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TAFY'S RECIPE THURSDAY

Amish Lemonade
Asian Beef & Broccoli w/ Noodles
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Sep. 16, 2009 - A Tour Of Our Home

Part 3: The Living Room

Our living room is a very large open area. Its length goes from the front of our house to the back. We have made 2 different areas in it by using our sofa as a room divider. This is a view of our conversation area from the kitchen. The sofa is on the media side of the room.

DH's preferred spot to sit is on the sofa. He is on his feet all day long at work. He likes to come home and put his feet up. DH works in a furniture factory. He reupholstered the sofa for us on a discontinued frame.The trunk beside the sofa was made by my daddy as another Christmas present. Here is a closer view.

The next picture is a view of our front door. You can see part of our hugh picture window. The white chair was once DH's granmother's. The green chair belonged to my great-granddaddy. DH reupholstered both of those as well. The side table was given to us by DH's parents.

The next picture is a view of my desk and our bookshelf. You get another look at the green chair and our picture window, too. I bought the desk from Walmart using the money I got for Christmas from my in-laws. DH is upholstering a desk chair for me. When he gets it finished, I will share a picture of the finished product. The bookshelf was built by daddy for a remodeling job he was doing. The client called him back a few months later to remodel again. He tore all he had built out. He brought all of it home with him. When we moved in he said we could pick out what we wanted.

The next picture is the view from my desk. As you can see, I can still see the tv and I have plenty of room to spread out my scrapbook materials when I scrapbook. The ottoman behind the sofa is one of two DH upholstered. The ottomans are the companies to his and hers chairs DH upholstered as well. I will show those toyou in a minute.

Here are the 2 chairs I was talking about early. They are positioned in front of our bar. I hope eventually to build bookshelves underneath the bar. The chair on the left DH built to fit his body frame. The one on the right he built for me. It has more padding in the back so I sit up more allowing my feet to touch the floor. For you see I am only 5 foot 1 inch tall. My chair is where I put my feet up and rest. The little table in between the chairs was built by, you guessed it, my daddy. You can see the sliding glass doors to the left that lead out on to our deck.

 

Opposite our chairs is our entertainment system. We have had it for along time. I believe we bought it at Lowes Hardware. It houses all of our tv viewing equipment; tv, vcr, dvr player, converter boxes (we don't have cable or satellite), dvds, etc.  We postioned it here so I could view tv while cooking or baking, if I so desired. To the right is DD's telescope, with all of our pillows in front of it. You can see the second ottoman. Here is this view.

If you look closely, you will see one thing is missing from this room. Any guesses?..... There is nothing on my walls. I don't know what to hang on them. Family pictures, landscapes, mirrors,I just don't know. If anyone has any suggestions I would love to hear them. We don't want to put any holes in the wall until we decide what we want on them.

So that completes the living room tour. Stay tuned for  Part 4: The Master Bed and Bath.

 


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Sep. 15, 2009 - A Tour Of Our Home

Part Two: The Kitchen

I love my kitchen. In alot of ways it is my dream kitchen, because I was able to decorate it in an apple theme. I love all of my apple decorations. I think the red and green makes it very cheerful. I love the window above my sink with its view of the pasture. I like the openess of it and how I can prepare meals be still invovled with my family while they are in the living room. 

This view is looking through the opening in the laundry room.

As you walk through the opening a refrigerator is on your right, then a small counter, and then the sink with a window above it.  There is counter space then my stove and oven. The counter and cabinets you can see are part of a bar that separates the kitchen from the living room. Our microwave sits in an out of the way area of this counter. We don't use the bar as an eating area. I use it as a table top of a sort. You can see a lamp and knicknacks sitting on it in the corner. On the living room side of the bar are 2 chairs.

This view is taken from the edge of the living room looking back toward the laundry room opening.

 

You can see the frig. I have a basket sitting on top of it. We put our keys, sunglasses, mail, bills, stamps, etc. in it. I have an apple cookie jar on top of there as well. On the shelf above the frig sits my Johnson coaching scene china I got from my mother. You can see the sink area and my window. That was one of my requirements when we started looking for a new trailer, a window above my sink. I have another apple cookie jar which I keep my cooking untensils in. My dish detergent is in an olive oil bottle. It looks nicer sitting on the sink than a plastic bottle.

Here is a wider view. This view includes the dining area and our china cabinet.

 

Here is a closer view of the dining area.

