Country Wining and Dining

This week, I’m taking a look at Chapter 6 of Farm Anatomy: The Curious Parts and Pieces of Country Life.  Chapter 6 is all about Country Wining and Dining.  Needless to say, I was super excited about this chapter because I love to cook myself (as long as I don’t have to clean up afterwards). …

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Asian Drama Addict

Those of you who follow me on Twitter might have noticed my posts lately about Boys Before Flowers.  It is based on Japanese shōjo manga series, Boys Over Flowers, written by Yoko Kamio. The Korean series, that I watched, is actually the fifth television adaptation of the manga – but from reviews I have seen…

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Fabric Stash

As many of you know from my recent posts, I am working on a Crazy Quilt and a Dear Jane quilt to help use up some of the fabric scraps in my stash.  But just because I’m using up some of my fabric doesn’t mean that I don’t have a lot more to use. I’m…

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Separating the Sheep from the Goats

This week, we’re going to cover Chapter #5 of Julia Rothman’s book, Farm Anatomy.  It is, at 64 pages, the longest chapter in the book.  This chapter is all about animals, covering: animal terms parts of a rooster comb styles chicken breeds fresh eggs duck and goose breeds heritage turkeys parts of a beef animal…

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Young Farmers Conference 2012

Matt & I went to the 2012 Indiana Farm Bureau Young Farmer’s Conference in Indianapolis last weekend.  It was a lot of fun!  This year was another record breaking year for the conference with 631 registered attendees and 100+ kids. The conference started on Friday night with fun and games.  There was a cornhole (bean…

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Fashion Friday – Love Edition

With Valentine’s Day drawing near, this month’s Fashion Friday is going to focus on things to wear when you go out.  Whether you’re single and looking, dating, or already married –I’m sure you’re making plans for Valentine’s. Here at my house, we don’t go out to eat very often.  Things like that cost money, and…

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