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Electric clothes dryers are wonderful things.  As a “mom of many,” I assure you that I am grateful not to have to hand-wash and hang-dry all of our clothes all the time right now.  I do at least 3 loads of laundry most days (not Sundays) and I can only imagine how much more time […]

You thought you had solved your egg hunt problem, but they are starting to go missing again.  You can’t find any “rogue hens” nesting in the bushes.  What’s going on? Egg Thieves We have 2 big lovable mutts (that scare the pants off strangers and delivery people) that are incurable “egg-sucking dawgs” as country folk […]

If there is one flavor that just about everyone can conjure up a mental memory of, it’s mint.  From candy canes to chewing gum, it’s a popular treat.  Most of us associate mint with freshness and that is why most toothpastes are flavored with it.  The leaves tend to leave a pleasant aftertaste in the […]

Raising rabbits for meat is just about a forgotten hobby these days. Fifty years ago, they were a pretty common part of the food chain and lots of youngsters had a hutch out back.  Until a few years ago, a Boy Scout could earn a merit badge for rabbit-raising.  Even 4-H has relegated rabbits to […]

As one who likes to think through every scenario and plan accordingly, I gravitate towards books that offer mental bones to chew on, even if they are fiction.  Just because something hasn’t happened yet, doesn’t mean that it’s not possible. I enjoyed Lights Out by David Crawford and the Last Light series by Terri Blackstock […]

Apparently, Tractor Supply Company is having an unadvertised sale for preparedness items.  I am a bargain hunter by nature, so I always give at least a glance to the clearance sections of just about anywhere I shop.  Look at some of the fantastic things in the clearance bin now. When the world is a different […]

The internet provides a wonderful encyclopedia of information on every topic imaginable.  I could easily lose hours jumping from one topic to another following links in the sidebars of blogs and news articles.  I frequently download or copy and paste information into “documents” to refer to later.  But have you ever considered what you would […]

You may have guessed from my previous posts that I’m not really the “shrinking violet” type.  I’m not prone to standing up on chairs and shrieking “Eek!” at the sight of a mouse.  But I am prone to diligently eradicating them. We live in an old farmhouse built in stages since 1900.  As is often […]

If you’ve begun to add depth to your pantry, good for you!!  You, no doubt, are feeling an increasing of satisfaction in your growing stores of food.  You are buying at prices you can still afford and while it is available (wheat crops are not doing well this year- buy now!).   It is important to […]

In our age of “modern medicine,” we have come to expect that most every health problem we have should be treated with a pill, procedure, or surgery.  Not only is this very expensive, but it seems that every few weeks another “miracle drug” is recalled and lawsuits pile up when it turns out to be […]