We have had this table since we first established a home. (The first few months of our marriage we lived with DH's parents.) The table came with ugly 80s style chairs. When they wore out, I aked my FIL for unfinished chairs. He bought these chairs. DH stained them to match the wood grain in the table. I think they look well together. The apple placemats were an apple table runner that I cut apart into smaller pieces. The napkins and cushions came from Walmart. The peace plant is sitting on a stool that is covered with a red gingham piece of cloth. I needed some height in this corner and that is what I came up with.

Here is our china cabinet.

 

My daddy made this china cabinet for us one year for Christmas. He used an old pie hutch my great-grandmother had as the pattern. I have all our everyday china as well as our good china stored in it. It is also has plenty of apple decorations in it to spice things up a bit. One of the 2 drawers hold my good silverware and the other holds all of my cookie cutters. Beside the china cabinet is another peace plant in a tin bucket decorated with apples. It is sitting on a little decorative stool.

 

The beautiful little puppy in the picture is our Miss Oakley. She is a picture hog. She loves having her picure made and is always around when I get out the camera.

Be sure to check out part one of the tour; the laundry room. Stayed tuned for part three: the living room.


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Sep. 14, 2009 - A Tour Of Our Home

Part One: The Laundry Room

Our side door is the door we use to enter our home. The side door opens up into our laundry room. Most everyone enters our home through this door. I try to keep this area as neat as possible. Here is what you would see if you entered our home. 

On the right hand side is a refrigerator behind the door you just opened. Beside of the frig are the drier and then the washer. On the left hand side is a coat rack which you can't see, but you can see part of a red fannel jacket hanging there. We keep our yard shoes in this room on the floor. The 2 plastic containers hold dog food. The top one is Oakley's food (our inside dog). The bottom one is a special dog food for older dogs. Our small outside dog, Cheyenne, is 15 years old now. Beside the containers is our trash can. Through the opening you can see into our kitchen and on into half of our living room.

Here is a view of the laundry room looking  back through the opening in the kitchen towards the side door.

 

You can see the coat racks better in this picture. We hang our jackets, cardigan sweaters, aporns, and reusable grocery bags here. Our broom fits nicely into the small corner beside the door. You can see the frig on the left hand side.

Here is a view of my working laundry area.

 

On the shelving above the washer and drier are several crates and tubs. In an old dish dry racking (which you can't see because it is the corner and hidden in this view), I store the laundry detergent, fabric softner bottles, and misc. items. In the closest yellow crate is where all the dirty kitchen and cleaning rags go. In the next yellow crate is where I store clean cleaning rags. The pink crate is where we put the items that need to be ironed. The blue tub holds all of our cleaning supplies. We carry it from room to room. It keeps everything organized and easy to access. Beside the blue tub, we store DH's little work coolers, which you can't see. The shelving on has a bar where I can hang hangers. (You can see the hangers in the first picture.) Anytime we empty a hanger, they go here so when I take out laundry from the drier I can hang up any clothes that need to be hung up right away. On top of the frig is where I store egg cratons and our iron. The 2 baksets on top hold various items. The darker baskets holds misc. tools, the flashlight, and thermos, which we use to carry water to our animals. The lighter one holds a white vinegar bottle (I add white vinegar to the rinse cycles), wash clothes which I use as drier sheets, and the spray bottle full of fabric softner to spray on the wash clothes to make homemade drier sheets. The apple dish towel you see is hanging on an apple towel rack. I use those dish towels to wipe up any spills I may have.

I have tried to make the laundry room feel inviting since this is where people enter our house and because I spend alot of time in there. Stay tuned for Part Two: The Kitchen.

 


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Sep. 12, 2009 - Our Farm Animals

God's Creatures On Our Farm

I love animals. I believe I inheirted this love for animals from my daddy. I would have a farm full of animals if we had the room and money to care for them. DH loves them too and indulges me in this area. Right now, we have 10 chickens and 3 dogs. We have talked about getting a pig to raise for meat but DH is hesitant. He knows I get easily attached. We have also toyed with the idea of goats. Anyway, lets get to the few animals we do.

As I said we have 9 chickens; 1 rooster and 8 hens. Our rooster's name is Cornflake. You will see why we named him that when you see his picture. He used to roam free in our yard with a hen. When the hen was killed, we put him back in the hen house with our other hens.

 

 

Cornflake is a dandy. He likes being the center attention. Can you tell? He is a beautiful bird. If I knew more about showing chickens, I believe I could have won with him. We like the looks of the Buff Orpington and hope to raise more in the future.

