It's been crazy busy around here.  I cooked a meal and delivered it to a family friend who had foot surgery, and we had to drive 3 hou...

  Although we had a good amount of sunshine, it was still cold yesterday.  I donned my full body winter wear and headed to the coop with tre...

My husband has not had the energy to return to work, so today I will be brewing up some medicinal teas, and making sure we get outside for f...

  A big thank you to Vicki at Mom's Scribbles .  Your help was much needed.  We are in the works getting meals delivered from the local ...

My husband surprised me by getting off work early.  We took the hot rod out and visited Mom and took her dinner. My younger brother was ther...

  I dehydrated more rosemary, froze more mad hatter hot peppers, cleaned up the kitchen, and other housework.  My husband finally mounted th...

  I dehydrated more sage and rosemary, and started a sage tincture. Daughter K did a door dash for her sister.  We sent a lawn chair (fresh ...

Monday was a busy day for sure.  I called Daughter E to ask if the homemade ginger-ale I delivered was helping with her nausea.  She has los...

  We had a beautiful sunrise Sunday morning.  After shopping for Mom and Daughter E (and door dashing), we retired at the house with playing...

  I spent Friday cleaning, washing laundry, tidying up, and sanitizing. It was a great day to dry laundry outside on the line.  Pretty windy...

  Conversation with my husband.... "Hey, Mom gave me her set of red glass dishes to put in the glass door hutch.  In order to do that w...

I found a recipe I lost once, but lost it again before trying it.  Urgh.  All I can remember is that it contained tomatoes, was baked and ha...

  Our weather continues to swelter us.  The storms continue, so weeding is not happening yet again today. The world has gone mad (again).  D...

  Daughter E moved out.  She will be back next week to clean up the remainder of what she left (but I'm insisting it all goes with her)....

The bad: I heard that Hobby Lobby is closing all their stores for good, due to government mandate involving health insurance and their belie...

  I saw this at the store and thought, why not give it a try.  I mean it can't hurt to try.  Not sure if it will really elevate my mood ...

About mid-morning yesterday, it snowed. Yes, that's right.  Snow.  Cold and snow.   I found out yesterday, that due to the restrictions ...

I sent an email to Ball canning supplies.  It was pretty much a generic answer.  It listed all the stores they sell them in, which I already...