If you read Slobo’s blog, you are probably up to date on our activities this weekend. Me – I post alot less frequently. Still, the news isn’t too old. haha. Slobo got him and the kids a camera that does video. It is so neat. You can take a color sample of an image area [...]

What have I been up to? I found two great web sites created by one great individual, Maggie! Hillbilly Housewife and An Old-Fashioned Education Check them out…. There are great recipes, things to make you smile and lots of support – and best of all – Maggie shares (ALOT)! —- What else is in the [...]

You should see Slobo when he talks. His arms are in a state of constant motion with every word and if you’re lucky you’ll get to see him knock something over when he gets really excited about the topic he is discussing. When he talks on the telephone, he paces, constantly. It’s as if he [...]

Want to buy something for the holidays? Check out the search engine that searches a database of USA made products first. With over 7 million Made in China products recalled in just the last few weeks because of lead contamination and other hazardous materials maybe it’s time we support U.S. manufacturers – you know – [...]

Trackstar 4 Teachers Org. has thousands of lesson plans that are searchable by grade levels and subject. For example, I know we will be discussing American History this year up to 1860. So, I can line up lesson plans that have been rated by other teachers. Many go to alot of interesting websites to further [...]

Today our son turns 8! Time has flown by so fast. J2 was born beet red, kicking and screaming (which he didn’t stop until he was 6 months old). He would cry until 4 in the morning. For the first 6 months, he and I slept in a rocking chair in the living room so [...]

Sorry for the lack of posting this week. The kids and I have been sick all week. In spite of it, tho, I’ve managed to get some more canning done. This is probably the first August in Georgia it has felt good to work in a steamy kitchen. I’ve canned 4 more lbs of pinto [...]

One of the neat perks of doing paid posts is you get freebies every now and then if you are willing to do a review of the company’s product. A few weeks ago, I was selected to do a review for some custom wooden blinds. That was awesome, as we needed a blind for our [...]

Peaches and Muscadines from Collins’ Brothers. Pears from Grier Farms We got up early and went to our county and state farmer’s markets on Saturday. The farmers from our local county are really hurting with the drought. One had a sign up saying “No rain – No Tomatoes!”. As for the State Farmer’s Market, I [...]

No matter what side of the fence you are on about the war, our heroes NEED US to provide them with the comforts we would afford our own family members. Often, as with anyone facing serious medical care, kindness, love and hope can be some of the best medicine! Soldier’s Angels’ send out an urgent [...]

One of my jobs in my past life was Senior Systems Programmer/Analyst. I had to perform the nightly, weekly and monthly backups for different companies and store that information offsite. In those days, ugh just 10-15 years ago, we used Mag tapes and cartridge tapes. Nowadays, users can fit as much on a little stick! [...]

Cellfish is a really neat program. Slobo was updating his blackberry last night and showed me how easy it is use Cellfish to download and upload images for other cell phone users. Everytime we go to my mom’s, she is always asking for help about how to get an image on or off her cellphone [...]

Tomato and Green Chile Salsa (Watch out for those horny tomatoes) Yes, we wrestled the traffic, the bugs, and the boiling 50 lb. pots and now have….. drumroll 11 3/4 pints of Salsa 4 lbs. frozen Kentucky Wonder Beans and 9 quarts of Tomato Ketchup Yes, it is the Weekend Canning Update…. Nothing as exciting [...]

This morning I received my login for the USDA site (basically a customizable portal for thier site). It aided me in finding egg prices tho. The USDA does publish a weekly egg price report. One that came out just yesterday shows: Large, Grade A For Southeast – They report wholesaler prices at .97 a dozen [...]

Tonight, while searching for canning recipes (yep, tommorrow I cook and can woohoo), I started searching the US Dept. of Ag for canning info – one link lead to another and I found myself at the USDA Economics Research Service. Okay, being a 70′s child, I was intrigued when I saw the word Farmgate. Did [...]

We just got back from the County Extension Office and I love those ladies over there! They are so helpful!!! The Brandywines’ – one thought cat facing but the other said, nope, that Brandywine Heirlooms have that scarring – it’s typical with the variety. Being heirlooms, they aren’t as resistant as the Better Boys, but [...]

Slobo and our middle son are crazy over hot sauce. I found this recipe for a canned hot sauce at the University of Georgia’s National Center for Food Preservation. Now, all I need is for those peppers to ripen close enough together so I can use them right away. With the heat this week, maybe [...]

As promised, tho a week late, are the pictures of the garden so far. With a heat index above 100 all this week, it was a good time to take pictures, since outdoor work is prohibitive for lengths of time. Last week, blight, bugs and drought related problems began rearing their ugly heads. Serrano’s have [...]

The last scary movie that I watched was probably one of the famed Jason movies. When I was a teenager, living in the security of my parent’s home, I had no problem with scary books, stories, or movies. But since growing up and moving away from home, tho, I can’t take scary movies. It’s hard [...]

Over the last year, Slobo has been changing our insurance company from State Farm to Geico. This all started over 4 years ago when we traded in our Van for the GMC Envoy. We had just switched homeowner’s insurance. Actually, the house I owned, I sold and the house he bought, he decided not to [...]