Choose this day whom you will serve...

Spicy Creole Sauce

Got this from a great canning group I am on. Sounds delicous.

Spicy Creole Sauce

11-cups prepared tomatoes (about 14 medium or 5 1/2-lbs)
1/2-yellow pepper, coarsely chopped
2-jalapeño peppers, coarsely chopped
1-cup chopped green onion
1/4-cup red wine vinegar
3-garlic cloves, minced
2-tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1-tbsp dried oregano
1-tbsp Tabasco hot sauce
1-tsp black pepper
1/2-tsp salt
1-tsp cayenne

Blanch peel and coarsely chop tomatoes (measure to 11-cups)
Place all ingredients in a large stainless steel saucepan
Bring to a boil; boil gently for 40 minutes
Ladle hot Creole sauce into 9 clean and sterilized
1/2-pint canning jars leaving 1/4” head space
Remove air bubbles with non-metallic spatula and wipe jar rim
Top with hot lid and rings, finger tight
Process in boiling water canner for 20 minutes

Makes 9 half-pint jars

Pretty Jam Top Tutorial.

This is really cute. Just the thing to top off those pretty jars of homemade goodies!! Check it out.

LuckyKate Crafts

Happy Independance Day...We must remember

  Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.

 --Ronald Reagan

Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law
under God is acknowledged.

      -- Ronald Reagan

But the Day is past. The Second Day of July 1776, will be the most memorable Epocha, in the History of America. - I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the Day of Deliverance by solemn Acts of Devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires, and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more.

You will think me transported with Enthusiasm but I am not. - I am well aware of the Toil and Blood and Treasure, that it will cost Us to maintain this Declaration, and support and defend these States. - Yet through all the Gloom I can see the Rays of ravishing Light and Glory. I can see that the End is more than worth all the Means. And that Posterity will tryumph in that Days Transaction, even altho We should rue it, which I trust in God We shall not.

Abigail Adams

A Treat for Star-Gazers

Here's a real treat for all of us amateur star-gazers!  Homeschool blogger, "Jay from Cleveland", has a neat presentation up on his OTHER blog, http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/classicalastronomy/555979, of the July sky in animation.  Be sure to click on the link above, watch the presentation and THEN go out tonight and see how many you can find!

Blessings from Ohio, Kim Wolf<><

TONS of Books & Curriculum FOR SALE

FOR SALE : Tons of Books, CD's and Curriculum that I need to clear off my shelves--all priced to move!  Paypal. Media Mail shipping or expedited shipping and/or insurance at buyers choice/expense.

Please contact me at Lisa@HomesteadOriginals.com

Thanks!
Lisa

HOMESCHOOL CURRICULUM (all BRAND NEW!)

KONOS In a Bag : RUSSIA (full kit! brand new!)  $25.00

Veritas Press ; GENESIS THRU JOSHUA (like new with cards!) $20.00

Art Basics for Children - Visual Manna $10.00

Visual Manna's Master Drawing  $10.00

Barker Creek's :Draw Write Now Book 6 Animals & Habitats $5.00

Christian Kids Explore Biology: Bright Ideas Press $20.00

Rod n Staff English 9/10 Teacher Book only—BRAND NEW---$15.00

Rod n Staff English 5 Teacher and Student books $15.00 set (these are used--but still in good/decent shape!)

Rod n Staff English 3 Teacher and Student books $15.00 set (these are used--but still in good shape!)

Rod n Staff English 2 Teacher and Student books $15.00 set (these are used--but still in goodshape!)

ABEKA : Our America Student and Teacher Book Set  $10.00

CHRISTIAN LIBERTY PRESS : Our Fathers World Student & Teacher Book Set $10.00

Bob Jones Press : A Servants Heart : Bible Truths 2 TEACHER EDITION $15.00

Books: (Used--but in good or great shape!)

