Pioneer Woman at Heart

  Before (after the initial before ha ha) At the end of the day.  The kids even spilled an oil lamp on this table. I am sure if you have followed my blog over the years, you will see me post about my long and forgotten and most collected/printed recipes to try.  Ha ha!  Two made it to the Christmas binder and two to the trash.  Not sure if I want to go thru the entire pile just yet. The table was worse than the above photo.  I had drawers from the breakfast bar, lots of tools, and other stuff.  It's winding down to outlet covers (will get replaced), crocheted item price tags, jar of buttons, dental papers, plant pots that had plants that died and what not. The table is 24 years old.  It needs refinished.  It has permanent paint marks from the kids, and a few holes from hammering boy scout derby cars on it.  I will clean it up and most likely put a tablecloth on it for now. My new file folder for the computer/bill paying station.  I ...

  My jars finally arrived.  These are different, but perfect for my homemade salves.  I had plans to make one this week, but wow, my house is in a work of progress right now. One complete box of donations left the kitchen floor.  It's one less box and one more step towards an organized house. I'm feeling slightly better, but I picked up some lemons to add to my ginger root tea.  I'd like nothing other, than to sit and crochet today. My chicken sitter stopped by and we paid him.  He is also our handy man, so we may be paying him to remove all the upstairs carpet soon.  There is no question that the carpet has to go.  We have no plans for the upstairs, other than we may need to paint the floor with kilz (for now, due to the animals ruining the carpet up there).  Daughter K had 2 dogs, a cat and a rabbit up there. It looks like rain is moving in, so that changes the outdoor to-do list.  As far as the indoor to-do list, it is long right now....

  Woke up to fog.  The weather today is high of 51°F.  No rain until tomorrow, so the chicken coop just might get cleaned today.  As you can see in the upper part of the photo, the Christmas lights are still up (but off).  I may just get those down and put away as the weather is nicer. The living room floor has been cleared of boxes, styrofoam, window screens, and whatnot.  The breakfast bar has finally been moved from kitchen to living room, and the new plant stands have been put together for Mom's plants.  It's early, so hence the dark photo, but will try and get a day time photo for you. The stands hold all but Mom's cactus.  It is blooming again.  I need to figure out a place for that.  I also need to re-pot it.  The cactus is still in the container that it came in (how it was at Mom's house).  I will need to contact a friend to make sure I get the correct soil, and I will need a new pot for it. We have no end tables or lam...

  Well folks, I have not been on an antibiotic for almost 2 years or longer.  They asked me what I was able to take and could not remember, other than I cannot take the z-pac.   Now I am having other issues, despite eating the BRAT diet, so a call is getting placed to the doctor this morning.  Not sure what he can do, other than change the antibiotic and take another route.   I'm just not taking chances for things to go south, like they did with the z-pac (put me in the hospital for 14 days). I am eating my yogurt and taking a prebiotic, but it's not helping.  My cough is a bit better, but we are also going to seek out a different prescribed cough syrup. In the meantime, I got plenty of rest last night.  I went to bed at 6pm and didn't get up until 7am this morning. I'm still dealing with fatigue. I haven't felt like crocheting, reading a book....nothing. It's foggy here and predicted to reach up into the 60's.  Crazy. I remembered a fam...

  I wish I could say we rang in the new year healthy.  After being in bed for 3 days, because the body aches and fatigue (and fever) were miserable, my husband drove me to an urgent care. Negative for covid, but had all the symptoms.  I was diagnosed with a sinus infection.  It is the worst one I have ever had.  We've been so careful with germs and staying away from large groups, so this was a huge surprise. Rest, liquids....you know all the doctors orders.   I hope to be back to blogging soon.

  We had a beautiful sunrise the other day, and I could not help myself, but to take some photos.  There is still snow on our porch. I had plans to take our outside Christmas lights down today, but that is not happening.  I have come down with a sickness, and of course all of our covid tests at home have expired. I'm doing all I can do from home - mullein tea, eucalyptus/oil rub, 4 thieves, humidifier, diffuser, etc etc.  I really want some homemade ginger ale, but I have zero energy to make it.  I feel like someone beat me up, and the cough is horrible.  So far, no fever. Not sure if I picked it up while out shopping, or have been over doing things here at the house.  I'll be taking a blog break to heal up and get over this, whatever it is.  The weather isn't helping either.  The frigid temps that we just had are now changing to the 50's with rain.

  Not that I need another project right now, but I returned the coat for a smaller size and ended up with a green colored coat.  The above yarn matches it the best, so I stopped at JoAnn Fabrics and picked up some faux fur pom poms.  The smallest I could get was medium, but they were on sale 40% off.   The pom pom is a tad too big for my liking, but it will work.  Regular price for one medium was $2.99.  I paid $1.79.  I feel it would less expensive to buy 12 or 24 for selling hats less expensive.  I am looking at some on Amazon that would make a 24 lot about $.70/each. Question:  If you crochet/knit and use these faux fur pom's, where is the best place to purchase a set of them online?   I looked up the one I purchased at JoAnn's , and it says Medium, 4 x 4 inch.  I think I would like smaller ones. I won't start a new hat right now, but put it all in a bag, for working on when we have longer car trips, like to the cemete...