Sunday, October 26, 2008 A gorgeous fall afternoon!
What a great day we've had here. Church was wonderfully uplifting this morning. This afternoon the sun came out and warmed us up to about 70. It was a perfect fall afternoon!
Blessings,
Leigh-Ann |
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Sunday, October 5, 2008 New pets!!
It's been a very big pet month around here!! Jeff has a betta, Mellie has 2 hermit crabs, Amanda got herself a hamster, Mark has a new fish tank that he wants to put live plants in and have a sort of pond tank, and I have a parakeet named Ike. It's been very exciting around here this last month.
Oh yeah, we also have chicks in the brooder box in the garage!!
The kids earned help buying their pets by saving a portion of the cost with their allowances. The girls agreed on an amount with Mark and then we picked up the remainder. It's been a very good lesson on saving for what you want! Right now we've got a deal with Jeff that if he saves enough for the cockatiel that he wants we'll pay for the cage.
Blessings,
Leigh-Ann |
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Sunday, October 5, 2008 Canning and sewing...Sewing and canning
This weekend has been fun...the first 3 quarts of applesauce are done and there are 14 quarts of chicken stock on the kitchen counter waiting for me to find room in the pantry for it. I probably still have 4 or 5 quarts of stock to do up today and I've still got 15 pounds of apples to turn into sauce. After that's done I'll go and get more apples. I'd love to have the pantry full of sauce, apple butter and pie filling!!
We've also been busy with the sewing machine! Last month I finished 2 dresses for myself and have another about 1/2 done. Mellie and Amanda have new nighties and I have fabric for another for each. I also picked up enough fabric for a couple for myself. I've also gotten a new jumper pattern for each of us for this fall and winter. I need to grab some lightweight denim for those.
Right now I've got to go and see the "birds of prey" flying over our field that Mellie came to tell me about.
Blessings,
Leigh-Ann |
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Saturday, June 28, 2008 A "Grammie" picture...
I sent a copy of this picture to our Grammie who's far away and not online. I thought it turned out great and felt like sharing.
Enjoy your afternoon!!
Leigh-Ann |
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008 Wednesday words...
Good afternoon all,
Wow, I just looked at my clock and it really is afternoon! Where has the day gone? Well, part of it has been here at the library taking advantage of the fast internet connection. We haven't done that for a while. Jeff had a couple of things that he wanted to download and I wanted to have the free download from Currclick this week.
Anyway, I found some good looking books while I was here. I found The Stevia Cookbook. Maybe it can help me out with what to do with the stevia plant I've got growing out in my herb garden. I also found The Family Album of Favorite Poems (I tried to underline this one too but something weird was going on!) for handwriting this month. Prairie Recipes and Kitchen Antiques and Jane Brody's Good Food Book round out my choices for today.
After the kids and I get home we'll have leftover pizza and I'll slice the other half of the watermelon we got at the farm stand for lunch. Most of their book work is done for the day.
I'm hoping to almost finish the top for Jeff's new quilt. We'll see how far I get with that one.
Well, I'm going to go and round up the kids so that we can hit the trail towards home. Have a great day all!
Blessings,
Leigh-Ann |
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