Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

December 5, 2014 - January 12, 2015

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

I hope all my readers had a fantastic Christmas holiday and New Year's! It's been awhile since my last post so let me summarize what I plan to discuss in very-soon future posts, so stay tuned!

• Simplifying Christmas and Staying Debt-Free!
• Leftover Turkey Pot Pie with Homemade Crust (Photo: Here)
• Enjoying New Year's Safely, Inexpensively, and as a Family
• Natural & Herbal Ways to Relieve Cold & Flu Symptoms
• Recipe for "Good For You" Non-Chemical Shampoo
• Once-a-Month Grocery Shopping
• All Natural, Low Sodium Beef Broth...Cubes!
• Homemade Tortillas
• Garden Update, Garden Planning, & Soil Analysis (Photo Album)

My daughter is preparing for her first district 4H project. She has rewritten a dairy foods recipe and will be demonstrating that recipe along with her knowledge in dairy foods, food safety and sanitation, nutrition, proper cooking techniques, making a roux, menu planning, and the proper way to set a table. She's done a fantastic job on her cover letter and portfolio that includes photos of food-related activities she participated in over the course of 2014. In other daughter news, she is taking driver's education and planning to be a part of the shotgun team. Scary stuff! :)

My adorable son has been busy playing with the dogs, helping his dad measure and mark the new field garden, hiking through the woods, and general little boy stuff. He also recently made a decision to ask Jesus into his heart, told our pastor and our entire little church about his decision, and asked to be baptized!