Category Archives: Food
Linking It Up
Recently, our family took on many first ventures. We butchered our own hog. We butchered our own goat. Then we made one of my mostest favoritest, deliciouso, perfecto sausages on the planet, LINGUISA! It is really hard to come by … Continue reading
Kayla’s 1st Teenage Birthday
We are officially parents of a teenage young lady, precious, self-driven, Kayla. She has grown so much, not just physically, but emotionally and spiritually. Ray and I are very honored God has entrusted us with her care and upbringing. We … Continue reading
Midwifery
Woohoo! Pepper produced! Around 2pm she was streaming mucous. Karen drove up home from work. Lawn chairs were lined up pen-side. Popcorn was made and brought out. The waiting…waiting…waiting. Why does it always seem forever when a birth is taking … Continue reading
Boy Steps into Young Man
Today was a land mark of maturation for my Andrew. He is all of 9.5 years of age. Only 6 months ago, he refused to participate in the butchering of some ducks, let alone consume them. About 3 months ago, … Continue reading
April’s Fool
Spring officially sprung on March 21st, right? Well, Karen said “God says April Fools!” Why did she say this? It started snowing around 11 am and did not stop until around 5 o’clock! It took a while for the ground … Continue reading
The Other Hand
What are we to do? Save the planet. Buy a stainless water bottle and refill it instead of buying bottled water. Buy organic everything you can. Reduce your “footprint” Recycle everything you can. Save the animals. Become a vegetarian. Don’t … Continue reading
Planning Motivation
I am in need of some get up and go. Our schedule is quickly filling for the year. We have several 4H projects, church and square dancing. I desire to lay out an outline for the year. But to actually … Continue reading
Highlights of Luke
Luke has a few accomplishments and milestones as of late. He is now SEVEN years old. His favorite foods: BBQ chicken and watermelon. His cake is actually slices of watermelon with vanilla orange whipped cream, sprinkled with coconut, and bordered … Continue reading
Mozzarella!!!
I had ventured to make cream cheese. It turned into mozzarella endeavor for the lack of a starter culture. It was so cool to experience the craft of making cheese. It is fresh mozzarella not aged so we able to … Continue reading
Yog(oat)urt
Sometimes, we humans have very irrational fears. My recent fear that I have tackled is…Can you guess?…Making homemade yogurt. Why was I afraid to try this endeavor? I know not. Here, I have these goats producing more milk than we … Continue reading
