Homesteading: A Woman's Journey

Winter has arrived!

12:30, Thursday, November 30, 2006 .. Posted in Homestead Happenings .. 3 comments .. Link

After a week of warm weather in the 70's, our first real winter storm has now come. Yesterday we had icy rain nearly all day long. Then, I woke up this morning to look outside and find everything covered in ice and snow. We have had alittle more icy rain this morning which was so cold that it froze immediately, not melting the snow at all like rain normally would.

I love days like today. A cold nip in the air outside, wind blowing, and in the house the wood stoves are going. You can not only feel the warmth of the stoves, but hear the crackling of the burning wood. I have a large pot of venison and vegetable soup simmering on the wood stove. In the oven, I have some bread sticks baking. These will not only be my bread for the soup, but I will dry out in the oven alot fo the bread sticks to make them hard for Abigail to teeth on.

We have been so blessed by the Lord. Last week, we received a check in the mail for more than we had expected and were able to buy the chain saw that we have been needing. Joe spent last Saturday cutting up alot of dead tree limbs to fit in the kitchen cookstove. He cut enough to fill 2 large totes and brought them into the kitchen next to the cookstove. What a blessing! I've been using that wood last night and today. It is such a blessing from the Lord that the money for the chainsaw came right before Joe was home and could cut all that wood in preparation for the winter storm we are now having. Without that wood, I would not be able to use the kitchen cookstove. I would have been able to heat the house, but not as quickly and thoroughly as I am able to with the kitchen stove also in use.

Last night was cold enough that I had to hang up a couple of blankets in the windows of Joe & my bedroom. I haven't been able to get the window quilts done yet. Lack of supplies mainly. I still need to get some old blankets to use as the batting. That room is not insulated and has a couple of broken windows. With the plastic and also now the blankets on the windows, however, the space heater is keeping the room warm enough to sleep in.

Today, I am going to start sewing some more things that we are needing done. I also need to finish sewing Joe's birthday gift ( his birthday is on Monday ) and some flannel prayer caps for Abigail. With the cold weather and her not having enough hair to keep her head warm, the flannel caps will be a double blessing. I drew up my pattern earlier in the week. One alteration that I made to the traditional design of the cap was to add a short ruffle edge on the neckline. This will help keep our necks warm and come summer, will protect against sunburn.

I am going to start taking pictures of everything that I make. I really have needed to do that. I keep having others ask for photos of my projects and haven't had any. Hopefully, I will be able to get the photos taken and put onto a CD soon.

It is hard to believe that it is Thursday already. With luck, Joe will be home tomorrow night. I can't wait. It would be great if he got home early enough that we can have a lazy night of watching a movie, and snacking on fresh baked soft pretzels and some hot cocoa.

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02:20, Thursday, November 30, 2006 .. Posted by BuzyMumof3sons
What a nice cozy day it sounds like you are having! I wish we had a wood stove as I love the smell, sound and feel of wood heat! Your supper sounds delicious and I think breadsticks sound like a wonderful idea!!!
I pray your husband comes home safely with it being so icy! I hope you are able to post pictures soon!

praise god

12:20, Friday, December 1, 2006 .. Posted by deedee06
I agree with you, Paula, on the blessing that a chainsaw can be. David's saw is old and when he took it in for repairs earlier this fall, we were grateful that the shop could find parts for it. Sometimes he looks on e-bay, thinking he may need to replace it sometime. We recently bought a hydraulic log splitter from David's uncle and now he is looking for a small tractor to run it! I'm looking forward to your pictures. I need to remember to have David borrow the digital camera from work. Jonathan will be a sheep in his school's Christmas play and he needs a white outfit. I'm making him some white flannel pajamas. I'll have to get a picture of him in them for my blog. We just got done with some 15 below zero weather. Good riddance to it. Blessings from the Big Sky Country.........Denise (prairiemom)

not normal

11:03, Friday, December 1, 2006 .. Posted by meme21713
The weather on that end sounds "COLD" !! It is cold on my end also, not our normal 1st of December weather..We normally get cold in Feb. It is welcomed...Nice day to sew isn't it?
Have a good weekend.......Debbie

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