The ol' homestead

Good Morning all. I hope you have had a great week. Frontier Man and I had a nice productive week-end and it was one of the rare Saturdays where we chose to stay home instead of grocery/errand shop. So instead we were able to get some things done around the place.... such as this: 

Stripping this dead cedar tree for a bottle tree I have been wanting for a long time ( I've been doing my best on emptying the wine from the bottles for it!)

and we planted a catalpa tree too. And when we were all done for the day we headed down to the woods for a wiener roast with Little Miss. Nothin like a good blackened hot dog.... really.

I have been busy with all those pears and have finished the first bushel. I am taking a break and hopefully will be able to do a second batch but here is some of the jam and butter I made with the first.

I have had a few ask what has happened to the "Menu of the Week" and I can assure you that I am still making my menu each week but because of busyness have just failed to post it. Here is the menu for this week though. Lately I have been waiting to see what is on sale and then make my menu over the week-end to accomodate what I purchase. Remember we have to be frugal and wise in our menu making.... especially right now because of the higher costs of groceries.

Big Miss invited Little Miss and myself last week to her college for one of her club meetings of the deaf/hearing. So Little Miss and I took a day off school and had a "field trip" to college. We really soaked in the deaf culture and was was greeted by some of the funniest/friendliest folks there, we visited with hearing as well as deaf and were so grateful for their patience and understanding. We shared some fresh bread and jam and they were so grateful and appreciative. We can't wait to visit again.

Big Miss is excited this week as her car is in the paintshop getting some new paint and it will be out this week and she will be sporting a nice shiny car! (still black, just without leopard spots now)

Little Miss and I have been on the solar system and we were loaned this neat inflatable set that we are enjoying. It is hanging from our living room. The sun has a leak and stays wilted, saturn keeps falling and everyone keeps bumping into the earth! Our galaxy has got some problems, I tell ya.

If you haven't noticed, the holidays seem to be creeping up. Soon, Thanksgiving and Christmas will be upon us. I was thinking that we have a new baby in our family this year and that means we have to get him a stocking made up soon. Do you hear Grand-Doll folks? We have to pick some special fabric out soon.

I have also been working on a fun cute project for Grand-Doll for Christmas and can't wait to share with you all some pictures when I get a little further along.

I thought you might like to see how big the turkeys are now...

Til next time, I hope you all have a great week!