Story of Liberty (BRAND NEW!)  $10.00

Mama’s Torah   (BRAND NEW)   $5.00

Alice in Wonderland: Lewis Carroll  $2.00

Red Cap : G. Clifton Wisler  $2.00

The Race : Golden Filly Series Book 1  by Lauraine Snelling $1.00

Eagles Wings : Golden Filly Series Book 2  by Lauraine Snelling $1.00

Worldwide Guide to Homeschooling : Dr. Brian Ray  $2.50

Homeschooling:The Journey is the Reward : Pamela Berthume $3.00

If Mama Ain't Happy, Ain't Nobody Happy : Lindsey O'Connor $3.00

Homeopathic Medicine for Children & Infants : Dana Ullman $3.00

New Concise Bible Dictionary: Derek Williams (hardcover/dust jacket)  $2.00

The Purpose Driven Life : Rick Warren (hardcover/dust jacket) $3.00

Walking Wisely : Charles Stanley (hardcover/dust jacket) $3.00

The Kingdom Series: Kingdoms Quest Book 5 : Chuck Black $3.00

Civil War Ghosts : Daniel Cohen $2.50

Left Behind : Tim LaHaye / Jerry Jenkins $2.50

Just Like Jesus : Max Lucado $2.50

Molly Saves the Day (American Girls Series) $2.00

Happy Birthday Kirsten (American Girls Series) $2.00

Cherokee Animal Tales : George F. Scheer $3.50

Black Beauty (shorter childrens version-hardcover) MJ Carr $1.00

The Sleepytime Ponies Trick a Trickster : Lana Jordan  (hardcover/dust jacket--signed by author) $2.50

HISTORY OF US : Liberty for All BOOK 5; Joy Hakim $7.00

Savage Sam : Fred Gipson $2.50

From Submarine to Steamboat: Robert Fulton (hardcover/dust jacket) $5.00 (brand new--!)

A Survivors Guide to Homeschooling : Luanne Shackelford & Susan White $2.50

The Tightwad Gazette II : Amy Dacyczyn (Hardcover) $2.50

Nightlight For Parents : James Dobson (hardcover/dust jacket) $2.50

365 Days of Celebration & Praise : Julie Lavender $2.50

The New Nation (A History of the US) Teaching Guide 3rd Ed. $5.00

Pagan Christianity : Frank Viola & George Barna  (hardcover/dust jacket) $2.50

Super Science Concoctions: Jill Frankel Hauser $4.00

Water Dance : Thomas Locker $2.00 (Hardcover)

Manatee Winter : Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld $2.00 (Hardcover)

The Children’s Book of Home and Family : William J. Bennett  $5.00 (Hardcover)

The Harsh Truth about Public Schools : Bruce Shortt  $5.00

Millstones & Stumbling Blocks : Bradley Heath $5.00

Message of the Mountain: ABEKA Book $3.00

These Books are from a set-- beautiful leather bound, silk ribbon bookmarked, gold paged classics! $5.00 each OR $30.00 for all !

Michel De Montaigne Essays

The Ambassadors: Henry James

Henrik Ibsen Plays

Candide : Voltaire

Swann's Way : Marcel Proust

The Annals : Tacitus

Faust : Johann Wolfgang VonGoethe

CDs  (ALL BRAND NEW!):  $3.00 each

Hey Andrew! Teach Me Some Greek Level One, The Reader, Level Two : GREEK N STUFF

Homeschool Dialouges PAUL & GENA SUAREZ-THE OLD SCHOOLHOUSE

Secrets of Successful Homeschooling :PAUL & GENA SUAREZ-THE OLD SCHOOLHOUSE

Fearfully & Wonderfully Made : ANSWERS IN GENESIS

Hi I'm Riff!  (Barney CD)

World Book 2001 Encyclopedia

Sabbath Rest- No Greater Joy

Skill Buidling Buddies Teaching to Children w/ASD

Rainy Day Art (over 30 hands on projects)

Families of Costa Rica

Thanks for looking~

Lisa

Lisa@HomesteadOriginals.com

DIY...Build A Solar Food Dryer..Mother Earth News

Check out this great article.

Build A Solar Food Dryer

How I see it

Todays quote....George Bernard Shaw

Liberty is the breath of life to nations.
~George Bernard Shaw

Classic Quote...Martin Luther ( 1483-1546) A must read

NASA Science News for July 1, 2008

Look beyond the fireworks on 4th of July weekend. A trio of worlds is converging for a pretty sunset sky show.

FULL STORY at

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/01jul_4thofjuly.htm?list1081577

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