Category Archives: Channeling a Farm Wife

Some Clever Ideas

Posted on April 15, 2012 by Kathie

I have become a rabid soap maker. Problem is, I am doing something wrong, and it is not coming out right. I might have done it the right way this afternoon, but I will not know until tomorrow afternoon. Keep … Continue reading →

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Midweek Odds and Ends

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Kathie

Our wonderful neighbor, Toby (Maria’s husband) helped put our “solar dryer” up today. There was no way I was climbing a thirty foot ladder! I put up a load of clothes, and only one sock fell to the ground. I … Continue reading →

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The Soapy Outcome

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Kathie

Well, there will be many changes the next time I do the soap: 1. I will measure by weight rather than by volume. 2.  I will try to borrow Maria’s scale, but I will get my own soon. 3.  I … Continue reading →

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We can now be clean!!!

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Kathie

First I want to report that when Ann got up this afternoon to go to work (Easter Sunday), one of the cats had deposited a headless rabbit next to her bed.  It was not chocolate!!  It was real. Here is … Continue reading →

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Ten pounds of dried bananas and a whole lot of eggs!!!!!

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Kathie

This is what ten pounds of bananas looks like: They sure do shrink!!!  The dried bananas you buy in the store are usually fried, and  the pineapple usually has a sulfate on it to keep it from molding. That is … Continue reading →

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