Well, look at what my crafty mom has been up to! I cannot crochet more than a chain stitch which gets me nothing but a long fat piece of yarn, and knitting needles would be more useful to me as chopsticks, but my mom is so talented (and frugal), she knitted herself a swiffer broom […]
Basic Firearms Part 1: Firearm Safety and Parts of a Gun
This is the first in a series of firearms informational posts. If you have any questions, PLEASE ask. No question is a dumb question here. I’m keeping it basic and simple, so those of you with tons of firearms experience, try not to get bored on me, okay? Here’s my short background–I shot very little […]
Catch Up (not Ketchup)
A post with a bunch of randomness thrown together (aka “what’s been going on around here”). I’ve been using the soap I made with my church girls. It’s pretty nice, but could have used more essential oil. When I put it in I didn’t measure how much I added, and the whole church kitchen smelled […]
Country Living Grain Mill Review and Sale
I am so excited to let you all know that I am now a dealer for Country Living Grain Mills! If you have not heard of this particular grain grinder, you are gonna hear all about them by the end of this post! What? You already know about them and have just been waiting for […]
Is This Some Kind of a Joke??
Went to bed last night planning on getting my little Gurney’s baby replacement trees/berries/grapes put in the ground this morning and this is what I woke up to:What kind of April Fool’s joke is this??? Maybe it will get better when the sun comes up and it could melt the snow I thought, but by […]
Turning Crystallized Freezer Jam into Edible Jam
One of my finds in the freezer over the weekend was a couple of half pints of cherry freezer jam bottled in ’03. I don’t know why for sure, but this jam started crystallizing pretty quick after I made it and it has only gotten worse. These are the last 2 jars of it. We […]
Cleaning Out the Freezer and Ode to My Foodsaver
Spent most of yesterday cleaning out our two freezers. I think Someone’s been hearing my grumblings about eating elk for every meal, because in the last two weeks we’ve been given ground beef (yep real beef, not ground venison or elk) and various cuts of pork from other people’s freezer cleanouts. And this last round […]
Great Trials Lie Ahead–Prepare and Have Hope
You know I don’t usually wax philosophical on this site or get all gloom and doomy, and I’m still not–you have to watch to the end. This video from David Christenson features words of Latter-day Saint prophets and apostles. If you are LDS (Mormon), you’ll know who they are. If you are not LDS, you […]
Practically Free Garden Weed Barrier
We actually had a couple of days last week warm enough to get outside and accomplish something (I’m kind of a wimp in the cold). I started with my mini herb garden. I only have 3 herbs in it and have had plans on expanding it for at least 2 years, but it just hasn’t […]
Been Busy–Planning and Fixing
If you haven’t hit the polls yet, they end tonight, so swing on over to the sidebar and give your answers! Now on to your regularly scheduled post . . . I think I’m turning into my mother. Not that it’s a bad thing, she’s amazing. But she has a bunch of chickens, and I […]