 

Our other 8 chickens are Barred Rocks. They are all hens and live in the chicken house. We raised them from peeps. They don't have individual names. We refer to them as the pee-pees. Our chickens provide us with 8 eggs a day . I use as many as I can and sell the rest.

 

 

We have  dogs; 1 outside dog and 1 inside dog. Our outside dog is a lab mix. She was set out beside our mailbox on a cold winter day. Her name comes from the fact we found her on a snowy morning. We named her Snowflake. Her name surprises everyone. You will know why when you see her picture. We have to keep her on a runner because she won't stay out of the road. She is our alarm dog. Her runner is near our garden beds. That has kept alot of critters out of our garden beds, including rabbits and groundhogs. She is great to have around. She keeps the opossums and racoons from coming in our yard. She has also kept the coyotes from coming to close.  Her doghouse use to be an old well pump-house.

 

 

Our inside dog is our my spoiled child. Her name is Annie Oakley. We call her Oakley. She has bought alot of joy to our lives. (I know alot of people don't understand how people can become so attached to a dog or any other animal for that matter. All I can say is that she fills a void in our life that because of certain circumstances couldn't be filled any other way. I will explain that fully one day.) She is a very intelligent dog and can do several tricks. Here is our Annie Oakley.

I love the first picture. It really looks like she is talking to her toys. She can identify each one of them. We can tell her to go get her puppy and she will return with her puppy. The same with the bunny. The second picture is her begging trick which usually insures that she will get what she wants, especially if she sticks her tongue out too. The third picture she is waiting for her daddy to get home. I don't know how animals do it but they can tell time. She knows what time he will be home and if he is a little late she will stare at the door until he comes home.

Well, that is our very small collection of farm amimals. If we add to our collection any time soon I will let you know.

 


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Sep. 9, 2009 - Welcome To Blackberry Lane Farm

Welcome to Blackberry Lane Farm, where the Sills family live on their 1.3 acres of God's green earth. The 1.3 acres He has given dominion over. The 1.3 acres He has given us to till, plow, tend, and protect. Join me as I give you a photo tour. 

Here is a picture of our farm house, our home.

 

Our home is a double-wide mobile home the Lord has graciously provided for us. For the first 19 years of our marriage, we lived in a 1968 single-wide trailer. It was strudy and comfy. It provided us with shelter and a place to call home. With a change in DH's job situation and a steady, secure income the job change bought; we were able to afford our new home.

Here is a view of the front of our home and our front porch.

 

We have plans to build a bigger porch, but that will have to wait until the funds become avaiable. I have 2 window box planters hanging from the rail. A chair is sitting in the corner by the front door. I have a flower pot full flowers and small decorative items sitting in the opposite corner.

We live in a rural county and in a community that is slowly losing its farm land to housing developements.  We are still blessed to be surrounded by farm land and have beautiful views surrounding us. Here is 2 views from our front porch.

 

DH spent one of his July 4th vacation weeks to build our beautiful back deck. I helped him stain it one weekend. We eat out on the deck in the spring and fall when the weather permits it. We used the deck to hold our DD's homeschool graduation ceremony. Here is our back deck.

 

Over his Christmas vacation week 2008, DH constructed our firepit area. I gave him a firepit as his Christmas present. He used salvaged paving brick from a walkway at our old trailer to make a brick patio. He used landscape timbers to lay off a flower bed area around the patio. This spring and summer, I have been adding flowers to the area. We have built several fires and enjoyed the evenings and nights around the fire. Here is our firepit area.

 

Here is a view of the deck and firepit area.

 

Here are some views from our back deck.

 

We have several out buildings. We have a chicken house, a camper shed, and a building made out of 2 buildings we put together. DH built our chicken house out of rough cut lumber, again over one of his July 4th vacations. Here it is,(and if you look real close you can see one of our Barred Rock chickens sitting in the window.)

 

Here is our camper shed which usually holds our pop-up camper. (DH is storing our lawnmowers in it right now, because he is using the lawnmower shed to store engine parts in from a motor he is taking apart.)

 

Here is the building we made by putting 2 buildings together. The half with the white door used to be a laundry room that was built onto the back of our old trailer. The other half with the bigger door was a storage building. We moved both of the buildings and married them to each other to make one big building. Both halfs are still separate, in other words you can't get from one side to the other. The half with the white door in now my garden shed and hoilday storage area, as well as a tool shed for DH. The other half is our lawnmower shed/project work area. We painted the building to match our home.

