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sweet corn coming out of my ears!

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:32:00 GMT

Dad-in-law brought by some dozens of ear of corn. Been cooking them and cutting them off the ears. Been a slow process, with not only my children to referree at times, but also my friend's two boys...

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Made apple pies this weekend

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:13:00 GMT

We had a few cookouts to go to this past weekend. Made a couple of apple pies to take with us. Still need to made some apple pie in a jar. So glad to see so many people enjoyed the recipe! It's a l...

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Apple Pie in a Jar recipe

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:10:00 GMT

Peel and slice any apple you would use in a pie. Pack apples tightly in a quart jar. Make syrup. Pour over apples. Process 20 minutes in hot water bath. (Syrup makes enough for about 7 quarts.) Syr...

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Why we will start school NEXT week!

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:43:00 GMT

Some friends of ours gave us a bunch of peaches, still too green to do anything with yet, and a bunch of apples. Will be making apple pie, my favorite! Also will be making "Apple Pie in a Jar" (app...

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Skunk is permanent resident

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:29:00 GMT

I know I seem to repeating myself, but I still see the skunk around ever so often. The other evening, I took a bowl full of scraps out to the compost pile. Good thing I moved it last year to the ba...

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Been so busy...

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:25:00 GMT

I've been helping a friend of mine out with watching her kids, two or three days a week. 2 more boys in the house! Ages 1 and 2 1/2 years old. Gets real crazy around here. Good thing it's been nic...

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"Our state fair is a great state fair..."

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:49:00 GMT

We had a great time at the fair on Wednesday. The kids were pretty good and seemed to enjoy themselves too. Started the day watching the Farmer's Day Parade. We saw our Uncle Sleepy driving his res...

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State Fair memories and jobs done

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:56:00 GMT

Puttied a few window panes back into their places in the shed, washed some windows, picked beans and tomatoes and cucumbers, went grocery shopping and dropped off the truck to have the front end fi...

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Whew, what a big day!

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 03:45:00 GMT

Cleaned out the shed. No skunk (but lots of skunk poop), but found 3 mice. Live ones. I let everyone around, by my screams, that there were mice around. :) Pulled everything out, swept, threw out t...

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Tried new recipe and organization

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:07:00 GMT

Tomatoes are coming on strong. Gave some away to mom last night. Tried a new recipe for Chicken Zucchini Casserole. It has chicken, zucchini (I used summer squash), carrots, onion, stuffing mix (I ...

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Lots of rain!

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:12:00 GMT

Last evening, the kids and I watered all the veggies, because they looked parched. So we spent about an hour watering it all, giving a good soak. Shouldn't have. Early this morning, the rains came....

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No peaches and skunk's still around

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:54:00 GMT

Well, we didn't get peaches. THey didn't have any, but I did see the local orchard is advertising fresh peaches. Mom-in-law said that they are really expensive though, so I don't know. Saturday, I had...

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peaches?!?

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:18:00 GMT

Dear hubby came home yesterday evening. What a nice surprise! Though the house was far from inviting. Canning stuff everywhere, no iced tea (Aaaaa!---my husband would love it if the iced tea pitche...

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Applesauce

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:39:00 GMT

So far I have 5 quarts of applesauce made. It takes a lot longer for one person to do it all and also the other things that comes with having three boys around, who seem to always be hungry! Hubby ...

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Orange cucumbers?

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:15:00 GMT

Walked around the garden yesterday evening, waiting for hubby to come home, when I looked through my cucumbers and found orange ones. I like to pick them when they are about 4 or 5 inches long, bec...

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