My Monday Weekly Happenings 2.10.14

I can't believe it is almost the middle of February already by the end of this week. It seems like the months just fly by. But I'm ok with February moving along fast, so we can get to March and closer to Spring.

The Weather: Looks like we will have a few colder days this week, but I will be looking forward to those 23 degree days. I also believe I saw next week's projected temperatures were in the high 30s. On a positive side, it looks like the kids will have a full week of school. I don't think there has been a full week since Christmas break was over. We looked back at our farm calendar today and on this date last year it was 40 degrees.

 

On My TV: We just finished watching Despicable Me 2 with the kids before bedtime. Nothing at the moment though.

On The Menu For This Week: Lately we have been doing a lot of crock pot meals. Last night, we had chicken and dumplings in the crock pot. We are also trying new recipes, thanks to Pinterest, blogs, and websites, to expand the variety of meals we have.

Monday - Cheeseburger Casserole
Tuesday - White Chicken Chili in biscuit bowl
Wednesday - Leftovers
Thursday -  Beef Tacos
Friday - Chicken Tortellini Alfredo
Saturday - Homemade Pizza
Sunday  - French Toast - I like to have breakfast for dinner atleast once a week!

On My To Do List This Week: I think laundry and general cleaning are never ending and always on the to do list. I will be working on Valentine's goodies and cards for the boys' classes.

Sew.Stitch.Create. Projects For The Week: Finish a flower hat, finish two amigurmui dolls, work more on some upcycled props and tiebacks, and a colorful goat hat. I don't have much listed in my Etsy sight, but was excited to have a Etsy sale of a newborn prop bed this weekend also.

Here are completed projects from the past week:

I hadn't made snack bags for a while, and had an order for some, so I'm excited to bring them back to my page.

Chevron Peasant Dresses were shipped out this week.

 

A handwritten canvas sign made for a new baby boy  - baby shower

Newborn twin prop set made

 Fingerless gloves made

 

 Burp cloths on terri cloth

Walker Farms Projects For The Week: We are expecting baby chicks soon, so we are getting ready for them. We are also getting our seeding area ready to start seeding vegetable flats. Planning to start this coming weekend. Looking forward to fresh produce soon!

Pictures Of The Week:

I told her to smile and say cheese and this is what I got :) Her personality is really starting to show. Love it!

The boys built a blanket fort one of the days we were home on a snow day.

Eating their pizza and watching a movie in their fort.

 

Have a great Monday, thanks for reading!

Stacy

Mess Free Finger Painting On Our Snow Day

Today we are home, snowed in. I'm not sure the exact amount of snow we have gotten because the wind is blowing pretty good out here in wide open country. We have two spots on our road, one to the North and one to the South, that drift shut pretty bad when we have this much snow and wind.

I knew I would need an activity for the kids to do, mainly the boys, to break up some of the day. I saw the idea of mess free finger painting on Pinterest. We haven't ever done that before so it would be a good activity they would be interested in for a while. I set it up early this morning and they have been back and forth several times. Going to play with other things and coming back to the finger painting. I also eventually put a letter sheet there so Lane could practice his letters.

Are you snowed in today? Give this activity a try.

All you need:
Ziploc bags
Paint
Tape
A window/A piece of white paper if placing on a table - so they can see the picture they are making better

Ty drew a tractor

 

Lane said this was a field

Lane practicing letters

I think we are also going to do some baking today. I have two boys eager to help with cleaning today too so I will be taking advantage of that :) Working on orders during nap time will also be on my list.

Have a great "snow" day everyone!
Stacy

Sledding!!

This weekend we got some sledding and fort making time in.

It was a little warmer outside, so we took advantage of that. My dad called to see if we wanted to go  - Of course we do!  

 

 

We're supposed to get more snow today through Wednesday, so I'm sure we will go sledding again! 

Have a great day everyone! 

The Farm That Used To Be

I was moving things around in our living room yesterday, moving some furniture to new locations, changing up pictures on the wall, and rearranging my decorations.

Sometime you just need to move things around for a new look. 

Well one of the things I moved was this picture, moving from one wall to another wall. On this space I think I like it best. It has its own little area it seems.

My husband and I have a strong appreciation for history, local history more specifically. Even more than that we truly appreciate the history of our property and surrounding area. As I moved this picture and look at it, I just wonder how is used to be and what it was like. 

The land we live on was bought by Rudolph Savich from Benjamin Gifford (where the little old town of Gifford got its name). The old gambrel style barn was built in 1913 and lived in until 1939, when the house was built. Oh how I wish that barn was still there! 

The hill our house sets on was called Rattlesnake Island until the muck was drained. Rudolph's wife dug a mote on the property while they were building the house, to keep the snakes out. Some of this is still present today and is part of the driveway. 

Rudolph's son Emil took over the farm at some point. He added onto the house. You can still see the spot on the wall where the old stove used to be. 

The large buildings were built for potato storage. After he quit potatoes, the block shed was converted to a hog barn.

