Cleaning the oven doors has been on my to-do list for quite some time!  Over the weekend, I searched Pinterest and other kitchen cleaning sites to try to find the best way to clean the film off from the inside of the glass. Ordinarily, this film would probably disappear during …

This is the wintry scene out the window by my desk.  Because it was so cold and snowy with the roads already being bad from the previous rain/snow the last few days, Nathan and I decided to stay home from church today.  Gift #113 – Warm house on a cold, …

This is a fairly typical dinner for me.  A serving of meat which in this case was grilled hamburger.  Sometimes a slice of cheese, but not always.  At least two veggies and sometimes three!  No ketchup.  No bun.  No yummy homemade hamburger relish.  Just a little bit of spicy mustard …

How can this sweet daughter of ours possibly be 25 1/2 years old already with a husband, home, and son of her own now??   What a joy it is to be her mom!   Gift #111 – Amanda 

This winter my hands have been so dry!   I can’t keep them moisturized despite using a humidifier in the house and drinking plenty of fluids!   One of my friends, Carline L, had some WONDERFUL lotion which she let me borrow at co-op one day before Christmas break.  It …

These boys love to play basketball.  For quite some time, they’ve been talking about how they need another hoop so they can have a full court!  The one you can’t see is mounted above the entryway into this room directly opposite this standing hoop.   They talked about putting up …

If we have had just a little snow the boys will use the 4 wheeler with a plow in front to clear the driveway. This week, however, we’ve had enough snow that it was time to get the big snow removal equipment out.  While they had the blade and backhoe …

Winter driving conditions are bad enough with black ice and blowing snow, but then you add rain on top of it and they were treacherous.  

In the country, no one uses the front door!   It’s a good thing because right now one can barely squeeze between the door and the wood trailer!   Our front door will look like this until the end of March! Gift #105 firewood 

“Montana’s vast wheel of seasons always had a flat, skewed side – the biggest side – and that was winter.” “Heart Earth” by Ivan Doig.   I’ve not read any of this author’s books, but I liked this quote which my real-life/Facebook friend, Maribeth, posted last winter! This is the …