Pioneer Woman at Heart

  I'm putting together my barter for my husband's cousin.  She is the one who found me canning lids and had them shipped to my home.  I bought a red plastic basket and found this cute "canning" decor.  She'll get a jar of home canned tomato soup, home canned ketchup, and some other items I haven't yet decided on. There are two brands of whole dried elderberries being recalled, and one is certain batch numbers of organic starwest botanicals.  I received an email, but thankfully it is not the batch I bought. Tuesday was a much less stress over housework kind of day.  So thankful for that.   I had one daughter home early and the other home later.  We moved front porch furniture (some) into storage and hauled the wood we split to the porch.   The chainsaw parts have not arrived yet, and there has been no word on my car (going on week 4 of the car). I haven't found any copies of my "Teabag Tidbits" newsletters.  Yet.  I may hav...

I watched a group of 3 deer cross the road yesterday morning, but they turned back and went back across to the river that runs behind us. Later another group of two crossed. Early morning (which brought us home at noon) one daughter and I took Momma cat and her 2 kittens on a road trip.  We found a Humane Society open that would take them.  I gave them a bag of cat food and wrote out a check.  I'm so glad they took them, as our temps will reach up to 96°F this weekend.  It does anger me that I have to pay to have them get a new home, when they were not our cats and 99% sure dumped here.  I believe in karma for people like that.  Kitty's will have a nice place to stay now until they are adopted. I have a friend who is the wife to a co-worker of my husband, who is so stressed over the possibility of another lockdown (and the recent loss of their long time dog).  I decided to make up a basket of goodies to lift her spirits - 4 pack of KY Bourbon ...

One year the word for the year for me, was "patience."  I even made myself a sign on old barn wood. I won't be making signs for these words, but I think the words for this year are preparedness and giving.  I want to be more prepared for just everything.  For example, I want the deep cleaning completely done, so I can be rested mindfully when the gardening time arrives.  I want to be well stocked with natural remedies, oils, balms and lotions. I also want to have firewood stocked up and other prepared items.  As for giving, I just want to be more giving. I have been asked to make a donation to an auction, that will raise money for a wing to be added to a church for children. I have decided to donate one of the Harley Davidson inspired lapghans.  Value is $45.00.  Harley related items typically auction off at high prices, giving the fundraiser a boost.  The person who asked me, dedicated herself to run the fundraiser for our n...

I spent another hour seeding pods.  Don't worry, I won't be posting this daily, ha ha!  It was a long, quiet day, so I seeded some more.  One daughter, that's in high school, stayed after school for her musical practice and was there until 9pm.  The other daughter babysat for my brother, then had a date (I was the last to know).  So, it was me and the dogs for the day.

I used our library's free interloan program to borrow this book from another library.  It's wonderful!  If you liked Letters from a Woman Homesteader, then you most likely will enjoy this book. It is not full of letters, but journal entries from Mollie Dorsey Sanford, from 1857-1866, while she and her family moved from Indiana to Nebraska and Colorado Territories.

My day was an ordinary day - feed /water animals, can jelly,  housewo rk, laundry etc.  Until the mai l arrive d. Carolyn at Krazo Acres surpri sed me with a jar of home canned Cider Jelly.  Thank you Carolyn!  Th at was a sweet su r prise!

S imply Scrap ~ Scrap Happy Moments ....taking those , somewhat larger scraps of yarn, and putting them to good use. These will be shipped to New Jersey f or those in need.   Thanks to my son an d telling me he saw clumps in t he chicken fee d, we immediately got rid o f it (too late to return it), and started giving the hens apple cider vine gar.  We may still lose one hen, but thank go odness he notice d s omething wro ng with the feed (wor ms, most li kely came off the truck that way). UPDATE:  The hen died. :( T he kids are helping me finish up a few ornaments to put up on my S.C.R.A.P. blog .  My 16 year-o ld put the eyes, nose and buttons on the one I poste d today.   Is it worth it?  You know....those crochet proj e cts you want to sell, but take 3 days to make?  The se ornam e nts take about 2 days to finish ( considering my chores I do in a day), and one day to block.  I'm not sure these are pru d...