Sunday, January 1, 2012

Home Remedies

 
Welcome to the "Home Remedies" Link.
I have loved learning about, exploring and experimenting with Home Remedies.  I have found that home remedies are a better alternative to Pharmaceutical medicine for our family.   I am adding to this list all the time.  I also have some home remedies for cleaning.  Hopefully you will find something that works for you.  Give one of them a try.


For Cold and Flue
15 Home Remedies for Cold and Flue Season
Chicken Soup for Cold and Flu
Garlic for Healing
Ginger Tea
Ginger Tonic
Honey and Cinnamon
Honey and Lemon Cold Remedy
Goot Ointment

Cleaning Solutions
Cleaning Silver: Homemade Remedy
How to De-Skunk Your Dog


Building the Immune System
Better "Better Butter"
Ginger Tea
Ginger Tonic
Honey and Cinnamon

For Bladder Infections
coming soon





















Homemade

Crafts and More


Welcome to the "Homemade" Link.
Here you will find a table of contents  to a variety of crafts and homemade items.  It may be a bit unconventional, but I have arranged the crafts into months and linked them in the month that seemed like a good place to find them....One of these days, perhaps I will organize them better, but in the mean time; there they are. There is also some links to some of our parties we have had, as well as some everyday homemade links.  Some of my older posts are not always the best of pictures... I have gotten a little better at that as I have grown with my blog, but perhaps they will be fun to look at anyway.


My Homemade Board on Pinterest
My Craft and DIY Board on Pinterest

                                                                                                                                         
March   

April


June

Everyday

Sunday, December 25, 2011

Friday, December 23, 2011

A White Christmas


It looks as if we are going to have a "White Christmas" this year.  Even if it doesn't actually snow "on" Christmas, we have had enough snow in the last 4 days to last us through January.  We started with about a foot  of snow that we got in a storm several days ago, and then got almost two feet yesterday, those two together along with the drifts have left us looking like the North Pole... or so it seems to me... and I think I heard the chickens saying the same thing yesterday when I was trying to dig them a hole in the snow so they could breathe.

Here is the chicken house.... can you see it?  exactly... neither can I.

"Whats that you you say?  The chicken house has has disappeared?"

 "There's no need to fear...."

 "Super Shorts is here"


"Faster than the speed of light"


 "Capable of digging holes through snow in a moments notice."


 "With just a little help from a friend of course"

Look at those hairy knees.  Yes, throwing on the woolen underwear one minute, and shorts with snow boots the next... its definitely Colorado.
 "Don't listen to "Sir Galahad" over there... He is trying to take the credit for the emancipation of the little ladies...."
"Bok, Bok" 



"Is it Christmas yet? Bok, Bok".



"No not yet dear... b, bok, bok."


 "You ladies look smart now..."

 "It was nothin, nothin at all."

 Steve and a couple of our neighbors have been clearing snow with v plows and the backhoe.

 I have been warm and cozy inside baking and making little gifts and getting ready for a cookie exchange... which got canceled.... because of the snow... of course.

 This has been my fun little project this year:  Paper Bag Scrapbooks.

 You use paperbags folded in half; then glue scrapbook paper to each page, or use one sheet to connect the pages.  There are a variety of ways to bind them together, but I did mine by pasting one sheet of scrapbook paper on two pages.

 Half of the pages will be the open mouth of the bag, which provides a delightful little envelope to put more scrape book sliding pages in.. or anything you would like, such as pictures, christmas cards and recipes.
 Decorate the sliding pages so that the outer edge of it is cute, because it sticks out and adds to the  decorations.

 My daughter Marie was given a paper bag scrapbook for a baby shower gift decorated with the theme of her baby room.  It was adorable;  I have wanted to make one ever since I saw it.


You can see the sliding page sticking out to the right, which is decorated with paper and ribbon.
This was fun.  I made them for my friends for Christmas.  They were almost nothing in cost.

Hope you are having a delightful week as you have been preparing for Christmas with your families.


Much Love, 
Pam

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

The Nutcracker and an Anniversary Get Away


Steve and I got in on the Black Friday specials this year... we found a 2 day get away in Colorado Springs for $45.00 a night... which included breakfast.  We feel as if we got a lot better deal than all those shoppers who stayed up all night.

This was our anniversary present to each other.... not Hawaii yet;an appetizer for next year.. right? It was a nice, much needed,  restful 2 days for us.  We left on Friday and returned on Sunday.

Friday night we went to the Nutcracker Ballet, which was a first for me; I have never been before... I feel as if I have been missing out on a lovely tradition all these years.  It was a delightful evening.  Three special little girls who are the daughters of our friends were in the  ballet, which was what made it the most wonderful of all.   Not only that, but we bought  the tickets at the last minute, but ended up with seats right behind our friends and their family, out of a crowd of so many, that was remarkable.  With that joy to launch us, the Christmas Spirit is rising in us now, and I feel the desire to get the tree out and decorate it tomorrow... if Steve and I can figure out how to get the tree out of the attic now that Steve is "out of sorts". Steve doesn't even think Eddie can extract that tree this time, so we might have to get our neighbor to come over and help.  Hope you have a wonderful week everyone.  I pray the delights that belong to the Christmas Season  be yours.

Blessings, Pam

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Enter His Gates with Thanksgiving


I have been praying this week that the Lord would help me make our Thanksgiving Holiday a special one.  I have found it a little harder to get my enthusiasm up this year.  Perhaps it is just because I am tired, and have had a hard time getting back into my strength.  On Monday, I went to a luncheon at my friend Ava's house, where we had a wonderful surprise party for our friend Roxy, whose birthday is this week. Without doubt Roxy was surprised and blessed, and I was blessed as well.  It was just the thing my heart needed to build some enthusiasm and delight for the week.  I think my tank was filled back up, and Ava's hospitality restored my own sense of hospitality.  After the party I went to Hobby Lobby and found a few Thanksgiving flowers and Decorative Pumpkins for 90% off  original prices(that's always fun) and have spent the last two days cleaning, polishing silver, setting the table and decorating.   We will have Luke, Eddie, Olga, our friends Roxy and Danny , and Steve's Mom with us this year. Russ won't be able to come home this year, so he will be missed.  Now all is ready except the Turkey and fixins.  I thought I would recap the joys of these last few weeks as my own little "Blogging Thanksgiving Celebration", and enter the gates of our precious Heavenly Father with Thanksgiving and praise for all the blessings in my life, and with gratitude that he has blessed our lives and our Country with such bounty and goodness.



Enter His gates with thanksgiving And His courts with praise. Give thanks to Him, bless His name.
 Psalm 100:4


I am thankful for.........
pretty table decorations and...
 polished silverware

Roxy's Birthday 
Old friends (Me on left, then Missy, Amy, Roxy, Lynn, Kathy and Ava on right)

 Missy's wonderful spice cake


Ava's pretty table


My precious Grandson Zane

and
Little  Ezra 

Another precious grandson; driving Grandpa's Backhoe (with a little help from Mom and Dad)




Visiting "Focus on the Family"

With precious Grandsons and...

Old family friends,
(sorry its a blurry one Danielle) 

 Delightful,  golden, autumn days with adorable babies..

Beautiful daughters and daughter in laws,

 and sons and son's in laws
and little Elon
and little Asher and ponies and good friends

And  my gorgeous, man, doing well, recovering and healthy.... thank you Lord;
And for celebrating 32 years of marriage with him tomorrow.... it is definitely Thanksgiving.


My daughter Marie and her hubby Jon are celebrating their anniversary tomorrow also.
Happy Anniversary Steve and Jon and Marie!

Have a blessed Holiday Everyone!