This is what happens with free-range children. He wandered off into the kitchen, and was kinda quiet for a few minutes. He saunters back to the living room with his own apple he dug up himself from the giant zucchini-…
Crappy trim. This is after dh took out the windows, one by one with those snazzy super-duper suction cup thingies, and replaced a bunch of the rotten wood and recaulked and all that good stuff.On the roof. See how the …
Would you pay $4/half-pint for homemade relish and homemade salsa? Both canned of course...I had an idea in the shower today, and need to hash it out with a few people...But I think it might have potential...
I missed Grey's Anatomy tonight. Oops.Lots of stuff in the hopper to finish up in the next few days. It's gonna be busy. Pictures at some point. Although I forgot to take a photo of the two flats of raspberries I got…
A little more detail on the oatmeal. I was doing the self-checkout. Since I had coupons, the cashier had her screen flash to make sure to look at my coupons. It usually just flashes for her when people are buying booz…
I just got carded.For oatmeal.The offending purchases. I couldn't make this stuff up if I tried. (Btw, that's a $5 spending spree right there, yay!)
And the day seems like it just begun. *sigh* What the living room looked like about 30 minutes ago. Yes, that's a straight-up hole in our wall. See the window with the round suction dealies on the right? Yeah. …
Golden raspberries look a bit like oatmeal when they're pureed. Who knew. Speaking of oatmeal, wait until later. My poor pantry. Yesterday was a really, really long day.I started in on the apples around 1pm. I sorta …
We took the Radio Flyer to the farmers market today. Got more salsa makings. Oh, and the organic apple seconds that are $.50/lb? *Way* better condition than anything from the grocery store. I'd hazard a guess it's t…
Hey folks, I need a little help.A gal I know is looking into hs'ing her kiddos, and her mom's worried about "socialization."I'm too scattered right now to search through my old posts (lord knows there's a ton of them) an…
Yay! Got a call back from an orchard guy. My 40lbs of Gala seconds will be on the truck for the farmer's market tomorrow. Now I'll just need to track down someone to help me wrestle the box back to the car with the …
Dad's in the hospital, I think. Yesterday he had a consultation for a gamma knife procedure or something. If he was a good candidate, they were going to do it today. I've left two messages for Mom to see how they are,…
Yesterday (or *technically*, two days ago now), the big one stated he wanted a little sister. And yes, he knows he has a baby brother.
The counters are still there!I still hate that linoleum.What the pantry currently looks like. Sometime this winter I'm going to have dh put little guard rail dealies on the shelves where I have the canned stuff - so the…
Strained stock on left, sediment on right. I'm not so concerned about the floaties in fresh stock, it's that I'm trying to make enough for the year (well, guessing and hoping, we'll see) and don't want tiny chicken bit…
Freakin propane tank ran out last night. Vegetable stock didn't finish. Gas station doesn't dispense propane until after 10am. Bastards.
I'm tired, but will still be up for a while.So photo time! Yes, again. I'm a little photo happy, sorry. If you have dial up, please don't throw rotten tomatoes at me. Unless you aim for my compost pile. This is my …
Laura ~We do eat out, but it's usually not too often. Or it'll seem like we're eating out all the time (3+ times a week) and then we'll got for weeks without restaurant food. Like a stop by Quizno's or Schlotzky's or P…
I am totally procrastinating starting chopping and cooking and canning today.Yesterday's harvest. All the onions went into the stock. I officially found my first(ish) gray/white hair last night. Was wondering when that…
Last night. It's nice having the burner outside so we don't heat up the house.Today's endeavor. Chicken stock. You bet your ass I got whole chickens when it's buy-one-get-one-free. And I got a raincheck for 10 more c…
A typical day for me.Tantrums. Screaming tantrums. Two hours to get ready for the PO. You don't even want to know how much postage cost. Or how much the children fussed and grabbed at things.From the garden. I h…
So. Remember that flour mill I recently inherited?Tracked down the company. They're all basically handmade it looks like, and guaranteed for at least a decade or so. Here's what the current version looks like. And the…
Yesterday.Selling diapers is a pain in the ass. But one gal bought 16 pockets *and* inserts from me last night. So we have a nice little amount hanging out in paypal waiting for me to decide what to do with it (thinki…
Crap. I'm gonna have to start shopping the boys section soon, and he's not even 4yo. He's almost outgrown his 4T overalls and jeans in length, but I can still stick him in 2T shorts. *sigh*
Warning - bitchiness ahead.And no, I promise this is not directed at anyone in particular, just annoying humans in general.Why do people have to give their children "creative" or "unique" names to be different, only to g…
Round One with the beans.Round Two with more beans.Yes, I went on two bean picking sprees today - see those jars in the back right? My make-shift tupperware to store the cut up beans.Round Three. I won. 14 pints and 4…
Yesterday's harvest. I promptly cut up and stored the beans in the fridge like a good little girl. Still need to figure out what to do with the red potatoes from a few days ago. Maybe homemade fries... When my dad ca…
It's a sickness. Seriously.Yesterday I got a catalog I'd ordered from Miller Nurseries.My total's up to $187 plus $20 shipping (which really isn't a bad shipping price!).My list?25 Ozark everbearing strawberries25 Tribu…
Yesterday's harvest. Shack - see the little purple carrots? Yummy. I was thinning. Well, and curious, but still. Have almost 2 quarts of beans (cut up, ready for rinsing and canning).Zucchini relish from this morni…
Those green beans from those last two photos? Almost exactly 7 pints.And there's a ton more out there. I'm seriously afraid to go out there today. I may not need to grow any green beans next year because we'll still b…
Saturday's harvest. Yes, that's a ton of green beans in there. Today's harvest. I saw little berry things happening on the tops of the potato plants, so decided to dig. Well then. Think I need to leave the blue ones…
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