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Little House by the Railway Line
2009 Goals
- Learn to make yoghurt
- Pickle walnuts
Make marmalade- Perfect my granola bar recipe
- Grow green beans to eat
Grow spinach- Grow peppers and winter squash
- Save seeds from peppers and winter squash
- Knit lots of dishcloths
- Finish my hidden stars quilt
- Make napkin rings
- Finish cardigan back
- Learn how to do water-bath-canning
- Knit a pair of socks
Preserved this Year
- February: Marmalade, 10 1/2 standard jars, 2 tiny jars
- February: Blatjang chutney, 6 jars
- March: Caramelised onion chutney, 6 jars
- June: Elderflower cordial, 5 jars
- June: Strawberry Jam, 7 standard jars, 3 tiny jars
- June: Elderflower cordial, 4 1/2 jars (2nd batch)
Projects in Progress/ Planned
- Navy and pink lap quilt
- Hidden stars bed quilt
- Sampler cardigan
- Amish Alphabet Cross-Stitch
- Knitted scrap blanket
- Planned: summer blouse and skirt
Scripture Memorised this Year
- Psalm 8
- Psalm 103
- Romans 12
- Romans 13
Christmas thoughts....
When the weather starts to turn cold I invariably begin to think of Christmas-things. The leaves are turning colour now, and some must be falling as I can see far more birds than a few weeks ago, and the temperature has dropped sharply (tomorrow we're switching to the thicker duvet). So my brain has automatically switched into Christmas mode. I'm mentally trying to plan menus (which is impossible given that I don't know what we'll be doing or how many people will be involved) and worrying about how to hang cards up and how many different sorts of biscuits should I make and how many dozens of mince pies we'll need (answer: we don't need any, but would probably enjoy a couple of dozen).I've just ordered 50 Christmas cards, so they should arrive next week and if I'm really organised I can put the addresses on the envelopes. I could, I suppose, try and work out who we ought to give gifts to and what they might like. Perhaps that would be a suitable job for the weekend, if there's time.
One thing I should do really is try and learn to play some Christmas carols on the piano. The only Christmas carol book I ever had was one called "Easiest Christmas Tunes" that I had when I was 8 and had been learning for about three months. Earlier this year we invested in a really good hymn book and I should really utilise it and learn some proper carols (that is, ones that haven't been marmalised so they all fit neatly in five notes per hand touching on middle C with no accidentals).
G suggested writing a "round robin" letter or something, which sounds like a daunting task such as will put me right off the thought of Christmas and back into dreaming about apple pie.
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14:58, Friday 12 September 2008 .. Posted by VickieYou are a little early for me. It's still warm here. Usually when the hurricane season is over and we cover the swimming pool is when I get in "holiday mode." Usually beginning of October. Then it's baking & fall decorations galore. Then the day after Thanksgiving all the Christmas things fill the house & yard!
Hope you have a great holiday season.
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Hello! I'm Jo, I'm 26 and I live in a small house in England with my husband. I work full time in an office, and in my spare time I help out with Sunday school and the church youth group. When I have time, I enjoy reading, cookery and crafts, and I'm trying to learn about the garden.
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