Philly Cheese Steaks

We went to Winco a couple of days ago to shop for Christmas Dinner..I was gona get the old standby turkey, but they had prime rib roasts for $2.98 a pound. We we just couldn't pass that up. ( I know I know it's not organic meat)but...$2.98 a pound. Well our Christmas dinner was delicious and we have leftovers and because we like our roast rare to medium rare I was thinking what to do with some of the left overs.....Philly Cheese Steaks yummy. That is what's for lunch with organic soup. By the way we went back to Winco for more prime ribs, even though we have 1/4 of an organic cow in our freezer. Hey it's PRIME RIB need I say more

Winter Wonderland Continued.....

We woke up to more snow...this is so great. I can't belive this is Washington State. Michael took a video of our front yard...

We had to make sure that the birds that we feed were taken care of so Michael made peanut butter and bird seed balls

Winter Wonderland

Wow I haven't blogged in a long time. I guess I have been lazy when it comes to blogging. I have dedicated everyday to Bible Study, no matter how tired or busy I am. Since doing this I can feel God's hand so much more and I have a peace that I have never known before. We finally got our shopping done for Christmas. We did not spend alot for presents this year. I am thankful for that. We have been snowed in since Friday, so I haven't been out of the house. It has been very quite and peaceful, Michael and I have been just hanging out together and loving it... Felt alittle cabin fever today though.

This is Smudge's first snow and I think he liked it I had to get pictures of him in the snow. I live in Southwest Washington and we got 10" of snow this year, it hasn't snowed this much since 1985. We are so loving it. I prayed for this and boy did God answer my prayer. I feel totally Bless and filled with God's Love and Mercy.

Happy Birthday Jesus

Sassy Water

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Sassy Water
2 liters water (about 8 1/2 cups)
1 teaspoon freshly grated ginger
1 medium cucumber. peeled and thinly sliced
1 medium lemon thinly sliced
12 small spearmint leaves
leave overnight to marry flavors
I just ordered the the "Flat Belly diet" I will start after Thanksgiving

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Andrea

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A Time To Harvest

Well the past month and a half I have been harvesting from our little plot (vegetable garden) and from a wonderful CSA called Willow Grove Gardens http://www.localharvest.org/farms/M22195 They are Certified Organic and the vegetables are fabulous. I have been so busy with canning for the winter. So far I have canned: peaches, tomato sauce, green beans, strawberry preserves, and I have frozen apple sauce. I will be canning pears tomorrow :) I am most happy when I am in the kitchen being productive.

Tomato Sauce

Fantastic Green Beans
I will be canning these pears tomorrow

Wonderful Canned Peaches with Rose Water Syrup

Harvest Time

Well I harvested some early potatoes (new potatoes) today. I feel like a real farmer (lol) :P. I am really getting the hang of this vegetable garden thing. Pretty coolI actually love it, being out in the dirt and growing food for my family. I plan to expand the garden next year, and not use a CSA. I have been very busy with this garden and my flower garden.I have been really having a productive summer. I picked some onions a few days ago also, they are drying in the garage. Which smells like onions yum.Michael fixed our fence to the back yard too. It looks great. He is so "Handy" and good with his hands. I just love Him. He's my Honey Bunny.

I have to really start reading this book on Root Cellaring so that I will be able to store our carrots,cabbage,parsnips and so on and so on...

This book shows you how to turn any space into a "root cellar". I will keep you posted :)

It's Been So Long

I haven't blogged for awhile now, I have been bust with the summer and our little garden

We have been harvesting for about 3 weeks now. This is my first garden and it's doing very well. I am so suprised. We have 3 small plots and they are all flourishing. I really wanted to get into gardening now so when we moved to New Hampshire I would be an old hat at it. I boought this book so I could store our bounty for the winter. I am so excited to get started with our "root celler". It will be in our garage. So I will see how well it works.

I canned a some strawberry preserves for the winter and I will be canning some organic peaches on wedenesday and will be getting some pears too. This is the best summer for vegetables, not to hot and no rain. Our CSA is producing very nicely too, our Bounty is Great. I give the harvest to God. He has provided well for us. I rarely go to the supper markets these days, which is a Blessing, the price of food is an outrage.

I am thinking about doing some aromathepay, why not I have a lovely lavender bush in the front yard. So this weekend My Dear Husband Michael and I boiled some down, and I bought the amber bottlesI can't wait to see how well this will work. Busy, Busy, Busy. I love it.

Father's Day

Yesterday we went to Riverside Park for a BBQ and to hang out with the "Kids" Matt, Miasha, Aiden. We had so much fun, we at least I did. I think everyone had a Great time!

We Started Our Organic Garden

The past weekend has been super busy. We started our Organic Garden. We had so much fun. I guess this is considered a kitchen garden. In our yard we have 2 planters that we turn over for vegetables and more herbs.
Michael planted our fruit trees about a month ago.

40 Years Where is the Change?

It has been 40 since Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. Has there really been change? I say no, I can say this because I feel and see discrimination everyday. Why is the Dream dying? I have no answer for this. I know God is love. We were made in his image. What happen to the Loving Giving Trusting hearts?

Michael's Drawing

This Drawing is called Kutenai Duck Hunter

Laundry Soap Making

I tend to make my own laundry s oap. It's quick and easy plus it's about .20 to .30 cents a load.
Here is the recipe. I always triple the recipe, if you don't want to make this a liquid laundry soap ,just omit the water and place in a container.

3 pints water

1/3 bar fels naptha soap, grated

½ cup washing soda

½ cup borax

2 gallon bucket quart hot water

Hot water

Mix fels naptha soap in a saucepan with 3 pints of water and heat on low until dissolved. Stir in washing soda and borax. Stir until thickened, and remove from heat. Add 1-quart hot water to 2-gallon bucket. Add soap mixture, and mix well. Fill bucket with hot water, and mix well. Set aside for 24 hours, or until mixture thickens. Use ½ cup of mixture per load.

Triple the recipe and use ¼ cup concentrate

Use a little as a stain remover it works great. To make this "natural" use a natural soap and the next two ingredients