So as not to overwhelm you in my discussion about peaches, I thought I would share the basic canning peaches recipe today instead of last Friday when it was peach chaos. Of course that peach explosion was nothing like having 100 pounds of peaches sitting in front of you at once. And I promise you […]

When you’ve got tons of peaches and tomatoes…and nearly as many apples to match, this fruit ketchup is a pretty good way to get rid of them fast. It tastes a lot like a sweet and sour sauce, and tastes fantastic on chicken nuggets or chicken burgers…or even french fries. This recipe is a bit […]

Today, I’m excited to bring you some pretty big news. You might remember that I put together a pretty big giveaway event in April of this year, and filled you in on about 50 other giveaway taking place at the same time. It was all part of the Blogmania event and we are doing it […]

The challenge this week from Beth at I Should Be Folding Laundry was “peace”…and I have to say that we don’t have all that much of that around here most of the day. Mackenzie is going 120 mph all day until she passes out, and when she’s not all crazy, it seems like the dog is. […]

Mackenzie is going to be starting pre-kindergarten at the beginning of November (if we get things moving along with the potty training) and we thought she would be ending up in a regular, run of the mill preschool setting down the street from us. We have two kindergartens in our little town, both easily within […]