Faith ~ Family ~ Outdoor Living
I'm proudly married to my best friend, an active duty US Marine. I'm happily taking care of our homestead and our ever growing entourage of animals. I enjoy writing, reading, cooking, crafting, diy projects, and various outdoor activities. It's all about enjoying the journey of life with my family.
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Our week started out with freezing weather and some snow. It ended with beautiful, warm, sunny days. We headed outside in our summer clothes and had fun working and playing in the warm sun. The yard needed a lot of work due to being neglected all winter long. When you have lots of pine trees, you have lots and lots and lots of pine needles and pine cones to clean up. We’re still not done, but we made a huge dent. I didn’t mind all of the work as it felt wonderful to be out in the warm sun. Ah,…
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This week’s assignment for our online cooking class was Lemon & Rosemary Roast Chicken. We paired it with homemade steak fries and tin foil carrots from the previous lessons. The chicken was absolutely delicious, and D was happy to take the leftovers in his lunch today. We saved the carcass as we’ll be using that in next week’s lesson.
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Our first actual snowfall of the year. It isn’t much, but Munchkin was thrilled to be able to have some snow to play in. Munchkin is thinking about what she wants to make with the snow. She decides to build a snow face. It has many different facial expressions over the time period that she was outside.
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Munchkin and I have been really enjoying the Back to Basics Cooking Class offered by Shelley from One Roast Vegetable. I’m thrilled to announce that she’ll be offering another class this month!! The next 14-week Back to Basics Cooking Class begins March 24th. It’s an online class that takes place in your own home (no traveling!), and you can work at your own pace, so very low stress. Each week you receive a new lesson, and you can follow along with her step-by-step instructions and videos. You’ll learn the basics, like how to make a perfect hard boiled egg, how…
