sale on Friday morning. This week we’re…

This Week’s Goals

This Week’s Goals

Earlier this year, we purchased some Cornish Cross chickens with a friend (note: those are not Cornish Cross in the image above!) These are large chickens that are grown for their meat that grow to full size in 10 weeks–half the time of a bird raised for eggs. The birds are very large; females can…

This Week’s Goals

This Week’s Goals

After a very busy Memorial Day spent doing lots of chores, I’ve written my list of to-dos for the week. It is 102º today; I spent a lot of time outside yesterday. I still have many garden tasks left. Here’s what I’m hoping to accomplish this week (not counting things like laundry, homeschooling, regular cooking…

This Week’s Goals

This Week’s Goals

I’ve been working on organizing several things lately. A few times, I’ve ended up spending more time organizing than I thought it would take, so a few of my goals for pushed aside for the pleasure of getting some things organized. I decided a couple of weeks ago to start including some of my cooking…

This Week’s Goals

This Week’s Goals

Sewing: 1. Make a Mother’s Day gift for my mom 2. Turn 2 pairs of jeans into jean shorts for Winter 3. Modify 3 dresses 4. Finish skirt for Wren 5. Sew arrow points on Ezrom’s Cub Scout shirt Gardening: 1. Pull weeds 2. Pull out peas 3. Plant Aremenian cucumber seeds and red noodle…