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Baby Thank You

This past weekend my wonderful friend, Ellie, threw a beautiful baby shower for me up in the cities.  It was a fabulous getaway for me and I was certainly “showered.”  I’ve been in the stamping mood lately so here is a video of a baby card thank you that I put...

Meat and Flowers…

It’s getting close to that time of year again–deer season!  Tony and I depend on him shooting a deer for our “beef” supply all year round.  By this time of year I am usually running low on ground meat, but still have plenty of roasts.  The...

Baby Barlow

We had a big ultrasound today at our 18 week mark.  We figured that if baby Barlow cooperated we would find out the sex.  First I thought it was a girl, then boy, then girl.  Of course after thinking about all the darling skirts and dresses I could make, I was sure it...

I love books!

A new book arrived on my doorstep yesterday!  Handmade Home by Amanda Blake Soule.  This is her second book and she is such an inspiration when it comes to simple homemaking.  She is very creative and does a fabulous job of feeding the imaginations of her 3 children. ...

hmmm…knitting

Because I have been doing a lot of lazy-boy sitting lately, I have been craving a knitting project.  I headed out to a local shop called Athena Fibers on Saturday afternoon with a few ideas in mind.  I picked up a couple beautiful balls of baby yarn, a needle gauge so...

Stocking Up

We lost our crop of beans this year to some hungry critters early this summer at our home garden.  Very disappointing!  However, we also have a garden plot at our church community garden and many of our fellow gardeners needed us to harvest their beans when they were...