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Making a Home – Homemaking Link Up

March 2, 2021 by Linda @ Linda's Lunacy 4 Comments

Welcome to this weeks Making a Home – Homemaking Link Up!

This weeks featured post is…….. Farmhouse Spring Decor Ideas to Brighten Up Your Home from The House on Silverado.

I don’t know about you, but I sure am ready for spring! During the ice storm we had I punished all my snowmen by packing them up lol so it’s a blank slate in here now. Time to bring on spring decorations! Check out the ideas in this post. I saw a few I want to try!

If you missed all this spring decor last week, click on over now to and check it out. Not ready to decorate for spring yet? Pin it for later!

 

Making a Home – Homemaking Link Up

 

Now it’s your turn!  Share your posts about homemaking ideas, recipes, crafts, decorating, cleaning tips, basically anything that has to do with caring for a home and family.   The Link Up is open all week.

 

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Your click is a vote for next weeks featured post! Having your post featured means I will share the picture you add in the link up, as well as the link to your post, in next weeks post!

 

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In the Kitchen with Linda & Dinner Menu

March 1, 2021 by Linda @ Linda's Lunacy Leave a Comment

I haven’t shared what I’ve been up to in the kitchen in quite a while. But I’m still here. In the kitchen. Making dinner. lol I still make a weekly menu. It’s a sanity saver, for sure. If you don’t make a dinner menu, I encourage you to try it. It saves me from the what’s for dinner stress.

On Friday, we were given a lot of broccoli and cucumbers. And when I say a lot, I mean a LOT.

That’s like only half of what we had. I blanched and froze all of it. So expect to see broccoli on my dinner menu a lot. lol

I love how bright the green is after blanching.

Now that’s a LOT of broccoli! I forgot to count the packages before I put them in the freezer. I did some bags sized for a side dish, and some bags sized for casseroles, or when I will be serving more people.

I vacuumed seal most of the bags. I ran out, so had to finish 4 or 5 bags in regular freezer bags. I need a new vacuum sealer, I’ve worn mine out. It didn’t do as good a job vacuuming on some of the bags. Let me know what your favorite vacuum sealer is in the comments so I can start shopping.

We had 6 bags of cucumbers. We can eat a lot of cucumbers, since we like them for snacks, too, but can’t eat that many! So I started researching if I could freeze cucumbers. I found out you can! I made a batch of frozen cucumber salad to try. It tasted good before it went in the freezer, so we’ll see if we like it later this week. If so, I’ll make more!

I saw that you can freeze plain sliced cucumbers for putting in drinks, and for making dips. So I flash froze a large tray. Then repackaged in a bag when frozen. I froze the cucumber salad in bags, too, as they take up less room in the freezer than containers.

I read that the best way to store cucumbers is to wrap them in paper towels, and place them in the fridge in bags. so my husband helped me roll the cucumbers in paper towels and bag them. I left one bag alone, so I can compare them to see if the paper towel covered ones really last longer.

What have you been up to in the kitchen?

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In The Kitchen with Linda & Dinner Menu

Now…. to answer the question that I get asked about a hundred times a day……….What’s For Dinner?

Monday – chicken or turkey –  Chicken Broccoli Casserole

Tuesday – pizza/pasta – Spaghetti with meat sauce, zucchini

Wednesday – Taco Night- Venison – not sure if it will be tacos yet though lol

Thursday – pork or chicken – Baked chicken, rice, beets

Friday – Quick & Easy  – Venison roast in slow cooker, with potatoes, carrots, and onions

Saturday – Quick & Easy or Husbands Choice – Cheeseburgers on the grill with all the fixin’s, frozen cucumber salad, onion rings

Sunday – soup & sandwich day – Potato soup with cheese and bacon, garlic bread

For more ideas, visit Menu Plan Monday

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Blessed Assurance

February 28, 2021 by Linda @ Linda's Lunacy Leave a Comment

Blessed Assurance by Jeremy Riddle

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Giveaway Link Up

February 25, 2021 by Linda @ Linda's Lunacy Leave a Comment

I disappeared last week, my not of my own doing. We had a massive ice storm here in Kentucky. I talked about it, and shared a couple of pictures in my Ice Storm aka Ice Age 2021 post. 

Now on to what you are here for…..the giveaway link up!

 

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Making a Home – Homemaking Link Up

February 23, 2021 by Linda @ Linda's Lunacy 4 Comments

Thanks for stopping by again this week! I didn’t mean to leave you hanging last week. We had a massive ice storm here in Kentucky last week. I shared all the details yesterday in Ice Storm aka Ice Age 2021. I hope all of you are safe, warm, and doing well!

 

Welcome to this weeks Making a Home – Homemaking Link Up!

 

This weeks featured post is…….. Irish Apple Cake from Mom, the Lunch Lady.

