Check here often to see what's happening at the ole homestead. Don't expect nothing to exciting. We're pretty laid back:)
Luke made the neatest seed saver. It drys seed in a day rather than 2 weeks!
Bryce's Team, Airtex took second place in the tournament. They played so good!
Carol and Doug brought us back a souvineir from their canoeing trip. A really wild looking crawdad for the aquarium!
Is everyone doing those internet hot deals? I have probably gotten $400.00 worth of stuff lately for hardly nothing!
Did a mini-free spree. $76.00 worth of groceries. Paid $2.17. Refund checks this month totaled $169.00.
Enrolled in school to get my second college degree As if my life wasnt busy enough!
Canned a bunch of V-5. Thats the podunk version of V-8. No one wanted beets, watercress and spinach in their juice.
After borrowing everyone in town's scanner, I finally got Luke and Les's picts scanned. Thanks to Trena for doing this!
Carol's boys got her the internet for her birthday. I see a lot of good deal swapping coming.
Have 4 new chicks. The others didnt hatch. We think it was because of the heat from the canning. We have a new batch on.
Traded rabbits with Shelly for a while. We wont even discuss how that turned out: )
Still Canning and freezing. Put up 60 more quarts of beans and a bunch of stock.
Finally got the film out of the camera and got it sent off. Look for a bunch of pictures soon!
Elderberries and blackberries are almost ready. Can you say homemade wine?
Andy has acquired another truck for his collection. This one makes all the others look good!
Luke's sister Kay found us an incubator and we are anxiously awaiting the hatching of the 25 chicken and 13 Turkey eggs we have in it!
I took all kinds of pictures for the page and the camera just quit. The film is stuck and there is no way to manually remove it. So pictures will be a little delayed.
The tiny fish we caught in our casting net (carp, bluegill, bullheads) and threw in the aquarium are thriving! So is the turtle Teresa found at the river.
The 4th of July party was a success. We played basketball, baseball, volleyball, washers and horseshoes to work off all that good food! The highlight of the evening was Luke getting us all stuck in the backwater.
The garden is in full force. The minute I get caught up on canning - its time to pick again. All that food put up is wonderful though!
Learned to can. I put up 27 quarts green beans, 8 quarts dill pickles, 10
pints bread and butter spears, 16 quarts spicy tomato/potato soup and 10
pints vegetable soup. Also refrigerator pickles, pickled eggs and pickled hotdogs. A big thanks to Carol, Pam and the discussion groups. They were such a help!
If the rain doesnt let up we'll be boating to town soon!
Had my first problem with my baby (Beauregard, the Pekininese). He stayed out all night. I was so worried. Turns out he was locked up in Murph's bargain barn!
Carol and I have been getting tons of those free M & M's and Whiskas Cat Food. I dont have a cat but Beuregard Loves It!
We've really been enjoying that smoker. Im really impressed with it.
Went on another free spree. The total before coupons was 220.00. The total after coupons was 3.58. I'm already working on my next one!
Won a couple of awards on our webpage and topped 1000 on the visitor counter. Im so excited!
Got some new wildlife. A buck, doe and a baby rabbit. Too Cute!
Bryce got his first double at his ball game!
Nanny is beginning to show.
Shelly made an rare appearance! Try to come out a little more often ok?
Les of course misses me so much he cant stay away!
Got the trailer that we are hooking on to ours moved home.
We all went to the saddle club to watch Andy break his new horse George. We think George broke him instead.
We have a new colt. She is a medicine hat. Pictures will follow soon.
Got 70.00 worth of groceries in town. We get 85.00 back in refunds on it. So we made 15.00 to bring it all home.
We've been enjoying watching Les and James use their new toy. Its a funnel with a shut off valve that holds two beers. My dogs are still recovering from the peach schnapps they injested on these two's last visit.
The turkey's and the chickens have both went to sitting. We'll have lots of chicks for Bailey to play with.
Murph managed to pull Willie home after his truck broke down without tipping him over this time!
We've been sprucing the ole homestead up. Luke's been building a deer/fish cleaning station, flower fences, lawn furniture etc and I've painted everything in site.
Luke's about got our smoker (complete with a rotisierre thanks to Danny) ready for our big Fourth of July celebration
Bailey brought home a turtle from the river for our aquarium. Too cute!
Nanny has a new friend - Billy. She is due in september.
The garden is finally planted. We planted 7 100 ft rows of beans, 11 rows of corn, okra, asparagus, coffee, sunflowers, potatoes, red onions, vidalia onions, lima beans, luffa sponge gourds, pumpkins, canteloupe, watermelon, cucumbers, carrots, radishes, turnips, popcorn, cabbage, lettuce and cauliflower and 127 tomato plants.I'll be canning all summer! Im glad Carol volunteered to help!
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