 

Beside this building is my clothes line. I enjoy going out and hanging up the laundry. It makes me smile to see clothes flapping in the wind. It is also a great way to help reduce the power bill. You can see our rain barrel in the picture, too. We use this water to water my flower pots and our flowers and trees in our yard.

 

I garden in raised garden beds. I have found it is easier for me to manage and I can grow enough for the 3 of us to eat and perserve. I hope to build a few more beds in the future. Here are our current 3 beds. (These pictures were taken in the early summer. The beds don't look as pretty in the late summer.)

 

We compost as much material as we can. We have to compost bins. Here they are. The bigger, fuller looking one is the one we are letting rot down to put on our garden beds next spring. The smaller, empiter one is the one we will fill this spring, summer, fall, and winter.

 

Since we have a firepit, we have started a wood pile. Here it is.

Well, that ends my tour of our little farm. I hope you enjoyed it. Stay tuned to learn how we came up with the name for our little farm.

 

 

 

 


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Mar. 20, 2009 - My Solo Attempt At Making An Apron

Making An Apron By Myself

My mother attempted to teach me to sew when I was a young teenager. I resisted her at every turn. I had no desire to learn. The project she had me work on was a skirt. Needless to say this skirt didn't have a very even hemline. As a matter of fact, it had 3 or 4 different skirt lenghts rolled into one skirt. After my futile attempt, my mother gave up on me.

For years, my sew skills was limited to sewing on buttons. I eventually learned to sew up holes as long as they were in places it wasn't very noticeable. The rest of my repairs were usually fixed with safety pins. If an item of clothing needed hemmed and repaired beyond my abilites, I asked my mother to do them.

About 2 yeas ago, DD cross stitched a quilt pattern that we were going to turn into a pillow for her grandmother (DH's mother) for Christmas. We picked out a matching fabric, DH cut out the pillow, and I sewed it together. The whole pillow turned out rather nice. Sewing didn't seem as bad as it once did. The following summer I got inspired once again. This time it was an apron. I had been reading about the come back of aprons and what a handy item they were to have around. I was forever messing up my shirts while I was cooking. I looked at buying some aprons, but I didn't want to spend that much on something I may not end up using. I was at Hobby Lobby one day and I decided to look at patterns. I found an apron pattern I liked and I bought it. I picked out material and was ready to go. I had my mother walk me through the process. Through her help and coaching, I had a nice apron to wear. My mother was deeply impressed by my very first apron. She said she would have never believed it if she hadn't seen it, especially after my attempt at a skirt. From there, I went on to sew together curtain panels and hem them. Once again, I did a decent job.

I have been wanting to make another apron for some time now. I pulled out the fabric the other day and washed it. I am going to iron it and then attempt to cut out the pattern myself. If that much turns out okay, I will attempt to sew it with as little help form my mother as I can get away with. I thought it might be fun to bring you along for the adventure and blog about my attempt.

Here is the first apron I made with my mother's help. The skirt is rather full. On my this next apron I won't make it as full.

I didn't pay anything for the fabric I am using to make my apron out of. Well, not technically, for you see the fabric I am going to use were the curtains that came with our trailer when we bought it. The interior decorator for the company thought long paneled curtains made out of this fabric was attractive. NOT! We did use one of the valances out this fabric in our kitchen. It matched perfect witht the apple decor in my kitchen. It will also make a nice apron for me to wear in my kitchen as well as cloth napkins for my growing, useful collection. So here is the fabric.

 

When I got into cutting up the fabric and figuring out what way I wanted the stripes to run, it almost wasn't wide enough to make the skirt. I had just enough as you can see in the picture below.

 

In this picture, I have already cut out one set of straps and have the other set plus the bib part ready to cut out.

 

I didn't take a picture of the waistbands, ties, and the pockets laid out. The stripes in the first two items are running in the opposite way than the rest of the apron. I am going to put the pockets the same way. I think I did a pretty good job cutting the apron out. Here it is all cut out and laid out so you can get an idea of how it is going to look.  

 

I like the way the stripes running in the opposite direction make everything stand out. So how does it look? I guess the proof of whether or nor I did it right will be when I go to sew it. That will be another adventure to blog about. First, I need to pick out the thread. I do believe a trip to Hobby Lobby is in order.


