House Party is a website that I love.You apply to host parties at your house. When you get selected to host a party, they send you a party pack full of supplies for that specific party.Last year, I hosted a Juicy Juice party. They sent me plenty of juice, coupons, reusable juice bottles, coloring books, and cards for the kid. Oh yes, a tablecloth, … [Continue]
Saturday on The Farm Carnival
Coming Soon...Saturday, May 1st...Saturday on the Farm Carnival...All you have to do to participate is write a post on your blog about your farm, your homestead, your farmette, your tomato plant on your deck..Come back on Saturday, May 1st, and enter your link in the carnival.We'll have lots of fun visiting each others farms.Hope to see you … [Continue]
Handmade Wall Display Rod
Curtain rods are so expensive, as are special rods for wall hangings. So when I needed a rod to hang my husbands prayer shawl on, I looked for a way to make one.I had my son find a fairly straight tree branch, that had already fallen off the tree, and strip the bark off it. If you are going to cut a branch, you would need to let the wood dry out … [Continue]
Gentle Scrubber For Dishes and Pans
I learned this tip a long time ago, and use it quite often.When your dishes or pans need a gentle scrubbing, put a sprinkle of baking soda on your cloth and scrub away.It actually works on really tough jobs, also. I used yesterday on a roasting pan that has seen a lot of roasting. It scours off the baked on "stuff" without scratching the enamel … [Continue]
The Book of Ruth – Movie Review & Giveaway
*This giveway has now ended! random.org picked number 11....Congratulations Joan! Thanks to everyone who entered! I will be doing more giveaways in the future. Keep your eye out!I love the story of Ruth in the Bible.How hard it must have been for Ruth to leave her family, friends, and everything she had ever known to follow Naomi to Bethlehem.How … [Continue]
What’s For Dinner?
I have a new plan! Each day is assigned a category, whether it be a type of meal, or appliance used, for example: crockpot. I used to do this, and it made meal planing so much easier. since I've been so uninspired with meal planning lately, I'm hoping this will spice things up.So, here's my plan:Saturday - beefSunday - Sandwich day - either simple … [Continue]
Pick Your Own Fruits and Vegetables
Visit Pick Your Own.org to see if there are any pick your own fruits and vegetables farms near you. There were none listed in my county, or in several counties around me.We do know of a place in the next county that we have been to a couple of times where we pick strawberries.I plan on checking back this summer to see if there are any new listings … [Continue]