This looks like a yummy cake to serve anytime, not just for St. Patrick’s Day! I plan on making it!

If you missed this sweet recipe last week, click on over now to get it. Don’t forget to pin it for later!

 

Making a Home – Homemaking Link Up

 

Now it’s your turn!  Share your posts about homemaking ideas, recipes, crafts, decorating, cleaning tips, basically anything that has to do with caring for a home and family.   The Link Up is open all week.

 

Don’t forget to visit a few other links while your here!

 

Your click is a vote for next weeks featured post! Having your post featured means I will share the picture you add in the link up, as well as the link to your post, in next weeks post!

 

All featured posts will be pinned to a special

Making a Home – Homemaking Link Up Pinterest board!! So link up your posts, tell everyone to visit the link up, and maybe your post will be the featured post next week!

 

NEW! I post all featured posts on Mix!

 

Mix Making a Home – Homemaking Link Up Featured Posts Collection

 

Click to tweet! Help spread the word! The more people that know about the Making a Home Homemaking Link Up are more people that will see your link!

 

I just shared my post at the Making a Home #Homemaking #LinkUp @LindasLunacy #recipe #craft #DIY #homeschool posts & more!
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Making a Home - Homemaking Link Up

 

No giveaways, please. Giveaway links will be deleted.You can link your giveaways on my Thursday’s Giveaways link up. Thanks!   Please provide a link back to me. A text link is fine. Of course, family friendly posts only.

 

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Filed Under: Making a Home Tagged With: homemaking, link up

Ice Storm aka Ice Age 2021

February 22, 2021 by Linda @ Linda's Lunacy 2 Comments

I disappeared last week. Not of my own choosing, though. We had an ice storm, then snow on top of that. Twice. Yes, ice, snow, then a day or so later, more ice and more snow.

The first round was about a half an inch of ice, followed by about 4 inches of snow. Then about a quarter of an inch of ice, followed by an inch or two of snow. I did not go outside and measure, lol, I looked out the window. But my husband went out. The outside pictures below are ones that he took, except for one that I took hanging out the door. lol

We used a lot of humor to keep us entertained. lol We starting calling it the ice age while were were without electric. That’s what it felt like to us, surrounded by ice!

Ice Storm aka Ice Age 2021

Our electric went out on Monday night at 9:30. Tuesday morning, the electric company said that it would be an extended outage. I had my son, who has a Jeep, take my mother out to stay at a family members house that still had electric.

I am so thankful that I did! Our electric didn’t come back on until Saturday night at 5. Almost 5 full days without electric! That’s the longest we have ever gone. And the temperatures were colder this time. Down to 11 one night. Our pastor loaned us a heater that attached to the propane tank from our grill. We were thankful for that.

This heater is NOT recommended to use indoors. So DON’T do it! We took a chance….. I do NOT recommend doing that!! Be Safe!

The heater kept the living area in the mid 50’s tolerable with wearing layers, and using lots of blankets and hats. My 84 year old mother wouldn’t have tolerated it, though. As the week went on, I was so glad I got her out!

Candles add extra heat, as well as giving us enough light to eat, and play games by. Putting the mirror under the candles magnified the light.

We were able to cook a little, and boil water for hot chocolate, on the heater. Canned ravioli, hash, leftover pizza lol. My husband took some of his frozen breakfast sandwiches, wrapped them in foil and heated them. He even made toast on it one day. Our son, with the Jeep, picked up pizza for us one night, as our road was still solid ice and we couldn’t get our cars out. It was a nice change from sandwiches and canned food!

The pic I took of the pine tree while hanging out the door lol
Pic at the neighbors that my husband took.
Photo cred to my husband!

At the time of this writing, a week after the storm, there are still almost 600 households without electric. This was a very severe storm in Kentucky. Workers came from several different states to help with the clean up and power restoration. As if losing power isn’t bad enough, a good portion of our county lost water too, as pumping stations lost electric. It was very bad in our part of the state. We are not alone, though, I know that others around the country suffered greatly from ice storms as well.

I have already ordered an indoor safe propane heater and a portable butane burner so we are better prepared if this happens again. We had plenty of food, and flashlights, but were not as prepared for a heat source as we thought we were. That won’t happen again! Oh, and cooking outside on the grill in cold weather is fine. When you choose to, And when you can go inside and get warm. Cooking outside in the cold, then going in to a cold house, is not fun! Hence buying a portable burner!

We were so thankful when our electric came back on.

My thoughts and prayers are with those still suffering from ice storm damage.

Filed Under: Life with Linda Tagged With: ice storm

I Thank God

February 21, 2021 by Linda @ Linda's Lunacy Leave a Comment

I Thank God by Maverick City Music x UPPERROOM

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For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.

John 3:16-17 NKJV


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