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Oct. 29, 2008 - Works For Me Wednesday

Creative & Cheap Halloween Costumes

 

 

 

Although we aren't big fans of Halloween and don't go over board with it, we did allow our DD to go trick-or-treating from the time she was 2 until she was 11. We live in a rural area so there is no trick-or-treating door to door. We drove door to door. We mostly went to her grandparents, great-grandparents, and great-aunts/uncles' houses. Not having the money to buy costumes, I all came up with something for DD to wear using things we already had. We got great compliments on them. Since it is only 2 days from Halloween night, I thought I would share a few ideas with you.

For her first Halloween, she was our version of "Casper the Friendly Ghost". I took one of her daddy's white t-shirts, drew big rounds eyes on in, and a wavy smile with a permanent black marker. She had very curly hair, just long enough to gather some at the very top into a ponytail. We used a white scrunchy to put her hair up. She wore a white jogging outfit underneath the t-shirt with white tennis shoes. We taught her to say "BOO!" For her candy bucket, she carried a ghost bucket we got with a happy meal from MacDonalds. Simply, easy, and too cute.

Another Halloween, Minnie Mouse inspired us. She had a Minnie doll and a dress that looked just like her doll's. She wore that. I took a black headband and attached Minnie ears made out of cardboard. She wore a long yellow pearl-like necklace made out of plastic. She carried her doll with her and a plastic jack-o-latern for her candy bucket.

Another year, she wore the dress she wore at my brother's wedding. We fixed her hair up to look like Cinderella's. I added a hairbow to her hair, which made it look like she had a tiara in her hair. She had a pair of glass slippers that had come in a dress up box so she wore those. We added some of her fancy play jewelry that completed the look. She carried a tin pail lined with some fancy material for her candy bucket and we tucked in her Little Golden book of Cinderella.

She carried the tin pail next year and it served as our inspiration. We dressed her as a farmer girl. She wore her pair of denim overalls on top of a turtle-neck shirt. She wore some type of boots. We braided her hair in to 2 braids and she wore a Ford baseball cap. I took a brown eye-liner pin and put dots on her checks for freckles. Again, simple.

Her last year of trick-or-treating, we dressed her up as a black cat. She wore a black turtle-neck shirt, black jeans, black socks, and black shoes. We left her hair down and pulled it back with a black head band that I had attached cat ears made out of cardboard. Her daddy got a piece of furniture tassle from where he worked for her tail which we attached to her belt loop on her jeans. I took a black eye-liner, colored her nose black, and drew whiskers on her face. She carried a plastic jack-o-latern for her candy bucket.

All of these were simple ideas and simple to put together. I hope these ideas will help inspire someone this year. Another thing about these ideas is that they didn't cost much or anything at all. I know all homeschoolers like ideas like that. Also in these unsettled times, all of us are trying to save a few dollars.

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Apr. 30, 2008 - Works For Me Wednesday

My WFMW

 

What works for me are, Baskets. I love baskets. They are so useful. I thought I would tell you about all the ways I use baskets by giving you a basket tour of my house.

Upon entering our house through our laundry room, you will see 2 baskets on top of the frig in there. One holds any tools I may have collected from DH's toolbox in his building I needed at one time or another. It also houses a flashlight and containers we use to put water in to water our outside animals. The other is a new additon. It holds the gallon of white vinegar I have been adding to our wash and our spray bottle of fabric softner which has replaced our drier sheets.

Stepping into our kitchen, you will find a basket on top of the frig in there. Here we put our keys, sunglasses, checkbook, and wallet. Once we have sorted through the mail, all the bills, etc. goes in there. We have a calculator in there. Pens, a paper pad, stamps, and a box of envelopes are also in there. It is a long rectangular basket. On top of the microwave is a round basket that holds all the pain relievers, eye drops, and allergy meds, we need, most importantly feverfew for my migraines.

In our family/living room area, you will find a square type basket which contains my embroidering materials and any other craft material for any craft projects I may be working on. It sits underneath a little table beside my chair. That is all I have in this room. i am surprised I don't have more.

In both of our bathrooms, baskets hold rolled up decorative towels. Some of these towels I received as shower gifts almost 20 years ago. In the master bath, I have added bottles of lotion, decorative soaps, seashells, and coral. I use these  baskets as part of the decor. Our master bath theme is seashells. In DD bathroom/guest bathroom, the theme is flowers. So to the baskets I have added the same things, exchanging the seashells for silk flowers.

