New For The Garden

Sunset's Container Gardening Book, Gayla Trail's Easy Growing Book,
and Pretty Gardening Gloves

Look what great goodies I got for Christmas; two books to read while I'm waiting for planting season and gardening gloves!! 

Until next time,
May all your gardening adventures be a blessing!

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"While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease." Genesis 8:22

Merry Christmas In The Kitchen!

I am so excited!!! Santa brought me some great stuff for Christmas. Santa being my dear mother. She is the absolute best!!! Thanks Mom!!!

All of these didn't come from her, just the Hamilton Beach crock pot, lidded storage containers, breakfast in bed tray and sun light. I was also fortunate enough to receive other great gadgets from her but those aren't really kitchen related so I didn't include them. Each of the smaller items came from one of the children and the West Bend Cooker came from my dad.

Oh the fun of the holidays!!! Leading up to the gift exchange date our lives revolve around finding those special items that we have carefully picked out to give to others. But when that day comes, after our loved ones have opened and expressed their joy at the thought you put into their gift, and it's now your turn to see what goodies are in store for you.... Oh the joy of practical things!!! I love it. Lol

Of course it does help when you have kept a list of things that you are looking for in the stores and haven't yet found. That list really does come in handy when someone asks you what you want and your mind is blank for ideas.

I'll fill you in on how cool (or not) each item is as I have a chance to use them. Stay tuned for "Kitchen Gadget Reviews". Lol, perhaps I should start a YouTube channel.

Il Mulino ramekins, Anchor glass storage containers,

Rubbermaid food storage containers, Hamilton Beach slow cooker,

Olde Thompson salt and pepper grinder, decorative dish towel,
cutting boards

West Bend 6Qt Cooker, Sunlight Desk Lamp, Breakfast in Bed Tray,
Covered Casserole Dish

Tell me what cool stuff you got. :D

Book Binding

We have this great book on sewn book bindings and another great book that has many ideas for making small, fancy books. I would like to use these resources to make some gifts for family and friends during our weekly craft time.

Sissy's Special Birthday Day

Here are the fun things that Sissy and I did for her birthday.

She wanted to have a home-made breakfast of pancakes and strawberry syrup. So I made cinnamon pancakes for Sissy and banana pancakes for the other children. Here is Curly giving Sissy her gift.

 Here is what was in the box, a silver and amethyst ring I made for her.

Then it was off to get her nails done at the local nail place.

We went clothes shopping next but I didn't get any pictures.

Hunger made us stop for a bite to eat. She wanted a cheese steak and ice cream shake from Grace's but they were closed. So I suggested my favorite sub shop in town, Frank's on the square. The sandwiches were sssoooo good. I'm half glad Grace's was closed.

Then we did more clothes shopping and again, didn't take any pictures.

At 3 o'clock we had an appointment at the photography studio. The pictures really turned out well.

Then it was home for dinner and root beer floats.

Sissy says she had a lot of fun for her special birthday day. I can't wait to see what she plans for next year.

Gifts For The Children

Here is another Christmas Update. I love hand-made gifts and this past Christmas we had a lot of them. Here are some of the little things that I made for the children:

There are some fabric balls, rolled linen dolls and some needle books with coordinating draw string bags. I had a blast making these for the kids. I'll be making more!

Christmas Update ~ Shaving Set ~

I wanted to have an old time, hand made Christmas. So, just after Thanksgiving, I had my husband give me a list. (I already knew what I wanted to make and get for the children.) The very first thing on his list was a shaving mug and brush set.

If you know my husband, you probably fell out of your chair just now. So I'll give you a moment to read that last part again. For those that don't know my husband, he is a very "tech" kind of guy. He usually wants very industrial styled things that I know nothing about. For him to ask for an "old timey" thing was such a pleasant surprise.

So, I was thrilled with this first item and went on a search to find a nice set. I asked a friend of mine, who makes soaps, if she sold shaving sets. Unfortunately she said "no". She does, however, sell soaps that are very nice for that sort of thing. We've already been using her soaps, so I can vouch for how nice they are. Check out her hand made soaps at:

Meadowmint Soaps

 

Soap alone doesn't make for a nice shaving set, so my search continued.

 

Finally, I found the perfect thing. A set that includes a mug, brush and hand made soap.

 

Cool Citrus Basil BBW (type) Scent Men's Shaving Soap made with Goats Milk, includes Mug and Free Boar Hair Brush Set

BaierBodyBoutique (an Etsy shop)

 

 It took a good deal of time to track it down, but now that I have, I'm glad that I did. He loved it!

 

Of course I have to mention that I got a little treat myself from the shop owner. She sent along a free sample of Lavender. Thanks Mildred!!! We'll be back for more. :)