Hickory Springs Farm

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I would  however like to say  a big THANK YOU to each and every one of you who have come to visit my blog throughout these last three years. That is what has kept me blogging and finding 999 things to say. Please continue to visit me here, because who knows,  I may have something to say soon, .
   Have a blessed day!

Good Monday

There is a slight chance of a shower today.  I sure hope it comes because we need it something badly.

Over the weekend my husband rented a bobcat to move the piles of dirt in the back.  He filled in some ruts and holes.  Also burried a septic tank for the dog kennels. (Mr. Invention)  They are suppose to be coming sometime this morning to pick it up.

We really need a tractor of our own.  One that we can mow with and with a front loader.  Maybe one day.

My husband's boss will not be at work for quite some time.  On Saturday he had a tree fall on him.  He broke his hip, some ribs & a couple other problems too.  Please say a prayer for them if you can. 

Today we'll be around the homestead until time for Ju Jitsu practice.  Abby & I will be visiting the library after we drop him off to pick up some movies.  When it's this hot it's just a good time to stay in during the afternoon & watch a good movie.  We saw "The Sin Eater" last week.  It was ok.  A bit odd in my opinion but Abby really liked it.

I've got a couple of projects to do to keep me busy for the next couple of days.  I can hardly believe June is almost over.  Our summer is going by so fast.

Hope you all have a fun day!

more changes

a trip to clean up the river!

4 little bread pans all in a row

My mom gave me this cute little set of tin bread pans.  4 all hooked together.  Very cute & it fit into my countertop oven.

They were crying out to be filled with a little treasure.

So I abliged them and baked some yummy zucchini bread.

Bottles are best...

for feeding little piggies that is

Little yorkies would like a sip as well.  Can you see his little tongue sticking out?

Cuteness

This weeks shopping

Here is what I got at the store.

Honey nut cherrios (bag of off brand) ...$1.87

Whole wheat spaghetti noodles...$1.78

Dry pinto beans, 2lb bag...$1.68

2 pks dry ranch seasoning...$1.36

20 pk flour tortillias...$2.53

Taco seasoning...$0.33

Taco shells...$0.99

Tortillia chips...$2.00

Doritos chips...$2.48

Sliced pepperoni...$1.97

2 pks. shredded motzarella...$2.00

2 pks. shredded cheddar...$2.00

1 lb real butter...$2.18

1/2 gallon buttermilk...$2.19

Salad Crutons...$1.17

2 freezer burritos...$0.76

Natural peanut butter...$2.78

2 cans tomato paste...$$0.86

Sugar free drink mix...$1.98

Louisiana pepper sauce...$1.25

Vegetable oil...$2.48

Unbleached flour...$2.48

Elbow maccaroni...$1.18

Leaf lettuce...$1.48

2 lbs. carrots...$1.48

Bananas...$0.88

Gallon whole milk...$3.55

Gallon organic milk...$1.99

Total $49.68

Tax $2.29

Final Total...$51.97

So I went over $1.97.  Not too shabby.  The organic milk was marked down as it will expire in 3 days.  The burritos were a treat for my son. (he loves those yucky things)

I am planning on making my own salad dressing using buttermilk mixed with the ranch seasoning.  I think it will probably be a tad runny but still good and not so many chemicals & goo like in the bottled stuff.  I will let you know if it turns out.

T-Yarn

I have a site bookmarked on my computer that uses recycled materials to make bags and purses.  While I've seen a lot of wal-mart bags used in crochet, I never knew about T-yarn.  This is taking t-shirts and cutting then to make a yarn to crochet or knit with.  What a good way to reycle old t-shirts.  We get a lot of them. The site is  http://www.myrecycledbags.com/2009/06/05/making-t-yarn-from-recycled-tee-shirts/  .

Here is a picture of the T-yarn taken from that site.A new project!

Summer is here...

And it's hot, hot, hot!

We've been getting our outdoor chores done in the mornings as we've had a heat index warning of 105* for the past couple of days.

The children have been enjoying their cousins being here just about every day.  (My sister-in-law, like most summer, weekends, holidays, etc. seems to think that my mother-in-law and I are great babysitters.)  As she drops her children off as often as possible with my mother-in-law.  They just always seem to end up back here.(my mother-in-law lives 2 1/2 acres in front of me)  --Soon enough school will be back in session & things will go back to normal.  Have I mentioned I really like normal?

I've been working on getting the children's plans for history & science done.  The main 2 books I'm working with are Streams of Civilization Volume 1 and Ancient Science 

I got Streams of Civilization on ebay and the Science on from Amazon.  I'm just going through and making out a daily lesson plan and adding things to go along here and there.  I'm also making a list as I go along on extra books and things we may need to get ahead of time from the library. 

For dinner tonight instead of what is on the menu, we're having left-over fish, beans & potato salad.  So just a little re-heating for me.

Hope you all have a fun afternoon!