In DD's room, she has a basket to hold her embroidering stuff. That is the only pne in her room. We don't have any in our bedroom. Again, don't know why.

In our office/guest bedroom, there are many baskets. The one that sits on the desk, holds papper pads, lead pencils, coin wrappers, a hole puncher, tape, whiteout, and several pens. One is located on a desk shelf. I put all the items I need to file in memory boxes; invitaions, cards, movie ticket stubs, etc. I have ribbon in this basket. When i have enough for a nice bundle, I tie them up with the ribbon and put in a box. This basket also has a small thick paperback dictionary which I use frequently since I have problems spelling. Let see, it also holds a box of paper clips and DH's phone cord. The third basket holds all of Oakley's toys. She exactly wher her toys are when you ask her to go get one.

That is all the baskets, I use inside. I have plenty more in my garden shed. I have one with a handle that is ideal for carrying all my small gardening tools in. I have another which I use to place weeds in when I have pulled them. My favortie basket is one DH purchased fro me when we were on vacation. It was purchased at a poineer type living exhibit. It is a well made basket. It is about 18 inches long, 9 inches wide, and about 10 inches tall. It has a wooden handle. It is ideal to put all the produce I harvest in it. It doesn't sound like it can hold alot, but it does. I feel so feminie carrying that basket, picking produce. I love it.

Baskets have been used since the beginning of time. They are very useful and diverse in there use. Baskets work for me.

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Nov. 1, 2007 - Activities of the Week

Monday

  • Reddied up the house, made up the beds, and feed animals
  • Washed, hung out/dried, folded, put away 2 loads of clothes
  • Cut up sweet pepper to freeze
  • Cleaned out Grape Tomatoe garden bed, DD picked off all of the tomatoes (green or ripe, hopefully the green ones will ripen before they rot)
  • Cleaned out summer flower pots, set out pansies
  • Covered up remaining vegetables. expecting a heavy frost tonight
  • DH started mowing grass when he got home from work
  • Fixed baked chicken, dressing/stuffing, lima beans, slaw, and pickles for supper

Tuesday

  • Reddied up the house, made beds, and feed animals
  • Had to run errands, went to library, bought apples to make applesauce
  • Made a Jello Strawberry Pie for dessert (DH's request)
  • Set out more pansies, watered garden beds and flower pots
  • DD did her ironing, I folded up those clothes and put them away
  • DH finished mowing the grass when he got home from work
  • DH grilled hamburgers for supper. We topped them with chili and slaw. We had peanuts and pickles with them.
  • I worked on embrodiering Christmas gifts after supper.

Wednesday

  • Feed the animals
  • Cleaned (dusted and vacuumed) the master bedroom and living room
  • Cleaned (dusted and swept) kitchen and laundry room, also disinfected the kitchen counters
  • Washed and dried 2 loads of clothes (I got lazy, I didn't fold or put them away)
  • Swept off the front and back steps and the deck
  • Played Army with my nephews. They were in their camos. They would hide in our yard or in the pasture near our house and I had to find them. I found them all 4 times. Although the last time they hid separately. I found the youngest but not the oldest.
  • Fixed Double Cheeseburger Hamburger Helper, tomatoe slices, and garlic toast for supper. I know food from a box but it was a DH request.

Today

I plan on accomplishing the following:

  • I have already reddied up the house and made up the beds
  • Go to my in-laws to wash 2 loads of clothes (I have to wash all of our good light clothes there due to the amount of iron in our well water. It can ruin a whole load of clothes.)
  • Fold and put away all of the clothes from yesterday and today
  • Work on a menu and grocery list for next week
  • Get started on making applesauce
  • Pick up my nephews from school
  • I don't have to worry about supper tonight, we are ordering out

Tomorrow

I hope to accomplish the following:

  • Reddying up the house and making up the beds
  • Finish menu and grocery list
  • Finish making all of the applesauce
  • Setting out the rest of my pansies
  • Wash all of the animals food and water bowls
  • I plan on fixing fried chicken, mashed potatoes, and corn-on-the-cob for supper

Saturday

I have not thought that far ahead. It all depends on what I get finished the next 2 days. I know there will be more clothes to wash. I honestly do not know how 3 people mess up that many clothes.

What do the activities for your week look like?


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A day in the life of a lady seeking guidance from the Lord in the pursuit of being a godly wife, mother, and a Keeper at Home. The views and opinions of a lady who is a follower of Christ and a Bible believer.