tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7380524940780954702012-02-16T09:18:44.747-06:00Adventures in homesteading and family klife in central NebraskaLindaLeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16198194370244854773noreply@blogger.comBlogger101100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-738052494078095470.post-73783512653511554622011-02-08T00:48:00.000-06:002011-02-08T00:48:43.134-06:00

We had a couple of overnight guests this past weekend, and our daughter's friend was very taken with the chickens!

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I've been following the GAPS Diet.  I generally don't feel one bit deprived doing without sugar or grains, but tonight I made the kids whole wheat waffles, and they smelled and looked so good!  (By the way the kids gobbled them up, they tasted great, too.)  I decided I really needed some waffles, so this is what I came up with: GAPS-Friendly Banana Waffles 1 mashed banana 1 egg 1/2 tsp pumpkin

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With the road plowed, the mail came today!  I don't at all mind being snowed in for awhile, but for some reason, the thought of no mail for several days at a stretch makes me feel lonely.  I was so happy to see our mailman's truck pull into the end of the drive, retrieve our outgoing letters, and fill our box with several days' worth of mail before making his "U" turn and heading back to town.  (

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The plow made it through today, so we can go somewhere tomorrow if we'd like.  I don't think we'll actually go anywhere until Sunday Mass, but it's nice to know the option is there! Just how much snow do we have around here?  Well...here's the goat pen: You can see where the goats walked right out of the pen.  I don't blame them!  Their little goat hut is completely buried. Behind this drift

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Today, we took a break from our regularly scheduled science curriculum to get a little owly. First, we read this great book about owls: All About Owls by Jim Arnosky is a great introductory book about owls.  It gives clear, concise information about owls.  The illustrations are engaging and accurate.  It's written so that it appealed to all my kids -- ages 3 to 12 (and I enjoyed it, too).

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On the Death of the BelovedThough we need to weep your loss,You dwell in that safe place in our heartsWhere no storm or night or pain can reach you.Your love was like the dawnBrightening over our lives,Awakening beneath the darkA further adventure of color.The sound of your voiceFound for usA new musicThat brightened everything.Whatever you enfolded in your gazeQuickened in the joy of its being;

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"Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each New Year find you a better man." ~Benjamin Franklin

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"A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take."-- Cardinal MermillodI haven't written for a month because I've lost the one whose place no one else can take. My courageous, strong, intelligent, funny, sweet, loving mom put up a heroic battle against pancreatic cancer. She fought so hard to stay with us as long as she could. Even though she was in a

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Each month, the kids and I pack up some favorite projects and head to a nearby town to visit the residents of an assisted living home. The kids enjoy showing off their latest work, and everyone enjoys a nice visit (and a yummy snack provided by Donna, the cook).The quality of these photos is not very good. I can’t find the battery charger for my digital camera (yikes!), so I had to use my cell

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We've got a family milk cow, so I'm always looking for ways to use the extra milk and to get the most enjoyment from it. When we lived in Omaha and I was doing all I could to feed us a varied diet as inexpensively as possible, I needed to get the most mileage from powdered milk. Here are some really easy homemade dairy products:Cultured Buttermilk:This is so easy! You can buy buttermilk culture

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