It’s very cold outside so we’re working indoors today

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Will has started a big project in the basement. It started out that he wanted to build more shelves down the center of the basement to stack my cases of canned food that are...

I hope you all had a wonderful, Happy Thanksgiving

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I know we sure did. Although I was tired from cleaning the house (when I'm seeding various veggies in the living room, everything else is put on hold), as well as cooking the traditional...

A beautiful day, getting ready for a big snowstorm tomorrow

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It doesn't seem possible, with temps in the high forties and the sun shining brightly above, in a blue sky, but yes, they are forecasting a storm warning for us tomorrow. The amounts of...

Winter’s coming like a freight train

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And we're hustling around, trying to get everything done before it hits. Today, Will and Hondo went to Matt's clearcut again and brought home another load of firewood. That pile is getting bigger and...

I’m spending these rainy, cloudy days inside, canning, canning, canning

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I got Sherri's celery all canned up and can just taste cream of celery soup, celery in poultry dressing, celery in stews. Yum! Yesterday was a tomato day as I had four crates and a...