Faith, Home, & Family
If you had been in the kitchen with Linda this week, you would have been able to watch Hannah and I make Banana Bread. Hannah mixed up a triple batch, and then I remembered that I had thrown away one of our bread pans. So I got out the book on my bread machine, and sure enough, you can bake fruit breads in it. The loaf at the top of this picture … [Continue]
This week, on Saturday on the Farm, let's talk about compost! Compost is a great way to add organic matter and nutrients back to your soil. Composting is very frugal. Since your adding food scraps, leaves, clippings, and etc. from your yard, your compost is free. For a minimal investment of time, you receive a fertilizer that is better for your … [Continue]
One day this week, Zach decided he wanted to organize all his books. Who am I to stop him? lol He got everything looking nice. I hope he keeps it that way! They kids (and adults!) are happy that the pool is now open. PE this week has consisted of swimming. Our amazing homeschool news this week is that Hannah finished … [Continue]
I made gluten free chocolate chip cookies last week that led to this picture I posted on Facebook. This is what fail looks like. I cut them into squares and have been eating them. There were just for me, and I don't care what they look like. lol Hannah took over and made the regular chocolate chip cookies to take to our family reunion. so much … [Continue]
It's the beginning of a new month so I'm going to start a new feature. The first Saturday of every month I will share The View From My Front Porch. I thought about calling it The View From My Rocking Chair. That makes me sound super old, though. lol But I am, indeed, sitting in my rocking chair on the front porch when I take these pictures. … [Continue]
I was going through some craft stuff that was given to us (several years ag0) to get rid of what we're never going to us. Zach came in and saw this little wooden train. He snagged it and went running. I guess before I said he couldn't have it. lol He painted it, and gave it to his grandfather for his birthday. And I'm sorry to say that's the … [Continue]
As part of the Schoolhouse Review Crew, I received the Paperless Home Organization ebook from Simplified Pantry to review. Paperless Home Organization is a how to guide that walks you through creating a digital homemaking binder. Once you have your homemaking binder in place, you can go paperless! I don't know about you, but after 31 years of … [Continue]
