Click here to download the SCAVENGER HUNT Winter is upon us and it's a good time to gather your family and friends for a scavenger hunt. After that holiday meal make a game of it. Team up and see who can find everything on the list and bring the things back to home base the fastest. Get creative with how you obtain the items; for instance if your neighbor is wearing a great pair of boots, grab your neighbor and drag him along. Just click on the link above and you'll be taken to a new page ... continue reading...
How to Save Tomatoes To Can Spaghetti Sauce At A Later Date
Yes, you read that title right I’m canning my spaghetti sauce in the middle of November. Let me explain, my brother and I both plant a big garden at our homes. He works long hours and is only available to do his canning one day a week. We share a juicer for juicing the tomatoes and I let him use it first and I do my canning later in the season and in this case much later. This year I washed and quartered all my garden tomatoes and dropped them into gallon size freezer bags and put them in the ... continue reading...
How to Cut Down on Heating Costs With A Pellet Stove
Are you and your heat source ready for winter? We’ve made a few changes to the cabin just recently that I’ve been wanting to do forever. I love the warmth of a fire from wood. When I was growing up we alway had a wood burner in our home, and in our last home we had a pellet burner stove. A pellet burner has pros and cons but for us the pros of a pellet burner out weight the cons. We get the warm dry heat like you would from wood. Pellets are pressed sawdust, that look just like ... continue reading...
Over 20 Ideas For Fall Decorating
SUNFLOWER WREATH It’s been beautiful fall weather here in the mitten state so its time for a little fall decorating inside and out. Today I’m sharing some of my favorite ways too decorate for the season along with the Cozy Living gals. Our host Jennifer is kind enough to put it all together for us. You can see the other idea by clicking the links below. I always like to reused the things I have from year to year but try and do something different with them every time. You’ll ... continue reading...
A Day At The Orchard: Apple and Peach Picking
Its apple and peach picking season here in the mitten state. We had one nice sunny day during the week so hubby and I made the trip to the orchard. We primarily went to pick peaches, since my peach tree only produced 3 peaches this year, we had to find another source. I was quite surprised we even got three, with our spring frost, but we did. Hubby and I each had a basket to fill, I think in all we picked 1/2 bushel of peaches and 1/2 bushel of apples. We didn’t intend on ... continue reading...
Fall Decorating Ideas and Inspiration For Outside
Are you doing any fall decorating yet? Or will you be this year? I’ve cut down on the amount I’ll be doing but I wanted to share with you these cute outdoor spaces decorate for fall. I came across these while out today. We have an old building in a town over from me that was converted into an indoor type farmers market years ago. I seldom go there, it’s in a pretty rough neighborhood and I’m not out looking for trouble. But it was daylight and I hadn’t been in the place in over a year so ... continue reading...
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