Sunny Saturday

Good afternoon all!! Wow it has been busy here on the farm! 

Got up and made muffins for breakfast, then off to get clothes on the line to dry! 

All the animals fed and taken care of for the day! Then it was time to mow the yard, fix a fence post, remove the pallet beds and level that ground out so we can get a roller tiller in there to work up the garden. 

For lunch we made baked corn muffin dogs and hash browns. Dinner is cooking of spegettie sauce from tomatoes I canned!! I so love that!! 

We also moved the big baby chickens to their new home in the big coop. 

Becky started working on the pool trying to get it all cleaned up and ready for swimming! 

Liz and I came inside to work on moving the living room around and clean under the couches. We also moved my room around so I could have my rocker in there to work on projects! 

It has already been a busy day here on the farm! 

I pray that each of you have had a blessed Saturday!!

Pictures of candles

Here is more of the candles I made today. 

And fresh baked bread! I so love whole wheat!

Good early afternoon all. 

It has been a busy morning around here on the little farm. There was chickens, pigs, goats, horses and dogs to tend to. It rained like crazy here last night so there was ample mud to work past. Inside there was laundry to wash and dry. Floors to sweep and mop! Bathroom to clean, house to dust and storm door to clean! Right now we have a lemon chess pie cooling, bread rising, and I will be working on freezer biscuits after this post. 

I was able to get 10 free candles made up today. All the wax was recycled from other candles, the wicks I buy in a large roll on line for 2.00 and it last forever the tabs are soda bottle tabs and some are reused tabs from other candles. They are scented with imitation vanilla and some are cinnamon. 

So what's up next on the list for the day... Well there is a rug that needs to be finished and two crochet dish cloths that need my attention. Also I would like to cut dish towel dresses out for sewing tomorrow. 

Free to me candles!

This is the dish towel dresses I make and use! They hang nicely on my cabinet.

And last this is my dish cloths. I use them daily and love them also!

My special buy

Today I was blessed to find this beautiful pitcher at a thrift store for only 2.00!! 

We as a family have made the choice to only use glass items for storage and food containers. I needed a few more pitchers for drinks... 

Friday..

Well this morning started out with storms! Thank The Lord all is well. It is still raining here some so that means no hanging of laundry on the line this morning. 

Breakfast was hash browns, sausage and eggs. The day will be one of running around and these are the days I don't like the most. I am such a homebody honestly! Just love being here in my part of the world. But bills have to be paid, and a few store bought groceries have to be taken care of. Thankful we do have a nice hometown grocery store that I do most of my shopping in so at least it's not a huge box store!! 

All the farm animals are doing great and are so growing! It just blesses my heart to set and watch them! There is something about just being.. Just having peace.. I watch the pigs, chickens, goats and horses and you just see how my grandparents lived there lives And I find peace in that. Not the hustle and bustle of the normal life today. 

Once back at the farm there will be afternoon chores to tend to. Also I need to get the work plans for the weekend. We need to get the garden boxes moved and more built. Also a few chicken tractors built for our teen birds. Then there is the goats horse barn that needs to be mucked. Chicken house could use a good spring cleaning. And we have new bathroom flooring that has needed to be put down for sometime. So there is lots to work on! 

I pray that each of you are having a blessed week and remember take time to  do something for another person! It changes their life and yours!!

Finished days work

Well we finished the onions up in the dehydrator. I am so pleased with the turn out. The onions look darker in the picture than in real life but y'all get the just of it. I will take these and grind them up and use them for onion powder. 

Well so far we have the house in order. Freezer biscuits are done and now packaged. Dinner will be a simple meal of turkey chopped up and put into a homemade gravy served over biscuits some vegs and jello for dessert. 

Thought I would show y'all how I save my left over wax to make new candles. I have a old bread box and inside it is baggies as I get candle pieces I just place in the color bag. When I am ready to use I just pull the bag and use replace bag to be filled again. All tabs are saved and placed in a small green cabinet along side of all coke bottle tabs! Wicks I buy in bulk to cut more cost! I also use my strings from feed bags to make wicks just braid them and use as you do store bought! ;0) 

For the budget person I am this is what we do when someone gives us onions that right now we can't use!! I slice them and dehydrate them!! Once they are done we can either blend them up to make onion powder or just leave them to add to soups etc!! And cost was just time and the electric to run the appliance!