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Monday Meal Plan, Nov 7-Nov 13
I thought I should confess that I have not once had my afternoon snack as planned. No green smoothie with breadstix and olive oil dipping sauce. I have breadstix in the freezer-homemade even-I just...
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A River Runs Thru It
OK, it's really just a creek, but on days like today, it looks like a river. I think this is the first time it's been high this time of year. Usually it's January before we see it this high, but it's...
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Operation Christmas Child 2011-Processing Center Day One
Tony and I just got back to our hotel after working a day at the processing center for Operation Christmas Child. It was my second time to be here and Tony's first. I taped boxes until we stopped for...
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Limeade
We made some today. Cranberry limeade too. It was easy. It's yummy! 1 qt is already gone. Limes are on sale again. Hmmm. Here's what we did if you're interested:juiced all the limes we had in...
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Our First Steer
WARNING! If you're sensitive to what happens to animals raised for dinner, you probably shouldn't read this.Jasper was born January 24th, 2010 to the first heifer we've ever owned.Wasn't he cute? And...
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Baby Chicks!
This is the first time we've ordered by mail and they arrived this morning. Tony left for the post office about 645, after getting the call that they were here. We have 6 black australorps, 7 gold...
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Is Everybody Comfy & Cozy?
This was taken last February. Unfortunately we don't have the cute cat behind his knees anymore.
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I Won an Herb DVD!
My first win of the year! I think I've won 5 giveaways from other bloggers now in the last 2 years. The DVD is from The Bulk Herb Store and the blogger hosting the giveaway is Just Making Noise. Let...
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Around the "Farm"
It might only be January, but we've already started this year's batch of baby chicks. They arrived last Thursday and are growing so quickly! The Rhode Island Reds are already getting wing feathers!...
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Books About Preserving Meat
The two that we're excited about right now and planning to purchase are Charcuterie and Pig: King of the Southern Table. Having recently butchered our first steer and knowing the pig's turn is soon,...
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The Testimony of Our Pig
She loves milk. Real, whole, raw milk. The timing wasn't right for her though, as the goats are dry prior to her reaching butcher weight, so she hasn't had milk for a while. Until my husband noticed...
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We bought a house today!
For anyone that's hung around long enough to read my blog for a while, you'll recall we've been trying to find a house to buy. We even got close a few times-as in accepted offers that either got...
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Rescued Produce
Last week we learned of a program that rescues produce from being thrown away. For $10 a person can get a box of produce that weighs up to 60 pounds! Even better-for a $100 annual membership you're...
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We bought a house-Part Two
In my last post about this I left off with what I knew the evening of the first day. At our Realtor's suggestion we put a new lock on the gate that day. After that it got even more exciting, though...
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Elsie vs Tony, Round One
So much happened today that I wanted to share here, but the topics don't mix, so you'll have to come back to hear about the other things. I've written numerous times about how cantankerous our cow is....
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Eggs
In the last two days we've found or gathered 30 of them! 33 if you count the duck eggs.I found these early this afternoon. I had just returned home from a false alarm-I can now add goat midwife to my...
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More Goat Babies
These are the kids of one of the goats born on our farm last January. We gave her and a half sister to the neighbors at our pasture last fall. They don't want to add to the flock, so we'll get them...
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Another Surprise @ the New House
It just keeps getting better and better-at least as far as crazy things happening is concerned! We were there Wednesday late afternoon just to check the water lines for the irrigation system. We...
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The Ultimate Prescription, A Review
When I saw this title, written by a cardiologist and Christian believer, I was excited to see what he had to say about health. So excited, that despite my own moratorium on requesting books for review...
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Natural First Aid Kit
One night last week I checked email before going to bed and saw that I was drawn as an alternate winner of a mini first aid kit from Naturokits. The first person drawn didn't respond to the notice, so...
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