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Hubby tested positive for strep on Friday, my throat started hurting on Sat but not as bad as last time we got strep. I gargled with warm salt water and that seems to have helped. We, the whole family, have been sick with a cold for probably 3 weeks now, just passing it back and forth. I took...

Happy valentine's day! Spent over an hour this morning in the orchard with kid 1 & kid 2. I pulled weeds around a tree and then covered with compost/mulch. I added some daffodil bulbs, should have planted them a month ago but at least they are in the ground now. Only got to 4 trees before the...

I think I'm going to get loquats this year!! And one of my irises is blooming!

I'm pretty sure once the kids hit mid grade school, I will end up the shortest one in the house. Hubby is tall, kid 1 is already tall, kid 2 might end up average height, and kid 3 has a long torso. At least I'll be able to walk under the upper cabinets they bang into..

The opening to the hallway was cut in, all flooring and the vanity was removed from the bathroom. Hubby sprayed some bleach around and has been letting it dry out. He put up a baby gate across the hallway opening but not the original doorway. Kids have been mostly good about staying away. Hubby...

Yup, he's planning to use the plywood that has the tongue and groove thingy so it locks together and is stronger. I think we'll be able to make a bunch of changes so the whole layout is better. I want him to take a chunk of the closet from the two bedrooms off the hallway and create a linen...

Yeah, it was 5 years ago now, we moved in right around Halloween 2020. Hubby traded work with a friend who does fences and gates, we should be finally getting our front fence this month or next. Then hopefully I can get him to finally do the fence for the orchard.

So far with the bathroom fix we are: one trip to home depot; the toilet, tub/shower removed, lots of ruined particle board removed. We will be buying new toilet and new tub/shower. This is where the tub was: Hubby says the joists actually look ok, but the particle board is just gone. He...

If you look back at the picture showing between the tub and toilet, that plywood? That's where my leg went through a month or three ago.

Hubby is trying to start working on the bathroom this weekend. I got pretty much everything out and ready for him to demolish things. The floor around the toilet looks not-flat. Wonder how much floor is actually there, or if its just being held up by the vinyl.

Happy new year! We got a new to us fridge in December. The handle for the freezer is broken but the gaskets work fine and its a newer model that beeps when left open. So far its working great. Kid 3 is now 8 months old, she is just starting to crawl and this morning her first tooth is popping...

That's a lot of pie! This was my first year making a pumpkin pie. Where I screwed up was not properly finishing the pumpkin puree to get the extra liquid out. Our freezers are full right now, so it's hard finding space. The fridge freezer is also currently frosting everything, the gaskets are...

Oh, and the cornbread should have been cooked maybe 5-10 minutes more. I used the zig zag pan so it didn't sink in the middle, but the area around the turns were a little undercooked.

Yep! Had a good gathering, got to see relatives haven't seen in quite a while. Kid 3 was center of attention for a good bit, they enjoyed feeding her and trying to get her to roll over. Kids 1 + 2 refused to nap and started getting crazy towards the end of the gathering. They fell asleep on the...

Turkey is in the roaster. Cornbread is done. Feet are tired again. Less than 2 hours before people start arriving. Less than 4 hours before dinner.

Fingers feel a ton better this morning. I put aquaphor medicated cream on them with bandaids overnight. Left hand fingers are the worst, middle and thumb. Right hand is mostly ok, just hurting when I poke it. Made cinnamon rolls this morning, should have let them rise more, but they should...

My feet hurt, I've been standing for hours in the kitchen. We are changing to canned cranberry. Bread rolls are in the oven with the mini pumpkin pies. I did a stupid and burned my fingers. I put the first pan of the mini pumpkin pies in the oven and then filled the shells for the second pan. I...

We went to a day before Thanksgiving parade with the kids, my mom, and brother's girlfriend. We had fun but kid 1 was bummed because he wasn't as fast as the other kids and we apparently sat too close to the end of the parade so there wasn't as much candy being thrown. Kid 1 still got a few...

I think my oven is having issues. Set it for 400, but thermometer said it was around 450... can't wait to get kitchen upgraded. Baked the pumpkin for about an hour till it was fork tender all over, then let it cool and scooped the insides into the big Tupperware. This is going to make a lot of...

The first big pumpkin I grew this year is going to be pie and bread. Started processing it, it weighed 14 pounds! And it smells so good! The guts came out really easily. I didn't save seeds, might on the next one.