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Chick Eggs
We added three new pullets to our little backyard flock this summer, and we've finally started to get some eggs from them. I love the little eggs that pullets first lay. I call them chick eggs....
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Angel Craft
I am doing a Christmas themed craft with my Sunday school class for the five weeks leading up to Christmas, so I've been looking for craft ideas that are fun and easy, and don't require a lot of...
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Jesse Tree Ornaments Days 16-20
I'm nearly finished with all of my Jesse tree ornaments. In fact, I only have one more to make, but I'm the least inspired about it, so it might take awhile. Here are the next five. Day 16:...
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Jesse Tree Ornaments Days 21-25
Today is the first of December and the day we finally get to start our Jesse Tree devotionals. I did get all the ornaments made in time. (Barely.) Yay! I finished them today, and got our branch...
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Oh Christmas Tree
We got our Christmas tree this Saturday. We always get it the first Saturday in December, although we usually end up decorating it a few days later. This year we had to get a new stand, after...
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Summer in Winter
It has been so unseasonably warm lately. It's been in the sixties all week, and today it got up to seventy. I mowed the yard in a tank top... in December! It doesn't really feel like Christmas,...
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Anna at her concert
Anna had her Christmas band concert last night. She's been playing for about a year and a half, and she is doing so well. Here is a picture showing her intense concentration. I'm not...
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Little Moomins
I've been doing a little post Christmas crafting, now that I no longer have project deadlines looming over me. I decided to make something that I've been wanting to for awhile; something just...
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Snow!
We finally have snow! After an unusually mild winter, it has turned cold and snowy. The kids are ecstatic, and I have to admit that I am happy about it too. The endless rain and mud was getting...
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We Have Chicks!
A couple of months ago, one of our hens went broody. We tried to discourage her by removing the eggs and forcing her to leave the nest box, but she was not having it. So I relented, and got some...
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Mama Hen
Our AC has not been working, and it has been so hot here the past few days! Every thing seems to be shriveling in the heat, us included. This evening, as I was sitting outside enjoying the...
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Canning Gift Labels
With canning season nearly upon us, I made some gift labels to fit on top of jar lids. I love giving (and receiving!) home canned goodies, and I needed some cute labels to make them extra special....
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Father's Day
Yesterday we celebrated Father's Day and Midsummer's Night Eve with supper and marshmallows around the bonfire, and then a sun cake. We also said goodbye to our chick, as a friend came and got...
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Camping and Biking
You know how you don't appreciate the things that are right in front of you? I grew up just a few miles from the Virginia Creeper Trail, and never biked it. I go back to visit several times a...
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The organizing bug has hit me hard this summer. It started with a homeschool moms meeting. The lady's house that we met at was spotless; not just clean, but perfectly put together and...
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Anna's Room (Before)
Anna's room has been long over-due for a organizational re haul plus makeover. Since I moved the twins out of her room, I have pretty much let her be in complete charge of keeping her room clean...
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My Homeschool Planner
As part of getting my house organized, I've also been working on getting my homeschool organized for this coming year. I've always kept school records in a very loose informal way, but this year...
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Anna's Room (After)
I've been so busy, I haven't had a chance to blog any, but I thought I would post some after pictures of Anna's room, since I showed the chaos that was the "before". Here is her new "art...
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Chicory Tea
I am teaching a class at our Homeschool co-op, on homesteading skills. Each week I am focusing on a different traditional skill that can possibly be condensed into an hour long class. Last week we...
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Cottage Cheese (Well sort of)
I've been making all sorts of stuff to try out for my homesteading class. It's an hour long class, so everything I do has to fit into that time frame. I had wanted to do a lesson on cheese...
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