Life as I know it in Rural America.
Last night, my husband, Matt, happened to look out the back window to the garden, and saw an animal in the dog pen behind the house. Of course, he assumed that I had brought home a pet and put it back there in hopes that he wouldn’t see it. I hadn’t, but it is a Read More …
Today’s craft projects are the bouquets that I made for my wedding. To save money for my wedding, and because I thought it would be fun, I designed my own bouquet as well as all of the other floral arrangements we used for the wedding.
Today’s recipe of the day is one of my favorites, though I don’t make it near enough. My husband actually makes this more often than I do. It works quite well in a dutch oven, and so he often makes it when he goes to the Booneville Antique Gas and Steam Engine Show. Ingredients 2 Read More …
I saved the life of a baby chicken today! My neighbor, Bob, sells eggs, and because chickens produce best in their first year, he gets a new batch of chickens every year. This year’s batch of baby chicks just came in the mail, and of course I had to go see them. I decided to bring my Read More …
This is the pie dough recipe I use. I find that it is much flakier if you are willing to use real lard instead of Crisco. You can purchase lard in buckets and sticks at most large groceries. Don’t be concerned if you use your own lard and it has a bacony smell, this bakes Read More …
I am trying to get caught up on all of the things, I’ve cooked and created in the last year, so for the foreseeable future, I plan to post at least one story for the recipes and crafts sections each day. For my wedding my family and I made home-made ornaments. We started with cookie Read More …
My husband and I have a garden, but this is our first year to grow zucchini. It’s not quite ready yet, but I wanted to try my zucchini bread recipe before we started getting a bunch ready in the garden. Fortunately, I was able to find some nice fresh ones at the store to test Read More …
So, today it took me a half hour to get a bottle of water. Yes, I know, it’s simply a bottle of water… this should NOT be difficult, yet it was. This afternoon, I went to take some photos at the nun chorus rehearsal for the Gibson County Theatre Company production of Sound of Music. I Read More …