This aerial photo was from 1966, when the farm we live on was probably in its prime.  Scott got it as a gift one year for Christmas.

The house and the three large sheds are still standing and also the shed in the back. Now there is also a swing set, two greenhouses, a chicken coop, a covered pavilion, and 3 children and a chocolate lab that play outside.  Now it is Walker Farms. We grow produce for our CSA and local farmers markets. We grow pumpkins, gourds, squash, and Indian corn as well. Most of what we grow is off site but this is where it all comes. We hope to add more chickens, and some beef cows. We will eventually put up some more greenhouses as well. We continue to update the old farm house to make it our own.

We won't ever forget the history of our farm, we will pass it down.

Thanks for reading!
Stacy

A New Start

I have had a blog for some time now but haven't been regular with postings. But now want to be committed to sharing farm life, produce growing for CSA and farmers markets with Walker Farms, crafts with kids and my creative outlet with Sew.Stitch.Create., as well as some recipe sharing. Join me on my adventure!

To get started with my blogs new start, I thought I'd start with something similar to what I see on a lot of other blogs. A "weekly what's going on type thing" that I enjoy reading on other blogs. I should probably have these be posts for Mondays, but for this week, today will do. :)


The weather: Too cold for my liking! On my way home from work, the wind was blowing hard and I'm sure there will be some good size drifts in the morning. We are hearing of 3 snow storm systems coming between now and next weekend. Lovely! At the beginning of these snow storms, I was trying not to complain. We were due for a "good - cold" winter and needed one. The freezing temps are good to kill off germs, bugs, diseases, etc...and the snow will be good to put moisture in the ground. But now I think its safe to say, we've had enough and I'm ready for Spring, green grass, and not having to bundle up every inch of our bodies to step out to the car in the mornings.

On my TV: Nothing right now, just put the kids down for bed and am enjoying some quiet time.

 

On the menu for this week:  Scott has been home from work the passed few days, so he has done a great job of having dinners going when the kids and I get home from work, school, and the sitter. He enjoys cooking in the winter time. Hopefully plan to share our weekly meal planning here. 

 

On my to do list this week: Nothing specific. Regular house cleaning. Laundry and picking up toys is never ending.
 

Sew.Stitch.Create. projects for the week: I am finishing up a infinity scarf tonight, a hat and fingerless gloves are up next, then 3 chevron dresses are up for the weekend. I love custom orders!  Scott is also helping me with some new wood prop items to offer on my page.

Walker Farms projects for the week: In other years, we would be getting close to start seeding, but we are going to sit tight for a while longer through this real cold spell. We are signing up people for our CSA memberships, seed is being delivered and we are ordering, and also getting our chick order ready.

Pictures of the week:

Tonight we played Battleship

Getting CSA flyers sent out 

Cinnamon roll waffles made on our snow day Monday 

Have a great night!!

Stacy

Catch up on the past few weeks

A few weeks have gone by since my last post. I want to try to make a blog entry once a week at the least so here I am with more hopeful goals :) 

Since my last post w Ty starting school (who is loving it btw) we have had Lane start preschool as well. He goes 2 days a week and is loving it so far.

First day of preschool!

This past weekend we had a festival in town so we enjoyed that as well as our weekly farmers market sales 

Brynn riding a pony at the festival. 

I went to a barn sale this weekend and found some good finds!!

- 2 worn fence panels

-Old crate 

I will share when I get them in their new places around the house.

We are also redoing some rooms in our house as far as moving around the purpose of the room.

More details will come on those later but below is a little decorating I did in the laundry section :) 

Meal planning this week:

 

This weeks goals:

- Cangreen beans 

- Finish up two current orders in progress

- Organize fabric

- Farm paperwork

- General house cleaning 

Ending with something from the camera/phone :

Working on the computer the other night and playing peek-a-boo with my little girl! 

Have a great week!!

School's in Session!

Our summer was great and went by fast! Now it is time for school to start again. Ty  is in kindergarten this year! He is excited, a little nervous, but looking forward to it! 

We went school shopping a few weeks ago and he picked out a Spider-Man book bag and yellow/black tennis shoes! 

We enjoyed dinner at his choice of Red Robin! 

Earlier this week was Meet the Teacher night! Scott and I took Ty into the school and we found his class. He met Mrs.

Clouse and was excited to see everything in the room. Then he was set and all ready for the big day!

The last few days of summer went by fast but we enjoyed a night out to dinner at Fair Oaks farms

August 23, 2013 - first day of kindergarten! 

I am excited for him and know he will do just fine. He's outgoing, makes friends easily, and loves to learn. But I had tears... That i didn't let him see...Not because I didn't want him to go but because I can't believe he's going already! Where has time gone! Today kindergarten.. Tomorrow graduating high school ... As fast as time goes! 

We also packed his lunch! He is a pretty picky eater and I don't think school lunch is going to cut it for him! So! I ordered some bento lunch items... But they haven't came in yet. So we used what we had to make lunch fun! 

Here's my first of many bento lunches! 

Have a great day Ty! I know you'll love it!!