Friends in the South

My heart goes out to the families in the Southern US who are trapped at home due to the weather and out of work due to it.r
I pray your warm weather returns soon so your lives have their normalcy back!!

Favorite things Part 2

Oil Lamp

Tin back splash

 Cookbooks

 Buffet 1

Buffet 2

Some of my Favorite Things Part 1

I wanted to share with you some of my favorite things around my home.
I LOVE antiques. I have 2 antique buffets in my kitchen that store my kitchen goods.
I love Pampered Chef cooking tools.
I collect reproduction tin pictures and cans.
I also collect cookbooks. I have many cookbooks that my family no longer wanted and have gifted to me. I have some cookbooks that were my great aunts. My grandfather has a couple of cookbooks that were my grandmother's. I have baskets and recipe boxes full if recipes that have been handed down to me or from recipe exchanges.
In Part 2 I will post some pictures of my treasures.

I encourage you.....

.....to read one another blogs....to  glean from others knowledge.....to know every phase of life you are not alone......to visit places you typically can not go to...to enjoy your few minutes of online time. :)

MLK day

I am enjoying my day having housework done already and thinking of what I will fix for supper. I've been taking notes in my farming notebook for whenever we find the perfect place for us. I found a beautiful home online For Sale By Owner with land and fencing already up. But I know we're not quite financially ready to take the plunge yet.
We're looking for a 4-5 BR 1.5+ BA house with some acreage. I really want a farm house and have found 3 contenders so far. Each home has 20+ acres of pasture and woods. Hubby has promised kiddos if we find a place with enough land we are going to clear an area big enough for a baseball field that won't get in the way of the animals we want. I'm also looking forward to gardening.
I'm also hoping by the time we're ready to purchase a home i'll be able to stay home and not be working part time.

Relaxing Sunday

I was able to sleep in this morning which was rather nice. Hubby started housework which I'm just about finished with. I just need to go take care of our clean laundry when I'm finished with this post.
The boys are waiting for the Denver/New England game to start. When I'm done the things I need to get done I plan on reading my Better Homes and Garden magazine and catch up on reading your blog posts!!
Hubby is refereeing basketball today and I'm sure once he gets home he'll be asked to go plow. We have just over an inch of snow so far. I love lazy Sundays at home!!

A Little Research

I've been researching the how to's of hobby farming.  Seems none of us have farmed before I figure some research may be beneficial. One if the first things I've read was to set goals. I know I definitely want to have a Hobby Farm and start off small. I would like chickens for eggs and meat. I would like to raise pigs and a cow for meat as well as dairy goats. I'd like to have a small garden at first to have some veggies for the family.